| Rank | Country | | Population |
| World | 6,928,198,253 | 6,928,198,253 (July 2011 est.)
top ten most populous countries (in millions): China 1,336.72; India 1,189.17; United States 313.23; Indonesia 245.61; Brazil 203.43; Pakistan 187.34; Bangladesh 158.57; Nigeria 155.22; Russia 138.74; Japan 126.48 (July 2011 est.) |
1 | China | 1,336,718,015 | 1,336,718,015 (July 2011 est.) |
2 | India | 1,189,172,906 | 1,189,172,906 (July 2011 est.) |
| European Union | 492,387,344 | 492,387,344 (July 2010 est.) |
3 | United States | 313,232,044 | 313,232,044 (July 2011 est.) |
4 | Indonesia | 245,613,043 | 245,613,043 (July 2011 est.) |
5 | Brazil | 203,429,773 | 203,429,773 (July 2011 est.)
note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,872,855; that figure was about 3.8% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census |
6 | Pakistan | 187,342,721 | 187,342,721 (July 2011 est.) |
7 | Bangladesh | 158,570,535 | 158,570,535 (July 2011 est.) |
8 | Nigeria | 155,215,573 | 155,215,573 (July 2011 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
9 | Russia | 138,739,892 | 138,739,892 (July 2011 est.) |
10 | Japan | 126,475,664 | 126,475,664 (July 2011 est.) |
11 | Mexico | 113,724,226 | 113,724,226 (July 2011 est.) |
12 | Philippines | 101,833,938 | 101,833,938 (July 2011 est.) |
13 | Ethiopia | 90,873,739 | 90,873,739 (July 2011 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
14 | Vietnam | 90,549,390 | 90,549,390 (July 2011 est.) |
15 | Egypt | 82,079,636 | 82,079,636 (July 2011 est.) |
16 | Germany | 81,471,834 | 81,471,834 (July 2011 est.) |
17 | Turkey | 78,785,548 | 78,785,548 (July 2011 est.) |
18 | Iran | 77,891,220 | 77,891,220 (July 2011 est.) |
19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 71,712,867 | 71,712,867 (July 2011 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
20 | Thailand | 66,720,153 | 66,720,153 (July 2011 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
21 | France | 65,312,249 | 65,312,249 (July 2011 est.)
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 |
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