Top 50 Most Populated Countries in the World | Complete Data Table

Rank ⇵	Country ⇵	Population Estimate ⇵	Continent ⇵
1	India	1.44 Billion	0.9%
2	China	1.42 Billion	-0.1%
3	United States	341 Million	0.5%
4	Indonesia	279 Million	0.7%
5	Pakistan	245 Million	2.0%
6	Nigeria	229 Million	2.4%
7	Brazil	217 Million	0.5%
8	Bangladesh	174 Million	1.0%
9	Russia	143 Million	-0.2%
10	Mexico	129 Million	0.7%
11	Ethiopia	129 Million	2.5%
12	Japan	122 Million	-0.5%
13	Philippines	119 Million	1.5%
14	Egypt	114 Million	1.5%
15	DR Congo	105 Million	3.2%
16	Vietnam	100 Million	0.6%
17	Iran	89 Million	0.7%
18	Turkey	86 Million	0.5%
19	Germany	83 Million	-0.1%
20	Thailand	71 Million	0.1%
21	United Kingdom	68 Million	0.3%
22	Tanzania	68 Million	2.9%
23	France	64 Million	0.2%
24	South Africa	61 Million	0.8%
25	Italy	58 Million	-0.3%
26	Kenya	56 Million	2.0%
27	Myanmar	54 Million	0.7%
28	Colombia	52 Million	0.3%
29	South Korea	51 Million	-0.1%
30	Uganda	49 Million	2.8%
31	Sudan	49 Million	2.6%
32	Spain	47 Million	0.1%
33	Argentina	46 Million	0.8%
34	Algeria	46 Million	1.5%
35	Iraq	46 Million	2.2%
36	Afghanistan	43 Million	2.7%
37	Poland	40 Million	-0.9%
38	Canada	39 Million	0.8%
39	Morocco	38 Million	1.0%
40	Saudi Arabia	37 Million	1.4%
41	Ukraine	37 Million	-1.2%
42	Angola	37 Million	3.0%
43	Uzbekistan	35 Million	1.4%
44	Yemen	35 Million	2.1%
45	Peru	34 Million	0.9%
46	Malaysia	34 Million	1.0%
47	Ghana	34 Million	1.9%
48	Mozambique	34 Million	2.8%
49	Nepal	31 Million	1.1%
50	Madagascar	31 Million	2.3%

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