China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Nigeria, Russia and Japan.
| TOP TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Country | 2000 Population | 2010 Population | 2012 Population | 2050 Expected Pop. | 
| 
1 | China | 
1,268,853,362 | 1,330,141,295 | 
1,343,239,923 | 1,303,723,332 | 
| 
2 | India | 
1,004,124,224 | 1,173,108,018 | 
1,205,073,612 | 1,656,553,632 | 
| 
3 | United States | 
282,338,631 | 
310,232,863 | 
313,847,465 | 
439,010,253 | 
| 
4 | Indonesia | 
213,829,469 | 
242,968,342 | 
248,645,008 | 
313,020,847 | 
| 
5 | Brazil | 
176,319,621 | 
201,103,330 | 
193,946,886 | 
260,692,493 | 
| 
6 | Pakistan | 
146,404,914 | 184,404,791 | 
190,291,129 | 276,428,758 | 
| 
7 | Nigeria | 
123,178,818 | 
152,217,341 | 
170,123,740 | 
264,262,405 | 
| 
8 | Bangladesh | 
130,406,594 | 156,118,464 | 
161,083,804 | 233,587,279 | 
| 
9 | Russia | 
146,709,971 | 
139,390,205 | 
142,517,670 | 
109,187,353 | 
| 
10 | Japan | 
126,729,223 | 126,804,433 | 
127,368,088 | 93,673,826 | 
| TOP TEN Countries | 
3,618,894,827 | 4,016,489,082 | 
4,096,137,325 | 4,950,140,178 | |
| Rest of the World | 
2,466,012,769 | 
2,829,120,878 | 
2,921,709,597 | 
4,306,202,522 | |
| TOTAL World Population | 
6,084,907,596 | 
6,845,609,960 | 
7,017,846,922 | 
9,256,342,700 | |