Including Brazil’s 215 million people puts the world’s seven most populous countries at 51.7% of the global population. Recent population growth, however, has been faster in the rest of the world than in these nations, meaning that the top six now hold slightly less than half (49%) of the world’s people. ![]() In fact, China’s population is greater than the entire population of Europe (744 million) or the Americas (1.04 billion) and roughly equivalent to that of all nations in Africa (1.427 billion).Īs recently as 2015, half the world’s population was concentrated in just six countries – the same as above, with the exception of Nigeria, which was then the seventh most populous country and has since passed Brazil to move into sixth place. The next five most populous nations – the United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Brazil – together have fewer people than India or China. And more than half of all people live in just seven countries.Ĭhina has the world’s largest population (1.426 billion), but India (1.417 billion) is expected to claim this title next year. The world’s population will cross 8 billion in November, according to recently released projections from the United Nations. China has the world’s largest population, but is projected to slide down to second place in the global population ranking in 2023. ![]() ![]() People shown at a water park in China in 2017.
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