Most Populous Countries Today

This is a listing of the 24 most populous countries in the world (those having a population over fifty million). Data are estimates for these most populous countries from mid-2010.

1. China - 1,341,335,000
2. India - 1,224,614,000
3. United States - 310,384,000
4. Indonesia - 239,781,000
5. Brazil - 194,946,000
6. Pakistan - 173,593,000
7. Nigeria - 158,423,000
8. Bangladesh - 148,692,000
9. Russia - 142,958,000
10. Japan - 126,536,000
11. Mexico - 113,423,000
12. Philippines - 93,261,000
13. Vietnam - 87,848,000
14. Ethiopia - 82,950,000
15. Germany - 82,302,000
16. Egypt - 81,121,000
17. Iran - 73,974,000
18. Turkey - 72,752,000
19. Thailand - 69,122,000
20. Democratic Republic of the Congo - 65,966,000
21. France - 62,787,000
22. United Kingdom - 62,036,000
23. Italy - 60,551,000
24. South Africa - 50,133,000

Source:  United Nations Population Division World Population Prospects