Largest Countries

This is a listing of the 23 largest countries in the world (those having a population over fifty million). Data are estimates for these largest countries from mid-2008.

1. China - 1,330,044,544
2. India - 1,147,995,904
3. United States - 303,824,640
4. Indonesia - 237,512,352
5. Brazil - 196,342,592
6. Pakistan - 172,800,048
7. Bangladesh - 153,546,896
8. Nigeria - 146,255,312
9. Russia - 140,702,096
10. Japan - 127,288,416
11. Mexico - 109,955,400
12. Philippines - 96,061,680
13. Vietnam - 86,116,560
14. Ethiopia - 82,544,840
15. Germany - 82,369,552
16. Egypt - 81,713,520
17. Turkey - 71,892,808
18. Democratic Republic of the Congo - 66,514,504
19. Iran - 65,875,224
20. Thailand - 65,493,296
21. France - 64,057,792
22. United Kingdom - 60,943,912
23. Italy - 58,145,320

Source: U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base