Countries with highest population for 1950, 2005 and 2050

rank country population
1950
1. China 554,760,000
2. India 357,561,000
3. USA 157,813,000
4. Russia 102,702,000
5. Japan 83,625,000
6. Indonesia 79,538,000
7. Germany 68,376,000
8. Brazil 53,975,000
9. UK 49,816,000
10. Italy 47,104,000
11. France 41,829,000
12. Bangladesh 41,783,000
13. Ukraine 37,298,000
14. Pakistan 36,944,000
15. Nigeria 32,769,000
16. Spain 28,009,000
17. Mexico 27,737,000
18. Viet Nam 27,367,000
19. Poland 24,824,000
20. Egypt 21,834,000
21. Turkey 21,484,000
22. Philippines 19,996,000
23. Thailand 19,626,000
24. Korea, South 18,859,000
25. Ethiopia 18,434,000
26. Myanmar 17,832,000
27. Argentina 17,150,000
28. Iran 16,913,000
29. Romania 16,311,000
30. Canada 13,737,000
rank country population
2005
1. China 1,315,844,000
2. India 1,103,371,000
3. USA 298,213,000
4. Indonesia 222,781,000
5. Brazil 186,405,000
6. Pakistan 157,935,000
7. Russia 143,202,000
8. Bangladesh 141,822,000
9. Nigeria 131,530,000
10. Japan 128,085,000
11. Mexico 107,029,000
12. Viet Nam 84,238,000
13. Philippines 83,054,000
14. Germany 82,689,000
15. Ethiopia 77,431,000
16. Egypt 74,033,000
17. Turkey 73,193,000
18. Iran 69,515,000
19. Thailand 64,233,000
20. France 60,496,000
21. UK 59,668,000
22. Italy 58,093,000
23. Congo, DR 57,549,000
24. Myanmar 50,519,000
25. Korea, South 47,817,000
26. South Africa 47,432,000
27. Ukraine 46,481,000
28. Colombia 45,600,000
29. Spain 43,064,000
30. Argentina 38,747,000
rank country population
2050
1. India 1,592,704,000
2. China 1,392,307,000
3. USA 394,976,000
4. Pakistan 304,700,000
5. Indonesia 284,640,000
6. Nigeria 258,108,000
7. Brazil 253,105,000
8. Bangladesh 242,937,000
9. Congo, DR 177,271,000
10. Ethiopia 170,190,000
11. Mexico 139,015,000
12. Philippines 127,068,000
13. Uganda 126,950,000
14. Egypt 125,916,000
15. Viet Nam 116,654,000
16. Japan 112,198,000
17. Russia 111,752,000
18. Iran 101,944,000
19. Turkey 101,208,000
20. Afghanistan 97,324,000
21. Kenya 83,073,000
22. Germany 78,765,000
23. Thailand 74,594,000
24. UK 67,143,000
25. Tanzania 66,845,000
26. Sudan 66,705,000
27. Colombia 65,679,000
28. Iraq 63,693,000
29. Myanmar 63,657,000
30. France 63,116,000
source: World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision.
note: future estimates are based on a medium fertility variant of population growth.
note: Taiwan is not a member of the UN list, its data are GeoHive estimates.