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Countries with a population over 50 million 1950, 2000 and 2050

rank country population 1950 country population 2000 country population 2050
1. China 554,760,000 China 1,275,215,000 India 1,531,438,000
2. India 357,561,000 India 1,016,938,000 China 1,395,182,000
3. USA 157,813,000 USA 285,003,000 USA 408,695,000
4. Russian Fed. 102,702,000 Indonesia 211,559,000 Pakistan 348,700,000
5. Japan 83,625,000 Brazil 171,796,000 Indonesia 293,797,000
6. Indonesia 79,538,000 Russian Fed. 145,612,000 Nigeria 258,478,000
7. Germany 68,376,000 Pakistan 142,654,000 Bangladesh 254,599,000
8. Brazil 53,975,000 Bangladesh 137,952,000 Brazil 233,140,000
9.   Japan 127,034,000 Ethiopia 170,987,000
10.   Nigeria 114,746,000 Congo, DR 151,644,000
11.   Mexico 98,933,000 Mexico 140,228,000
12.   Germany 82,282,000 Egypt 127,407,000
13.   Viet Nam 78,137,000 Philippines 126,965,000
14.   Philippines 75,711,000 Viet Nam 117,693,000
15.   Turkey 68,281,000 Japan 109,722,000
16.   Egypt 67,784,000 Iran, IR of 105,485,000
17.   Iran, IR of 66,443,000 Uganda 103,248,000
18.   Ethiopia 65,590,000 Russian Fed. 101,456,000
19.   Thailand 60,925,000 Turkey 97,759,000
20.   France 59,296,000 Yemen 84,385,000
21.   UK 58,689,000 Germany 79,145,000
22.   Italy 57,536,000 Thailand 77,079,000
23.     Afghanistan 69,517,000
24.     Tanzania, UR of 69,112,000
25.     Colombia 67,491,000
26.     UK 66,166,000
27.     Myanmar 64,493,000
28.     France 64,230,000
29.     Iraq 57,932,000
30.     Saudi Arabia 54,738,000
31.     Niger 53,037,000
32.     Argentina 52,805,000
33.     Nepal 50,810,000
note: source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (2003). "World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision".
note: note: the 2050 figures are based on a medium fertility variant of population growth.