A Census
of countries (1995)
(Unit : millions, %)
Rank |
Country |
populatoin |
proportion/world |
Accum.Percent |
1 |
China |
1,222 |
21.6 |
21.6 |
2 |
India |
914 |
16.1 |
37.7 |
3 |
USA |
261 |
4.6 |
42.3 |
4 |
Indonesia |
198 |
3.5 |
45.8 |
5 |
Brazil |
159 |
2.8 |
48.6 |
6 |
Russia |
149 |
2.6 |
51.2 |
7 |
Pakistan |
131 |
2.3 |
53.5 |
8 |
Japan |
125 |
2.2 |
55.7 |
9 |
Bangladesh |
125 |
2.2 |
57.9 |
10 |
Nigeria |
123 |
2.2 |
60.1 |
11 |
Mexico |
92 |
1.6 |
61.7 |
12 |
German |
81 |
1.4 |
63.1 |
13 |
Vietnam |
72 |
1.3 |
64.4 |
14 |
The philippines |
68 |
1.2 |
65.6 |
15 |
Iran |
65 |
1.1 |
66.7 |
16 |
Turkey |
61 |
1.1 |
67.8 |
17 |
the UK |
58 |
1.0 |
68.8 |
18 |
Italy |
58 |
1.0 |
69.8 |
19 |
Thailand |
58 |
1.0 |
70.8 |
20 |
France |
58 |
1.0 |
71.8 |
21 |
Egypt |
57 |
1.0 |
72.8 |
22 |
Ethiopia |
56 |
1.0 |
73.8 |
23 |
The Ukraine |
52 |
0.9 |
74.7 |
24 |
Myanmar |
46 |
0.8 |
75.5 |
25 |
Korea |
44 |
0.8 |
76.3 |
26 |
Zaire |
42 |
0.7 |
77.0 |
27 |
the South Af. |
42 |
0.7 |
77.7 |
28 |
Spain |
39 |
0.7 |
78.4 |
29 |
Poland |
39 |
0.7 |
79.1 |
30 |
Columbia |
35 |
0.6 |
79.7 |
- from. http://maeul.welfare.net/library/library01/text/139.txt