
Vietnam is ranked 15 th in the list of most populated countries recording a population of 97.43 million. It holds nearly 1.31% of the world’s population which tends to be decrease due to investment in family planning programs being conducted by the government.

14# Egyptīeing just behind Nigeria and Ethiopia on one of the most populated country in the Middle East and Africa, it holds an estimated population of above 101 million.Įgypt has a decent growth rate of 1.80% despite recent political and military concerns.

Having a number of islands, it has people coming from diverse ethnic backgrounds. It had an impressive growth rate of 1.72% in 2010 which gradually fell to 1.50% by 2020. Philippines has a population of nearly 108.11 million as of 2018/19. Having grown at a steady rate throughout recent years, Philippines is ranked 13 th in the list. Almost 3/5 th of Ethiopians are 25 years or under clearly indicating that the country is on a growing trend with lots of youngsters. Having a growth rate of nearly 2.5%, Ethiopia is hoping to eradicate poverty soon. 12# EthiopiaĮthiopia, representing 1.43% of the world’s population is showing constant improvement over the past few years. With the older population having 27% of the entire population, the growth rate will continue to decline further. Recording a population of nearly 126.9 million, Japan is ranked 11 th in the list being recently taken over by Mexico. Japan is the only country that has a record negative growth rate over the past 5 consecutive years. The country’s population is on a steady growth rate of 1.2% with a median age of only 28 years. The Mexican population has shown some rapid improvement over the past few years overtaking Japan and getting their way into the top 10. It represents 1.72% of the world’s population. 10# Mexicoįinishing the top 10 is Mexico, having a population of nearly 131.9 million. Over the past 35 years, Russia has always had a varying population tree with constant movements up and down. It has a population of 143.9 million with a 3 million decrease from the recent years. Russia is the only country in the top 10 that has a negative growth rate ( -0.05% ). Representing nearly 1.87% of the world’s population, Russia comes next. It has an impressive life expectancy of almost 74 years. 98% of the Bangladeshis are locals with Islam being the most practiced religion having 89.1% of the population. It has a growth rate 1.02% which shows that they are constantly increasing at a steady rate. 8# Bangladeshīangladesh, having a population of about 168.1 million is the 8 th most populous country in the world. It has the highest population of African nation and has a decent life expectancy rate. Nigeria counts for 2.35% of the world’s population and with a massive growth rate of 2.6%, data suggests that they would soon rise up the chart.

Nigeria is ranked 7 th in the list with a population of nearly 200.9 million as of 2018/19. Alongside the rapid increase in population, there growth expectancy has also increased up to 63 over the past years. When compared with other countries within Asia, Pakistan has a growing rate of 2.1% higher than its neighboring countries. It owns roughly 4.3% of the world’s population.īeing one of the most rapidly growing countries in the world, Pakistan is ranked 6 th with a population of nearly 203.6 million. However, a recent report claimed that the growth rate will fall in upcoming years. With a current growth rate of 0.71%, the stats show that the population is also on an upward trend due to high immigration. USA is marked as the 3 rd most populous country in the world with a population of around 327.2 million. India has a positive 40 net change per day. The country has almost doubled its size over the last 40 years with Mumbai and Delhi having the most population in terms of cities. Having a growth rate of almost 1.1%, India is expected to supersede China in becoming #1. Right behind China, India is at #2 with a record population of 1.37 billion as of 2018/19. China’s population is 18.4% of the world. One of the main reasons China has such high population is due to its economy growing rapidly which helped many people out of poverty. Even after recording such high populations, it still has not received the ‘High Human Development Index ranking’.
