Population Leaderboard


Despite an overall decline in numbers to 1.09 billion people in 2100, India moves up from second to first place on the population leaderboard.

Rank

Country

Population (2017)

Rank

Country

Population (2100E)

#1

 China

1.4B

#1

 India

1.09B

#2

 India

1.38B

#2

 Nigeria

791M

#3

 U.S.

325M

#3

 China

732M

#4

 Indonesia

258M

#4

 U.S.

336M

#5

 Pakistan

214M

#5

 Pakistan

248M

#6

 Brazil

212M

#6

 DR Congo

246M

#7

 Nigeria

206M

#7

 Indonesia

229M

#8

 Bangladesh

157M

#8

 Ethiopia

223M

#9

 Russia

146M

#9

 Egypt

199M

#10

 Japan

128M

#10

 Tanzania

186M

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