IN MINUTES

7 BILLION

Top 75 most
populated
countries

World population is expected to hit 7 billion on or about Oct. 31.

Russia

126,000,000 to 1,336,000,000

16,847,007

UK

126,000,000 to 1,336,000,000

62,698,362

#37

Portugal

Germany

USA

Cuba

11,087,330

Guatemala

Venezuela
Colombia 27,635,743

13,824,463

44,725,543

Ecuador

Brazil

203,429,773

29,248,943

Mali

14,159,904

Senegal

Niger

Cote d'Ivoire
21,504,162

155,215,573

Burkina Faso
16,751,455

Ghana

24,791,073

World population
through the years

Population distribution, %
55.6
57.1

Asia

Oceania

2083: 10B

Rwanda

23.7
1950
2150

21.7
5.3
6.8
4.1
0.5
0.5

Sources: CIA World Factbook; Graphic News

42,746,620

13,338,541

Zambia

2043: 9B

Zimbabwe

2025: 8B

12,084,304

Holy See (Vatican City)

Niue

Malawi

Mozambique

S. Africa

49,004,031

1999: 6B

Falkland Islands

1987: 5B

Montserrat

1974: 4B

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

1960: 3B

Saint Barthelemy

1927: 2B
1804: 1B

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

Nauru

1800 1900

2000 2080

Tuvalu

Philippines

Malaysia

101,833,938

28,728,607

Indonesia
245,613,043

#4

1,311

1,402

Norfolk Island

Vietnam

832

Christmas Island
Svalbard

66,720,153

90,549,390

596

1,384

Madagascar
21,926,221

21,283,913

Tokelau

15,879,252

22,948,858

Sri Lanka

Pitcairn Islands 48
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Tanzania

Angola

14,701,717

10 least-populated
countries

34,612,250 41,070,934

13,881,336

Oct. 31, 2011: 7B

8.8

9.4

Cambodia

11,370,425

41,769,726

North
America

Congo

71,712,867

Argentina

53,999,804

#2

24,133,492

Uganda Kenya

19,711,291

Taiwan

23,071,779

Burma
Thailand

1,189,172,906

Yemen

90,873,739

Cameroon

48,754,657

29,391,883

Ethiopia

#8

Chile

Europe

Sudan

#10

S. Korea

Nepal

#7

India

26,131,703

Nigeria

126,475,664

158,570,535

Saudi Arabia

45,047,502

Japan

24,457,492

#6
Bangladesh

16,468,886

12,643,799

#5

82,079,636

21,766,711

6.6

Pakistan

Egypt

34,994,937

N.Korea

#1

29,835,392

Morocco

113,724,226

Latin
America

77,891,220

1,336,718,015

Afghanistan

31,968,361

Mexico

China

187,342,721

Algeria

Africa

22,517,750

46,754,784

#3

Peru

61,016,804

30,399,572

Spain

313,232,044

15,007,343

Iran

Iraq

Syria

15,522,373

28,128,600

21,904,551 78,785,548

Italy

France

65,312,249

Uzbekistan

Romania Turkey

81,471,834

10,760,305

45,134,707

38,441,588

Kazakhstan

#9

Ukraine

Poland

126,000,000 to 1,336,000,000

34,030,589

138,739,892

Netherlands

126,000,000 to 1,336,000,000

Canada

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Australia
21,766,711

2,019
2,169
3,140
5,140
5,888
7,367

7,700
9322
10,544
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY