Countries with highest population for 1950, 2010 and 2050

rank country population
1950
1. China 562,579,779,000
2. India 369,880,000,000
3. USA 152,271,000,000
4. Russia 101,936,816,000
5. Japan 83,805,000,000
6. Indonesia 82,978,392,000
7. Germany 68,374,572,000
8. Brazil 53,443,075,000
9. UK 50,127,000,000
10. Italy 47,105,000,000
11. Bangladesh 45,645,964,000
12. France 42,517,690,000
13. Pakistan 39,448,232,000
14. Ukraine 36,774,854,000
15. Nigeria 31,796,939,000
16. Mexico 28,485,180,000
17. Spain 28,062,963,000
18. Vietnam 25,348,144,000
19. Poland 24,824,000,000
20. Egypt 21,197,691,000
21. Philippines 21,131,264,000
22. Turkey 21,121,639,000
23. Korea, South 20,845,771,000
24. Ethiopia 20,174,562,000
25. Thailand 20,041,628,000
26. Burma 19,487,657,000
27. Argentina 17,150,336,000
28. Iran 16,357,000,000
29. Romania 16,311,000,000
30. Canada 14,011,422,000
rank country population
2010
1. China 1,347,563,498,000
2. India 1,184,090,490,000
3. USA 309,162,581,000
4. Indonesia 242,968,342,000
5. Brazil 201,103,330,000
6. Pakistan 179,659,223,000
7. Bangladesh 159,765,367,000
8. Nigeria 152,217,341,000
9. Russia 139,390,205,000
10. Japan 126,804,433,000
11. Mexico 112,468,855,000
12. Philippines 99,900,177,000
13. Ethiopia 88,013,491,000
14. Vietnam 87,814,053,000
15. Egypt 84,440,272,000
16. Germany 82,282,988,000
17. Turkey 73,322,470,000
18. Congo, DR 70,916,439,000
19. Iran 67,037,517,000
20. Thailand 66,303,290,000
21. France 64,768,389,000
22. UK 61,284,806,000
23. Italy 58,090,681,000
24. South Africa 49,109,107,000
25. Korea, South 48,636,068,000
26. Burma 48,510,799,000
27. Colombia 46,270,565,000
28. Ukraine 45,415,596,000
29. Sudan 41,980,182,000
30. Tanzania 41,892,895,000
rank country population
2050
1. India 1,807,878,574,000
2. China 1,424,161,948,000
3. USA 420,080,587,000
4. Indonesia 313,020,847,000
5. Pakistan 295,224,598,000
6. Bangladesh 279,955,405,000
7. Ethiopia 278,283,137,000
8. Nigeria 264,262,405,000
9. Brazil 260,692,493,000
10. Congo, DR 189,310,849,000
11. Philippines 171,964,187,000
12. Mexico 147,907,650,000
13. Uganda 128,007,514,000
14. Egypt 127,563,256,000
15. Russia 109,187,353,000
16. Vietnam 107,772,641,000
17. Japan 93,673,826,000
18. Sudan 88,227,761,000
19. Turkey 86,473,786,000
20. Afghanistan 81,933,479,000
21. Iran 81,490,039,000
22. Germany 73,607,121,000
23. Yemen 71,278,172,000
24. France 69,768,223,000
25. Thailand 69,268,817,000
26. Tanzania 66,843,312,000
27. Kenya 65,175,864,000
28. Colombia 64,977,344,000
29. UK 63,977,435,000
30. Madagascar 56,513,827,000
source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base (2008-06-18).