The Most Populated Countries in the World

FRecently, the statisticians warned us that after many years, China would not be the most populous country in the world, and it already happened – neighboring India surpassed it – the score is now 1.426 billion to 1.425 billion inhabitants, and the difference will just grow with time. The USA comes in third with just under 325 million residents. The BRIC countries (Brazil (7), Russia (9), India (1), and China (2)), generally regarded as the four major emerging economies expected to dominate in the 21st century, are all in the top ten most populous countries, indicating how important the sheer size of their populations is to their economic expan- sion. However, a number of countries considered by the International Monetary Fund to be developing countries (that is, having not achieved a high degree of industrialization relative to their populations and where the population typically has a medium to the low standard of living) also have sizeable populations, including Nigeria (the 5th most populated, with over 190 million), Bangladesh (8th, almost 165 million) and Mexico (10th, around 129 million), demonstrating that the issues affecting developing nations span multiple continents. A surprising country on the list is Indonesia, with 277 million people, occupying the 4th place in the world on so many tropical islands! The future belongs to the Third World, and all of these countries tend to join BRICS++, thus changing the political and economic map of the world. It is notable that a number of the largest economies in the world have smaller populations, particularly in Europe. The United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy are all among the top ten largest economies, and all have populations of under 100 million. Their numbers range from 82 million (Germany) to just under 60 million (Italy). They will certainly suck up a lot of immigrants from poor and overpopulated countries, but the balance is definitely changing.

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