Lists of countries for the population begin, as a rule,from the most populous, to which China, India, the USA and Russia certainly belong. It is interesting that in only two countries the number of people living exceeds a billion people, and in percentage terms, it is more than 15% of the total population of the Earth.
Today there are more than 200 countries in the world, completely different in population, density and national composition.
Most often start to compile a list of countries by population, and the top ten, except China, India and the US include the following:
To this list it is possible to carry two more countries, whereThe population exceeds 100 million people - this is Mexico and the Philippines. It is interesting that in this list there is not one country that is located on the European part of the continent of Eurasia, except for Russia, which applies to Europe and Asia.
Only at the 16th position is Germany, which has a population of 82 million people, and the UK, located on the 20th place. It has a population of 65 million.
It is worth noting that these countries in the lists for the population, in percentage terms do not exceed 5% of the inhabitants of the Earth. But if you consider the list of population density per km2, it will be completely different, and only Bangladesh of the listed is among the top ten.
Lists of countries by population can be made not only from large countries, but also from the smallest ones, where the population does not exceed a million people. And somewhere - no more than twenty thousand.
Among the list of these countries are smallisland states with a small area, such as the Vatican, Monaco or Liechtenstein, as well as countries with a large area: Iceland, Cyprus or Montenegro. But there are also few inhabitants.
The list of countries by population thatcloses, consists mainly of states that are managed by other countries, such as the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and have the following names:
In all these small states, the numberof the population does not exceed ten thousand people, and many even have never heard of them. But in the same list there is also the well-known Vatican, where 842 people officially live and millions of tourists come annually.
Many are familiar with the states: Monaco, which is located in the south of Europe and borders with France; and Liechtenstein, which is located in Western Europe and covers an area of only 160 km2, where, according to the latest information, there are 37 thousand people. And also the state of San Marino, bordering Italy. It is considered one of the oldest states in Europe.
As it was said above, more than a billion people live in China and India, and this makes up 1/3 of the total population of the Earth. And in the first six of the list of countries for the population, half of all inhabitants live.
2/3 of the world's population live in 15 countries and is 4.7 billion people.
Interestingly, the numbers counting the numberthe population of the Department of UNPO and the US Census Bureau differ by more than 100 million people. The first believe that the population in 2016 amounted to 7.4 billion people, and the second accounted for 7.29 billion people.
