It's World Population Day today and we take a look at 2017's most populated countries
In celebration of World Population Day, we look at the 10 most populated countries in the world. The global human population grows by around 75 million every year. In the year 1800 the world population was 1 billion, this year, we are at to 7.5 billion people.
The population is expected to keep growing, and estimates to reach 8.4 billion by 2030, and 9.6 billion by 2050.
Here is your list of the world's most populated countries.
Population: 1,379,302,771
Population: 1,281,935,911
Population: 326,625,791
Population: 260,580,739
Population: 207,353,391
Population: 204,924,861
Population: 190,632,261
Population: 157,826,578
Population: 142,257,519
Population: 126,451,398
Source: Census.gov
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