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DEFINITION
- POPULATION is defined as “the number of people living together in the same place”
- For Example:A city’s POPULATION is calculated by the number of people living in that city.These peoples are called “RESIDENTS”.
- POPULATION is usually determined by a process called “CENSUS”
- CENSUS is the process of collecting,Analyzing, structuring and publishing of population.
- If there is no population,a place cannot be called a village or town or city or even a country.
POPULATION BY COUNTRY
- Below is the list of countries by population from high to low
| NUMBER BY POPULATION |
COUNTRY |
| 1 |
CHINA |
| 2 |
INDIA |
| 3 |
UNITED STATES |
| 4 |
INDONESIA |
| 5 |
PAKISTAN |
| 6 |
BRAZIL |
| 7 |
NIGERIA |
| 8 |
BANGLADESH |
| 9 |
RUSSIA |
| 10 |
MEXICO |
| 11 |
JAPAN |
| 12 |
EGYPT |
| 13 |
IRAN |
| 14 |
GERMANY |
| 15 |
THAILAND |
| 16 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
| 17 |
FRANCE |
| 18 |
ITALY |
| 19 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
| 20 |
SOUTH KOREA |
| 21 |
SPAIN |
| 22 |
ARGENTINA |
| 23 |
IRAQ |
| 24 |
CANADA |
| 25 |
MALAYSIA |
| 26 |
NEPAL |
| 27 |
AUSTRALIA |
| 28 |
SRILANKA |
| 29 |
PORTUGAL |
NOTE
- 11th JULY is observed as the “WORLD POPULATION DAY”
- The current world population is 7.8 BILLION PEOPLE.
- CHINA is the most populated country constituting of 143.932 CRORE PEOPLE.
- INDIA is the second most populated country constituting of 138.729 CRORE PEOPLE.
- VATICAN CITY has the smallest population in the WORLD constituting of population less than 1,000 people.
- 50.4% of the World’s population is MALE and 49.6% Of the World’s population is FEMALE.
