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Country Rank

The Country Ranking tool provides a quick and easy method to view the most populous countries in the world for any given year. The data for this tool are drawn from the International Data Base (IDB) which offers additional demographic information for each country.

Find the countries and areas with the largest total population for any year in the database from 1950 to 2050.

Select a year and rank


Rank

Source: U.S. Census Bureau | International Programs | International Data Base   Revised:August 28, 2012   Version: Data:12.0625 Code:12.0321