What is the most populous country in the world?

According to some estimates, the world population will reach 7.9 billion inhabitants this year. A huge number of inhabitants, distributed quite unevenly on the planet.

Although population growth in Europe and America is low, it maintains its pace in other regions, especially in Africa.

Precisely, Two Asian countries concentrate 35% of the world population. This is despite the fact that one of them shows a decrease in population and the other shows rates similar to those in Europe or North America.

Knowing which countries are most populated helps you get an idea of ​​where the largest number of inhabitants live.

What is the most populous country in the world?

According to the latest data from World population reviewprestigious independent consultancy firm that carries out analyzes and investigations globally, the most populous country in the world is India, where they live 1,437 million people.

This is a figure that will apply in 2024, and the organization reports that India, which represents 18% of the world’s population, will show annual population growth of 0.92% in 2023, a figure that puts it at first place. time the population ranking by country.

Even if only slightly, India surpasses the leader repeated for many years, China, which will sign up by 2024 1,425 million inhabitants. Although the world economic power, behind only the United States, concentrates 17.8% of the world population, one fact demonstrates why India has surpassed it for the first time. According to data from the World Population Review, China’s population decreased by 0.03%. Against the 0.92 grown in India.

With 341 million inhabitants are expected in 2024, The United States is the third most populous country in the world, with 4.53% of the total inhabitants. According to World Bank data, the leading economic power recorded population growth of 0.53% last year.

To analyze data from the three most populous countries in the world, it is necessary to place it in the context of their territories. China is the third largest country in the world by territory (after Russia and Canada). With a population of 9.7 million square kilometers, China’s population of 1,425 million gives a density of 151 per square kilometer.

Much more spacious than India, the seventh largest country on the planet with 3.3 million square kilometers. This means that its 1,437 million inhabitants record a density of 485 inhabitants per square kilometre, according to the consultancy World Population Review in its detailed table of the world population.

The United States, for its part, the fourth largest country with 9.4 million square kilometers, has the best population density among these three leaders: its 341 million inhabitants in 2024, giving it a density of 37 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Asia and Africa continue to grow

Indonesiain southwest Asia, it is another of the most populated countries: 279 million inhabitants3.5% of the world population, with a growth of 0.82% by 2023. Pakistanwith 243 million inhabitants, it is the other country that represents, together with Indonesia, just over 3% of the world population.

Nigeria It is the most populous country in Africa and has 227.5 million inhabitants. Population growth last year was 2.39%, a much higher rate than that recorded by developed countries, including emerging ones.

The most populated in Latin America is Brazil, which has 217 million inhabitants, again according to estimates from the World Population Review. The country represents 2.72% of the world population, with a rather low population growth: 0.56% last year. Recall that Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, very close to the United States. Its 8.4 million square kilometers mean that its 217 million inhabitants give the Latin American giant a density of 26 inhabitants per square kilometre.

Bangladesh is another country with many inhabitants. By 2024 it is estimated that it will have 174 million, with an annual growth of 1.01%, recorded last year.

Europe and Argentina

In Europe, The country with the largest population is Russia, whose surface extends over much of the Asian continent. 144 million people live there. Last year, the country recorded a decline in the population, calculated at 0.34%. As the largest country in the world, with its 17.1 million square kilometers, according to the World Population Review, Russia has a population density of 9 inhabitants per square kilometer.

For this organization dedicated to global consultations, after Russia, the classic European countries with the most inhabitants are: Turkey (18) with 86,147,890 inhabitants; Germany (19th in the world) with 83,264,617 inhabitants; United Kingdom (22) with 67,903,965 inhabitants; France (23) with 64,850,260 inhabitants; and Italy (25), with 58,743,075 inhabitants.

Behind Brazil, in Latin America, Mexico is the second most populous country in the region with 129 million inhabitants and an annual population growth of 0.73% recorded in 2023.

Argentina, meanwhile, occupies the position 35th in the ranking of the most populous countries in the world, even though it is the eighth largest country on the planet with 2.78 million square kilometers and, of course, the largest of all Spanish-speaking countries.

With an estimated 45.9 million inhabitants by 2024, the World population review recorded slight population growth in 2023 (0.62%). On the other hand, it continues to be a country with a low population density: only 17 inhabitants per square kilometre.