15 Dec 2020
Global Population: Numbers
- Posted by Dejan Pekic BCom DipFP CFP GAICD, Senior Financial Planner
Global population right now is estimated at over 7.8 billion and forecast to reach 9.4 billion in the next 3 decades.
The 10 most populous countries make up 4.5 billion or 58% of the total and are-
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1.
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China |
1,441,873,450
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2.
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India |
1,386,284,859
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3.
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USA |
331,895,754
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4.
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Indonesia |
274,863,991
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5.
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Pakistan |
222,906,989
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6.
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Brazil |
213,255,967
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7.
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Nigeria |
208,559,445
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8.
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Bangladesh |
165,449,046
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9.
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Russia |
145,963,019
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10.
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Mexico |
129,560,453
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Source: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
Alternatively, if you view population concertation regionally you can see that well over half the global population is concentrated in Asia followed by Africa, Europe, North America and then South America.
Click for chart.
Why does it matter?
Natural resources, something for which Australia has in excess supply and the rest of the World very much needs including China.
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