Most populous countries in the world per continent according to "The Times Atlas of the World 2010"

[Tooting Carmen]

EUROPE

(1) Russia 140,874,000
(2) Germany 82,167,000
(3) France 62,343,000
(4) United Kingdom 61,565,000
(5) Italy 59,870,000
(6) Ukraine 45,708,000
(7) Spain 44,904,000
(8) Poland 38,074,000
(9) Romania 21,275,000
(10) Netherlands 16,592,000

ASIA

(1) China 1,330,265,000
(2) India 1,198,003,000
(3) Indonesia 229,965,000
(4) Pakistan 180,808,000
(5) Bangladesh 162,221,000
(6) Japan 127,156,000
(7) Philippines 91,983,000
(8) Vietnam 88,069,000
(9) Turkey 74,816,000
(10) Iran 74,196,000

AMERICAS

(1) United States of America 314,659,000
(2) Brazil 193,734,000
(3) Mexico 109,610,000
(4) Colombia 45,660,000
(5) Argentina 40,276,000
(6) Canada 33,573,000
(7) Peru 29,165,000
(8) Venezuela 28,583,000
(9) Chile 16,970,000
(10) Guatemala 14,027,000

AFRICA

(1) Nigeria 154,729,000
(2) Egypt 82,825,000
(3) Ethiopia 82,825,000
(4) Democratic Republic of Congo 66,020,000
(5) South Africa 50,110,000
(6) Tanzania 43,739,000
(7) Sudan 42,272,000
(8) Kenya 39,802,000
(9) Algeria 34,895,000
(10) Uganda 32,710,000

[GrebluBro]

Indian population undercounted

[Tooting Carmen]

Indian population undercounted

If that is so, then it'd have replaced China as the world's most populous country by now.

[portusaus]

I thought China had over 2 billion.. well that's a nice surprise. 2 Billion is just way too many people; the whole world should have about 2 billion tops.

[GrebluBro]

If that is so, then it'd have replaced China as the world's most populous country by now.

Easily 1.3 billion in 2014..
but average children Indian woman bear is 2.3 only...

India got enough arable land to feed its people

[Tooting Carmen]

Easily 1.3 billion in 2014..
but average children Indian woman bear is 2.3 only...

India got enough arable land to feed its people

That's still a higher birth rate than anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, and is not evenly distributed by state in India - Kerala's birth rate is below replacement level, for example.

[GrebluBro]

That's still a higher birth rate than anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, and is not evenly distributed by state in India - Kerala's birth rate is below replacement level, for example.

Whole South India is just 1.8 with Tamil Nadu and Kerala 1.7

In North-West Tamil Nadu, 1.4 is average..

Most of my relatives got just one children..

Both my parents got just one sibling. I've just 2 cousins

[Tooting Carmen]

Whole South India is just 1.8 with Tamil Nadu and Kerala 1.7

In North-West Tamil Nadu, 1.4 is average..

Most of my relatives got just one children..

Both my parents got just one sibling. I've just 2 cousins

So much for the stereotype of the big Indian family then. Interestingly, Iran has also had a below replacement rate birth rate for a number of years.

[Brighton]

Woah I didn't think Chile was in the Top 10 in the Americas

[Tooting Carmen]

Woah I didn't think Chile was in the Top 10 in the Americas

Considering all the tiny countries in Central America and the Caribbean, it actually isn't so surprising.

[GrebluBro]

So much for the stereotype of the big Indian family then. Interestingly, Iran has also had a below replacement rate birth rate for a number of years.

People are stupid who get carried away by India's huge population.

In 200 years, Global ethnic-British Isles population got multiplied 10 times (15 million to 150 million) while India got just 6.5 times (~20 to ~130) => who bred faster?

[Tooting Carmen]

People are stupid who get carried away by India's huge population.

In 200 years, Global ethnic-British Isles population got multiplied 10 times while India got just 6 times => who bred faster?

It wasn't just birth rates that explain that - more crucially, better health and lower mortality rates too. Given that birth rates are plummeting all over the world, it is the latter causes that are resulting in the world's population growing so much.

[Brighton]

Considering all the tiny countries in Central America and the Caribbean, it actually isn't so surprising.
Guatemala is in Central America and it's quite near Chile.

I don't know about Cuba and Ecuador but I thought their population density was also very high..

[Tooting Carmen]

Guatemala is in Central America and it's quite near Chile.

I don't know about Cuba and Ecuador but I thought their population density was also very high..

Cuba has around 11 million and Ecuador around 13 million, so they just fall outside the list.:D