Saturday, 11 February 2006
How many people in the world?

We're watching the 2006 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony, and Emma asks me how many people live in each of the different countries marching into the stadium.

Quick as a flash, I jump to wikipedia and voila the top 10

Rank Country Population Density
(people/ km2)
— World 6,446,000,000 43
1 Flag of People's Republic of China China 1,306,313,812 136
2 Flag of India India 1,103,600,000 328
3 Flag of United States United States 297,800,000 30
4 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 241,973,879 126
5 Flag of Brazil Brazil 186,112,794 21
6 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 162,419,946 202
7 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 144,319,628 1,002
8 Flag of Russia Russia 143,420,309 8
9 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 128,771,988 139
10 Flag of Japan Japan 127,417,244 337

Australia is #52 in the big list


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