Top 50 Most Populous Countries 2006
Rank Country
(PI listed countries
 in bold)		 Population 2006
 (US Census Bureau)
1 China 1313973713
2 India 1095351995
3 United States 298,444,215
4 Indonesia 245,452,739
5 Brazil 188,078,227
6 Pakistan 165,803,560
7 Bangladesh 147,365,352
8 Russia 142,893,540
9 Nigeria 131,859,731
10 Japan 127,463,611
11 Mexico 107,449,525
12 Philippines 89,468,677
13 Vietnam 84,402,966
14 Germany 82,422,299
15 Egypt 78,887,007
16 Ethiopia 74,777,981
17 Turkey 70,413,958
18 Iran 68,688,433
19 Thailand 64,631,595
20 Congo, Dem. Rep. 62,660.551
21 France 60,876,136
22 United Kingdom 60,609,153
23 Italy 58,133,509
24 South Korea 48,846,823
25 Myanmar (Burma) 47,382,633
26 Ukraine 46,710,816
27 South Africa 44,187,637
28 Colombia 43,593,035
29 Sudan 41,236,378
30 Spain 40,397,842
31 Argentina 39,921,833
32 Poland 38,536,869
33 Tanzania 37,445,392
34 Kenya 34,707,817
35 Morocco 33,241,259
36 Canada 33,098,932
37 Algeria 32,930,091
38 Afghanistan 31,056,997
39 Peru 28,302,603
40 Nepal 28,287,147
41 Uganda 28,195,754
42 Uzbekistan 27,307,134
43 Saudi Arabia 27,019,731
44 Iraq 26,783,383
45 Venezuela 25,730,435
46 Malaysia 24,385,858
47 North Korea 23,113,019
48 Taiwan 23,036,087
49 Ghana 22,409,572
50 Romania 22,303,552

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