LARGEST POPULATIONS BY COUNTRY

The 16 countries with the largest total population:
Rank	Country / Territory	Population	Date	% of world population	Source
1	Peoples Republic of China[38]	1,338,130,000	June 17, 2010	19.6%	Chinese Official Population Clock
2	India	1,182,040,000	June 17, 2010	17.31%	Indian Official Population Clock
3	United States	309,519,000	June 17, 2010	4.53%	United States Official Population Clock
4	Indonesia	231,369,500		3.39%	Statistics Indonesia
5	Brazil	193,066,000	June 17, 2010	2.83%	Brazilian Official Population Clock
6	Pakistan	169,775,500	June 17, 2010	2.49%	Official Pakistani Population clock
7	Bangladesh	162,221,000	2009	2.38%	UN estimate
8	Nigeria	154,729,000		2.27%	UN estimate
9	Russia	141,927,297	January 1, 2010	2.08%	Federal State Statistics Service of Russia
10	Japan	127,530,000	December 1, 2009	1.87%	Official Japan Statistics Bureau
11	Mexico	107,550,697		1.58%	INEGI estimate National Population Statistics of Mexico[39]
12	Philippines	92,226,600	Mid-2009	1.35%	National Statistics Office medium projection
13	Vietnam	85,789,573	April 1, 2009	1.26%	Preliminary 2009 census results
14	Germany	81,882,342	March 31, 2009	1.2%	Federal Statistical Office
15	Ethiopia	79,221,000	July 2008	1.16%	Ethiopia Central Statistics Agency
16	Egypt	78,383,000	June 17, 2010	1.15%	Official Egyptian Population clock

Approximately 4.54 billion people live in these sixteen countries, representing roughly two-thirds (66.7%) of the world's population as of February 2009.