WORLD POPULATION



            By the UNITE NATIONS estimate, the world population by 200BC was 108million. This grew to 120million in 1000BC, 138million in A.D, and 275million by 100A.D, but had more than doubled by 1000A.D. The world population doubled again between 1650 and 1850, a period of 200years.
            Between 1850 and 1970 (120years), it tripled and by 1982 when population was estimated as 4551million, at the present rate of increase world population is estimated to be about 6.5billion by the year 2000.
Out of the total world population of 4,551,000000 in 1982, 2,712,000000 live in ASIA. The second most populous Continent in Europe with 669,000000 followed by AFRICA and AUSTRALIA in descending order.
            The most populous country in the World is CHINA with a total population of (969,665000)people according to 1982 estimate. The second most populous country is INDIA with a total of (692,860000) according to 1982 estimate. And the third is RUSSIA with a total of (269,51000) according to 1982 estimate.
Nigeria is the 9th  in position. A very close look at first Ten most populous Country in the World shows that seven of them are in ASIA. CHINA and INDIA, each have more people than all the Country of EUROPE put together. And below are the population of each countries in a descending order according to 1982 estimate.
 LARGEST COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD IN POPULATION ( 1982est)
RANK
COUNTRY
POPULATION
1
China
969,665,000
2
India
692,860,000
3
Russia
269,591,000
4
United State
230,086,000
5
Indonesia
160,210,000
6
Brazil
128,892,000
7
Japan
120,448,000
8
Bangladesh
93,849,000
9
Nigeria
89,118,000
10
Pakistan
87,497,000
11
Mexico
60,924,000
12
West Germany
58,935,000
13
Italy
58,159,000
14
 Great Britain
56,019,000
15
France
54,446,000
16
Vietnam
54,427,000
17
Philippines
51,992,000
18
Thailand
49,981,000
19
Turkey
47,999,000
20
Egypt
43,876,000
21
Iran
40,663,000
22
South Korea
39,556,000
23
Spain
38,420,000
24
Poland
36,190,000
25
Burma
35,133,000
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