World's 20 most populous countries: 1998 and 2028
1998   2028 (Projected)
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Country
China
India
United States
Indonesia
Brazil
Russia
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Japan
Nigeria
Mexico
Germany
Phillipines
Vietnam
Iran
Egypt
Turkey
Thailand
United Kingdom
France

Population
1,236,914,658
984,003,683
270,311,758
212,941,810
169,806,557
146,861,202
135,135,195
127,567,002
125,931,553
110,532,242
98,552,776
82,079,454
77,725,862
76,236,259
68,959,931
66,050,004
64,566,511
60,037,366
58,970,119
58,804,944

  Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Country
India
China
United States
Indonesia
Pakistan
Nigeria
Brazil
Bangladesh
Mexico
Russia
Phillipines
Japan
Iran
Congo(Zaire)
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Egypt
Turkey
Germany
Thailand
Population
1,457,646,922
1,408,192,504
342,517,584
294,788,383
218,998,936
216,484,300
212,569,857
185,447,506
145,667,585
137,345,872
124,833,544
117,841,591
116,223,642
114,038,130
106,497,842
104,682,836
100,352,231
92,018,402
73,614,282
70,759,563

Data published by Business Asia in Vol. 7, No. 7, Monday, 19 April, 1999