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World Population
Year 1950			          Year 1960				  Year 1970
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Rank Country	    Population	Rank Country	   Population  Rank Country	   Population
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   1 China	   562,579,779 	   1 China	   650,660,513    1 China	  820,403,282
   2 India	   369,880,000 	   2 India	   445,857,000	  2 India	  555,042,800
   3 United States 152,271,000 	   3 United States 180,671,000	  3 United States 205,052,000
   4 Russia	   101,936,816 	   4 Russia	   119,631,633	  4 Russia	  130,245,476
   5 Japan	    83,805,000 	   5 Indonesia	   100,654,509	  5 Indonesia	  122,889,369
   6 Indonesia	    83,413,921 	   6 Japan	    94,091,638	  6 Japan	  104,344,973
   7 Germany	    68,374,572 	   7 Germany	    72,480,869	  7 Brazil	   95,684,297
   8 Brazil	    53,443,075 	   8 Brazil	    71,694,810	  8 Germany	   77,783,164
   9 United Kingdom 50,127,000 	   9 Bangladesh	    54,621,538	  9 Bangladesh	   67,402,621
  10 Italy	    47,105,000 	  10 United Kingdom 52,372,000	 10 Pakistan	   65,705,964
  11 Bangladesh	    45,645,964 	  11 Pakistan	    50,386,898	 11 United Kingdom 55,632,000
  12 France	    41,828,673 	  12 Italy	    50,197,600	 12 Italy	   53,661,100
	   Year 1980			  Year 1990			   Year 1996	
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Rank Country	   Population  Rank Country	    Population Rank Country	   Population
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   1 China	   984,736,460 	  1 China	 1,138,894,555    1 China	1,216,387,869
   2 India	   690,462,195 	  2 India	   850,558,120    2 India	  948,910,783
   3 United States 227,726,463 	  3 United States  249,947,792    3 United States 265,462,901
   4 Indonesia	   154,935,922 	  4 Indonesia	   188,650,868 	  4 Indonesia	  209,977,606
   5 Russia	   139,045,237 	  5 Brazil	   151,052,598 	  5 Brazil	  165,209,940
   6 Brazil	   122,934,307 	  6 Russia	   148,081,814 	  6 Russia	  147,757,004
   7 Japan	   116,807,309 	  7 Japan	   123,537,399 	  7 Pakistan	  129,537,784
   8 Bangladesh	    88,076,996 	  8 Pakistan	   113,975,232 	  8 Japan	  125,555,525
   9 Pakistan	    85,219,117 	  9 Bangladesh	   109,896,945 	  9 Bangladesh    121,142,646
  10 Germany	    78,297,904 	 10 Nigeria	    92,483,295 	 10 Nigeria	  110,361,562
  11 Nigeria	    69,593,050 	 11 Mexico	    84,446,413 	 11 Mexico	   91,079,999
  12 Mexico	    68,685,608 	 12 Germany	    79,380,394 	 12 Germany	   81,885,179
	  Year 1997			  Year 1998			  Year 1999
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Rank Country	    Population	Rank Country	    Population Rank Country	   Population
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   1 China	 1,227,713,981 	   1 China	 1,239,085,519    1 China	1,250,463,856
   2 India	   965,334,078 	   2 India	   981,666,198 	  2 India	  997,892,285
   3 United States 268,008,430 	   3 United States 270,560,981 	  3 United States 273,131,194
   4 Indonesia	   213,701,781 	   4 Indonesia	   217,414,504 	  4 Indonesia	  221,110,775
   5 Brazil	   167,320,280 	   5 Brazil	   169,305,705 	  5 Brazil	  171,155,221
   6 Russia	   147,363,717 	   6 Russia	   146,964,110 	  6 Russia	  146,515,771
   7 Pakistan	   132,484,533 	   7 Pakistan	   135,471,351 	  7 Pakistan	  138,496,052
   8 Japan	   125,817,684 	   8 Japan	   126,068,578 	  8 Bangladesh   127,146,060
   9 Bangladesh	   123,118,615 	   9 Bangladesh	   125,120,032 	  9 Japan	  126,314,453
  10 Nigeria	   113,555,648 	  10 Nigeria	   116,788,347 	 10 Nigeria	  120,051,679
  11 Mexico	    95,667,462 	  11 Mexico	    97,244,587 	 11 Mexico	   98,806,793
  12 Germany	    82,096,931 	  12 Germany	    82,327,716 	 12 Germany	   82,561,399
	   Year 2000	
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Rank Country	    Population
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   1 China	 1,261,832,482
   2 India	 1,014,003,817
   3 United States 275,562,673
   4 Indonesia	   224,784,210
   5 Brazil	   172,860,370
   6 Russia	   146,001,176
   7 Pakistan	   141,553,775
   8 Bangladesh	   129,194,224
   9 Japan	   126,549,976
  10 Nigeria	   123,337,822
  11 Mexico	   100,349,766
  12 Germany	    82,797,408

Source :  Information was referred from U.S Census Bureau and Book Of Fact ( Reader Digest )

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