User:World Population 7,800,000,000/2000 Population

This is a list of the top 20 countries by population in 2000.

List

Countries and territories ranked by population in 2000
Country/Territory	UN continental region^[1]	UN statistical subregion^[1]	Population (1 July 1999)	Population (1 July 2000)	Change
China^[a]	Asia	Eastern Asia	1,281,514,832	1,290,550,766	+0.71%
India	Asia	Southern Asia	1,038,058,154	1,056,575,547	+1.78%
United States	Americas	Northern America	278,548,147	281,710,913	+1.14%
Indonesia	Asia	South-eastern Asia	208,615,171	211,513,821	+1.39%
Brazil	Americas	South America	172,318,674	174,790,338	+1.43%
Russia	Europe	Eastern Europe	146,915,915	146,404,889	−0.35%
Pakistan	Asia	Southern Asia	138,624,625	142,343,583	+2.68%
Bangladesh	Asia	Southern Asia	125,189,655	127,657,862	+1.97%
Japan	Asia	Eastern Asia	127,326,063	127,524,167	+0.16%
Nigeria	Africa	Western Africa	119,260,055	122,283,853	+2.54%
Mexico	Americas	Central America	97,484,823	98,899,845	+1.45%
Germany	Europe	Western Europe	81,389,935	81,400,883	+0.01%
Vietnam	Asia	South-eastern Asia	79,035,871	79,910,410	+1.11%
Philippines	Asia	South-eastern Asia	76,325,926	77,991,756	+2.18%
Egypt	Africa	Northern Africa	67,515,590	68,831,561	+1.95%
Ethiopia	Africa	Eastern Africa	64,343,008	66,224,809	+2.92%
Iran	Asia	Southern Asia	64,800,875	65,623,396	+1.27%
Turkey	Asia	Western Asia	62,287,391	63,240,196	+1.53%
Thailand	Asia	South-eastern Asia	62,298,568	62,952,639	+1.05%
France^[b]	Europe	Western Europe	58,704,380	59,015,092	+0.53%
World			6,064,239,033	6,143,493,805	+1.31%

^ ^a ^b "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

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[region-1] "Definition of Regions". World Population Prospects, the 2019 Revision. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section. June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

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