TIL that only seven countries make up more than half of the world's human population
TIL that only seven countries make up more than half of the world's human population
en.m.wikipedia.org
List of countries and dependencies by population - Wikipedia
TL;DR: India, China, US, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil. Aggregated percent of total: 50.4
More interesting, imo - China and India host over a third of the world population. Each host more than the next five combined.
Also interesting to me that India surpassed China's population. I know that their growth rate was significantly higher, but I thought they were still a ways off from surpassing them. With the birth rates a lot higher in India than China, I wonder how much larger their population will grow and what it will mean for global culture and communications.