Growth By Country
According to United Nations population statistics, the world population grew by 30%, or 1.6 billion people, between 1990 and 2010. As persons the increase was among highest in India 350 million and China 196 million. Population growth was among highest in the United Arab Emirates (315%) and Qatar (271%).
| Rank | Country | Population 2010 |
Population 1990 |
Growth (%) 1990-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 6,895,889,000 | 5,306,425,000 | 30.0% | |
| 1 | China | 1,341,335,000 | 1,145,195,000 | 17.1% |
| 2 | India | 1,224,614,000 | 873,785,000 | 40.2% |
| 3 | United States | 310,384,000 | 253,339,000 | 22.5% |
| 4 | Indonesia | 239,871,000 | 184,346,000 | 30.1% |
| 5 | Brazil | 194,946,000 | 149,650,000 | 30.3% |
| 6 | Pakistan | 173,593,000 | 111,845,000 | 55.3% |
| 7 | Nigeria | 158,423,000 | 97,552,000 | 62.4% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 148,692,000 | 105,256,000 | 41.3% |
| 9 | Russia | 142,958,000 | 148,244,000 | -3.6% |
| 10 | Japan | 128,057,000 | 122,251,000 | 4.7% |
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