As the world reached a human population of eight billion last November, more population milestones loom.
India is forecast to become the biggest country in the world later this year, but the world’s greatest populations can be found in places around the world.
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Population counts can be tricky to keep consistent – the positions of Nigeria and Brazil often can swap in particular – so we’ve gone with what we could find as the latest measurement for each country, even though the method of that measurement may vary.
Here are the top 10 countries ranked by population.
