The Eleven most populated nations are: Map

Rank      region  density  Population  Country                                      percent          
1 Asia 141 1,350

China

19.1% 
2 Asia 383 1,260

India

17.8% 
3 America 33 314

United States

4.4% 
4 Asia 127 241

Indonesia

3.4% 
5 America 23 194

Brazil

3.4% 
6 Asia 227 180

Pakistan

2.5% 
7 Africa 184 170

Nigeria

2.4% 
8 Asia 1,062 153

Bangladesh

2.2% 
9 Eurasia 8 143

Russia

2.0% 
10 Asia 338 128

Japan 

1.8% 
11 America 59 116

Mexico

1.6% 

A pie chart of these 11 most populous nation-states.

    Sum: 4,249

  million

 
Percent of the whole world: 60%  
Global population total 7,063 1/28/12
    http://www.census.gov/    
Asia 3,312 47% One in two people or more are Asians
America 624 9% One in ten people or more are in the Americas

World Population data sheet: PRB

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E-book Population & Environment table of contents.

Population and International Conditions: The United States in a Global Perspective. Joseph Siry

 

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