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10 Largest Countries in 2050

By Matt Rosenberg, About.com

Apr 12 2007
According to the Population Reference Bureau, these will be the ten largest countries based on population in 2050...

1. India - 1,628,000,000 (1.628 billion)
2. China - 1,437,000,000 (1.437 billion)
3. United States - 420,000,000 (420 million)
4. Nigeria - 299,000,000
5. Pakistan - 295,000,000
6. Indonesia - 285,000,000
7. Brazil - 260,000,000
8. Bangladesh - 231,000,000
9. Democratic Republic of Congo - 183,000,000
10. Ethiopia - 145,000,000

You can compare these future populations to the largest countries today.

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