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25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 2:40pm On Jun 06, 2025
25 Most Populous Countries in The World (2025)

1. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India - 1,463,865,525 (1.46B)
2. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China - 1,416,096,094 (1.42B)
3. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States - 347,275,807 (347M)
4. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia - 285,721,236 (286M)
5. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan - 255,219,554 (255M)
6. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria - 237,527,782 (238M)
7. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil - 212,812,405 (213M)
8. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh - 175,686,899 (176M)
9. ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia - 143,997,393 (144M)
10. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia - 135,472,051 (135M)
11. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico - 131,946,900 (132M)
12. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan - 123,103,479 (123M)
13. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt - 118,365,995 (118M)
14. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines - 116,786,962 (117M)
15. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DR Congo - 112,832,473 (113M)
16. ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam - 101,598,527 (102M)
17. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran - 92,417,681 (92M)
18. ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey - 87,685,426 (88M)
19. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany - 84,075,075 (84M)
20. ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand - 71,619,863 (72M)
21. ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania - 70,545,865 (71M)
22. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom - 69,551,332 (70M)
23. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France - 66,650,804 (67M)
24. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa - 64,747,319 (65M)
25. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy - 59,146,260 (59M)
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/

Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by chiefolododo(m): 2:56pm On Jun 06, 2025
There should be a way to control Nigeria's population. Poverty rate is high
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 3:12pm On Jun 06, 2025
chiefolododo:
There should be a way to control Nigeria's population. Poverty rate is high
India and China nko grin
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by DeathParade: 7:25pm On Jun 06, 2025
Modern day Republic of India has the world's second largest arable farmland after USA.

But traditionally, Undivided India a.k.a. Indian subcontinent also included modern day Pakistan and Bangladesh as well. Taken together, the Indian subcontinent has the world's largest farmland (arable land), more than even USA or China.

There is a good reason why India has always had the largest or the second largest population on Earth for the past 7000+ years.
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 9:27pm On Jun 06, 2025
DeathParade:
Modern day Republic of India has the world's second largest arable farmland after USA.

But traditionally, Undivided India a.k.a. Indian subcontinent also included modern day Pakistan and Bangladesh as well. Taken together, the Indian subcontinent has the world's largest farmland (arable land), more than even USA or China.

There is a good reason why India has always had the largest or the second largest population on Earth for the past 7000+ years.
you know Canada is the second largest country in the world ๐ŸŒŽ after Russia
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 9:30pm On Jun 06, 2025
olawaleatanda:
25 Most Populous Countries in The World (2025)

1. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India - 1,463,865,525 (1.46B)
2. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China - 1,416,096,094 (1.42B)
3. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States - 347,275,807 (347M)
4. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia - 285,721,236 (286M)
5. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan - 255,219,554 (255M)
6. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria - 237,527,782 (238M)
7. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil - 212,812,405 (213M)
8. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh - 175,686,899 (176M)
9. ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia - 143,997,393 (144M)
10. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia - 135,472,051 (135M)
11. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico - 131,946,900 (132M)
12. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan - 123,103,479 (123M)
13. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt - 118,365,995 (118M)
14. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines - 116,786,962 (117M)
15. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DR Congo - 112,832,473 (113M)
16. ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam - 101,598,527 (102M)
17. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran - 92,417,681 (92M)
18. ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey - 87,685,426 (88M)
19. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany - 84,075,075 (84M)
20. ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand - 71,619,863 (72M)
21. ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania - 70,545,865 (71M)
22. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom - 69,551,332 (70M)
23. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France - 66,650,804 (67M)
24. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa - 64,747,319 (65M)
25. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy - 59,146,260 (59M)

Source: World Population Review

Seun justwise Dominique mynd44 Nlfpmod
nlfpmod move to front-page
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by DeathParade: 9:34pm On Jun 06, 2025
olawaleatanda:
you know Canada is the second largest country in the world ๐ŸŒŽ after Russia
I'm talking about farmland bruh, specifically arable land. Canada doesn't have more farmland than India. Neither does Russia. They do have more barren land though.

You need farmland to grow crops and that's what feeds and allowed a nation to have a large population.
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 9:37pm On Jun 06, 2025
DeathParade:
I'm talking about farmland bruh. Canada doesn't have more farmland than India. Neither does Russia. They do have more barren land though.

You need farmland to grow crops and that's what feeds and allowed a nation to have a large population.
you mean there's not hunger in India grin
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by DeathParade: 10:13pm On Jun 06, 2025
olawaleatanda:
you mean there's not hunger in India grin
Yes there isn't. There is malnutrition, but that is not due to a lack of food grains. Government of India provides free food grains to poorest Indians. And you have many Temples and Gurudwaras offering free, cooked food.

The problem is that food grains alone will fill the stomach but won't give a person all the necessary minerals and vitamins. So even if there is no hunger, there is still nutrition deprivation.
Indian Government is trying multiple approaches to solve this problem. Such as making fortification of flour mandatory .

Percentage of Indians that have nutrition poverty:-
2005: 44.3%
2015: 22.1%
2019: 11.8%

For Nigeria, this figure is not even measured,
the column of nutrition poverty in this report is empty in Nigeria's entry. Forget trying to combat it, we don't even know the figures for Nigeria.


Source: see photo below taken from UN report. https://hdr.undp.org/content/2024-global-multidimensional-poverty-index-mpi#/indicies/MPI

Note, compare India to Ghana in this table below. Specifically, the last column about nutrition poverty.

Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by nlfpmod(mod): 9:29am On Jun 07, 2025
olawaleatanda:
nlfpmod move to front-page
Add link to the source
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 9:40am On Jun 07, 2025
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by benuejosh: 10:11am On Jun 07, 2025
Nigeria the giant of Africa.
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by Kingpele(m): 10:12am On Jun 07, 2025
Our own population is disadvantageous
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by akmath: 10:12am On Jun 07, 2025
Naija Population pass that 238M o
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by brain54(m): 10:12am On Jun 07, 2025
chiefolododo:
There should be a way to control Nigeria's population. Poverty rate is high
China and some other Asian countries did...

They are regretting it.

Because they now have an elderly and "dying"population!
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by Sultty(m): 10:12am On Jun 07, 2025
olawaleatanda:
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/
you were meant to say the most populated countries
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by ARISHEM:
In Nigeria you hear your wealth is determined by family size.
That mentality is why some illiterate families ignore family planning, have many wives and begin to bear children like rabbits in chronic poverty
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by wellmax(m): 10:12am On Jun 07, 2025
chiefolododo:
There should be a way to control Nigeria's population. Poverty rate is high
What will you then say of India?
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 10:13am On Jun 07, 2025
grin
wellmax:
What will you then say of India?
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by ufotty2001: 10:14am On Jun 07, 2025
Countries with billion are doing well.. those countries with billion's of population do they have fertility problems therehuh It seems there is no fertility issues there.. this clearly shows that fertility is caused by lifestyle
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by Eriokanmi: 10:15am On Jun 07, 2025
Nigeria is over 300m. The quoted figure and the 6th position is official. Sadly, we're not using our population to our benefit due to government bad policies and corruption, unlike China, India, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by Cj4charles(m):
Imagine Nigerian land mark compare to Russia....
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by olawaleatanda(op): 10:16am On Jun 07, 2025
ufotty2001:
Countries with billion are doing well
go and live there first grin

U go know say hunger dey grin
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by EdiskyHarry:
Nigeria own na guess work. We are more than that, I give credits to buhari who tried to find out the total and accurate population of Nigeria in 2023 before tinubu scattered the beautiful plan.
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by Offpoint1: 10:17am On Jun 07, 2025
Humans can F sha
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by Hemanwel(m):
Me, I will keep saying it: Nigeria's population figure is inflated and exaggerated. We are not more than 150 million people.
Re: 25 Most Populous Countries In The World (2025) by adamkkk: 10:18am On Jun 07, 2025
Nigeria, them dey born to turn it into an occupation. Almajiris looking emaciated everywhere and all they do is beg and recite Koran.


I feel bad seeing how some children are used by their lazy parents to make money under this Nigeria Excruciating sun
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