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Graph: on ourworldindata.org1950#CountryPopulation(1950)WorldShare2023Rank1China543,979,23321.8 %(2)2India357,021,10014.3 %(1)3United States148,281,5505.9 %(3)4Russia102,580,1074.1 %(9)5Japan84,353,0493.4 %(12)6Germany70,964,0952.8 %(19)7Indonesia69,567,6192.8 %(4)8Brazil53,955,3592.2 %(7)9United Kingdom50,055,0652 %(21)10Italy46,391,9381.9 %(25)11France41,842,3551.7 %(23)12Bangladesh39,728,5351.6 %(8)13Pakistan37,696,2641.5 %(5)14Ukraine37,302,9961.5 %(41)15Nigeria37,189,3691.5 %(6)16Spain28,069,6941.1 %(32)17Mexico27,600,1331.1 %(10)18Vietnam25,109,2001 %(16)19Poland24,786,2361 %(37)20Egypt21,150,0580.8 %(14)Data: on worldometers.info2023#CountryPopulation(2023)YearlyChangeWorldShare1India1,428,627,6630.81 %17.8 %2China1,425,671,352-0.02...

Map: on mapsoftheworld.com#CountryTot. Area(Km²)Tot. Area(mi²)Land Area(Km²)Land Area(mi²)% of worldlandmass1Russia17,098,2426,601,66516,376,8706,323,14211.0 %2Canada9,984,6703,855,1019,093,5103,511,0226.1 %3China9,706,9613,747,8779,388,2113,624,8076.3 %4United States9,372,6103,618,7839,147,4203,531,8376.1 %5Brazil8,515,7673,287,9558,358,1403,227,0955.6 %6Australia7,692,0242,969,9067,682,3002,966,1515.2 %7India3,287,5901,269,3452,973,1901,147,9552.0 %8Argentina2,780,4001,073,5182,736,6901,056,6411.8 %9Kazakhstan2,724,9001,052,0892,699,7001,042,3601.8 %10Algeria2,381,741919,5952,381,740919,5951.6 %11DR Congo2,344,858905,3542,267,050875,3131.5 %12Greenland2,166,086836,330410,450158,4760.3 %13Saudi Arabia2,149,690830,0002,149,690830,0001.4 %14Mexico1,964,375758,4491,943,950750,5631.3 %15Indonesia1,904,569735,3581,811,570699,4511.2 %16Sudan1,886,068728,2151,765,048681,4891.2 %17Libya1,759,540679,3621,759,540679,3621.2 %18Iran1,648,195636,3711,628,550628,7861.1...

Across the globe, 2023 was yet another year of significant challenges, from the terrible ongoing wars and violence in the Middle East and Ukraine to mounting terrorist activity and...