8. The 10 countries with the largest total population:
Rank
Country / Territory
Population
Date
% of world
population
Source
1
China[73]
1,351,690,000
June 30, 2012
19.2%
[74]
2
India
1,203,710,000
March 2011
17%
[75]
3
United States
313,827,000
June 30, 2012
4.47%
[76]
4
Indonesia
238,400,000
May 2010
3.33%
[77]
5
Brazil
196,622,000
June 30, 2012
2.8%
[78]
6
Pakistan
179,973,000
June 30, 2012
2.56%
[79]
7
Nigeria
170,123,740
July 2012
2.42%
[80]
8
Bangladesh
161,083,804
July 2012
2.29%
[81]
9
Russia
141,927,297
January 1, 2010
2.021%
[82]
Japan
127,610,000
May 1, 2012
1.82%
10
24.
Multilingual country, 60 languages
English is the official language
Urdu is the national language.
25.
The following are major languages spoken in
Pakistan:
Punjabi (Panjab)
Pashto (three major varieties)
Sindhi
Seraiki (Saraiki)
Urdu
Balochi (three major varieties)