7/15/2011

Top Ten Most Populated Countries

10. Japan
-population 126,804,433

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An island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.

9. Russia
-population 139,390,205

A state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the United States by the Bering Strait.

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8. Nigeria
-population 152,217,341

The Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean.

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7. Bangladesh
-population 158,065,841

The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma (Myanmar) to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south.

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6. Pakistan
-population 177,276,594

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometer (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast.Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.

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5. Brazil
-population 201,103,330

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The Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in South America. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in the world.

4. Indonesia
-population 242,968,394

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The Republic of Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands and thirty three provinces.

3. United States
-population 310,232,862

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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

2. India
-population 1,173,108,018

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India is a state located in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, and the most populous democracy in the world. India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the Southeast.

1. China
-population 1,330,141, 295

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The People's Republic of China (PRC), commonly known as China, is located in East Asia, it is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China.The PRC exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly administered municipalities, and two highly autonomous special administrative regions (SARs) – Hong Kong and Macau. Its capital city is Beijing.

SOURCES:
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats8.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_states
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China

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