Countries With More than 200 Million People

Name all the countries of the world that have a population of at least 200 million people.

Date = Approximate date when the population was first attained

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Date	Population	Country
1855	1466 mil	India
1761	1423 mil	China
1967	351 mil	United States
1997	286 mil	Indonesia
2018	256 mil	Pakistan
2019	239 mil	Nigeria
2012	213 mil	Brazil

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38 Comments

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Level ∞

Nov 3, 2022

No new countries are projected to join this list until 2045.

Level 56

Mar 16, 2025

Funnily enough, Bangladesh is actually projected to hit 200 m in 2039 based on the 2024 UN Population Prospects. The UN updates their figures every 2 years so this projection is bound to change.

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Level 90

Jun 6, 2019

If Pakistan and Bangladesh had not been separated in the '70s, Pakistan would be number 3 on this list.

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Level 82

Jun 6, 2019

Yeah but by that logic, if Pakistan, and Bangladesh did not seperate from India, India would be number 1 on the list

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Level 92

Jun 7, 2019

With Burma and Ceylon the old stretch of British India would be just under 2 billion.

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Level 80

Jun 7, 2019

And Pangea would be #1 if it had not separated 175 million years ago.

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Level 43

Jun 7, 2019

And if that asteroid didn't hit the earth there would have been no humans which wiped out the dinosaurs

GAME OVER BOYS

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Level 63

Jun 18, 2019

I didn't know humans were responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. The more you don't know.

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Level 80

Jul 21, 2019

Mostly due to being overworked in prehistoric stone quarries.

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Level 74

Jul 21, 2019

Or running their legs off driving the family around.

Level 49

Jul 1, 2022

But if Earth never existed, aliens win! GAME OVER

Level 40

Nov 25, 2022

But what if the Big Bang never actually happened? What if nothing you are looking at is even real? What if you're not real?

Level 54

Feb 24, 2023

But if the earth was flat and an asteroid hit it, we would all fall off?

Level 80

Feb 24, 2023

But if humans were able to stop the asteroid, dinosaurs wouldn't have gone extinct!

GAME OVER BOYS

Level 49

Nov 14, 2025

And another thing by that logic, the UK would be number one on this list even further if its colonies hadn’t separated. (Including the US)

Level 94

Jun 7, 2019

If the British Empire was still going, that would be top of the list...

I am aware this suggestion is different to the above options as they are countries next to each other that separated as opposed to the Empire being spread around the world, I just wanted to add an 'if' myself!

Level 72

Jun 7, 2019

Pakistan and Bangladesh aren't next to each other.

Level 89

Jun 8, 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistan

Level 70

Jun 19, 2021

If you need to explain or justify your joke, then maybe you just shouldn't share it.

Level 56

Nov 14, 2025

If you need to criticize the explanation or justification of a joke, maybe you should just ignore it.

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Level 89

Jun 8, 2019

Also, if the United States annexed Canada, Mexico, Central America, all the Caribbean Islands, and the entirety of South America, they would be . . . #3 on this list.

Level 68

Jul 21, 2019

Yeah, compared to Asia, the western hemisphere doesn't really have very many people.

Level 49

Jun 14, 2020

the real questions is what is that picture of

Level 95

Sep 1, 2020

That's a terra cotta figure from Nok, Nigeria.

Level 43

Aug 11, 2021

I don’t know but I remember it from the History of Nigeria quiz I took.

Level 28

Feb 16, 2021

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Level 41

Apr 24, 2021

5 points for that?

Level 78

Jun 13, 2021

36 seconds

Level 61

Jul 19, 2021

hard quiz if I do say so myself.

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Dec 22, 2021

17 seconds

Level 50

Jan 7, 2023

i did this in 10 seconds

Level 78

Feb 24, 2023

9 seconds

Level 28

Feb 27, 2023

US should be allowed for United States. That's just standard

Level 54

Mar 29, 2023

no its not

Level 36

Apr 14, 2025

or USA

Level 67

May 9, 2025

Russia back when it was the soviet union was the only country to pass 200 million and then drop under 200 million, it peaked at 210 million in the 1990s and now has 140 million

Level 56

May 21, 2025

Nooo I had a brain fart for about 30 seconds then realized the last country, quickly typed Bangladesh while the clock was ticking on the 5 seconds left mark, then I got Pakistan in mind, typed Pakist but it was too late. GG

Level 43

Nov 14, 2025

Nice quiz! 7/7 in 19 secs for me