Okay, so maybe I should have known that Bangladesh has over 140,000,000 inhabitants (while the U.K. has less than 60 million). But even though I grew up in the 60s, why didn't I know that Vietnam was the 14th most populous country, with nearly 80 million people? Or, that Ethiopia has nearly 61 million folks, who probably couldn't care less about Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich or Ralph Nader? Hey: Tanzania has has nearly 32 million inhabitants who, rest assured, are not fans of the Yankees, Cardinals or possibly even rollerblading. Burma and the Ukraine, combined, have nearly 100 million people, as do Madagascar, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Guatemala & Mozambique. None of whom are likely to be nightly viewers of Rachel Maddow. And Morocco has about the same population as Canada?
1 China - 1,306,313,812
2 India - 1,080,264,388
3 United States - 295,734,134
4 Indonesia - 241,973,879
5 Brazil - 186,112,794
6 Pakistan - 162,419,946
7 Russia - 143,782,338
8 Bangladesh - 141,340,476
9 Nigeria - 137,253,500
10 Japan - 127,417,200
11 Mexico - 102,026,691
12 Germany - 82,081,365
13 Philippines - 80,961,430
14 Vietnam - 78,349,503
15 Egypt - 68,494,584
16 Turkey - 66,620,120
17 Iran - 65,865,302
18 Thailand - 61,163,833
19 Ethiopia - 60,967,436
20 United Kingdom - 59,247,439
21 France - 59,128,187
22 Italy - 56,686,568
23 Congo (Dem. Rep. of) - 51,987,773
24 Ukraine - 49,506,779
25 Burma - 48,852,098
26 South Korea - 47,350,529
27 South Africa - 43,981,758
28 Colombia - 40,036,927
29 Spain - 39,208,236
30 Poland - 38,644,184
31 Argentina - 37,214,757
32 Sudan - 35,530,371
33 Tanzania - 31,962,769
34 Algeria - 31,787,647
35 Canada - 31,330,255
36 Morocco - 30,205,387
37 Kenya - 29,250,541
38 Peru - 27,135,689
39 Afghanistan - 26,668,251
40 Nepal - 24,920,211
41 Uzbekistan - 24,422,518
42 Venezuela - 23,595,822
43 Uganda - 23,451,687
44 Iraq - 23,150,926
45 Taiwan - 22,319,222
46 Romania - 22,291,200
47 Saudi Arabia - 22,245,751
48 Malaysia - 21,820,143
49 North Korea - 21,687,550
50 Mozambique - 19,614,345
51 Sri Lanka - 19,355,053 52 Ghana - 19,271,744
53 Australia - 18,950,108
54 Syria - 17,758,925
55 Yemen - 17,521,085
56 Kazakhstan - 16,816,150
57 Cote d'Ivoire - 16,190,105
58 Cameroon - 15,891,531
59 Netherlands - 15,878,304
60 Madagascar - 15,294,535
61 Chile - 15,155,495
62 Ecuador - 12,782,161
63 Guatemala - 12,669,576
64 Cambodia - 11,918,865
65 Burkina Faso - 11,892,029
66 Angola - 11,486,729
67 Zimbabwe - 11,272,013
68 Cuba - 11,139,412
69 Greece - 10,750,705
70 Mali - 10,750,686
71 Serbia - 10,529,507
72 Belarus - 10,390,697
73 Senegal - 10,390,296
74 Czech Republic - 10,283,762
75 Niger - 10,260,316
76 Belgium - 10,185,894
77 Hungary - 10,167,182
78 Malawi - 10,154,299
79 Portugal - 9,902,147
80 Zambia - 9,872,007
81 Tunisia - 9,645,499
82 Sweden - 8,938,559
83 Rwanda - 8,336,995
84 Dominican Republic - 8,261,536
85 Bulgaria - 8,155,828
86 Austria - 8,148,007
87 Bolivia - 8,139,180
88 Azerbaijan - 7,955,772
89 Chad - 7,760,252
90 Guinea - 7,610,869
91 Somalia - 7,433,922
92 Switzerland - 7,288,715
93 Haiti - 6,991,589
94 Hong Kong S.A.R. - 6,966,929
95 Benin - 6,516,630
96 Tajikistan - 6,194,373
97 Honduras - 6,130,135
98 Burundi - 5,930,805
99 El Salvador - 5,925,374
100 Israel - 5,851,913
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and Times Atlas of the World, tenth edition
