World Population:

6,775,235,700 - 2009
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

World population estimates milestones

Population (in billions)	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9
Year	1804		1927		1960		1974		1987		1999		2011		2021		2030
Years elapsed	-		123		33		14		13		12		11		10		9

The 10 countries with the largest total population:

1 People's Republic of China[57]: 1,345,070,000 - July 11, 2011 - 19.4% (Source: Chinese Official Population Clock)

2 India: 1,210,193,422 - March 2011 - 17% (Census of India Organisation)

3 United States: 311,732,000 - July 11, 2011 - 4.5% (United States Official Population Clock)

4 Indonesia:  238,400,000 - May 2010 - 3.38% (SuluhNusantara Indonesia Census report)

5 Brazil: 194,925,000 - February 11, 2011 - 2.81% (Brazilian Official Population Clock)

6 Pakistan: 176,593,000 - July 11, 2011 - 2.55% (Official Pakistani Population Clock)

7 Bangladesh: 164,425,000 - 2010 - 2.37% (2008 UN estimate for year 2010)

8 Nigeria: 158,259,000 - 2010 - 2.28% (2008 UN estimate for year 2010)

9 Russia: 141,927,297 - January 1, 2010 - 2.05% (Federal State Statistics Service of Russia)

10 Japan: 127,380,000 - June 1, 2010 - 1.84% (Official Japan Statistics Bureau)

Approximately 4.03 billion people live in these ten countries, representing 58.7% of the world's population as of November 2010.

Still a "Small World" !