World Population 2024 Ranking. 235 rows the bric countries (brazil, russia, india and china), generally regarded as the four major emerging economies expected to dominate in the 21st century, are all in the top ten most populous countries, indicating how important the sheer size of their populations. It is perhaps unsurprising that the majority of the most populous cities in the world are in the two most populated.
Populations shown for the most populous countries and on the world map are projected to july 1, 2024. Western africa has 14.1 nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 population, highest of all african regions but still among the lowest.