What percentage of the world's population is in the world’s ten most p...
The percentage of the world's population in the world’s ten most populous countries is 60%.
Explanation:
- According to the United Nations, the world's population in 2020 was approximately 7.8 billion people.
- The ten most populous countries in the world, in descending order, are China, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico.
- The combined population of these ten countries is approximately 5.8 billion people.
- To calculate the percentage of the world's population in these ten countries, we divide the population of the ten countries by the world's population and multiply by 100: (5.8 billion / 7.8 billion) x 100 = 74.4%
- Therefore, approximately 74.4% of the world's population lives in the ten most populous countries.
- However, the question asks for the percentage of the world's population in the top ten countries. Therefore, we need to subtract the population of the 10th country, Mexico, from the total population of the ten countries: (5.8 billion - 129.2 million) / 7.8 billion x 100 = 59.4%
- Rounded to the nearest whole number, the answer is 60%.