Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport

Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947

Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting

Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946

Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India

Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India

Current world population

rank	country	area sq.km.	population (all estimates)
			2006-07-01	yearly growth	yesterday	daily increase	today
	World	510,072,000	6,525,170,264	1.14%	6,533,729,857	203,800	6,533,933,657
1.	China	9,596,960	1,313,973,713	0.59%	1,314,865,775	21,240	1,314,887,015
2.	India	3,287,590	1,095,351,995	1.38%	1,097,091,354	41,413	1,097,132,767
3.	United States of America	9,631,418	298,444,215	0.91%	298,756,723	7,441	298,764,164
4.	Indonesia	1,919,440	245,452,739	1.41%	245,850,978	9,482	245,860,460
5.	Brazil	8,511,965	188,078,227	1.04%	188,303,303	5,359	188,308,661
6.	Pakistan	803,940	165,803,560	2.09%	166,202,306	9,494	166,211,800
7.	Bangladesh	144,000	147,365,352	2.09%	147,719,756	8,438	147,728,194
8.	Russia	17,075,200	142,893,540	-0.37%	142,832,703	-1,449	142,831,254
9.	Nigeria	923,768	131,859,731	2.38%	132,220,846	8,598	132,229,444
10.	Japan	377,835	127,463,611	0.02%	127,466,544	70	127,466,614
11.	Mexico	1,972,550	107,449,525	1.16%	107,592,948	3,415	107,596,363
12.	Philippines	300,000	89,468,677	1.80%	89,653,987	4,412	89,658,400
13.	Vietnam	329,560	84,402,966	1.02%	84,502,030	2,359	84,504,388
14.	Germany	357,021	82,422,299	-0.02%	82,420,402	-45	82,420,357
15.	Egypt	1,001,450	78,887,007	1.75%	79,045,862	3,782	79,049,644
16.	Ethiopia	1,127,127	74,777,981	2.31%	74,976,747	4,733	74,981,480
17.	Turkey	780,580	70,413,958	1.06%	70,499,844	2,045	70,501,889
18.	Iran	1,648,000	68,688,433	1.10%	68,775,376	2,070	68,777,446
19.	Thailand	514,000	64,631,595	0.68%	64,682,167	1,204	64,683,371
20.	Congo, Dem. Rep. of the	2,345,410	62,660,551	3.07%	62,881,906	5,270	62,887,176
21.	France	547,030	60,876,136	0.35%	60,900,653	584	60,901,237
22.	United Kingdom	244,820	60,609,153	0.28%	60,628,681	465	60,629,146
23.	Italy	301,230	58,133,509	0.04%	58,136,185	64	58,136,248
24.	Korea, South	98,480	48,846,823	0.42%	48,870,430	562	48,870,992
25.	Myanmar	678,500	47,382,633	0.81%	47,426,796	1,052	47,427,848
26.	Ukraine	603,700	46,710,816	-0.60%	46,678,566	-768	46,677,798
27.	South Africa	1,219,912	44,187,637	-0.40%	44,167,299	-484	44,166,814
28.	Colombia	1,138,910	43,593,035	1.46%	43,666,271	1,744	43,668,015
29.	Sudan	2,505,810	41,236,378	2.55%	41,357,376	2,881	41,360,257
30.	Spain	504,782	40,397,842	0.13%	40,403,885	144	40,404,029
31.	Argentina	2,766,890	39,921,833	0.96%	39,965,933	1,050	39,966,983
32.	Poland	312,685	38,536,869	-0.05%	38,534,652	-53	38,534,599
33.	Tanzania	945,087	37,445,392	1.83%	37,524,243	1,877	37,526,120
34.	Kenya	582,650	34,707,817	2.57%	34,810,457	2,444	34,812,901
35.	Morocco	446,550	33,241,259	1.55%	33,300,547	1,412	33,301,958
36.	Canada	9,984,670	33,098,932	0.88%	33,132,448	798	33,133,246
37.	Algeria	2,381,740	32,930,091	1.22%	32,976,319	1,101	32,977,420
38.	Afghanistan	647,500	31,056,997	2.67%	31,152,414	2,272	31,154,686
39.	Nepal	140,800	28,287,147	2.17%	28,357,780	1,682	28,359,461
40.	Peru	1,285,220	28,302,603	1.32%	28,345,592	1,024	28,346,615
41.	Uganda	236,040	28,195,754	3.37%	28,305,092	2,603	28,307,695
42.	Uzbekistan	447,400	27,307,134	1.70%	27,360,551	1,272	27,361,823
43.	Saudi Arabia	1,960,582	27,019,731	2.18%	27,087,510	1,614	27,089,124
44.	Iraq	437,072	26,783,383	2.66%	26,865,362	1,952	26,867,314
45.	Venezuela	912,050	25,730,435	1.38%	25,771,294	973	25,772,266
46.	Malaysia	329,750	24,385,858	1.78%	24,435,806	1,189	24,436,995
47.	Korea, North	120,540	23,113,019	0.84%	23,135,359	532	23,135,891
48.	Taiwan	35,980	23,036,087	0.61%	23,052,256	385	23,052,641
49.	Ghana	239,460	22,409,572	2.07%	22,462,950	1,271	22,464,221
50.	Romania	237,500	22,303,552	-0.12%	22,300,472	-73	22,300,399
51.	Yemen	527,970	21,456,188	3.46%	21,541,613	2,034	21,543,647
52.	Australia	7,686,850	20,264,082	0.85%	20,283,902	472	20,284,374
53.	Sri Lanka	65,610	20,222,240	0.78%	20,240,390	432	20,240,822
54.	Mozambique	801,590	19,686,505	1.38%	19,717,766	744	19,718,510
55.	Syria	185,180	18,881,361	2.30%	18,931,332	1,190	18,932,522
56.	Madagascar	587,040	18,595,469	3.03%	18,660,304	1,544	18,661,847
57.	Cote d'Ivoire	322,460	17,654,843	2.03%	17,696,083	982	17,697,065
58.	Cameroon	475,440	17,340,702	2.04%	17,381,408	969	17,382,377
59.	Netherlands	41,526	16,491,461	0.49%	16,500,759	221	16,500,981
60.	Chile	756,950	16,134,219	0.94%	16,151,670	416	16,152,086
61.	Kazakhstan	2,717,300	15,233,244	0.33%	15,239,028	138	15,239,166
62.	Burkina Faso	274,200	13,902,972	3.00%	13,950,966	1,143	13,952,109
63.	Cambodia	181,040	13,881,427	1.78%	13,909,859	677	13,910,536
64.	Ecuador	283,560	13,547,510	1.50%	13,570,893	557	13,571,450
65.	Malawi	118,480	13,013,926	2.38%	13,049,566	849	13,050,415
66.	Niger	1,267,000	12,525,094	2.92%	12,567,178	1,002	12,568,180
67.	Guatemala	108,890	12,293,545	2.27%	12,325,656	765	12,326,421
68.	Zimbabwe	390,580	12,236,805	0.62%	12,245,535	208	12,245,743
69.	Angola	1,246,700	12,127,071	2.45%	12,161,259	814	12,162,073
70.	Senegal	196,190	11,987,121	2.34%	12,019,398	768	12,020,166
71.	Mali	1,240,000	11,716,829	2.63%	11,752,288	844	11,753,132
72.	Zambia	752,614	11,502,010	2.11%	11,529,936	665	11,530,601
73.	Cuba	110,860	11,382,820	0.31%	11,386,880	97	11,386,977
74.	Greece	131,940	10,688,058	0.18%	10,690,272	53	10,690,324
75.	Portugal	92,391	10,605,870	0.36%	10,610,263	105	10,610,368
76.	Belgium	30,528	10,379,067	0.13%	10,380,620	37	10,380,657
77.	Belarus	207,600	10,293,011	-0.06%	10,292,300	-17	10,292,283
78.	Czech Republic	78,866	10,235,455	-0.06%	10,234,748	-17	10,234,732
79.	Tunisia	163,610	10,175,014	0.99%	10,186,605	276