Multimedia: Where does everyone live?

Which countries have the biggest - and smallest - populations, and how have they grown over the last half century?

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Published 26 October 2011 1:18pm

Updated 3 September 2013 6:12pm

Source: SBS

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It's always said that China has the most people in the world. But what about everyone else?

And now for population growth rate, below. Note the population explosions and reductions, such as that seen in Kuwait in 1991, which reaches -44.4 per cent during the first Gulf War.

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