Considering Russia has the ninth highest population in the world, it is the area on this map with the largest gap between its population ranking and its population density ranking.

For the first time in eight years, Columbus has fallen down a peg in the population ranking of U.S. Cities, per new Census Bureau data.

No other Texas metro areas ranked in the top 10. Dallas-Fort Worth has grown from 7.6 million in 2020 to 8.3 million in July 2024. Tarrant County added just under 33,000 people between July 2023 ...

Oklahoma's population growth rate slowed slightly in the past year, but the state maintained its overall ranking as the 28th most populous in the country.

The national ranking today is the same as it was 180 years ago. But in 1830, the population was 4,977. Today, it's 319,294.

Here's our take: Brazil can go ahead and have its little fancy-dancy seaside Olympic party seven years from now, but what they can't do is top us in this year's World Prison Population Ranking!