The table below gives information about the three countries with the highest populations. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table compares the populations of the three most populous countries,

China

,

India

, and the US.

Overall

,

China

and

India

have similar numbers of

people

with a difference in the width of their lands,

whereas

in spite of the vast land area, the US shows a smaller population than other nations. In terms of population,

China

has the largest number of

people

, at 1.415 billion with a slight increase of roughly 0.4% since 2017.

India

, the second most populous country, has 1.354

people

and it has increased by 1.11%, at a faster rate than the other two countries.

In contrast

, the number of US residents is by far the smallest of these three nations, at approximately 0.3 billion.

However

, a much higher proportion of residents live in urban areas in the US, compared with

China

, representing 83% and 32% respectively. Regarding density,

it is clear that

India

is the most crowded country of the three, at 455

people

per square kilometre, followed by

China

, at 151, which has a wider land area than the others at roughly 9.3 square kilometres. The US,

by contrast

, has even the lowest density at just under 40, because of almost the same size of land area as

China

, at about 9.1 square kilometres.