Question

India ranks _______ in the world in terms of population.

• A. $17$th
• B. $1$st
• C. $3$rd
• D. $2$nd

Answer 1

The correct option is D $2$nd

• India is the world's second most populous country after the People's Republic of China.
  
• India occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area and is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population.
  
• The ten countries with the largest population in the world today
  
• are China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan,
  
• Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia and Japan.