The US and Brazil account for 7% of the world population — but they have nearly 40% of all coronavirus cases

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• The United States and Brazil account for close to 40% of all coronavirus cases worldwide. 
• The two countries however only account for 7% of the overall world population. 
• The US has a population of 331,002,651 and 4,401,599 COVID-19 cases. 
• Brazil has a population of 212,682,722 and 2,483,191 coronavirus cases. 
• Overall, 1.3% of the US and 1.2% of Brazil's population have been infected with the coronavirus. 
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Despite making up only around 7% of the overall world population, the United States and Brazil account for close to 40% of all coronavirus cases worldwide. 

The United States has a population of 331,002,651, or a little more than 4% of the overall world population, but accounts for 4,401,599 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The country leads the world in the number of cases and deaths, which have now surpassed 150,000. 

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