Population by country, 1985

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1985

#	Country / area	Population	1975
1	China	1.05 billion	908.7 million
2	India	763.7 million	604.1 million
3	United States of America	240.5 million	218.1 million
4	Indonesia	165 million	130.2 million
5	Russian Federation	143 million	133.7 million
6	Brazil	134.1 million	106.3 million
7	Japan	120.6 million	112.7 million
8	Bangladesh	99 million	76.9 million
9	Pakistan	96.6 million	68.4 million
10	Nigeria	83.7 million	62.5 million
11	Germany	77.9 million	78.9 million
12	Mexico	74.3 million	58.2 million
13	Viet Nam	58.4 million	45.9 million
14	Italy	56.8 million	55 million
15	United Kingdom	56.5 million	56.2 million
16	France	55.3 million	52.6 million
17	Philippines	54.5 million	41.6 million
18	Ukraine	51 million	48.7 million
19	Türkiye	50.1 million	40.6 million
20	Egypt	50 million	38.4 million
21	Thailand	49.8 million	40.5 million
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	48.7 million	33.3 million
23	Republic of Korea	40.9 million	35.6 million
24	Ethiopia	39.3 million	31.3 million
25	Spain	38.5 million	35.6 million
26	Poland	37.1 million	33.8 million
27	Myanmar	36.3 million	29.9 million
28	South Africa	34.5 million	25.3 million
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	30.8 million	22.7 million
30	Argentina	30.1 million	25.7 million
31	Colombia	29 million	23.1 million
32	Canada	25.8 million	23 million
33	Romania	22.6 million	21.2 million
34	United Republic of Tanzania	22.1 million	15.8 million
35	Morocco	21.9 million	16.9 million
36	Algeria	21.6 million	15.3 million
37	Sudan	19.7 million	13.8 million
38	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	19.5 million	16.8 million
39	China, Taiwan Province of China	19.4 million	16.2 million
40	Peru	19.4 million	15.1 million
41	Kenya	18.9 million	13.3 million
42	Uzbekistan	17.6 million	13.4 million
43	Nepal	17.3 million	13.7 million
44	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	17.2 million	13 million
45	Kazakhstan	15.9 million	13.6 million
46	Australia	15.7 million	13.8 million
47	Iraq	15.5 million	11.4 million
48	Sri Lanka	15.5 million	13.4 million
49	Malaysia	15 million	11.3 million
50	Uganda	14.8 million	11.6 million
51	Netherlands	14.5 million	13.6 million
52	Ghana	13.5 million	10.1 million
53	Mozambique	12.4 million	9.4 million
54	Chile	12.3 million	10.6 million
55	Afghanistan	11.4 million	12.6 million
56	Yemen	11.2 million	8 million
57	Hungary	10.6 million	10.5 million
58	Syrian Arab Republic	10.4 million	7.4 million
59	Czechia	10.3 million	10 million
60	Madagascar	10.3 million	7.6 million
61	Cuba	10.1 million	9.4 million
62	Greece	10 million	9 million
63	Portugal	10 million	9.1 million
64	Belarus	9.9 million	9.3 million
65	Belgium	9.9 million	9.7 million
66	Côte d'Ivoire	9.8 million	6.6 million
67	Cameroon	9.6 million	7.3 million
68	Angola	9.6 million	6.7 million
69	Ecuador	9.2 million	7 million
70	Bulgaria	9 million	8.7 million
71	Zimbabwe	8.5 million	6 million
72	Sweden	8.3 million	8.2 million
73	Mali	8.3 million	6.8 million
74	Saudi Arabia	7.9 million	4.4 million
75	Burkina Faso	7.9 million	6.1 million
76	Serbia	7.9 million	7.5 million
77	Guatemala	7.7 million	6.1 million
78	Austria	7.6 million	7.6 million
79	Malawi	7.5 million	5.2 million
80	Tunisia	7.3 million	5.8 million
81	Niger	7 million	5.2 million
82	Azerbaijan	6.8 million	5.6 million
83	Zambia	6.7 million	4.9 million
84	Senegal	6.6 million	5.1 million
85	Somalia	6.6 million	4.2 million
86	Switzerland	6.5 million	6.4 million
87	Dominican Republic	6.4 million	5 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.3 million	5.1 million
89	Rwanda	6.2 million	4.5 million
90	Haiti	6.1 million	5 million
91	Cambodia	5.9 million	6.8 million
92	Guinea	5.5 million	4.6 million
93	Georgia	5.4 million	5 million
94	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.4 million	4.4 million
95	Slovakia	5.1 million	4.7 million
96	Denmark	5.1 million	5.1 million
97	Chad	5 million	4.1 million
98	Burundi	5 million	3.8 million
99	Finland	4.9 million	4.7 million
100	El Salvador	4.8 million	4.1 million
101	South Sudan	4.8 million	3.8 million
102	Croatia	4.7 million	4.5 million
103	Tajikistan	4.5 million	3.4 million
104	Benin	4.5 million	3.4 million
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.3 million	3.9 million
106	Honduras	4.3 million	3.1 million
107	Republic of Moldova	4.2 million	3.8 million
108	Norway	4.1 million	4 million
109	Israel	4.1 million	3.3 million
110	Kyrgyzstan	4.1 million	3.3 million
111	Libya	3.8 million	2.5 million
112	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.7 million	3 million
113	Nicaragua	3.7 million	2.8 million
114	Sierra Leone	3.6 million	2.9 million
115	Lithuania	3.5 million	3.3 million
116	Ireland	3.5 million	3.2 million
117	Paraguay	3.5 million	2.7 million
118	Papua New Guinea	3.4 million	2.8 million
119	Togo	3.4 million	2.5 million
120	Puerto Rico	3.4 million	2.9 million
121	New Zealand	3.3 million	3.1 million
122	Armenia	3.2 million	2.7 million
123	Turkmenistan	3.2 million	2.5 million
124	Lebanon	3.2 million	2.7 million
125	Uruguay	3 million	2.9 million
126	Albania	3 million	2.4 million
127	Singapore	2.7 million	2.3 million
128	Jordan	2.7 million	1.9 million
129	Costa Rica	2.7 million	2.1 million
130	Central African Republic	2.6 million	2.3 million
131	Latvia	2.6 million	2.4 million
132	Jamaica	2.3 million	2 million
133	Liberia	2.2 million	1.6 million
134	Panama	2.2 million	1.7 million
135	Congo	2 million	1.6 million
136	North Macedonia	2 million	1.8 million
137	Slovenia	1.9 million	1.8 million
138	Mongolia	1.9 million	1.5 million
139	Kuwait	1.9 million	1.1 million
140	Eritrea	1.8 million	1.4 million
141	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.8 million	1.4 million
142	State of Palestine	1.7 million	1.3 million
143	Mauritania	1.7 million	1.3 million
144	Lesotho	1.6 million	1.2 million
145	Estonia	1.5 million	1.4 million
146	United Arab Emirates	1.3 million	515,742
147	Oman	1.3 million	762,195
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	1 million
149	Botswana	1.1 million	701,956
150	Namibia	1.1 million	867,364
151	Mauritius	1 million	882,178
152	Guinea-Bissau	890,532	630,642
153	Gabon	844,913	654,713
154	Gambia	841,793	597,704
155	Guyana	772,988	741,836
156	Cyprus	725,316	659,299
157	Fiji	715,255	571,555
158	Eswatini	691,886	500,148
159	Timor-Leste	691,521	593,919
160	Montenegro	601,872	554,430
161	Réunion	595,053	506,988
162	Bhutan	500,515	359,547
163	Bahrain	422,566	276,026
164	Djibouti	392,138	200,373
165	Suriname	384,265	392,520
166	Comoros	382,917	282,827
167	Equatorial Guinea	375,544	291,309
168	Luxembourg	366,097	352,533
169	Qatar	356,937	185,169
170	Malta	351,527	332,538
171	Guadeloupe	351,375	321,023
172	Martinique	344,951	326,478
173	Cabo Verde	344,907	303,962
174	China, Macao SAR	285,739	222,424
175	Solomon Islands	277,762	197,801
176	Barbados	255,387	250,989
177	Bahamas	250,955	207,596
178	Iceland	240,589	216,748
179	Brunei Darussalam	215,208	155,329
180	Maldives	186,892	141,010
181	French Polynesia	178,679	131,999
182	Samoa	166,811	151,372
183	Belize	161,919	129,055
184	New Caledonia	158,927	134,432
185	Curaçao	156,748	154,956
186	Western Sahara	148,941	75,656
187	Vanuatu	128,700	98,736
188	Saint Lucia	128,098	109,889
189	Guam	122,703	98,020
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,105	99,979
191	Sao Tome and Principe	107,455	85,644
192	United States Virgin Islands	100,503	81,046
193	Tonga	97,984	91,835
194	Grenada	95,784	98,340
195	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	88,433	66,642
196	French Guiana	83,625	53,335
197	Jersey	79,940	74,051
198	Dominica	71,898	71,337
199	Seychelles	69,448	60,469
200	Kiribati	65,768	61,130
201	Antigua and Barbuda	64,739	63,926
202	Isle of Man	64,466	59,572
203	Mayotte	63,777	40,297
204	Aruba	63,621	60,484
205	Guernsey	55,456	54,317
206	Bermuda	55,362	53,104
207	Greenland	52,943	48,925
208	Faroe Islands	45,377	40,341
209	Andorra	43,102	26,942
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,999	43,670
211	American Samoa	38,374	29,102
212	Marshall Islands	37,005	25,725
213	Northern Mariana Islands	28,906	14,871
214	Gibraltar	28,587	27,856
215	Monaco	28,545	25,309
216	Liechtenstein	26,819	23,002
217	San Marino	22,381	19,043
218	Cayman Islands	20,888	13,453
219	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	18,484	8,787
220	Cook Islands	16,950	19,233
221	Saint Martin (French part)	14,883	6,908
222	Palau	13,508	12,677
223	British Virgin Islands	13,043	10,550
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	12,731	9,392
225	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,314	10,771
226	Montserrat	11,021	11,402
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	9,314	6,367
228	Nauru	8,459	6,951
229	Tuvalu	7,956	5,970
230	Anguilla	6,829	6,489
231	Saint Helena	6,645	6,099
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,259	6,013
233	Saint Barthélemy	3,918	2,534
234	Niue	2,865	4,356
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,242	2,291
236	Tokelau	1,744	1,639
237	Holy See	734	733

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.