Population by country, 1986

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1986

#	Country / area	Population	1976
1	China	1.07 billion	923.5 million
2	India	781.6 million	618.5 million
3	United States of America	242.8 million	220.1 million
4	Indonesia	168.5 million	133.5 million
5	Russian Federation	144.1 million	134.6 million
6	Brazil	136.9 million	108.9 million
7	Japan	121.1 million	113.9 million
8	Bangladesh	101.5 million	78.9 million
9	Pakistan	99.9 million	70.5 million
10	Nigeria	86.1 million	64.3 million
11	Germany	77.9 million	78.5 million
12	Mexico	75.8 million	59.8 million
13	Viet Nam	59.7 million	47.1 million
14	Italy	56.9 million	55.3 million
15	United Kingdom	56.7 million	56.2 million
16	Philippines	55.9 million	42.6 million
17	France	55.6 million	52.8 million
18	Egypt	51.5 million	39.3 million
19	Türkiye	51.2 million	41.5 million
20	Ukraine	51.2 million	49 million
21	Thailand	50.7 million	41.4 million
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	50.5 million	34.3 million
23	Republic of Korea	41.4 million	36.1 million
24	Ethiopia	40.4 million	32.1 million
25	Spain	38.7 million	36 million
26	Poland	37.3 million	34.1 million
27	Myanmar	37 million	30.5 million
28	South Africa	35.6 million	26 million
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	31.8 million	23.3 million
30	Argentina	30.6 million	26.1 million
31	Colombia	29.6 million	23.6 million
32	Canada	26.1 million	23.3 million
33	United Republic of Tanzania	22.9 million	16.4 million
34	Romania	22.6 million	21.4 million
35	Algeria	22.4 million	16 million
36	Morocco	22.4 million	17.4 million
37	Sudan	20.1 million	14.3 million
38	Peru	19.9 million	15.5 million
39	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	19.8 million	17.1 million
40	China, Taiwan Province of China	19.7 million	16.5 million
41	Kenya	19.6 million	13.7 million
42	Uzbekistan	18.1 million	13.8 million
43	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	17.7 million	13.4 million
44	Nepal	17.7 million	14 million
45	Kazakhstan	16.1 million	13.8 million
46	Australia	15.9 million	14 million
47	Iraq	15.8 million	11.7 million
48	Sri Lanka	15.6 million	13.7 million
49	Malaysia	15.5 million	11.6 million
50	Uganda	15.2 million	11.9 million
51	Netherlands	14.6 million	13.7 million
52	Ghana	13.8 million	10.4 million
53	Mozambique	12.7 million	9.7 million
54	Chile	12.5 million	10.8 million
55	Yemen	11.7 million	8.3 million
56	Afghanistan	11.4 million	12.9 million
57	Syrian Arab Republic	10.8 million	7.7 million
58	Madagascar	10.6 million	7.9 million
59	Hungary	10.5 million	10.5 million
60	Czechia	10.3 million	10.1 million
61	Côte d'Ivoire	10.2 million	6.9 million
62	Cuba	10.2 million	9.5 million
63	Greece	10.1 million	9.1 million
64	Portugal	10 million	9.2 million
65	Belarus	10 million	9.4 million
66	Angola	10 million	7 million
67	Cameroon	9.9 million	7.5 million
68	Belgium	9.9 million	9.8 million
69	Ecuador	9.4 million	7.2 million
70	Bulgaria	9 million	8.7 million
71	Zimbabwe	8.8 million	6.2 million
72	Mali	8.5 million	6.9 million
73	Saudi Arabia	8.4 million	4.7 million
74	Sweden	8.4 million	8.2 million
75	Burkina Faso	8.1 million	6.2 million
76	Guatemala	8 million	6.2 million
77	Serbia	7.9 million	7.6 million
78	Malawi	7.8 million	5.4 million
79	Austria	7.6 million	7.6 million
80	Tunisia	7.5 million	5.9 million
81	Niger	7.2 million	5.4 million
82	Zambia	6.9 million	5.1 million
83	Azerbaijan	6.8 million	5.7 million
84	Somalia	6.8 million	4.3 million
85	Senegal	6.8 million	5.2 million
86	Dominican Republic	6.5 million	5.1 million
87	Switzerland	6.5 million	6.3 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.5 million	5.2 million
89	Rwanda	6.4 million	4.7 million
90	Haiti	6.3 million	5.1 million
91	Cambodia	6.2 million	6.4 million
92	Guinea	5.7 million	4.7 million
93	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.4 million	4.5 million
94	Georgia	5.4 million	5 million
95	Slovakia	5.2 million	4.8 million
96	Chad	5.2 million	4.2 million
97	Denmark	5.1 million	5.1 million
98	Burundi	5.1 million	3.8 million
99	El Salvador	4.9 million	4.2 million
100	Finland	4.9 million	4.7 million
101	South Sudan	4.9 million	3.9 million
102	Croatia	4.8 million	4.6 million
103	Tajikistan	4.7 million	3.5 million
104	Benin	4.6 million	3.5 million
105	Honduras	4.4 million	3.2 million
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.3 million	4 million
107	Republic of Moldova	4.3 million	3.9 million
108	Norway	4.2 million	4 million
109	Israel	4.1 million	3.4 million
110	Kyrgyzstan	4.1 million	3.4 million
111	Libya	4 million	2.6 million
112	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.8 million	3 million
113	Nicaragua	3.8 million	2.9 million
114	Sierra Leone	3.7 million	3 million
115	Lithuania	3.6 million	3.3 million
116	Paraguay	3.6 million	2.7 million
117	Ireland	3.5 million	3.2 million
118	Papua New Guinea	3.5 million	2.8 million
119	Togo	3.5 million	2.6 million
120	Puerto Rico	3.4 million	3 million
121	Turkmenistan	3.3 million	2.5 million
122	Armenia	3.3 million	2.8 million
123	New Zealand	3.3 million	3.1 million
124	Lebanon	3.3 million	2.7 million
125	Albania	3.1 million	2.5 million
126	Uruguay	3 million	2.9 million
127	Jordan	2.8 million	1.9 million
128	Costa Rica	2.8 million	2.1 million
129	Singapore	2.7 million	2.3 million
130	Central African Republic	2.6 million	2.3 million
131	Latvia	2.6 million	2.5 million
132	Jamaica	2.3 million	2 million
133	Liberia	2.3 million	1.7 million
134	Panama	2.2 million	1.8 million
135	Congo	2.1 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	1.8 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	1.4 million	569,971
147	Oman	1.4 million	795,531
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	1.1 million
149	Botswana	1.1 million	738,799
150	Namibia	1.1 million	894,694
151	Mauritius	1 million	893,861
152	Guinea-Bissau	904,838	671,290
153	Gambia	875,955	615,937
154	Gabon	868,519	669,670
155	Guyana	769,948	748,926
156	Cyprus	737,196	659,501
157	Fiji	732,264	580,249
158	Eswatini	720,506	515,197
159	Timor-Leste	701,809	602,397
160	Réunion	605,750	515,607
161	Montenegro	605,117	559,862
162	Bhutan	516,270	372,026
163	Bahrain	438,149	290,460
164	Djibouti	413,236	219,443
165	Equatorial Guinea	395,530	284,494
166	Comoros	393,787	292,558
167	Suriname	389,674	389,817
168	Qatar	374,944	201,005
169	Luxembourg	367,215	354,822
170	Guadeloupe	358,372	323,877
171	Malta	353,605	334,363
172	Cabo Verde	349,823	307,732
173	Martinique	349,328	328,192
174	China, Macao SAR	296,811	225,449
175	Solomon Islands	287,149	203,687
176	Barbados	256,250	251,360
177	Bahamas	255,343	212,171
178	Iceland	242,192	219,301
179	Brunei Darussalam	222,631	160,811
180	Maldives	193,446	145,306
181	French Polynesia	183,298	136,091
182	Samoa	166,886	155,316
183	Belize	165,672	131,718
184	New Caledonia	161,542	140,491
185	Curaçao	156,649	155,434
186	Western Sahara	154,572	58,123
187	Vanuatu	132,009	101,801
188	Saint Lucia	130,219	111,561
189	Guam	125,530	100,094
190	Sao Tome and Principe	109,861	87,772
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,903	100,795
192	United States Virgin Islands	101,094	84,176
193	Tonga	97,983	94,200
194	Grenada	96,438	97,912
195	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	90,981	68,215
196	French Guiana	88,578	55,591
197	Jersey	80,796	74,957
198	Dominica	71,589	71,804
199	Seychelles	70,197	61,966
200	Mayotte	67,398	41,638
201	Kiribati	67,225	60,844
202	Antigua and Barbuda	64,443	63,752
203	Isle of Man	64,326	60,342
204	Aruba	63,702	61,141
205	Guernsey	55,945	54,228
206	Bermuda	55,731	53,153
207	Greenland	53,479	49,418
208	Faroe Islands	45,778	40,794
209	Andorra	44,547	28,605
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,749	43,543
211	American Samoa	39,833	29,677
212	Marshall Islands	38,518	26,582
213	Northern Mariana Islands	31,609	15,259
214	Monaco	28,908	25,690
215	Gibraltar	28,436	28,046
216	Liechtenstein	27,198	23,393
217	San Marino	22,590	19,049
218	Cayman Islands	21,760	14,123
219	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	20,098	9,400
220	Saint Martin (French part)	17,307	7,168
221	Cook Islands	16,714	18,560
222	Palau	13,869	12,633
223	British Virgin Islands	13,495	10,662
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	12,866	9,275
225	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,423	10,939
226	Montserrat	10,968	11,415
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	9,729	6,559
228	Nauru	8,643	7,024
229	Tuvalu	8,137	6,263
230	Anguilla	7,080	6,509
231	Saint Helena	6,663	6,157
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,296	6,049
233	Saint Barthélemy	4,188	2,597
234	Niue	2,700	4,103
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,240	2,296
236	Tokelau	1,778	1,638
237	Holy See	729	733

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