Population by country, 1987

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1987

#	Country / area	Population	1977
1	China	1.09 billion	937.3 million
2	India	799.8 million	633.2 million
3	United States of America	245 million	222.2 million
4	Indonesia	171.8 million	136.8 million
5	Russian Federation	145.5 million	135.6 million
6	Brazil	139.7 million	111.5 million
7	Japan	121.7 million	115.1 million
8	Bangladesh	103.8 million	80.9 million
9	Pakistan	103.3 million	72.7 million
10	Nigeria	88.4 million	66.2 million
11	Germany	78 million	78.2 million
12	Mexico	77.4 million	61.5 million
13	Viet Nam	61 million	48.3 million
14	Philippines	57.4 million	43.8 million
15	Italy	56.9 million	55.6 million
16	United Kingdom	56.8 million	56.2 million
17	France	55.9 million	53.1 million
18	Egypt	52.9 million	40.3 million
19	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	52.4 million	35.4 million
20	Türkiye	52.3 million	42.3 million
21	Thailand	51.6 million	42.4 million
22	Ukraine	51.4 million	49.2 million
23	Republic of Korea	42 million	36.6 million
24	Ethiopia	41.7 million	33 million
25	Spain	38.8 million	36.4 million
26	Myanmar	37.7 million	31 million
27	Poland	37.6 million	34.5 million
28	South Africa	36.7 million	26.7 million
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32.8 million	23.9 million
30	Argentina	31 million	26.5 million
31	Colombia	30.2 million	24.1 million
32	Canada	26.4 million	23.6 million
33	United Republic of Tanzania	23.6 million	17 million
34	Algeria	23.1 million	16.8 million
35	Morocco	22.8 million	17.8 million
36	Romania	22.7 million	21.6 million
37	Sudan	20.5 million	14.8 million
38	Peru	20.3 million	15.9 million
39	Kenya	20.3 million	14.2 million
40	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	20.1 million	17.4 million
41	China, Taiwan Province of China	19.9 million	16.8 million
42	Uzbekistan	18.7 million	14.2 million
43	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	18.2 million	13.8 million
44	Nepal	18.1 million	14.3 million
45	Kazakhstan	16.4 million	14.2 million
46	Iraq	16.3 million	12.1 million
47	Australia	16.2 million	14.1 million
48	Malaysia	16 million	11.9 million
49	Sri Lanka	15.8 million	13.9 million
50	Uganda	15.7 million	12.2 million
51	Netherlands	14.7 million	13.8 million
52	Ghana	14.1 million	10.7 million
53	Mozambique	12.9 million	10 million
54	Chile	12.7 million	10.9 million
55	Yemen	12.1 million	8.5 million
56	Afghanistan	11.4 million	13.2 million
57	Syrian Arab Republic	11.2 million	8 million
58	Madagascar	10.9 million	8.1 million
59	Côte d'Ivoire	10.6 million	7.2 million
60	Hungary	10.5 million	10.6 million
61	Angola	10.3 million	7.2 million
62	Czechia	10.3 million	10.1 million
63	Cuba	10.3 million	9.6 million
64	Cameroon	10.2 million	7.7 million
65	Greece	10.1 million	9.2 million
66	Belarus	10 million	9.4 million
67	Portugal	10 million	9.4 million
68	Belgium	9.9 million	9.8 million
69	Ecuador	9.7 million	7.4 million
70	Zimbabwe	9.1 million	6.4 million
71	Bulgaria	9 million	8.8 million
72	Saudi Arabia	8.9 million	4.9 million
73	Mali	8.6 million	7 million
74	Sweden	8.4 million	8.2 million
75	Burkina Faso	8.3 million	6.4 million
76	Guatemala	8.2 million	6.3 million
77	Malawi	8 million	5.5 million
78	Serbia	7.9 million	7.6 million
79	Tunisia	7.7 million	6.1 million
80	Austria	7.6 million	7.6 million
81	Niger	7.4 million	5.5 million
82	Somalia	7.1 million	4.4 million
83	Zambia	7.1 million	5.2 million
84	Senegal	7 million	5.4 million
85	Azerbaijan	6.9 million	5.9 million
86	Dominican Republic	6.6 million	5.2 million
87	Rwanda	6.6 million	4.8 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.6 million	5.3 million
89	Switzerland	6.5 million	6.3 million
90	Cambodia	6.4 million	5.9 million
91	Haiti	6.4 million	5.2 million
92	Guinea	5.8 million	4.8 million
93	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.5 million	4.6 million
94	Georgia	5.4 million	5 million
95	Chad	5.3 million	4.3 million
96	Slovakia	5.2 million	4.8 million
97	Burundi	5.2 million	3.9 million
98	Denmark	5.1 million	5.1 million
99	El Salvador	5 million	4.3 million
100	South Sudan	5 million	4 million
101	Finland	4.9 million	4.7 million
102	Tajikistan	4.9 million	3.6 million
103	Croatia	4.8 million	4.6 million
104	Benin	4.7 million	3.6 million
105	Honduras	4.5 million	3.3 million
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.4 million	4 million
107	Republic of Moldova	4.3 million	3.9 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	4.2 million	3.5 million
109	Israel	4.2 million	3.4 million
110	Norway	4.2 million	4 million
111	Libya	4.1 million	2.8 million
112	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.9 million	3.1 million
113	Nicaragua	3.8 million	2.9 million
114	Sierra Leone	3.8 million	3.1 million
115	Paraguay	3.7 million	2.8 million
116	Lithuania	3.6 million	3.3 million
117	Togo	3.6 million	2.7 million
118	Papua New Guinea	3.6 million	2.9 million
119	Ireland	3.5 million	3.3 million
120	Puerto Rico	3.4 million	3 million
121	Turkmenistan	3.4 million	2.6 million
122	Lebanon	3.4 million	2.7 million
123	Armenia	3.3 million	2.9 million
124	New Zealand	3.3 million	3.1 million
125	Albania	3.1 million	2.5 million
126	Uruguay	3 million	2.9 million
127	Jordan	3 million	2 million
128	Costa Rica	2.9 million	2.2 million
129	Singapore	2.8 million	2.3 million
130	Central African Republic	2.7 million	2.4 million
131	Latvia	2.6 million	2.5 million
132	Liberia	2.3 million	1.7 million
133	Jamaica	2.3 million	2.1 million
134	Panama	2.3 million	1.8 million
135	Congo	2.2 million	1.7 million
136	North Macedonia	2 million	1.8 million
137	Kuwait	2 million	1.2 million
138	Mongolia	2 million	1.6 million
139	Slovenia	2 million	1.8 million
140	Eritrea	1.9 million	1.5 million
141	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.9 million	1.5 million
142	State of Palestine	1.8 million	1.3 million
143	Mauritania	1.8 million	1.3 million
144	Lesotho	1.7 million	1.3 million
145	Estonia	1.5 million	1.4 million
146	United Arab Emirates	1.5 million	661,761
147	Oman	1.5 million	833,868
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	1.1 million
149	Botswana	1.2 million	778,211
150	Namibia	1.1 million	918,432
151	Mauritius	1 million	905,835
152	Guinea-Bissau	919,388	717,091
153	Gambia	912,084	635,396
154	Gabon	892,870	685,572
155	Guyana	766,230	755,556
156	Cyprus	748,970	664,554
157	Eswatini	748,958	531,463
158	Fiji	746,344	590,810
159	Timor-Leste	712,561	612,842
160	Réunion	615,994	524,254
161	Montenegro	608,463	565,387
162	Bhutan	532,379	384,947
163	Bahrain	454,422	305,266
164	Djibouti	439,447	242,031
165	Equatorial Guinea	413,903	277,567
166	Comoros	404,849	302,518
167	Suriname	394,982	386,757
168	Qatar	389,900	217,098
169	Luxembourg	369,586	356,915
170	Guadeloupe	365,415	326,711
171	Malta	356,548	336,209
172	Cabo Verde	354,800	311,178
173	Martinique	353,809	329,736
174	China, Macao SAR	308,524	229,293
175	Solomon Islands	296,535	210,700
176	Bahamas	259,719	216,828
177	Barbados	256,985	251,523
178	Iceland	244,149	221,070
179	Brunei Darussalam	230,359	166,402
180	Maldives	200,425	149,745
181	French Polynesia	188,041	140,138
182	Belize	169,435	134,479
183	Samoa	167,236	158,911
184	New Caledonia	164,254	143,692
185	Western Sahara	160,155	70,855
186	Curaçao	156,532	155,808
187	Vanuatu	135,428	104,976
188	Saint Lucia	132,259	113,289
189	Guam	128,398	102,238
190	Sao Tome and Principe	112,439	90,073
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,656	101,598
192	United States Virgin Islands	101,565	87,229
193	Tonga	98,037	96,450
194	Grenada	97,143	97,351
195	French Guiana	93,735	57,871
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	93,552	69,882
197	Jersey	81,544	75,427
198	Mayotte	71,840	43,033
199	Dominica	71,222	72,230
200	Seychelles	70,932	63,520
201	Kiribati	68,894	60,479
202	Isle of Man	65,053	61,154
203	Antigua and Barbuda	64,110	63,772
204	Aruba	63,541	61,401
205	Guernsey	56,528	54,161
206	Bermuda	56,048	53,267
207	Greenland	54,000	49,764
208	Andorra	46,920	30,266
209	Faroe Islands	46,224	41,245
210	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,488	43,421
211	American Samoa	41,309	30,241
212	Marshall Islands	40,054	27,460
213	Northern Mariana Islands	34,351	15,616
214	Monaco	29,267	26,097
215	Gibraltar	28,219	28,223
216	Liechtenstein	27,570	23,781
217	San Marino	22,682	19,170
218	Cayman Islands	22,633	14,784
219	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	21,763	10,031
220	Saint Martin (French part)	19,810	7,439
221	Cook Islands	16,489	17,936
222	Palau	14,178	12,564
223	British Virgin Islands	13,956	10,756
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	12,999	9,540
225	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,523	11,122
226	Montserrat	10,919	11,428
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	10,154	6,761
228	Nauru	8,840	7,105
229	Tuvalu	8,298	6,546
230	Anguilla	7,358	6,532
231	Saint Helena	6,702	6,188
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,333	6,086
233	Saint Barthélemy	4,450	2,668
234	Niue	2,568	3,887
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,242	2,301
236	Tokelau	1,786	1,647
237	Holy See	731	736

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