Population by country, 1988

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1988

#	Country / area	Population	1978
1	China	1.11 billion	949.8 million
2	India	818.1 million	648.4 million
3	United States of America	247.2 million	224.3 million
4	Indonesia	175.2 million	140.2 million
5	Russian Federation	146.8 million	136.5 million
6	Brazil	142.5 million	114.2 million
7	Japan	122.2 million	116.1 million
8	Pakistan	106.9 million	75.1 million
9	Bangladesh	106.1 million	82.9 million
10	Nigeria	90.8 million	68.3 million
11	Mexico	78.9 million	63.1 million
12	Germany	78.1 million	78.1 million
13	Viet Nam	62.2 million	49.6 million
14	Philippines	59 million	45 million
15	United Kingdom	56.9 million	56.2 million
16	Italy	56.9 million	55.8 million
17	France	56.2 million	53.3 million
18	Egypt	54.4 million	41.2 million
19	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	54.3 million	36.5 million
20	Türkiye	53.4 million	43.2 million
21	Thailand	52.5 million	43.3 million
22	Ukraine	51.6 million	49.4 million
23	Ethiopia	43.3 million	33.4 million
24	Republic of Korea	42.6 million	37.1 million
25	Spain	38.9 million	36.7 million
26	Myanmar	38.3 million	31.7 million
27	South Africa	37.9 million	27.5 million
28	Poland	37.8 million	34.8 million
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33.8 million	24.5 million
30	Argentina	31.5 million	26.9 million
31	Colombia	30.8 million	24.7 million
32	Canada	26.7 million	23.9 million
33	United Republic of Tanzania	24.4 million	17.7 million
34	Algeria	23.8 million	17.3 million
35	Morocco	23.3 million	18.2 million
36	Romania	22.8 million	21.8 million
37	Kenya	21 million	14.7 million
38	Sudan	20.9 million	15.4 million
39	Peru	20.8 million	16.3 million
40	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	20.4 million	17.6 million
41	China, Taiwan Province of China	20.1 million	17.2 million
42	Uzbekistan	19.2 million	14.6 million
43	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	18.6 million	14.2 million
44	Nepal	18.4 million	14.7 million
45	Iraq	16.7 million	12.5 million
46	Kazakhstan	16.7 million	14.5 million
47	Malaysia	16.5 million	12.2 million
48	Australia	16.5 million	14.3 million
49	Uganda	16.2 million	12.5 million
50	Sri Lanka	16 million	14.2 million
51	Netherlands	14.8 million	13.9 million
52	Ghana	14.5 million	11.1 million
53	Chile	12.9 million	11.1 million
54	Mozambique	12.8 million	10.4 million
55	Yemen	12.6 million	8.8 million
56	Syrian Arab Republic	11.6 million	8.2 million
57	Afghanistan	11.4 million	13.5 million
58	Madagascar	11.2 million	8.3 million
59	Côte d'Ivoire	11.1 million	7.5 million
60	Angola	10.7 million	7.4 million
61	Cameroon	10.5 million	7.9 million
62	Hungary	10.5 million	10.6 million
63	Cuba	10.4 million	9.7 million
64	Czechia	10.3 million	10.2 million
65	Greece	10.2 million	9.3 million
66	Belarus	10.1 million	9.5 million
67	Portugal	10 million	9.5 million
68	Belgium	9.9 million	9.8 million
69	Ecuador	9.9 million	7.6 million
70	Zimbabwe	9.4 million	6.5 million
71	Saudi Arabia	9.4 million	5.2 million
72	Bulgaria	9 million	8.8 million
73	Mali	8.8 million	7.2 million
74	Burkina Faso	8.6 million	6.5 million
75	Malawi	8.5 million	5.7 million
76	Sweden	8.4 million	8.3 million
77	Guatemala	8.4 million	6.5 million
78	Serbia	7.9 million	7.7 million
79	Tunisia	7.9 million	6.2 million
80	Niger	7.7 million	5.7 million
81	Austria	7.6 million	7.6 million
82	Somalia	7.3 million	4.5 million
83	Zambia	7.3 million	5.4 million
84	Senegal	7.2 million	5.5 million
85	Azerbaijan	7 million	6 million
86	Rwanda	6.9 million	5 million
87	Dominican Republic	6.8 million	5.4 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.8 million	5.4 million
89	Cambodia	6.7 million	5.4 million
90	Switzerland	6.6 million	6.3 million
91	Haiti	6.5 million	5.4 million
92	Guinea	6 million	4.8 million
93	Chad	5.5 million	4.4 million
94	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.5 million	4.7 million
95	Georgia	5.5 million	5.1 million
96	Burundi	5.3 million	4 million
97	Slovakia	5.2 million	4.9 million
98	El Salvador	5.1 million	4.3 million
99	Denmark	5.1 million	5.1 million
100	Tajikistan	5 million	3.7 million
101	South Sudan	5 million	4.1 million
102	Finland	4.9 million	4.7 million
103	Benin	4.9 million	3.7 million
104	Croatia	4.8 million	4.6 million
105	Honduras	4.6 million	3.5 million
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.4 million	4.1 million
107	Republic of Moldova	4.4 million	3.9 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	4.3 million	3.5 million
109	Israel	4.3 million	3.5 million
110	Norway	4.2 million	4.1 million
111	Libya	4.2 million	3 million
112	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4 million	3.1 million
113	Nicaragua	3.9 million	3 million
114	Sierra Leone	3.9 million	3.1 million
115	Paraguay	3.8 million	2.9 million
116	Togo	3.7 million	2.7 million
117	Papua New Guinea	3.7 million	3 million
118	Lithuania	3.6 million	3.4 million
119	Ireland	3.5 million	3.3 million
120	Turkmenistan	3.5 million	2.7 million
121	Puerto Rico	3.5 million	3.1 million
122	Lebanon	3.4 million	2.8 million
123	Armenia	3.3 million	3 million
124	New Zealand	3.3 million	3.1 million
125	Albania	3.2 million	2.6 million
126	Jordan	3.1 million	2.1 million
127	Uruguay	3.1 million	2.9 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	2.4 million	1.8 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	Kuwait	2.1 million	1.3 million
137	Mongolia	2 million	1.6 million
138	North Macedonia	2 million	1.9 million
139	Slovenia	2 million	1.9 million
140	State of Palestine	1.9 million	1.4 million
141	Eritrea	1.9 million	1.5 million
142	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.9 million	1.5 million
143	Mauritania	1.8 million	1.4 million
144	Lesotho	1.7 million	1.3 million
145	United Arab Emirates	1.6 million	758,657
146	Estonia	1.6 million	1.5 million
147	Oman	1.5 million	876,759
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	1.1 million
149	Botswana	1.2 million	820,930
150	Namibia	1.2 million	943,769
151	Mauritius	1.1 million	918,451
152	Gambia	950,097	656,144
153	Guinea-Bissau	934,307	766,487
154	Gabon	918,067	702,379
155	Eswatini	778,663	549,234
156	Guyana	761,992	761,728
157	Cyprus	760,559	669,640
158	Fiji	754,733	604,791
159	Timor-Leste	724,392	623,788
160	Réunion	626,188	532,856
161	Montenegro	611,863	570,789
162	Bhutan	548,734	398,324
163	Bahrain	471,287	320,380
164	Djibouti	469,350	267,195
165	Equatorial Guinea	431,115	275,991
166	Comoros	416,029	312,639
167	Qatar	404,111	233,472
168	Suriname	398,835	383,372
169	Guadeloupe	372,444	328,688
170	Luxembourg	371,984	359,568
171	Cabo Verde	359,804	314,489
172	Malta	359,612	338,112
173	Martinique	358,443	330,792
174	China, Macao SAR	320,710	233,770
175	Solomon Islands	306,293	218,137
176	Bahamas	264,137	221,482
177	Barbados	257,571	251,727
178	Iceland	247,530	222,588
179	Brunei Darussalam	237,361	172,152
180	Maldives	207,463	154,115
181	French Polynesia	192,857	144,488
182	Belize	173,240	137,295
183	Samoa	168,086	160,595
184	New Caledonia	167,047	145,506
185	Western Sahara	165,601	83,919
186	Curaçao	156,354	156,128
187	Vanuatu	138,944	108,260
188	Saint Lucia	134,196	114,980
189	Guam	131,317	104,358
190	Sao Tome and Principe	115,400	92,529
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,342	102,400
192	United States Virgin Islands	101,889	90,203
193	French Guiana	99,084	60,205
194	Tonga	98,714	97,000
195	Grenada	97,908	96,684
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	96,135	71,624
197	Jersey	82,234	75,741
198	Mayotte	76,598	44,482
199	Seychelles	71,743	64,688
200	Dominica	70,822	72,583
201	Kiribati	70,571	60,055
202	Isle of Man	66,127	61,975
203	Antigua and Barbuda	63,782	63,953
204	Aruba	63,275	61,621
205	Guernsey	57,165	54,115
206	Bermuda	56,482	53,376
207	Greenland	54,531	49,746
208	Andorra	48,381	31,928
209	Faroe Islands	46,691	41,692
210	American Samoa	42,835	30,801
211	Marshall Islands	41,602	28,351
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,208	43,294
213	Northern Mariana Islands	37,122	15,957
214	Monaco	29,612	26,448
215	Gibraltar	27,971	28,377
216	Liechtenstein	27,948	24,162
217	Cayman Islands	23,513	15,426
218	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23,472	10,698
219	San Marino	22,689	20,865
220	Saint Martin (French part)	22,405	7,700
221	Cook Islands	16,666	17,885
222	Palau	14,489	12,487
223	British Virgin Islands	14,433	10,843
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	13,132	9,954
225	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,631	11,318
226	Montserrat	10,871	11,440
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	10,569	6,967
228	Nauru	9,052	7,221
229	Tuvalu	8,444	6,825
230	Anguilla	7,633	6,553
231	Saint Helena	6,697	6,259
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,357	6,124
233	Saint Barthélemy	4,710	2,766
234	Niue	2,550	3,806
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,275	2,287
236	Tokelau	1,770	1,658
237	Holy See	729	739

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