Population by country, 1989

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1989

#	Country / area	Population	1979
1	China	1.12 billion	962.5 million
2	India	836.6 million	663.1 million
3	United States of America	249.5 million	226.4 million
4	Indonesia	178.5 million	143.7 million
5	Russian Federation	147.9 million	137.4 million
6	Brazil	145.2 million	117 million
7	Japan	122.7 million	117.1 million
8	Pakistan	110.5 million	77.5 million
9	Bangladesh	108.3 million	84.9 million
10	Nigeria	93.3 million	70.4 million
11	Mexico	80.5 million	64.8 million
12	Germany	78.6 million	78.1 million
13	Viet Nam	63.5 million	50.9 million
14	Philippines	60.5 million	46.2 million
15	United Kingdom	57.1 million	56.2 million
16	Italy	56.9 million	56 million
17	France	56.5 million	53.5 million
18	Egypt	56 million	42.3 million
19	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	55.9 million	37.7 million
20	Türkiye	54.4 million	44.1 million
21	Thailand	53.4 million	44.3 million
22	Ukraine	51.8 million	49.6 million
23	Ethiopia	45 million	34.1 million
24	Republic of Korea	43.2 million	37.5 million
25	South Africa	39.1 million	28.2 million
26	Spain	39 million	37.1 million
27	Myanmar	38.9 million	32.3 million
28	Poland	37.9 million	35.1 million
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	34.9 million	25.5 million
30	Argentina	32 million	27.3 million
31	Colombia	31.4 million	25.2 million
32	Canada	27.1 million	24.1 million
33	United Republic of Tanzania	25.1 million	18.3 million
34	Algeria	24.4 million	17.8 million
35	Morocco	23.7 million	18.7 million
36	Romania	22.8 million	21.9 million
37	Kenya	21.7 million	15.2 million
38	Sudan	21.4 million	16 million
39	Peru	21.3 million	16.7 million
40	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	20.7 million	17.9 million
41	China, Taiwan Province of China	20.3 million	17.6 million
42	Uzbekistan	19.7 million	15 million
43	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	19.1 million	14.6 million
44	Nepal	18.8 million	15 million
45	Iraq	17.1 million	13 million
46	Malaysia	17.1 million	12.5 million
47	Kazakhstan	16.9 million	14.9 million
48	Uganda	16.7 million	12.9 million
49	Australia	16.7 million	14.4 million
50	Sri Lanka	16.2 million	14.4 million
51	Netherlands	14.9 million	14 million
52	Ghana	14.8 million	11.4 million
53	Yemen	13.1 million	9.1 million
54	Chile	13.1 million	11.3 million
55	Mozambique	12.8 million	10.8 million
56	Syrian Arab Republic	12 million	8.5 million
57	Afghanistan	11.7 million	13.7 million
58	Madagascar	11.5 million	8.6 million
59	Côte d'Ivoire	11.5 million	7.7 million
60	Angola	11 million	7.7 million
61	Cameroon	10.8 million	8.1 million
62	Cuba	10.5 million	9.7 million
63	Hungary	10.4 million	10.7 million
64	Czechia	10.3 million	10.2 million
65	Greece	10.2 million	9.5 million
66	Belarus	10.1 million	9.5 million
67	Ecuador	10.1 million	7.8 million
68	Portugal	10 million	9.6 million
69	Belgium	9.9 million	9.8 million
70	Saudi Arabia	9.9 million	5.5 million
71	Zimbabwe	9.7 million	6.6 million
72	Bulgaria	9 million	8.8 million
73	Malawi	9 million	5.9 million
74	Mali	8.9 million	7.3 million
75	Burkina Faso	8.8 million	6.7 million
76	Guatemala	8.7 million	6.6 million
77	Sweden	8.5 million	8.3 million
78	Tunisia	8.1 million	6.4 million
79	Niger	7.9 million	5.9 million
80	Serbia	7.9 million	7.7 million
81	Austria	7.6 million	7.6 million
82	Zambia	7.5 million	5.5 million
83	Senegal	7.4 million	5.6 million
84	Azerbaijan	7.1 million	6.1 million
85	Somalia	7.1 million	5.1 million
86	Rwanda	7.1 million	5.1 million
87	Dominican Republic	6.9 million	5.5 million
88	Cambodia	6.9 million	5 million
89	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.9 million	5.6 million
90	Haiti	6.6 million	5.5 million
91	Switzerland	6.6 million	6.3 million
92	Guinea	6.1 million	4.9 million
93	Chad	5.7 million	4.5 million
94	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.5 million	4.8 million
95	Georgia	5.5 million	5.1 million
96	Burundi	5.4 million	4.2 million
97	El Salvador	5.2 million	4.4 million
98	Slovakia	5.2 million	4.9 million
99	Tajikistan	5.2 million	3.8 million
100	Denmark	5.1 million	5.1 million
101	Benin	5 million	3.8 million
102	Finland	5 million	4.8 million
103	Croatia	4.8 million	4.6 million
104	Honduras	4.8 million	3.6 million
105	South Sudan	4.7 million	4.2 million
106	Republic of Moldova	4.4 million	4 million
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.4 million	4.1 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	4.3 million	3.6 million
109	Israel	4.3 million	3.6 million
110	Libya	4.3 million	3.1 million
111	Norway	4.2 million	4.1 million
112	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.1 million	3.2 million
113	Nicaragua	4 million	3.1 million
114	Sierra Leone	4 million	3.2 million
115	Paraguay	3.9 million	2.9 million
116	Togo	3.8 million	2.8 million
117	Papua New Guinea	3.8 million	3 million
118	Lithuania	3.7 million	3.4 million
119	Turkmenistan	3.6 million	2.7 million
120	Ireland	3.5 million	3.4 million
121	Puerto Rico	3.5 million	3.1 million
122	Lebanon	3.5 million	2.9 million
123	Armenia	3.4 million	3.1 million
124	New Zealand	3.3 million	3.1 million
125	Jordan	3.3 million	2.1 million
126	Albania	3.2 million	2.7 million
127	Uruguay	3.1 million	2.9 million
128	Costa Rica	3 million	2.3 million
129	Singapore	2.9 million	2.4 million
130	Central African Republic	2.7 million	2.4 million
131	Latvia	2.7 million	2.5 million
132	Liberia	2.5 million	1.8 million
133	Panama	2.4 million	1.9 million
134	Jamaica	2.4 million	2.1 million
135	Congo	2.3 million	1.8 million
136	Kuwait	2.2 million	1.4 million
137	Mongolia	2.1 million	1.6 million
138	North Macedonia	2.1 million	1.9 million
139	State of Palestine	2 million	1.4 million
140	Slovenia	2 million	1.9 million
141	Eritrea	2 million	1.5 million
142	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.9 million	1.5 million
143	Mauritania	1.9 million	1.4 million
144	Lesotho	1.8 million	1.3 million
145	United Arab Emirates	1.7 million	859,891
146	Oman	1.6 million	923,847
147	Estonia	1.6 million	1.5 million
148	Botswana	1.3 million	877,540
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	1.1 million
150	Namibia	1.2 million	950,760
151	Mauritius	1.1 million	932,094
152	Gambia	990,224	678,062
153	Guinea-Bissau	949,782	816,900
154	Gabon	943,954	720,093
155	Eswatini	820,933	567,657
156	Cyprus	771,860	674,845
157	Fiji	762,658	619,380
158	Guyana	757,315	767,420
159	Timor-Leste	737,097	633,763
160	Réunion	636,302	541,299
161	Montenegro	615,290	576,233
162	Bhutan	565,237	412,154
163	Djibouti	499,696	292,868
164	Bahrain	488,571	335,712
165	Equatorial Guinea	448,160	277,070
166	Comoros	427,344	322,737
167	Qatar	418,418	250,143
168	Suriname	405,615	379,628
169	Guadeloupe	379,485	329,904
170	Luxembourg	375,570	362,519
171	Cabo Verde	364,853	317,806
172	Martinique	363,114	331,504
173	Malta	362,834	340,010
174	China, Macao SAR	333,095	238,627
175	Solomon Islands	316,237	225,921
176	Bahamas	268,745	226,035
177	Barbados	257,951	251,373
178	Iceland	251,892	224,545
179	Brunei Darussalam	244,465	177,616
180	Maldives	214,306	158,202
181	French Polynesia	197,529	149,155
182	Belize	177,121	140,131
183	Western Sahara	171,215	97,852
184	New Caledonia	169,958	147,277
185	Samoa	168,606	162,155
186	Curaçao	156,147	156,379
187	Vanuatu	142,565	111,666
188	Saint Lucia	135,805	116,688
189	Guam	134,280	106,489
190	Sao Tome and Principe	118,477	95,059
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,972	103,149
192	French Guiana	104,651	62,601
193	United States Virgin Islands	102,005	93,027
194	Tonga	99,224	97,409
195	Grenada	98,707	95,925
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	98,058	73,885
197	Jersey	82,937	76,041
198	Mayotte	81,630	46,358
199	Seychelles	72,677	65,285
200	Kiribati	72,282	59,674
201	Dominica	70,391	72,864
202	Isle of Man	67,220	62,818
203	Antigua and Barbuda	63,463	64,124
204	Aruba	63,132	61,817
205	Guernsey	57,826	54,057
206	Bermuda	56,915	53,486
207	Greenland	55,068	49,755
208	Andorra	50,445	33,542
209	Faroe Islands	47,215	42,244
210	American Samoa	44,395	31,350
211	Marshall Islands	43,040	29,268
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,915	43,140
213	Northern Mariana Islands	39,915	16,303
214	Monaco	29,934	26,760
215	Liechtenstein	28,347	24,534
216	Gibraltar	27,705	28,515
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	25,241	11,379
218	Saint Martin (French part)	25,093	7,945
219	Cayman Islands	24,388	16,029
220	San Marino	22,996	21,186
221	Cook Islands	16,839	17,814
222	British Virgin Islands	14,926	10,928
223	Palau	14,801	12,392
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	13,270	10,403
225	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,748	11,505
226	Turks and Caicos Islands	10,982	7,200
227	Montserrat	10,821	11,433
228	Nauru	9,277	7,375
229	Tuvalu	8,592	7,090
230	Anguilla	7,932	6,569
231	Saint Helena	6,675	6,313
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,361	6,154
233	Saint Barthélemy	4,936	2,859
234	Niue	2,527	3,708
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,304	2,274
236	Tokelau	1,762	1,667
237	Holy See	727	740

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