Population by country, 1990

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1990

#	Country / area	Population	1980
1	China	1.14 billion	976.1 million
2	India	855.5 million	679.2 million
3	United States of America	251.8 million	228.7 million
4	Indonesia	181.9 million	147.2 million
5	Russian Federation	148.6 million	138.2 million
6	Brazil	147.8 million	119.8 million
7	Japan	123.2 million	118 million
8	Pakistan	114.2 million	80.5 million
9	Bangladesh	110.5 million	87 million
10	Nigeria	95.8 million	72.6 million
11	Mexico	82 million	66.5 million
12	Germany	79.4 million	78.2 million
13	Viet Nam	64.8 million	51.9 million
14	Philippines	62 million	47.4 million
15	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	57.5 million	39.1 million
16	Egypt	57.5 million	43.4 million
17	United Kingdom	57.3 million	56.2 million
18	Italy	57 million	56.2 million
19	France	56.8 million	53.8 million
20	Türkiye	55.5 million	44.9 million
21	Thailand	54.3 million	45.2 million
22	Ukraine	52 million	49.8 million
23	Ethiopia	46.7 million	34.4 million
24	Republic of Korea	43.8 million	37.9 million
25	South Africa	40.2 million	29 million
26	Myanmar	39.5 million	32.9 million
27	Spain	39.1 million	37.4 million
28	Poland	38 million	35.4 million
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	36 million	26.3 million
30	Argentina	32.5 million	27.8 million
31	Colombia	32.1 million	25.8 million
32	Canada	27.6 million	24.4 million
33	United Republic of Tanzania	25.8 million	18.9 million
34	Algeria	25.1 million	18.3 million
35	Morocco	24.2 million	19.2 million
36	Romania	22.9 million	22.1 million
37	Kenya	22.5 million	15.7 million
38	Sudan	21.8 million	16.7 million
39	Peru	21.8 million	17.1 million
40	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	21 million	18.1 million
41	China, Taiwan Province of China	20.5 million	17.9 million
42	Uzbekistan	20.2 million	15.4 million
43	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	19.6 million	15 million
44	Nepal	19.3 million	15.4 million
45	Iraq	17.6 million	13.4 million
46	Malaysia	17.6 million	12.8 million
47	Uganda	17.3 million	13.1 million
48	Kazakhstan	17.1 million	15.1 million
49	Australia	17 million	14.6 million
50	Sri Lanka	16.3 million	14.7 million
51	Ghana	15.2 million	11.8 million
52	Netherlands	15 million	14.1 million
53	Yemen	13.6 million	9.4 million
54	Chile	13.3 million	11.4 million
55	Mozambique	13 million	11.2 million
56	Syrian Arab Republic	12.4 million	8.8 million
57	Afghanistan	12.1 million	13.6 million
58	Côte d'Ivoire	11.9 million	8.1 million
59	Madagascar	11.9 million	8.9 million
60	Angola	11.4 million	8 million
61	Cameroon	11.2 million	8.4 million
62	Cuba	10.6 million	9.8 million
63	Hungary	10.4 million	10.7 million
64	Saudi Arabia	10.4 million	5.9 million
65	Ecuador	10.4 million	8.1 million
66	Czechia	10.3 million	10.3 million
67	Greece	10.2 million	9.6 million
68	Belarus	10.2 million	9.6 million
69	Zimbabwe	10 million	6.7 million
70	Portugal	10 million	9.7 million
71	Belgium	9.9 million	9.8 million
72	Malawi	9.4 million	6.1 million
73	Mali	9.1 million	7.5 million
74	Burkina Faso	9 million	6.9 million
75	Guatemala	8.9 million	6.8 million
76	Bulgaria	8.9 million	8.8 million
77	Sweden	8.5 million	8.3 million
78	Tunisia	8.2 million	6.5 million
79	Niger	8.2 million	6 million
80	Serbia	7.9 million	7.8 million
81	Zambia	7.7 million	5.7 million
82	Austria	7.6 million	7.5 million
83	Senegal	7.6 million	5.8 million
84	Rwanda	7.3 million	5.3 million
85	Cambodia	7.2 million	5.2 million
86	Azerbaijan	7.2 million	6.2 million
87	Somalia	7.1 million	5.8 million
88	Dominican Republic	7.1 million	5.7 million
89	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	7.1 million	5.7 million
90	Haiti	6.8 million	5.6 million
91	Switzerland	6.7 million	6.3 million
92	Guinea	6.3 million	5 million
93	Chad	5.9 million	4.6 million
94	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.6 million	4.9 million
95	Burundi	5.5 million	4.2 million
96	Georgia	5.5 million	5.1 million
97	El Salvador	5.3 million	4.5 million
98	Tajikistan	5.3 million	3.9 million
99	Slovakia	5.3 million	5 million
100	Benin	5.2 million	3.9 million
101	Denmark	5.1 million	5.1 million
102	Finland	5 million	4.8 million
103	Honduras	4.9 million	3.7 million
104	Croatia	4.8 million	4.6 million
105	South Sudan	4.7 million	4.3 million
106	Republic of Moldova	4.4 million	4 million
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.4 million	4.1 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	4.4 million	3.7 million
109	Israel	4.4 million	3.7 million
110	Libya	4.4 million	3.3 million
111	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.3 million	3.3 million
112	Norway	4.2 million	4.1 million
113	Nicaragua	4.1 million	3.2 million
114	Sierra Leone	4.1 million	3.2 million
115	Paraguay	4 million	3 million
116	Togo	3.9 million	2.9 million
117	Papua New Guinea	3.8 million	3.1 million
118	Turkmenistan	3.7 million	2.8 million
119	Lithuania	3.7 million	3.4 million
120	Lebanon	3.6 million	2.9 million
121	Puerto Rico	3.5 million	3.2 million
122	Armenia	3.5 million	3.1 million
123	Ireland	3.5 million	3.4 million
124	Jordan	3.4 million	2.2 million
125	New Zealand	3.3 million	3.1 million
126	Albania	3.3 million	2.7 million
127	Uruguay	3.1 million	2.9 million
128	Costa Rica	3.1 million	2.4 million
129	Singapore	3 million	2.4 million
130	Central African Republic	2.8 million	2.4 million
131	Latvia	2.7 million	2.5 million
132	Liberia	2.6 million	1.9 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	2.3 million	1.5 million
137	Mongolia	2.1 million	1.7 million
138	State of Palestine	2.1 million	1.4 million
139	North Macedonia	2.1 million	1.9 million
140	Eritrea	2 million	1.6 million
141	Slovenia	2 million	1.9 million
142	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2 million	1.6 million
143	Mauritania	1.9 million	1.5 million
144	United Arab Emirates	1.8 million	964,130
145	Lesotho	1.8 million	1.4 million
146	Oman	1.7 million	974,383
147	Estonia	1.6 million	1.5 million
148	Namibia	1.3 million	974,880
149	Botswana	1.3 million	925,937
150	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	1.1 million
151	Mauritius	1.1 million	946,670
152	Gambia	1 million	701,500
153	Gabon	970,300	738,638
154	Guinea-Bissau	965,762	822,831
155	Eswatini	854,667	586,741
156	Cyprus	782,919	680,238
157	Fiji	769,979	634,333
158	Timor-Leste	752,616	643,675
159	Guyana	752,394	772,682
160	Réunion	646,634	549,426
161	Montenegro	618,777	581,780
162	Bhutan	581,935	426,237
163	Djibouti	547,014	316,158
164	Bahrain	506,084	351,203
165	Equatorial Guinea	465,433	282,623
166	Comoros	438,862	332,845
167	Qatar	432,874	267,197
168	Suriname	411,198	375,572
169	Guadeloupe	386,067	330,851
170	Luxembourg	379,172	363,263
171	Cabo Verde	370,754	321,154
172	Martinique	367,988	332,045
173	Malta	366,206	341,932
174	China, Macao SAR	345,345	243,651
175	Solomon Islands	326,327	233,985
176	Bahamas	273,597	230,419
177	Barbados	258,263	251,163
178	Iceland	253,776	226,953
179	Brunei Darussalam	251,663	183,228
180	Maldives	221,171	162,518
181	French Polynesia	201,756	153,983
182	Belize	181,092	143,224
183	Western Sahara	176,631	112,094
184	New Caledonia	174,099	148,988
185	Samoa	168,930	163,610
186	Curaçao	155,889	156,577
187	Vanuatu	146,220	114,415
188	Guam	137,317	108,784
189	Saint Lucia	137,220	118,368
190	Sao Tome and Principe	121,481	97,446
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111,569	103,808
192	French Guiana	110,479	65,075
193	United States Virgin Islands	101,851	95,838
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	99,948	76,223
195	Tonga	99,582	97,680
196	Grenada	99,532	95,055
197	Mayotte	86,906	48,810
198	Jersey	83,677	76,368
199	Kiribati	74,013	60,669
200	Seychelles	73,555	65,921
201	Dominica	69,914	73,053
202	Isle of Man	68,346	63,655
203	Aruba	63,648	61,975
204	Antigua and Barbuda	63,188	64,424
205	Guernsey	58,540	53,965
206	Bermuda	57,343	53,549
207	Greenland	55,567	49,808
208	Andorra	50,790	35,070
209	Faroe Islands	47,802	42,798
210	American Samoa	45,987	31,872
211	Marshall Islands	44,132	30,209
212	Northern Mariana Islands	42,692	16,672
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,601	42,926
214	Monaco	30,214	27,020
215	Liechtenstein	28,717	24,909
216	Saint Martin (French part)	27,813	8,181
217	Gibraltar	27,380	28,634
218	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	27,097	12,067
219	Cayman Islands	25,359	16,673
220	San Marino	23,310	21,454
221	Cook Islands	17,024	17,742
222	British Virgin Islands	15,434	11,002
223	Palau	15,089	12,282
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	13,406	10,868
225	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,868	11,689
226	Turks and Caicos Islands	11,404	7,412
227	Montserrat	10,733	11,386
228	Nauru	9,504	7,560
229	Tuvalu	8,733	7,277
230	Anguilla	8,248	6,584
231	Saint Helena	6,635	6,365
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,338	6,169
233	Saint Barthélemy	5,154	2,940
234	Niue	2,499	3,597
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,335	2,257
236	Tokelau	1,764	1,665
237	Holy See	726	743

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