Population by country, 1991

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1991

#	Country / area	Population	1981
1	China	1.16 billion	990.2 million
2	India	874.5 million	695.5 million
3	United States of America	254.9 million	231 million
4	Indonesia	185.1 million	150.7 million
5	Brazil	150.5 million	122.6 million
6	Russian Federation	149.3 million	139 million
7	Japan	123.6 million	118.7 million
8	Pakistan	118.2 million	84.1 million
9	Bangladesh	112.7 million	89.1 million
10	Nigeria	98.4 million	74.9 million
11	Mexico	83.6 million	68.1 million
12	Germany	80 million	78.4 million
13	Viet Nam	66.2 million	53.1 million
14	Philippines	63.7 million	48.7 million
15	Egypt	59.3 million	44.5 million
16	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	59.2 million	40.6 million
17	United Kingdom	57.5 million	56.3 million
18	France	57.1 million	54.1 million
19	Italy	57.1 million	56.6 million
20	Türkiye	56.5 million	45.9 million
21	Thailand	55.2 million	46.1 million
22	Ukraine	52.1 million	50.1 million
23	Ethiopia	48.5 million	34.5 million
24	Republic of Korea	44.3 million	38.4 million
25	South Africa	41.3 million	30 million
26	Myanmar	40.1 million	33.5 million
27	Spain	39.1 million	37.7 million
28	Poland	38.1 million	35.7 million
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37.3 million	27.1 million
30	Argentina	33 million	28.2 million
31	Colombia	32.8 million	26.4 million
32	Canada	28 million	24.7 million
33	United Republic of Tanzania	26.4 million	19.5 million
34	Algeria	25.7 million	18.9 million
35	Morocco	24.6 million	19.7 million
36	Kenya	23.3 million	16.3 million
37	Romania	23 million	22.2 million
38	Peru	22.3 million	17.6 million
39	Sudan	22.2 million	17.4 million
40	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	21.3 million	18.4 million
41	Uzbekistan	20.7 million	15.8 million
42	China, Taiwan Province of China	20.7 million	18.3 million
43	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	20.1 million	15.5 million
44	Nepal	19.8 million	15.7 million
45	Malaysia	18.1 million	13.2 million
46	Uganda	17.9 million	13.4 million
47	Iraq	17.5 million	13.8 million
48	Australia	17.2 million	14.8 million
49	Kazakhstan	17.2 million	15.2 million
50	Sri Lanka	16.4 million	15 million
51	Ghana	15.6 million	12.1 million
52	Netherlands	15.1 million	14.2 million
53	Yemen	14.2 million	9.7 million
54	Chile	13.5 million	11.6 million
55	Mozambique	13.2 million	11.4 million
56	Syrian Arab Republic	12.8 million	9.1 million
57	Côte d'Ivoire	12.4 million	8.4 million
58	Madagascar	12.2 million	9.1 million
59	Afghanistan	12 million	12.8 million
60	Angola	11.8 million	8.3 million
61	Cameroon	11.5 million	8.7 million
62	Saudi Arabia	10.9 million	6.2 million
63	Cuba	10.7 million	9.8 million
64	Ecuador	10.6 million	8.3 million
65	Hungary	10.4 million	10.7 million
66	Czechia	10.3 million	10.3 million
67	Greece	10.3 million	9.7 million
68	Zimbabwe	10.3 million	7.4 million
69	Belarus	10.2 million	9.6 million
70	Portugal	10 million	9.8 million
71	Belgium	10 million	9.8 million
72	Malawi	9.7 million	6.4 million
73	Burkina Faso	9.3 million	7 million
74	Mali	9.3 million	7.6 million
75	Guatemala	9.2 million	7 million
76	Bulgaria	8.8 million	8.9 million
77	Sweden	8.6 million	8.3 million
78	Niger	8.4 million	6.2 million
79	Tunisia	8.4 million	6.7 million
80	Zambia	7.9 million	5.9 million
81	Serbia	7.9 million	7.8 million
82	Senegal	7.8 million	5.9 million
83	Austria	7.7 million	7.6 million
84	Cambodia	7.5 million	5.2 million
85	Rwanda	7.5 million	5.4 million
86	Azerbaijan	7.3 million	6.3 million
87	Dominican Republic	7.2 million	5.8 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	7.2 million	5.8 million
89	Somalia	7.1 million	6.1 million
90	Haiti	6.9 million	5.7 million
91	Switzerland	6.8 million	6.3 million
92	Guinea	6.6 million	5.1 million
93	Chad	6 million	4.5 million
94	Burundi	5.6 million	4.5 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.6 million	5 million
96	Tajikistan	5.5 million	4.1 million
97	El Salvador	5.5 million	4.6 million
98	Georgia	5.4 million	5.2 million
99	Benin	5.4 million	4 million
100	Slovakia	5.3 million	5 million
101	Denmark	5.1 million	5.1 million
102	Honduras	5.1 million	3.8 million
103	Finland	5 million	4.8 million
104	Croatia	4.8 million	4.7 million
105	South Sudan	4.8 million	4.4 million
106	Israel	4.7 million	3.8 million
107	Kyrgyzstan	4.5 million	3.8 million
108	Libya	4.5 million	3.5 million
109	Republic of Moldova	4.5 million	4.1 million
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.5 million	4.2 million
111	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.4 million	3.3 million
112	Sierra Leone	4.3 million	3.3 million
113	Norway	4.2 million	4.1 million
114	Nicaragua	4.2 million	3.3 million
115	Paraguay	4.1 million	3.1 million
116	Togo	4.1 million	3 million
117	Papua New Guinea	4 million	3.2 million
118	Jordan	3.8 million	2.3 million
119	Turkmenistan	3.8 million	2.9 million
120	Lithuania	3.7 million	3.4 million
121	Lebanon	3.6 million	3 million
122	Armenia	3.6 million	3.1 million
123	Puerto Rico	3.6 million	3.2 million
124	Ireland	3.5 million	3.4 million
125	New Zealand	3.4 million	3.2 million
126	Albania	3.3 million	2.8 million
127	Costa Rica	3.2 million	2.4 million
128	Uruguay	3.1 million	3 million
129	Singapore	3.1 million	2.5 million
130	Central African Republic	2.9 million	2.5 million
131	Latvia	2.7 million	2.5 million
132	Panama	2.5 million	2 million
133	Congo	2.4 million	1.8 million
134	Jamaica	2.4 million	2.2 million
135	Mongolia	2.2 million	1.7 million
136	State of Palestine	2.2 million	1.5 million
137	North Macedonia	2.1 million	1.9 million
138	Eritrea	2.1 million	1.6 million
139	Slovenia	2 million	1.9 million
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2 million	1.6 million
141	Mauritania	2 million	1.5 million
142	United Arab Emirates	2 million	1.1 million
143	Liberia	1.9 million	2 million
144	Lesotho	1.8 million	1.4 million
145	Oman	1.8 million	1 million
146	Estonia	1.6 million	1.5 million
147	Namibia	1.4 million	987,979
148	Botswana	1.3 million	949,025
149	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.1 million
150	Kuwait	1.1 million	1.5 million
151	Mauritius	1.1 million	961,751
152	Gambia	1.1 million	726,327
153	Gabon	997,145	758,122
154	Guinea-Bissau	981,541	835,765
155	Eswatini	890,189	606,548
156	Cyprus	793,724	685,899
157	Fiji	776,647	649,604
158	Timor-Leste	768,073	656,068
159	Guyana	747,373	776,030
160	Réunion	658,469	556,832
161	Montenegro	622,199	587,850
162	Djibouti	612,063	335,472
163	Bhutan	596,639	440,563
164	Bahrain	523,509	366,754
165	Equatorial Guinea	483,093	294,664
166	Comoros	450,331	342,597
167	Qatar	447,477	284,630
168	Suriname	413,783	375,178
169	Guadeloupe	391,498	331,547
170	Luxembourg	384,213	364,141
171	Cabo Verde	380,103	325,448
172	Martinique	373,981	332,512
173	Malta	369,606	343,822
174	China, Macao SAR	356,896	248,533
175	Solomon Islands	336,543	242,285
176	Bahamas	278,274	234,628
177	Brunei Darussalam	258,922	188,994
178	Barbados	258,896	251,882
179	Iceland	255,856	229,319
180	Maldives	228,352	167,152
181	French Polynesia	205,797	158,959
182	Belize	185,059	146,900
183	Western Sahara	182,457	122,635
184	New Caledonia	178,813	150,647
185	Samoa	169,153	165,035
186	Curaçao	155,590	156,743
187	Vanuatu	149,905	116,905
188	Guam	139,900	111,497
189	Saint Lucia	138,493	120,212
190	Sao Tome and Principe	124,479	99,642
191	French Guiana	114,892	67,622
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,053	104,618
193	United States Virgin Islands	102,764	97,297
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	101,829	78,591
195	Grenada	100,380	94,021
196	Tonga	99,817	97,859
197	Mayotte	92,279	51,481
198	Jersey	84,684	76,693
199	Kiribati	75,696	61,626
200	Seychelles	74,407	66,600
201	Isle of Man	69,474	64,491
202	Dominica	69,338	73,111
203	Aruba	65,218	62,103
204	Antigua and Barbuda	62,945	64,601
205	Guernsey	59,256	53,889
206	Bermuda	57,774	53,797
207	Greenland	55,694	50,413
208	Andorra	54,402	36,493
209	American Samoa	47,293	32,933
210	Faroe Islands	47,190	43,345
211	Marshall Islands	45,126	31,340
212	Northern Mariana Islands	43,991	18,579
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,263	42,774
214	Monaco	30,477	27,219
215	Liechtenstein	29,058	25,270
216	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	29,025	12,753
217	Saint Martin (French part)	28,636	8,395
218	Gibraltar	27,018	28,717
219	Cayman Islands	26,639	17,485
220	San Marino	23,639	21,716
221	Cook Islands	17,216	17,651
222	British Virgin Islands	15,975	11,257
223	Palau	15,429	12,260
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	13,554	11,365
225	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	12,991	11,874
226	Turks and Caicos Islands	11,971	7,715
227	Montserrat	10,621	11,293
228	Nauru	9,740	7,737
229	Tuvalu	8,863	7,455
230	Anguilla	8,550	6,592
231	Saint Helena	6,599	6,416
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,368	6,175
233	Saint Barthélemy	5,346	2,993
234	Niue	2,468	3,469
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,357	2,246
236	Tokelau	1,769	1,663
237	Holy See	725	743

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