Population by country, 1995
Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population | 1985 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.21 billion | 1.05 billion |
| 2 | India | 950.6 million | 763.7 million |
| 3 | United States of America | 266.8 million | 240.5 million |
| 4 | Indonesia | 198.2 million | 165 million |
| 5 | Brazil | 160.5 million | 134.1 million |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 148.4 million | 143 million |
| 7 | Pakistan | 132.6 million | 96.6 million |
| 8 | Japan | 125.5 million | 120.6 million |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 121.5 million | 99 million |
| 10 | Nigeria | 109.4 million | 83.7 million |
| 11 | Mexico | 90.1 million | 74.3 million |
| 12 | Germany | 81.9 million | 77.9 million |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 71.5 million | 58.4 million |
| 14 | Philippines | 69.8 million | 54.5 million |
| 15 | Egypt | 65 million | 50 million |
| 16 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 61.9 million | 48.7 million |
| 17 | Türkiye | 60.6 million | 50.1 million |
| 18 | Thailand | 58.7 million | 49.8 million |
| 19 | France | 58.1 million | 55.3 million |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 58.1 million | 56.5 million |
| 21 | Italy | 57.7 million | 56.8 million |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 56.6 million | 39.3 million |
| 23 | Ukraine | 51.9 million | 51 million |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 45.3 million | 40.9 million |
| 25 | South Africa | 44.2 million | 34.5 million |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43.9 million | 30.8 million |
| 27 | Myanmar | 42.3 million | 36.3 million |
| 28 | Spain | 40 million | 38.5 million |
| 29 | Poland | 38.4 million | 37.1 million |
| 30 | Colombia | 35.5 million | 29 million |
| 31 | Argentina | 34.8 million | 30.1 million |
| 32 | United Republic of Tanzania | 30 million | 22.1 million |
| 33 | Canada | 29.3 million | 25.8 million |
| 34 | Algeria | 28.2 million | 21.6 million |
| 35 | Kenya | 26.2 million | 18.9 million |
| 36 | Morocco | 26.2 million | 21.9 million |
| 37 | Sudan | 24.4 million | 19.7 million |
| 38 | Peru | 24.1 million | 19.4 million |
| 39 | Romania | 22.7 million | 22.6 million |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 22.7 million | 17.6 million |
| 41 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 22.6 million | 19.5 million |
| 42 | Nepal | 22 million | 17.3 million |
| 43 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 22 million | 17.2 million |
| 44 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 21.4 million | 19.4 million |
| 45 | Iraq | 20.5 million | 15.5 million |
| 46 | Uganda | 20.4 million | 14.8 million |
| 47 | Malaysia | 20.1 million | 15 million |
| 48 | Australia | 18 million | 15.7 million |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 17.4 million | 15.5 million |
| 50 | Ghana | 17.2 million | 13.5 million |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 16.9 million | 15.9 million |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 16.7 million | 11.4 million |
| 53 | Yemen | 16.4 million | 11.2 million |
| 54 | Mozambique | 15.7 million | 12.4 million |
| 55 | Netherlands | 15.5 million | 14.5 million |
| 56 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.6 million | 9.8 million |
| 57 | Chile | 14.4 million | 12.3 million |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.4 million | 10.4 million |
| 59 | Madagascar | 13.8 million | 10.3 million |
| 60 | Angola | 13.5 million | 9.6 million |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 13 million | 7.9 million |
| 62 | Cameroon | 12.9 million | 9.6 million |
| 63 | Ecuador | 11.5 million | 9.2 million |
| 64 | Cuba | 10.9 million | 10.1 million |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 10.9 million | 8.5 million |
| 66 | Greece | 10.5 million | 10 million |
| 67 | Hungary | 10.3 million | 10.6 million |
| 68 | Czechia | 10.3 million | 10.3 million |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 10.3 million | 7.9 million |
| 70 | Belarus | 10.2 million | 9.9 million |
| 71 | Guatemala | 10.2 million | 7.7 million |
| 72 | Belgium | 10.1 million | 9.9 million |
| 73 | Mali | 10.1 million | 8.3 million |
| 74 | Malawi | 10 million | 7.5 million |
| 75 | Portugal | 10 million | 10 million |
| 76 | Cambodia | 9.6 million | 5.9 million |
| 77 | Niger | 9.6 million | 7 million |
| 78 | Tunisia | 9.1 million | 7.3 million |
| 79 | Sweden | 8.8 million | 8.3 million |
| 80 | Senegal | 8.7 million | 6.6 million |
| 81 | Zambia | 8.7 million | 6.7 million |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 8.4 million | 9 million |
| 83 | Austria | 7.9 million | 7.6 million |
| 84 | Serbia | 7.8 million | 7.9 million |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 7.8 million | 6.4 million |
| 86 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.8 million | 6.3 million |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 7.7 million | 6.8 million |
| 88 | Haiti | 7.5 million | 6.1 million |
| 89 | Guinea | 7.4 million | 5.5 million |
| 90 | Somalia | 7.1 million | 6.6 million |
| 91 | Switzerland | 7 million | 6.5 million |
| 92 | Chad | 6.9 million | 5 million |
| 93 | Benin | 6.2 million | 4.5 million |
| 94 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6.1 million | 5.4 million |
| 95 | Burundi | 6 million | 5 million |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 5.9 million | 4.5 million |
| 97 | El Salvador | 5.7 million | 4.8 million |
| 98 | Honduras | 5.7 million | 4.3 million |
| 99 | Rwanda | 5.4 million | 6.2 million |
| 100 | Slovakia | 5.4 million | 5.1 million |
| 101 | Israel | 5.3 million | 4.1 million |
| 102 | Denmark | 5.2 million | 5.1 million |
| 103 | South Sudan | 5.2 million | 4.8 million |
| 104 | Finland | 5.1 million | 4.9 million |
| 105 | Georgia | 5 million | 5.4 million |
| 106 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.9 million | 3.7 million |
| 107 | Libya | 4.9 million | 3.8 million |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.7 million | 4.1 million |
| 109 | Jordan | 4.7 million | 2.7 million |
| 110 | Croatia | 4.6 million | 4.7 million |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 4.6 million | 3.7 million |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 4.6 million | 3.4 million |
| 113 | Paraguay | 4.5 million | 3.5 million |
| 114 | Republic of Moldova | 4.4 million | 4.2 million |
| 115 | Norway | 4.3 million | 4.1 million |
| 116 | Togo | 4.3 million | 3.4 million |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 4.2 million | 3.6 million |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 4.2 million | 3.2 million |
| 119 | Lebanon | 3.9 million | 3.2 million |
| 120 | Puerto Rico | 3.7 million | 3.4 million |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.6 million | 4.3 million |
| 122 | New Zealand | 3.6 million | 3.3 million |
| 123 | Lithuania | 3.6 million | 3.5 million |
| 124 | Ireland | 3.6 million | 3.5 million |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 3.5 million | 2.7 million |
| 126 | Singapore | 3.5 million | 2.7 million |
| 127 | Armenia | 3.3 million | 3.2 million |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 3.3 million | 2.6 million |
| 129 | Albania | 3.3 million | 3 million |
| 130 | Uruguay | 3.2 million | 3 million |
| 131 | Congo | 2.7 million | 2 million |
| 132 | Panama | 2.7 million | 2.2 million |
| 133 | State of Palestine | 2.6 million | 1.7 million |
| 134 | Latvia | 2.5 million | 2.6 million |
| 135 | Jamaica | 2.5 million | 2.3 million |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 2.4 million | 1.3 million |
| 137 | Mongolia | 2.3 million | 1.9 million |
| 138 | Mauritania | 2.3 million | 1.7 million |
| 139 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 2.1 million | 1.8 million |
| 140 | Liberia | 2.1 million | 2.2 million |
| 141 | Oman | 2.1 million | 1.3 million |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 2 million | 2 million |
| 143 | Slovenia | 2 million | 1.9 million |
| 144 | Lesotho | 1.9 million | 1.6 million |
| 145 | Eritrea | 1.9 million | 1.8 million |
| 146 | Kuwait | 1.7 million | 1.9 million |
| 147 | Namibia | 1.6 million | 1.1 million |
| 148 | Botswana | 1.5 million | 1.1 million |
| 149 | Estonia | 1.5 million | 1.5 million |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.3 million | 1.2 million |
| 151 | Gambia | 1.2 million | 841,793 |
| 152 | Mauritius | 1.2 million | 1 million |
| 153 | Gabon | 1.1 million | 844,913 |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1 million | 890,532 |
| 155 | Eswatini | 960,430 | 691,886 |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 856,266 | 691,521 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 853,777 | 725,316 |
| 158 | Fiji | 796,830 | 715,255 |
| 159 | Guyana | 757,185 | 772,988 |
| 160 | Réunion | 704,907 | 595,053 |
| 161 | Montenegro | 630,677 | 601,872 |
| 162 | Djibouti | 626,827 | 392,138 |
| 163 | Bahrain | 585,554 | 422,566 |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 560,431 | 375,544 |
| 165 | Bhutan | 552,270 | 500,515 |
| 166 | Qatar | 506,916 | 356,937 |
| 167 | Comoros | 486,365 | 382,917 |
| 168 | Suriname | 424,983 | 384,265 |
| 169 | Cabo Verde | 414,285 | 344,907 |
| 170 | Guadeloupe | 408,249 | 351,375 |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 405,284 | 366,097 |
| 172 | Martinique | 400,287 | 344,951 |
| 173 | China, Macao SAR | 394,446 | 285,739 |
| 174 | Malta | 383,003 | 351,527 |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 379,150 | 277,762 |
| 176 | Bahamas | 299,000 | 250,955 |
| 177 | Brunei Darussalam | 287,647 | 215,208 |
| 178 | Iceland | 266,993 | 240,589 |
| 179 | Barbados | 261,871 | 255,387 |
| 180 | Maldives | 253,712 | 186,892 |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 220,466 | 178,679 |
| 182 | Western Sahara | 204,621 | 148,941 |
| 183 | Belize | 201,334 | 161,919 |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 197,996 | 158,927 |
| 185 | Samoa | 173,846 | 166,811 |
| 186 | Vanuatu | 165,236 | 128,700 |
| 187 | Curaçao | 153,219 | 156,748 |
| 188 | Guam | 148,965 | 122,703 |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 147,016 | 128,098 |
| 190 | Sao Tome and Principe | 133,837 | 107,455 |
| 191 | French Guiana | 132,371 | 83,625 |
| 192 | Mayotte | 118,800 | 63,777 |
| 193 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 112,992 | 108,105 |
| 194 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 109,953 | 88,433 |
| 195 | United States Virgin Islands | 106,634 | 100,503 |
| 196 | Grenada | 103,507 | 95,784 |
| 197 | Tonga | 100,197 | 97,984 |
| 198 | Jersey | 85,794 | 79,940 |
| 199 | Kiribati | 80,606 | 65,768 |
| 200 | Seychelles | 77,715 | 69,448 |
| 201 | Aruba | 74,652 | 63,621 |
| 202 | Isle of Man | 71,358 | 64,466 |
| 203 | Dominica | 69,481 | 71,898 |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 67,490 | 64,739 |
| 205 | Andorra | 64,143 | 43,102 |
| 206 | Guernsey | 59,423 | 55,456 |
| 207 | Bermuda | 59,378 | 55,362 |
| 208 | Greenland | 55,742 | 52,943 |
| 209 | American Samoa | 51,790 | 38,374 |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 48,002 | 37,005 |
| 211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 47,125 | 28,906 |
| 212 | Faroe Islands | 43,675 | 45,377 |
| 213 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42,046 | 41,999 |
| 214 | Cayman Islands | 32,044 | 20,888 |
| 215 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 31,852 | 18,484 |
| 216 | Monaco | 31,479 | 28,545 |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 30,810 | 26,819 |
| 218 | Saint Martin (French part) | 29,461 | 14,883 |
| 219 | Gibraltar | 27,317 | 28,587 |
| 220 | San Marino | 24,994 | 22,381 |
| 221 | Cook Islands | 17,733 | 16,950 |
| 222 | British Virgin Islands | 17,621 | 13,043 |
| 223 | Palau | 16,973 | 13,508 |
| 224 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14,693 | 9,314 |
| 225 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 14,135 | 12,731 |
| 226 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 13,444 | 12,314 |
| 227 | Nauru | 10,153 | 8,459 |
| 228 | Anguilla | 9,587 | 6,829 |
| 229 | Tuvalu | 9,247 | 7,956 |
| 230 | Montserrat | 8,546 | 11,021 |
| 231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,437 | 6,259 |
| 232 | Saint Helena | 6,381 | 6,645 |
| 233 | Saint Barthélemy | 6,091 | 3,918 |
| 234 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2,719 | 2,242 |
| 235 | Niue | 2,321 | 2,865 |
| 236 | Tokelau | 1,771 | 1,744 |
| 237 | Holy See | 707 | 734 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.