Population by country, 1997

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1997

#	Country / area	Population	1987
1	China	1.24 billion	1.09 billion
2	India	989.4 million	799.8 million
3	United States of America	272.1 million	245 million
4	Indonesia	204.9 million	171.8 million
5	Brazil	165.4 million	139.7 million
6	Russian Federation	148 million	145.5 million
7	Pakistan	140.5 million	103.3 million
8	Japan	126.1 million	121.7 million
9	Bangladesh	126 million	103.8 million
10	Nigeria	115.2 million	88.4 million
11	Mexico	93.2 million	77.4 million
12	Germany	82.4 million	78 million
13	Viet Nam	73.7 million	61 million
14	Philippines	73.1 million	57.4 million
15	Egypt	67.7 million	52.9 million
16	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	63.2 million	52.4 million
17	Türkiye	62.4 million	52.3 million
18	Ethiopia	60.4 million	41.7 million
19	Thailand	60.3 million	51.6 million
20	France	58.5 million	55.9 million
21	United Kingdom	58.4 million	56.8 million
22	Italy	57.2 million	56.9 million
23	Ukraine	51 million	51.4 million
24	Republic of Korea	45.8 million	42 million
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.6 million	32.8 million
26	South Africa	45.4 million	36.7 million
27	Myanmar	43.4 million	37.7 million
28	Spain	40.3 million	38.8 million
29	Poland	38.4 million	37.6 million
30	Colombia	36.8 million	30.2 million
31	Argentina	35.7 million	31 million
32	United Republic of Tanzania	31.1 million	23.6 million
33	Canada	29.9 million	26.4 million
34	Algeria	29.3 million	23.1 million
35	Kenya	27.7 million	20.3 million
36	Morocco	27 million	22.8 million
37	Sudan	25.5 million	20.5 million
38	Peru	25 million	20.3 million
39	Uzbekistan	23.6 million	18.7 million
40	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	23 million	20.1 million
41	Nepal	23 million	18.1 million
42	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	22.9 million	18.2 million
43	Romania	22.5 million	22.7 million
44	Iraq	21.8 million	16.3 million
45	China, Taiwan Province of China	21.8 million	19.9 million
46	Uganda	21.6 million	15.7 million
47	Malaysia	21.1 million	16 million
48	Australia	18.4 million	16.2 million
49	Afghanistan	18.1 million	11.4 million
50	Sri Lanka	18.1 million	15.8 million
51	Ghana	18 million	14.1 million
52	Yemen	17.6 million	12.1 million
53	Mozambique	16.8 million	12.9 million
54	Kazakhstan	16.2 million	16.4 million
55	Côte d'Ivoire	15.7 million	10.6 million
56	Netherlands	15.7 million	14.7 million
57	Syrian Arab Republic	15.2 million	11.2 million
58	Chile	14.8 million	12.7 million
59	Madagascar	14.7 million	10.9 million
60	Angola	14.4 million	10.3 million
61	Saudi Arabia	14.1 million	8.9 million
62	Cameroon	13.6 million	10.2 million
63	Ecuador	11.9 million	9.7 million
64	Zimbabwe	11.3 million	9.1 million
65	Cambodia	11.2 million	6.4 million
66	Cuba	11 million	10.3 million
67	Burkina Faso	10.8 million	8.3 million
68	Guatemala	10.7 million	8.2 million
69	Greece	10.6 million	10.1 million
70	Mali	10.5 million	8.6 million
71	Malawi	10.5 million	8 million
72	Hungary	10.3 million	10.5 million
73	Czechia	10.3 million	10.3 million
74	Niger	10.2 million	7.4 million
75	Belgium	10.2 million	9.9 million
76	Belarus	10.1 million	10 million
77	Portugal	10.1 million	10 million
78	Tunisia	9.4 million	7.7 million
79	Senegal	9.2 million	7 million
80	Zambia	9.1 million	7.1 million
81	Sweden	8.8 million	8.4 million
82	Bulgaria	8.3 million	9 million
83	Dominican Republic	8.1 million	6.6 million
84	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	8.1 million	6.6 million
85	Austria	8 million	7.6 million
86	Azerbaijan	7.9 million	6.9 million
87	Guinea	7.9 million	5.8 million
88	Serbia	7.8 million	7.9 million
89	Haiti	7.8 million	6.4 million
90	Somalia	7.7 million	7.1 million
91	Chad	7.5 million	5.3 million
92	Rwanda	7.5 million	6.6 million
93	Switzerland	7.1 million	6.5 million
94	Benin	6.5 million	4.7 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.4 million	5.5 million
96	Tajikistan	6.1 million	4.9 million
97	Burundi	6 million	5.2 million
98	Honduras	6 million	4.5 million
99	El Salvador	5.8 million	5 million
100	Israel	5.6 million	4.2 million
101	South Sudan	5.4 million	5 million
102	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.2 million
103	Denmark	5.3 million	5.1 million
104	Finland	5.1 million	4.9 million
105	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.1 million	3.9 million
106	Libya	5 million	4.1 million
107	Jordan	5 million	3 million
108	Papua New Guinea	4.9 million	3.6 million
109	Kyrgyzstan	4.8 million	4.2 million
110	Nicaragua	4.8 million	3.8 million
111	Georgia	4.8 million	5.4 million
112	Paraguay	4.7 million	3.7 million
113	Togo	4.7 million	3.6 million
114	Croatia	4.5 million	4.8 million
115	Norway	4.4 million	4.2 million
116	Republic of Moldova	4.4 million	4.3 million
117	Turkmenistan	4.3 million	3.4 million
118	Sierra Leone	4.2 million	3.8 million
119	Lebanon	4.1 million	3.4 million
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 million	4.4 million
121	New Zealand	3.8 million	3.3 million
122	Puerto Rico	3.7 million	3.4 million
123	Singapore	3.7 million	2.8 million
124	Costa Rica	3.7 million	2.9 million
125	Ireland	3.7 million	3.5 million
126	Lithuania	3.6 million	3.6 million
127	Central African Republic	3.5 million	2.7 million
128	Armenia	3.3 million	3.3 million
129	Albania	3.2 million	3.1 million
130	Uruguay	3.2 million	3 million
131	Congo	2.9 million	2.2 million
132	Panama	2.8 million	2.3 million
133	State of Palestine	2.8 million	1.8 million
134	United Arab Emirates	2.7 million	1.5 million
135	Jamaica	2.5 million	2.3 million
136	Latvia	2.4 million	2.6 million
137	Mauritania	2.4 million	1.8 million
138	Mongolia	2.4 million	2 million
139	Liberia	2.2 million	2.3 million
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.2 million	1.9 million
141	Oman	2.2 million	1.5 million
142	Eritrea	2.1 million	1.9 million
143	North Macedonia	2 million	2 million
144	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
145	Lesotho	2 million	1.7 million
146	Kuwait	1.8 million	2 million
147	Namibia	1.7 million	1.1 million
148	Botswana	1.6 million	1.2 million
149	Estonia	1.4 million	1.5 million
150	Gambia	1.3 million	912,084
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.2 million
152	Mauritius	1.2 million	1 million
153	Gabon	1.2 million	892,870
154	Guinea-Bissau	1.2 million	919,388
155	Eswatini	999,246	748,958
156	Timor-Leste	904,536	712,561
157	Cyprus	888,963	748,970
158	Fiji	806,916	746,344
159	Guyana	761,461	766,230
160	Réunion	726,889	615,994
161	Djibouti	657,375	439,447
162	Montenegro	633,154	608,463
163	Bahrain	616,296	454,422
164	Equatorial Guinea	604,888	413,903
165	Bhutan	553,859	532,379
166	Qatar	536,303	389,900
167	Comoros	503,407	404,849
168	Suriname	443,433	394,982
169	Cabo Verde	429,238	354,800
170	Luxembourg	416,381	369,586
171	Guadeloupe	415,728	365,415
172	Martinique	412,944	353,809
173	China, Macao SAR	411,116	308,524
174	Solomon Islands	401,700	296,535
175	Malta	389,146	356,548
176	Bahamas	308,611	259,719
177	Brunei Darussalam	301,806	230,359
178	Iceland	269,891	244,149
179	Maldives	265,103	200,425
180	Barbados	262,359	256,985
181	Western Sahara	227,539	160,155
182	French Polynesia	227,209	188,041
183	Belize	213,663	169,435
184	New Caledonia	207,307	164,254
185	Samoa	176,847	167,236
186	Vanuatu	172,784	135,428
187	Guam	153,195	128,398
188	Saint Lucia	151,473	132,259
189	Curaçao	150,980	156,532
190	French Guiana	141,443	93,735
191	Sao Tome and Principe	137,971	112,439
192	Mayotte	133,974	71,840
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,135	109,656
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	110,914	93,552
195	United States Virgin Islands	107,880	101,565
196	Grenada	104,937	97,143
197	Tonga	100,299	98,037
198	Jersey	86,410	81,544
199	Kiribati	83,382	68,894
200	Aruba	79,780	63,541
201	Seychelles	79,227	70,932
202	Isle of Man	72,423	65,053
203	Antigua and Barbuda	70,336	64,110
204	Dominica	69,364	71,222
205	Andorra	64,287	46,920
206	Bermuda	59,951	56,048
207	Guernsey	59,444	56,528
208	Greenland	56,061	54,000
209	Northern Mariana Islands	54,185	34,351
210	American Samoa	53,865	41,309
211	Marshall Islands	49,021	40,054
212	Faroe Islands	44,353	46,224
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,147	41,488
214	Cayman Islands	34,844	22,633
215	Monaco	31,934	29,267
216	Liechtenstein	31,687	27,570
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	31,503	21,763
218	Saint Martin (French part)	29,407	19,810
219	Gibraltar	27,538	28,219
220	San Marino	25,641	22,682
221	British Virgin Islands	18,515	13,956
222	Palau	17,891	14,178
223	Cook Islands	17,882	16,489
224	Turks and Caicos Islands	16,121	10,154
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,362	12,999
226	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	13,715	12,523
227	Nauru	10,190	8,840
228	Anguilla	10,114	7,358
229	Tuvalu	9,372	8,298
230	Montserrat	7,284	10,919
231	Saint Barthélemy	6,452	4,450
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,420	6,333
233	Saint Helena	6,258	6,702
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,880	2,242
235	Niue	2,246	2,568
236	Tokelau	1,771	1,786
237	Holy See	699	731

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