Population by country, 1998

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1998

#	Country / area	Population	1988
1	China	1.25 billion	1.11 billion
2	India	1.01 billion	818.1 million
3	United States of America	274.7 million	247.2 million
4	Indonesia	208.2 million	175.2 million
5	Brazil	167.9 million	142.5 million
6	Russian Federation	147.7 million	146.8 million
7	Pakistan	144.5 million	106.9 million
8	Bangladesh	128.4 million	106.1 million
9	Japan	126.4 million	122.2 million
10	Nigeria	118.3 million	90.8 million
11	Mexico	94.8 million	78.9 million
12	Germany	82.4 million	78.1 million
13	Philippines	74.8 million	59 million
14	Viet Nam	74.8 million	62.2 million
15	Egypt	69.1 million	54.4 million
16	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	64.1 million	54.3 million
17	Türkiye	63.3 million	53.4 million
18	Ethiopia	62.4 million	43.3 million
19	Thailand	61.1 million	52.5 million
20	France	58.7 million	56.2 million
21	United Kingdom	58.5 million	56.9 million
22	Italy	57.2 million	56.9 million
23	Ukraine	50.6 million	51.6 million
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.5 million	33.8 million
25	Republic of Korea	46.1 million	42.6 million
26	South Africa	46 million	37.9 million
27	Myanmar	44 million	38.3 million
28	Spain	40.5 million	38.9 million
29	Poland	38.3 million	37.8 million
30	Colombia	37.5 million	30.8 million
31	Argentina	36.2 million	31.5 million
32	United Republic of Tanzania	32 million	24.4 million
33	Canada	30.2 million	26.7 million
34	Algeria	29.8 million	23.8 million
35	Kenya	28.5 million	21 million
36	Morocco	27.4 million	23.3 million
37	Sudan	26.1 million	20.9 million
38	Peru	25.5 million	20.8 million
39	Uzbekistan	24 million	19.2 million
40	Nepal	23.5 million	18.4 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	23.4 million	18.6 million
42	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	23.2 million	20.4 million
43	Iraq	22.5 million	16.7 million
44	Romania	22.3 million	22.8 million
45	Uganda	22.1 million	16.2 million
46	China, Taiwan Province of China	22 million	20.1 million
47	Malaysia	21.6 million	16.5 million
48	Afghanistan	18.8 million	11.4 million
49	Australia	18.6 million	16.5 million
50	Ghana	18.5 million	14.5 million
51	Sri Lanka	18.4 million	16 million
52	Yemen	18.2 million	12.6 million
53	Mozambique	17.1 million	12.8 million
54	Côte d'Ivoire	16.4 million	11.1 million
55	Kazakhstan	15.8 million	16.7 million
56	Netherlands	15.8 million	14.8 million
57	Syrian Arab Republic	15.6 million	11.6 million
58	Madagascar	15.2 million	11.2 million
59	Chile	15 million	12.9 million
60	Angola	14.9 million	10.7 million
61	Saudi Arabia	14.6 million	9.4 million
62	Cameroon	14 million	10.5 million
63	Ecuador	12.1 million	9.9 million
64	Cambodia	11.9 million	6.7 million
65	Zimbabwe	11.5 million	9.4 million
66	Burkina Faso	11.1 million	8.6 million
67	Cuba	11 million	10.4 million
68	Guatemala	11 million	8.4 million
69	Mali	10.8 million	8.8 million
70	Malawi	10.7 million	8.5 million
71	Greece	10.6 million	10.2 million
72	Niger	10.6 million	7.7 million
73	Czechia	10.3 million	10.3 million
74	Hungary	10.3 million	10.5 million
75	Belgium	10.2 million	9.9 million
76	Portugal	10.1 million	10 million
77	Belarus	10.1 million	10.1 million
78	Tunisia	9.5 million	7.9 million
79	Senegal	9.4 million	7.2 million
80	Zambia	9.4 million	7.3 million
81	Sweden	8.8 million	8.4 million
82	Dominican Republic	8.2 million	6.8 million
83	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	8.2 million	6.8 million
84	Bulgaria	8.2 million	9 million
85	Rwanda	8 million	6.9 million
86	Guinea	8 million	6 million
87	Azerbaijan	8 million	7 million
88	Somalia	8 million	7.3 million
89	Austria	8 million	7.6 million
90	Haiti	7.9 million	6.5 million
91	Chad	7.8 million	5.5 million
92	Serbia	7.8 million	7.9 million
93	Switzerland	7.1 million	6.6 million
94	Benin	6.7 million	4.9 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.5 million	5.5 million
96	Tajikistan	6.2 million	5 million
97	Honduras	6.2 million	4.6 million
98	Burundi	6.1 million	5.3 million
99	El Salvador	5.9 million	5.1 million
100	Israel	5.7 million	4.3 million
101	South Sudan	5.6 million	5 million
102	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.2 million
103	Denmark	5.3 million	5.1 million
104	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.2 million	4 million
105	Finland	5.1 million	4.9 million
106	Jordan	5.1 million	3.1 million
107	Libya	5.1 million	4.2 million
108	Papua New Guinea	5.1 million	3.7 million
109	Kyrgyzstan	4.9 million	4.3 million
110	Nicaragua	4.8 million	3.9 million
111	Paraguay	4.8 million	3.8 million
112	Togo	4.8 million	3.7 million
113	Georgia	4.6 million	5.5 million
114	Croatia	4.5 million	4.8 million
115	Norway	4.4 million	4.2 million
116	Turkmenistan	4.4 million	3.5 million
117	Republic of Moldova	4.3 million	4.4 million
118	Sierra Leone	4.3 million	3.9 million
119	Lebanon	4.1 million	3.4 million
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	4.4 million
121	Singapore	3.9 million	2.8 million
122	New Zealand	3.8 million	3.3 million
123	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.5 million
124	Costa Rica	3.7 million	2.9 million
125	Ireland	3.7 million	3.5 million
126	Central African Republic	3.6 million	2.7 million
127	Lithuania	3.6 million	3.6 million
128	Uruguay	3.2 million	3.1 million
129	Armenia	3.2 million	3.3 million
130	Albania	3.2 million	3.2 million
131	United Arab Emirates	2.9 million	1.6 million
132	State of Palestine	2.9 million	1.9 million
133	Congo	2.9 million	2.2 million
134	Panama	2.9 million	2.3 million
135	Liberia	2.6 million	2.4 million
136	Jamaica	2.6 million	2.3 million
137	Mauritania	2.4 million	1.8 million
138	Latvia	2.4 million	2.6 million
139	Mongolia	2.4 million	2 million
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.2 million	1.9 million
141	Oman	2.2 million	1.5 million
142	Eritrea	2.2 million	1.9 million
143	North Macedonia	2 million	2 million
144	Lesotho	2 million	1.7 million
145	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
146	Kuwait	1.8 million	2.1 million
147	Namibia	1.7 million	1.2 million
148	Botswana	1.6 million	1.2 million
149	Estonia	1.4 million	1.6 million
150	Gambia	1.4 million	950,097
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.2 million
152	Gabon	1.2 million	918,067
153	Mauritius	1.2 million	1.1 million
154	Guinea-Bissau	1.2 million	934,307
155	Eswatini	1 million	778,663
156	Timor-Leste	929,833	724,392
157	Cyprus	906,090	760,559
158	Fiji	817,350	754,733
159	Guyana	763,004	761,992
160	Réunion	738,413	626,188
161	Djibouti	686,260	469,350
162	Montenegro	633,889	611,863
163	Bahrain	631,714	471,287
164	Equatorial Guinea	628,881	431,115
165	Qatar	564,698	404,111
166	Bhutan	563,534	548,734
167	Comoros	512,148	416,029
168	Suriname	452,702	398,835
169	Cabo Verde	436,355	359,804
170	Luxembourg	421,531	371,984
171	Guadeloupe	419,353	372,444
172	Martinique	419,170	358,443
173	China, Macao SAR	419,008	320,710
174	Solomon Islands	413,249	306,293
175	Malta	392,188	359,612
176	Bahamas	313,159	264,137
177	Brunei Darussalam	308,873	237,361
178	Iceland	272,420	247,530
179	Maldives	270,300	207,463
180	Barbados	262,420	257,571
181	Western Sahara	239,992	165,601
182	French Polynesia	231,034	192,857
183	Belize	221,226	173,240
184	New Caledonia	211,813	167,047
185	Samoa	178,246	168,086
186	Vanuatu	176,468	138,944
187	Guam	155,229	131,317
188	Saint Lucia	153,664	134,196
189	Curaçao	149,626	156,354
190	French Guiana	146,003	99,084
191	Mayotte	140,888	76,598
192	Sao Tome and Principe	139,872	115,400
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,142	110,342
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	111,228	96,135
195	United States Virgin Islands	108,294	101,889
196	Grenada	105,646	97,908
197	Tonga	101,048	98,714
198	Jersey	86,900	82,234
199	Kiribati	84,913	70,571
200	Aruba	82,433	63,275
201	Seychelles	80,071	71,743
202	Isle of Man	73,380	66,127
203	Antigua and Barbuda	71,767	63,782
204	Dominica	69,227	70,822
205	Andorra	65,094	48,381
206	Bermuda	60,402	56,482
207	Guernsey	59,655	57,165
208	Northern Mariana Islands	59,007	37,122
209	Greenland	56,138	54,531
210	American Samoa	54,859	42,835
211	Marshall Islands	49,497	41,602
212	Faroe Islands	44,724	46,691
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,707	41,208
214	Cayman Islands	36,242	23,513
215	Monaco	32,154	29,612
216	Liechtenstein	32,110	27,948
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	31,304	23,472
218	Saint Martin (French part)	29,240	22,405
219	Gibraltar	27,623	27,971
220	San Marino	25,959	22,689
221	British Virgin Islands	18,996	14,433
222	Palau	18,325	14,489
223	Cook Islands	17,362	16,666
224	Turks and Caicos Islands	16,843	10,569
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,468	13,132
226	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	13,861	12,631
227	Anguilla	10,393	7,633
228	Nauru	10,204	9,052
229	Tuvalu	9,429	8,444
230	Saint Barthélemy	6,636	4,710
231	Montserrat	6,632	10,871
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,406	6,357
233	Saint Helena	6,191	6,697
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,943	2,275
235	Niue	2,199	2,550
236	Tokelau	1,792	1,770
237	Holy See	697	729

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