Population by country, 1999

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1999

#	Country / area	Population	1989
1	China	1.26 billion	1.12 billion
2	India	1.03 billion	836.6 million
3	United States of America	277.4 million	249.5 million
4	Indonesia	211.5 million	178.5 million
5	Brazil	170.4 million	145.2 million
6	Pakistan	148.5 million	110.5 million
7	Russian Federation	147.5 million	147.9 million
8	Bangladesh	130.8 million	108.3 million
9	Japan	126.7 million	122.7 million
10	Nigeria	121.4 million	93.3 million
11	Mexico	96.3 million	80.5 million
12	Germany	81.6 million	78.6 million
13	Philippines	76.8 million	60.5 million
14	Viet Nam	75.8 million	63.5 million
15	Egypt	70.7 million	56 million
16	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	65 million	55.9 million
17	Ethiopia	64.4 million	45 million
18	Türkiye	64.2 million	54.4 million
19	Thailand	61.9 million	53.4 million
20	France	58.9 million	56.5 million
21	United Kingdom	58.7 million	57.1 million
22	Italy	57.2 million	56.9 million
23	Ukraine	50.2 million	51.8 million
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	48.1 million	34.9 million
25	South Africa	46.5 million	39.1 million
26	Republic of Korea	46.4 million	43.2 million
27	Myanmar	44.5 million	38.9 million
28	Spain	40.7 million	39 million
29	Poland	38.3 million	37.9 million
30	Colombia	38.1 million	31.4 million
31	Argentina	36.6 million	32 million
32	United Republic of Tanzania	32.8 million	25.1 million
33	Canada	30.5 million	27.1 million
34	Algeria	30.3 million	24.4 million
35	Kenya	29.3 million	21.7 million
36	Morocco	27.8 million	23.7 million
37	Sudan	26.8 million	21.4 million
38	Peru	26 million	21.3 million
39	Uzbekistan	24.3 million	19.7 million
40	Nepal	23.9 million	18.8 million
41	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	23.8 million	19.1 million
42	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	23.4 million	20.7 million
43	Iraq	23.3 million	17.1 million
44	Uganda	22.9 million	16.7 million
45	Romania	22.2 million	22.8 million
46	Malaysia	22.2 million	17.1 million
47	China, Taiwan Province of China	22.1 million	20.3 million
48	Afghanistan	19.5 million	11.7 million
49	Ghana	18.9 million	14.8 million
50	Australia	18.8 million	16.7 million
51	Sri Lanka	18.8 million	16.2 million
52	Yemen	18.7 million	13.1 million
53	Mozambique	17.5 million	12.8 million
54	Côte d'Ivoire	17 million	11.5 million
55	Syrian Arab Republic	16 million	12 million
56	Netherlands	15.9 million	14.9 million
57	Madagascar	15.7 million	11.5 million
58	Kazakhstan	15.4 million	16.9 million
59	Angola	15.4 million	11 million
60	Chile	15.2 million	13.1 million
61	Saudi Arabia	15.2 million	9.9 million
62	Cameroon	14.3 million	10.8 million
63	Ecuador	12.4 million	10.1 million
64	Cambodia	12.2 million	6.9 million
65	Zimbabwe	11.7 million	9.7 million
66	Burkina Faso	11.4 million	8.8 million
67	Guatemala	11.3 million	8.7 million
68	Mali	11.1 million	8.9 million
69	Cuba	11.1 million	10.5 million
70	Niger	10.9 million	7.9 million
71	Malawi	10.9 million	9 million
72	Greece	10.7 million	10.2 million
73	Czechia	10.3 million	10.3 million
74	Hungary	10.2 million	10.4 million
75	Belgium	10.2 million	9.9 million
76	Portugal	10.2 million	10 million
77	Belarus	10.1 million	10.1 million
78	Senegal	9.6 million	7.4 million
79	Zambia	9.6 million	7.5 million
80	Tunisia	9.6 million	8.1 million
81	Sweden	8.9 million	8.5 million
82	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	8.4 million	6.9 million
83	Dominican Republic	8.4 million	6.9 million
84	Somalia	8.3 million	7.1 million
85	Guinea	8.2 million	6.1 million
86	Rwanda	8.1 million	7.1 million
87	Bulgaria	8.1 million	9 million
88	Haiti	8.1 million	6.6 million
89	Chad	8.1 million	5.7 million
90	Azerbaijan	8.1 million	7.1 million
91	Austria	8 million	7.6 million
92	Serbia	7.8 million	7.9 million
93	Switzerland	7.1 million	6.6 million
94	Benin	6.9 million	5 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.6 million	5.5 million
96	Honduras	6.3 million	4.8 million
97	Burundi	6.3 million	5.4 million
98	Tajikistan	6.2 million	5.2 million
99	El Salvador	5.9 million	5.2 million
100	Israel	5.9 million	4.3 million
101	South Sudan	5.6 million	4.7 million
102	Slovakia	5.4 million	5.2 million
103	Denmark	5.3 million	5.1 million
104	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.3 million	4.1 million
105	Papua New Guinea	5.3 million	3.8 million
106	Jordan	5.2 million	3.3 million
107	Libya	5.2 million	4.3 million
108	Finland	5.2 million	5 million
109	Paraguay	5 million	3.9 million
110	Kyrgyzstan	4.9 million	4.3 million
111	Togo	4.9 million	3.8 million
112	Nicaragua	4.9 million	4 million
113	Georgia	4.5 million	5.5 million
114	Turkmenistan	4.4 million	3.6 million
115	Norway	4.4 million	4.2 million
116	Croatia	4.4 million	4.8 million
117	Sierra Leone	4.3 million	4 million
118	Republic of Moldova	4.3 million	4.4 million
119	Lebanon	4.2 million	3.5 million
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	4.4 million
121	Singapore	3.9 million	2.9 million
122	New Zealand	3.8 million	3.3 million
123	Costa Rica	3.8 million	3 million
124	Puerto Rico	3.8 million	3.5 million
125	Ireland	3.7 million	3.5 million
126	Central African Republic	3.7 million	2.7 million
127	Lithuania	3.5 million	3.7 million
128	Uruguay	3.2 million	3.1 million
129	Albania	3.2 million	3.2 million
130	Armenia	3.2 million	3.4 million
131	United Arab Emirates	3.2 million	1.7 million
132	State of Palestine	3 million	2 million
133	Congo	3 million	2.3 million
134	Panama	2.9 million	2.4 million
135	Liberia	2.8 million	2.5 million
136	Jamaica	2.6 million	2.4 million
137	Mauritania	2.5 million	1.9 million
138	Mongolia	2.4 million	2.1 million
139	Latvia	2.4 million	2.7 million
140	Oman	2.2 million	1.6 million
141	Eritrea	2.2 million	2 million
142	North Macedonia	2 million	2.1 million
143	Lesotho	2 million	1.8 million
144	Slovenia	2 million	2 million
145	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.9 million	1.9 million
146	Kuwait	1.9 million	2.2 million
147	Namibia	1.8 million	1.2 million
148	Botswana	1.6 million	1.3 million
149	Estonia	1.4 million	1.6 million
150	Gambia	1.4 million	990,224
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1.3 million	1.2 million
152	Gabon	1.2 million	943,954
153	Mauritius	1.2 million	1.1 million
154	Guinea-Bissau	1.2 million	949,782
155	Eswatini	1 million	820,933
156	Timor-Leste	955,228	737,097
157	Cyprus	922,915	771,860
158	Fiji	827,153	762,658
159	Guyana	764,143	757,315
160	Réunion	749,584	636,302
161	Djibouti	712,444	499,696
162	Equatorial Guinea	654,046	448,160
163	Bahrain	647,042	488,571
164	Montenegro	634,267	615,290
165	Qatar	596,382	418,418
166	Bhutan	575,336	565,237
167	Comoros	521,047	427,344
168	Suriname	462,109	405,615
169	Cabo Verde	443,210	364,853
170	Luxembourg	426,750	375,570
171	China, Macao SAR	426,595	333,095
172	Solomon Islands	424,893	316,237
173	Martinique	424,394	363,114
174	Guadeloupe	421,484	379,485
175	Malta	395,333	362,834
176	Bahamas	317,536	268,745
177	Brunei Darussalam	315,893	244,465
178	Iceland	275,744	251,892
179	Maldives	275,133	214,306
180	Barbados	262,447	257,951
181	Western Sahara	252,597	171,215
182	French Polynesia	234,747	197,529
183	Belize	229,118	177,121
184	New Caledonia	216,280	169,958
185	Vanuatu	180,158	142,565
186	Samoa	179,563	168,606
187	Guam	157,238	134,280
188	Saint Lucia	155,687	135,805
189	French Guiana	150,741	104,651
190	Curaçao	148,106	156,147
191	Mayotte	147,062	81,630
192	Sao Tome and Principe	141,630	118,477
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,214	110,972
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	111,527	98,058
195	United States Virgin Islands	108,550	102,005
196	Grenada	106,367	98,707
197	Tonga	101,727	99,224
198	Jersey	87,345	82,937
199	Kiribati	86,402	72,282
200	Aruba	85,121	63,132
201	Seychelles	81,370	72,677
202	Isle of Man	74,325	67,220
203	Antigua and Barbuda	73,054	63,463
204	Dominica	69,016	70,391
205	Andorra	65,635	50,445
206	Northern Mariana Islands	63,667	39,915
207	Bermuda	60,873	56,915
208	Guernsey	59,890	57,826
209	Greenland	56,161	55,068
210	American Samoa	55,808	44,395
211	Marshall Islands	49,937	43,040
212	Faroe Islands	45,060	47,215
213	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,287	40,915
214	Cayman Islands	37,601	24,388
215	Liechtenstein	32,522	28,347
216	Monaco	32,347	29,934
217	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	31,082	25,241
218	Saint Martin (French part)	28,974	25,093
219	Gibraltar	27,673	27,705
220	San Marino	26,290	22,996
221	British Virgin Islands	19,480	14,926
222	Palau	18,724	14,801
223	Turks and Caicos Islands	17,582	10,982
224	Cook Islands	16,796	16,839
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14,589	13,270
226	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	14,009	12,748
227	Anguilla	10,680	7,932
228	Nauru	10,192	9,277
229	Tuvalu	9,473	8,592
230	Saint Barthélemy	6,804	4,936
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,328	6,361
232	Saint Helena	6,126	6,675
233	Montserrat	5,971	10,821
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,008	2,304
235	Niue	2,141	2,527
236	Tokelau	1,810	1,762
237	Holy See	697	727

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