Countries by Population in the Year 1999

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1999. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	6,048,069,000
1	China	1,262,624,000
2	India	1,028,449,000
3	United States	281,582,000
4	Indonesia	211,451,000
5	Brazil	170,428,000
6	Pakistan	148,519,000
7	Russia	147,532,000
8	Bangladesh	130,849,000
9	Japan	126,688,000
10	Nigeria	121,421,000
11	Mexico	96,350,000
12	Germany	81,608,000
13	Philippines	76,815,000
14	Vietnam	75,832,000
15	Egypt	70,743,000
16	Iran	64,988,000
17	Ethiopia	64,355,000
18	Turkey	64,170,000
19	Thailand	61,923,000
20	France	61,065,000
21	United Kingdom	59,139,000
22	Italy	57,229,000
23	Ukraine	50,180,000
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	48,133,000
25	South Africa	46,496,000
26	South Korea	46,372,000
27	Myanmar	44,530,000
28	Spain	40,715,000
29	Poland	38,313,000
30	Colombia	38,132,000
31	Argentina	36,583,000
32	Tanzania	32,828,000
33	Canada	30,462,000
34	Algeria	30,260,000
35	Kenya	29,291,000
36	Morocco	28,081,000
37	Sudan	26,791,000
38	Peru	25,971,000
39	Uzbekistan	24,314,000
40	Nepal	23,908,000
41	Venezuela	23,835,000
42	North Korea	23,409,000
43	Iraq	23,251,000
44	Uganda	22,890,000
45	Romania	22,226,000
46	Malaysia	22,175,000
47	Taiwan	22,124,000
48	Afghanistan	19,524,000
49	Ghana	18,915,000
50	Australia	18,803,000
51	Sri Lanka	18,772,000
52	Yemen	18,734,000
53	Mozambique	17,540,000
54	Ivory Coast	16,974,000
55	Syria	16,024,000
56	Netherlands	16,015,000
57	Madagascar	15,743,000
58	Kazakhstan	15,447,000
59	Angola	15,409,000
60	Chile	15,226,000
61	Saudi Arabia	15,197,000
62	Cameroon	14,333,000
63	Ecuador	12,362,000
64	Cambodia	12,167,000
65	Zimbabwe	11,710,000
66	Burkina Faso	11,405,000
67	Guatemala	11,282,000
68	Mali	11,066,000
69	Cuba	11,053,000
70	Niger	10,926,000
71	Malawi	10,916,000
72	Greece	10,701,000
73	Czech Republic	10,259,000
74	Hungary	10,237,000
75	Belgium	10,214,000
76	Portugal	10,185,000
77	Belarus	10,063,000
78	Senegal	9,614,000
79	Zambia	9,607,000
80	Tunisia	9,600,000
81	Sweden	8,854,000
82	Bolivia	8,386,000
83	Dominican Republic	8,377,000
84	Somalia	8,326,000
85	Guinea	8,176,000
86	Rwanda	8,116,000
87	Bulgaria	8,100,000
88	Haiti	8,076,000
89	Chad	8,075,000
90	Azerbaijan	8,066,000
91	Austria	7,984,000
92	Serbia	7,753,000
93	Switzerland	7,124,000
94	Benin	6,895,000
95	Honduras	6,313,000
96	Burundi	6,271,000
97	Tajikistan	6,193,000
98	El Salvador	5,898,000
99	Israel	5,861,000
100	South Sudan	5,646,000
101	Denmark	5,415,000
102	Slovakia	5,377,000
103	Laos	5,295,000
104	Papua New Guinea	5,256,000
105	Jordan	5,221,000
106	Libya	5,179,000
107	Finland	5,160,000
108	Paraguay	4,952,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,936,000
110	Togo	4,930,000
111	Nicaragua	4,919,000
112	Georgia	4,518,000
113	Turkmenistan	4,448,000
114	Norway	4,445,000
115	Croatia	4,416,000
116	Sierra Leone	4,309,000
117	Moldova	4,299,000
118	Lebanon	4,218,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,111,000
120	Singapore	3,942,000
121	New Zealand	3,844,000
122	Costa Rica	3,823,000
123	Ireland	3,731,000
124	Central African Republic	3,678,000
125	Lithuania	3,535,000
126	Uruguay	3,247,000
127	Albania	3,200,000
128	Armenia	3,188,000
129	United Arab Emirates	3,153,000
	Palestine	3,009,000
130	Republic of the Congo	2,994,000
131	Panama	2,923,000
132	Liberia	2,756,000
133	Jamaica	2,580,000
134	Mauritania	2,506,000
135	Mongolia	2,424,000
136	Latvia	2,399,000
137	Oman	2,238,000
138	Eritrea	2,192,000
139	North Macedonia	2,043,000
140	Lesotho	2,002,000
141	Slovenia	1,977,000
142	Kosovo	1,947,000
143	Kuwait	1,872,000
144	Namibia	1,755,000
145	Botswana	1,624,000
146	Estonia	1,406,000
147	Gambia	1,396,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,312,000
149	Gabon	1,227,000
150	Mauritius	1,200,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,199,000
152	Eswatini	1,025,000
153	East Timor	955,000
154	Cyprus	923,000
155	Fiji	827,000
156	Guyana	764,000
157	Djibouti	712,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	654,000
159	Bahrain	647,000
160	Montenegro	634,000
161	Qatar	596,000
162	Bhutan	575,000
163	Comoros	521,000
164	Suriname	462,000
165	Cape Verde	443,000
166	Luxembourg	427,000
167	Solomon Islands	425,000
168	Malta	395,000
169	Bahamas	318,000
170	Brunei	316,000
171	Iceland	276,000
172	Maldives	275,000
173	Barbados	262,000
174	Belize	229,000
175	Samoa	180,000
176	Vanuatu	180,000
177	Saint Lucia	156,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	142,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	112,000
181	Grenada	106,000
182	Tonga	102,000
183	Kiribati	86,000
184	Seychelles	81,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	73,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	66,000
188	Marshall Islands	50,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
190	Liechtenstein	33,000
191	Monaco	32,000
192	San Marino	26,000
193	Palau	19,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000