Countries by Population in the Year 1985

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1985. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,825,143,000
1	China	1,057,182,000
2	India	763,709,000
3	United States	244,171,000
4	Indonesia	165,048,000
5	Russia	143,010,000
6	Brazil	134,090,000
7	Japan	120,594,000
8	Bangladesh	99,049,000
9	Pakistan	96,578,000
10	Nigeria	83,722,000
11	Germany	77,870,000
12	Mexico	74,274,000
13	Vietnam	58,396,000
14	France	56,968,000
15	United Kingdom	56,878,000
16	Italy	56,837,000
17	Philippines	54,492,000
18	Ukraine	51,005,000
19	Turkey	50,133,000
20	Egypt	49,984,000
21	Thailand	49,811,000
22	Iran	48,669,000
23	South Korea	40,883,000
24	Ethiopia	39,265,000
25	Spain	38,528,000
26	Poland	37,065,000
27	Myanmar	36,267,000
28	South Africa	34,473,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	30,763,000
30	Argentina	30,099,000
31	Colombia	28,966,000
32	Canada	25,797,000
33	Romania	22,571,000
34	Tanzania	22,109,000
35	Morocco	22,005,000
36	Algeria	21,635,000
37	Sudan	19,725,000
38	North Korea	19,477,000
39	Taiwan	19,445,000
40	Peru	19,411,000
41	Kenya	18,853,000
42	Uzbekistan	17,621,000
43	Nepal	17,281,000
44	Venezuela	17,234,000
45	Kazakhstan	15,936,000
46	Australia	15,723,000
47	Iraq	15,549,000
48	Sri Lanka	15,461,000
49	Malaysia	15,001,000
50	Uganda	14,814,000
51	Netherlands	14,591,000
52	Ghana	13,514,000
53	Mozambique	12,433,000
54	Chile	12,300,000
55	Afghanistan	11,417,000
56	Yemen	11,233,000
57	Hungary	10,565,000
58	Syria	10,439,000
59	Czech Republic	10,305,000
60	Madagascar	10,282,000
61	Cuba	10,115,000
62	Greece	10,011,000
63	Portugal	9,972,000
64	Belarus	9,913,000
65	Belgium	9,878,000
66	Ivory Coast	9,843,000
67	Cameroon	9,615,000
68	Angola	9,600,000
69	Ecuador	9,193,000
70	Bulgaria	8,962,000
71	Zimbabwe	8,539,000
72	Sweden	8,342,000
73	Mali	8,294,000
74	Saudi Arabia	7,922,000
75	Burkina Faso	7,885,000
76	Serbia	7,879,000
77	Guatemala	7,739,000
78	Austria	7,562,000
79	Malawi	7,475,000
80	Tunisia	7,315,000
81	Niger	7,012,000
82	Azerbaijan	6,753,000
83	Zambia	6,680,000
84	Senegal	6,588,000
85	Somalia	6,558,000
86	Switzerland	6,456,000
87	Dominican Republic	6,360,000
88	Bolivia	6,349,000
89	Rwanda	6,211,000
90	Haiti	6,129,000
91	Cambodia	5,934,000
92	Guinea	5,543,000
93	Georgia	5,356,000
94	Denmark	5,209,000
95	Slovakia	5,136,000
96	Chad	5,039,000
97	Burundi	4,989,000
98	Finland	4,894,000
99	El Salvador	4,846,000
100	South Sudan	4,792,000
101	Croatia	4,745,000
102	Tajikistan	4,546,000
103	Benin	4,471,000
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,314,000
105	Honduras	4,261,000
106	Moldova	4,238,000
107	Norway	4,146,000
108	Israel	4,073,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,070,000
110	Libya	3,838,000
111	Laos	3,688,000
112	Nicaragua	3,663,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,598,000
114	Lithuania	3,548,000
115	Ireland	3,524,000
116	Paraguay	3,461,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,442,000
118	Togo	3,388,000
119	New Zealand	3,282,000
120	Armenia	3,243,000
121	Turkmenistan	3,199,000
122	Lebanon	3,185,000
123	Uruguay	3,009,000
124	Albania	2,995,000
125	Singapore	2,735,000
126	Jordan	2,715,000
127	Costa Rica	2,704,000
128	Central African Republic	2,585,000
129	Latvia	2,571,000
130	Jamaica	2,279,000
131	Liberia	2,207,000
132	Panama	2,176,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,029,000
134	North Macedonia	2,009,000
135	Slovenia	1,937,000
136	Mongolia	1,897,000
137	Kuwait	1,855,000
138	Eritrea	1,790,000
139	Kosovo	1,776,000
	Palestine	1,726,000
140	Mauritania	1,678,000
141	Lesotho	1,601,000
142	Estonia	1,521,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,342,000
144	Oman	1,281,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,179,000
146	Botswana	1,103,000
147	Namibia	1,081,000
148	Mauritius	1,018,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	891,000
150	Gabon	845,000
151	Gambia	842,000
152	Guyana	773,000
153	Cyprus	725,000
154	Fiji	715,000
155	East Timor	692,000
156	Eswatini	692,000
157	Montenegro	602,000
158	Bhutan	501,000
159	Bahrain	423,000
160	Djibouti	392,000
161	Suriname	384,000
162	Comoros	383,000
163	Equatorial Guinea	376,000
164	Luxembourg	366,000
165	Qatar	357,000
166	Malta	352,000
167	Cape Verde	345,000
168	Solomon Islands	278,000
169	Barbados	255,000
170	Bahamas	251,000
171	Iceland	241,000
172	Brunei	215,000
173	Maldives	187,000
174	Samoa	167,000
175	Belize	162,000
176	Vanuatu	129,000
177	Saint Lucia	128,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	107,000
180	Tonga	98,000
181	Grenada	96,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	88,000
183	Dominica	72,000
184	Seychelles	69,000
185	Kiribati	66,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
187	Andorra	43,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000
189	Marshall Islands	37,000
190	Monaco	29,000
191	Liechtenstein	27,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	14,000
194	Nauru	8,000
195	Tuvalu	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000