Countries by Population in the Year 1986

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1986. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,912,744,000
1	China	1,073,803,000
2	India	781,587,000
3	United States	246,538,000
4	Indonesia	168,505,000
5	Russia	144,128,000
6	Brazil	136,942,000
7	Japan	121,070,000
8	Bangladesh	101,459,000
9	Pakistan	99,880,000
10	Nigeria	86,074,000
11	Germany	77,857,000
12	Mexico	75,812,000
13	Vietnam	59,725,000
14	France	57,289,000
15	United Kingdom	57,040,000
16	Italy	56,874,000
17	Philippines	55,934,000
18	Egypt	51,486,000
19	Turkey	51,241,000
20	Ukraine	51,212,000
21	Thailand	50,730,000
22	Iran	50,495,000
23	South Korea	41,415,000
24	Ethiopia	40,419,000
25	Spain	38,675,000
26	Poland	37,337,000
27	Myanmar	36,979,000
28	South Africa	35,612,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	31,767,000
30	Argentina	30,574,000
31	Colombia	29,570,000
32	Canada	26,058,000
33	Tanzania	22,894,000
34	Romania	22,640,000
35	Morocco	22,527,000
36	Algeria	22,382,000
37	Sudan	20,086,000
38	Peru	19,886,000
39	North Korea	19,764,000
40	Taiwan	19,698,000
41	Kenya	19,550,000
42	Uzbekistan	18,129,000
43	Venezuela	17,689,000
44	Nepal	17,674,000
45	Kazakhstan	16,126,000
46	Australia	15,948,000
47	Iraq	15,817,000
48	Sri Lanka	15,628,000
49	Malaysia	15,504,000
50	Uganda	15,233,000
51	Netherlands	14,677,000
52	Ghana	13,809,000
53	Mozambique	12,665,000
54	Chile	12,491,000
55	Yemen	11,674,000
56	Afghanistan	11,437,000
57	Syria	10,812,000
58	Madagascar	10,584,000
59	Hungary	10,530,000
60	Czech Republic	10,306,000
61	Ivory Coast	10,238,000
62	Cuba	10,200,000
63	Greece	10,063,000
64	Portugal	9,987,000
65	Belarus	9,975,000
66	Angola	9,958,000
67	Cameroon	9,908,000
68	Belgium	9,883,000
69	Ecuador	9,429,000
70	Bulgaria	8,955,000
71	Zimbabwe	8,835,000
72	Mali	8,455,000
73	Saudi Arabia	8,381,000
74	Sweden	8,358,000
75	Burkina Faso	8,115,000
76	Guatemala	7,960,000
77	Serbia	7,884,000
78	Malawi	7,766,000
79	Austria	7,566,000
80	Tunisia	7,505,000
81	Niger	7,225,000
82	Zambia	6,882,000
83	Azerbaijan	6,846,000
84	Somalia	6,828,000
85	Senegal	6,778,000
86	Dominican Republic	6,501,000
87	Switzerland	6,485,000
88	Bolivia	6,484,000
89	Rwanda	6,424,000
90	Haiti	6,253,000
91	Cambodia	6,153,000
92	Guinea	5,678,000
93	Georgia	5,398,000
94	Denmark	5,215,000
95	Slovakia	5,167,000
96	Chad	5,154,000
97	Burundi	5,079,000
98	El Salvador	4,944,000
99	Finland	4,911,000
100	South Sudan	4,877,000
101	Croatia	4,764,000
102	Tajikistan	4,692,000
103	Benin	4,605,000
104	Honduras	4,386,000
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,347,000
106	Moldova	4,284,000
107	Norway	4,159,000
108	Israel	4,138,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,134,000
110	Libya	3,960,000
111	Laos	3,792,000
112	Nicaragua	3,750,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,679,000
114	Lithuania	3,577,000
115	Paraguay	3,560,000
116	Ireland	3,538,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,516,000
118	Togo	3,494,000
119	Turkmenistan	3,296,000
120	New Zealand	3,294,000
121	Armenia	3,278,000
122	Lebanon	3,250,000
123	Albania	3,057,000
124	Uruguay	3,025,000
125	Jordan	2,843,000
126	Costa Rica	2,779,000
127	Singapore	2,736,000
128	Central African Republic	2,617,000
129	Latvia	2,588,000
130	Jamaica	2,303,000
131	Liberia	2,274,000
132	Panama	2,226,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,090,000
134	North Macedonia	2,020,000
135	Slovenia	1,946,000
136	Mongolia	1,946,000
137	Kuwait	1,933,000
138	Eritrea	1,826,000
139	Kosovo	1,816,000
	Palestine	1,764,000
140	Mauritania	1,727,000
141	Lesotho	1,647,000
142	Estonia	1,530,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,414,000
144	Oman	1,370,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,196,000
146	Botswana	1,141,000
147	Namibia	1,113,000
148	Mauritius	1,032,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	905,000
150	Gambia	876,000
151	Gabon	869,000
152	Guyana	770,000
153	Cyprus	737,000
154	Fiji	732,000
155	Eswatini	721,000
156	East Timor	702,000
157	Montenegro	605,000
158	Bhutan	516,000
159	Bahrain	438,000
160	Djibouti	413,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	396,000
162	Comoros	394,000
163	Suriname	390,000
164	Qatar	375,000
165	Luxembourg	367,000
166	Malta	354,000
167	Cape Verde	350,000
168	Solomon Islands	287,000
169	Barbados	256,000
170	Bahamas	255,000
171	Iceland	242,000
172	Brunei	223,000
173	Maldives	193,000
174	Samoa	167,000
175	Belize	166,000
176	Vanuatu	132,000
177	Saint Lucia	130,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	110,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000
180	Tonga	98,000
181	Grenada	96,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	91,000
183	Dominica	72,000
184	Seychelles	70,000
185	Kiribati	67,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
187	Andorra	45,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000
189	Marshall Islands	39,000
190	Monaco	29,000
191	Liechtenstein	27,000
192	San Marino	23,000
193	Palau	14,000
194	Nauru	9,000
195	Tuvalu	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000