Countries by Population in the Year 1987

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1987. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,003,402,000
1	China	1,092,173,000
2	India	799,793,000
3	United States	248,766,000
4	Indonesia	171,846,000
5	Russia	145,487,000
6	Brazil	139,731,000
7	Japan	121,664,000
8	Bangladesh	103,812,000
9	Pakistan	103,333,000
10	Nigeria	88,398,000
11	Germany	77,991,000
12	Mexico	77,359,000
13	Vietnam	60,969,000
14	France	57,615,000
15	Philippines	57,356,000
16	United Kingdom	57,178,000
17	Italy	56,878,000
18	Egypt	52,927,000
19	Iran	52,397,000
20	Turkey	52,315,000
21	Thailand	51,625,000
22	Ukraine	51,425,000
23	South Korea	42,022,000
24	Ethiopia	41,656,000
25	Spain	38,796,000
26	Myanmar	37,651,000
27	Poland	37,568,000
28	South Africa	36,750,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32,763,000
30	Argentina	31,050,000
31	Colombia	30,188,000
32	Canada	26,364,000
33	Tanzania	23,624,000
34	Algeria	23,109,000
35	Morocco	22,990,000
36	Romania	22,709,000
37	Sudan	20,490,000
38	Peru	20,349,000
39	Kenya	20,253,000
40	North Korea	20,057,000
41	Taiwan	19,914,000
42	Uzbekistan	18,662,000
43	Venezuela	18,158,000
44	Nepal	18,062,000
45	Kazakhstan	16,399,000
46	Iraq	16,331,000
47	Australia	16,191,000
48	Malaysia	16,017,000
49	Sri Lanka	15,835,000
50	Uganda	15,702,000
51	Netherlands	14,771,000
52	Ghana	14,122,000
53	Mozambique	12,876,000
54	Chile	12,687,000
55	Yemen	12,128,000
56	Afghanistan	11,403,000
57	Syria	11,194,000
58	Madagascar	10,889,000
59	Ivory Coast	10,644,000
60	Hungary	10,493,000
61	Angola	10,321,000
62	Czech Republic	10,303,000
63	Cuba	10,289,000
64	Cameroon	10,213,000
65	Greece	10,114,000
66	Belarus	10,033,000
67	Portugal	9,999,000
68	Belgium	9,891,000
69	Ecuador	9,663,000
70	Zimbabwe	9,131,000
71	Bulgaria	8,972,000
72	Saudi Arabia	8,876,000
73	Mali	8,607,000
74	Sweden	8,381,000
75	Burkina Faso	8,343,000
76	Guatemala	8,181,000
77	Malawi	8,047,000
78	Serbia	7,885,000
79	Tunisia	7,696,000
80	Austria	7,573,000
81	Niger	7,447,000
82	Somalia	7,121,000
83	Zambia	7,091,000
84	Senegal	6,978,000
85	Azerbaijan	6,936,000
86	Dominican Republic	6,642,000
87	Rwanda	6,640,000
88	Bolivia	6,621,000
89	Switzerland	6,524,000
90	Cambodia	6,418,000
91	Haiti	6,380,000
92	Guinea	5,823,000
93	Georgia	5,440,000
94	Chad	5,348,000
95	Denmark	5,225,000
96	Slovakia	5,194,000
97	Burundi	5,180,000
98	El Salvador	5,042,000
99	South Sudan	4,966,000
100	Finland	4,926,000
101	Tajikistan	4,852,000
102	Croatia	4,782,000
103	Benin	4,745,000
104	Honduras	4,512,000
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,377,000
106	Moldova	4,334,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	4,203,000
108	Israel	4,200,000
109	Norway	4,175,000
110	Libya	4,075,000
111	Laos	3,901,000
112	Nicaragua	3,838,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,778,000
114	Paraguay	3,663,000
115	Lithuania	3,611,000
116	Togo	3,602,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,593,000
118	Ireland	3,546,000
119	Turkmenistan	3,399,000
120	Lebanon	3,351,000
121	Armenia	3,312,000
122	New Zealand	3,308,000
123	Albania	3,118,000
124	Uruguay	3,041,000
125	Jordan	2,977,000
126	Costa Rica	2,855,000
127	Singapore	2,754,000
128	Central African Republic	2,651,000
129	Latvia	2,612,000
130	Liberia	2,343,000
131	Jamaica	2,322,000
132	Panama	2,277,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,152,000
134	North Macedonia	2,030,000
135	Kuwait	2,012,000
136	Mongolia	1,996,000
137	Slovenia	1,984,000
138	Eritrea	1,864,000
139	Kosovo	1,858,000
	Palestine	1,814,000
140	Mauritania	1,777,000
141	Lesotho	1,685,000
142	Estonia	1,541,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,521,000
144	Oman	1,457,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,211,000
146	Botswana	1,180,000
147	Namibia	1,149,000
148	Mauritius	1,045,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	919,000
150	Gambia	912,000
151	Gabon	893,000
152	Guyana	766,000
153	Cyprus	749,000
154	Eswatini	749,000
155	Fiji	746,000
156	East Timor	713,000
157	Montenegro	608,000
158	Bhutan	532,000
159	Bahrain	454,000
160	Djibouti	439,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	414,000
162	Comoros	405,000
163	Suriname	395,000
164	Qatar	390,000
165	Luxembourg	370,000
166	Malta	357,000
167	Cape Verde	355,000
168	Solomon Islands	297,000
169	Bahamas	260,000
170	Barbados	257,000
171	Iceland	244,000
172	Brunei	230,000
173	Maldives	200,000
174	Belize	169,000
175	Samoa	167,000
176	Vanuatu	135,000
177	Saint Lucia	132,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	112,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,000
180	Tonga	98,000
181	Grenada	97,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	94,000
183	Seychelles	71,000
184	Dominica	71,000
185	Kiribati	69,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
187	Andorra	47,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,000
189	Marshall Islands	40,000
190	Monaco	29,000
191	Liechtenstein	28,000
192	San Marino	23,000
193	Palau	14,000
194	Nauru	9,000
195	Tuvalu	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000