Countries by Population in the Year 1988

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1988. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,096,091,000
1	China	1,111,865,000
2	India	818,069,000
3	United States	251,018,000
4	Indonesia	175,177,000
5	Russia	146,808,000
6	Brazil	142,479,000
7	Japan	122,224,000
8	Pakistan	106,928,000
9	Bangladesh	106,106,000
10	Nigeria	90,785,000
11	Mexico	78,915,000
12	Germany	78,134,000
13	Vietnam	62,200,000
14	Philippines	58,959,000
15	France	57,959,000
16	United Kingdom	57,318,000
17	Italy	56,905,000
18	Egypt	54,422,000
19	Iran	54,250,000
20	Turkey	53,373,000
21	Thailand	52,523,000
22	Ukraine	51,606,000
23	Ethiopia	43,264,000
24	South Korea	42,622,000
25	Spain	38,908,000
26	Myanmar	38,292,000
27	South Africa	37,903,000
28	Poland	37,763,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33,834,000
30	Argentina	31,534,000
31	Colombia	30,811,000
32	Canada	26,717,000
33	Tanzania	24,437,000
34	Algeria	23,779,000
35	Morocco	23,445,000
36	Romania	22,782,000
37	Kenya	20,979,000
38	Sudan	20,920,000
39	Peru	20,816,000
40	North Korea	20,353,000
41	Taiwan	20,118,000
42	Uzbekistan	19,198,000
43	Venezuela	18,632,000
44	Nepal	18,439,000
45	Iraq	16,711,000
46	Kazakhstan	16,656,000
47	Malaysia	16,537,000
48	Australia	16,454,000
49	Uganda	16,207,000
50	Sri Lanka	15,998,000
51	Netherlands	14,877,000
52	Ghana	14,456,000
53	Chile	12,893,000
54	Mozambique	12,769,000
55	Yemen	12,612,000
56	Syria	11,584,000
57	Afghanistan	11,372,000
58	Madagascar	11,205,000
59	Ivory Coast	11,059,000
60	Angola	10,675,000
61	Cameroon	10,529,000
62	Hungary	10,458,000
63	Cuba	10,382,000
64	Czech Republic	10,304,000
65	Greece	10,155,000
66	Belarus	10,082,000
67	Portugal	10,005,000
68	Belgium	9,907,000
69	Ecuador	9,896,000
70	Zimbabwe	9,439,000
71	Saudi Arabia	9,384,000
72	Bulgaria	8,981,000
73	Mali	8,755,000
74	Burkina Faso	8,571,000
75	Malawi	8,539,000
76	Sweden	8,414,000
77	Guatemala	8,412,000
78	Serbia	7,885,000
79	Tunisia	7,884,000
80	Niger	7,676,000
81	Austria	7,576,000
82	Somalia	7,335,000
83	Zambia	7,292,000
84	Senegal	7,185,000
85	Azerbaijan	7,019,000
86	Rwanda	6,859,000
87	Dominican Republic	6,783,000
88	Bolivia	6,763,000
89	Cambodia	6,698,000
90	Switzerland	6,567,000
91	Haiti	6,511,000
92	Guinea	5,977,000
93	Chad	5,528,000
94	Georgia	5,482,000
95	Burundi	5,316,000
96	Denmark	5,231,000
97	Slovakia	5,218,000
98	El Salvador	5,143,000
99	Tajikistan	5,026,000
100	South Sudan	4,959,000
101	Finland	4,939,000
102	Benin	4,891,000
103	Croatia	4,799,000
104	Honduras	4,642,000
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,403,000
106	Moldova	4,384,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	4,274,000
108	Israel	4,273,000
109	Norway	4,198,000
110	Libya	4,184,000
111	Laos	4,014,000
112	Nicaragua	3,926,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,882,000
114	Paraguay	3,767,000
115	Togo	3,713,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,672,000
117	Lithuania	3,644,000
118	Ireland	3,535,000
119	Turkmenistan	3,506,000
120	Lebanon	3,420,000
121	Armenia	3,345,000
122	New Zealand	3,329,000
123	Albania	3,180,000
124	Jordan	3,118,000
125	Uruguay	3,059,000
126	Costa Rica	2,930,000
127	Singapore	2,809,000
128	Central African Republic	2,687,000
129	Latvia	2,640,000
130	Liberia	2,412,000
131	Jamaica	2,338,000
132	Panama	2,327,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,215,000
134	Kuwait	2,094,000
135	Mongolia	2,049,000
136	North Macedonia	2,041,000
137	Slovenia	1,992,000
	Palestine	1,939,000
138	Eritrea	1,913,000
139	Kosovo	1,903,000
140	Mauritania	1,829,000
141	Lesotho	1,722,000
142	United Arab Emirates	1,628,000
143	Estonia	1,553,000
144	Oman	1,545,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,224,000
146	Botswana	1,218,000
147	Namibia	1,187,000
148	Mauritius	1,057,000
149	Gambia	950,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	934,000
151	Gabon	918,000
152	Eswatini	779,000
153	Guyana	762,000
154	Cyprus	761,000
155	Fiji	755,000
156	East Timor	724,000
157	Montenegro	612,000
158	Bhutan	549,000
159	Bahrain	471,000
160	Djibouti	469,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	431,000
162	Comoros	416,000
163	Qatar	404,000
164	Suriname	399,000
165	Luxembourg	372,000
166	Cape Verde	360,000
167	Malta	360,000
168	Solomon Islands	306,000
169	Bahamas	264,000
170	Barbados	258,000
171	Iceland	248,000
172	Brunei	237,000
173	Maldives	207,000
174	Belize	173,000
175	Samoa	168,000
176	Vanuatu	139,000
177	Saint Lucia	134,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	115,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,000
180	Tonga	99,000
181	Grenada	98,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	96,000
183	Seychelles	72,000
184	Dominica	71,000
185	Kiribati	71,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
187	Andorra	48,000
188	Marshall Islands	42,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,000
190	Monaco	30,000
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