Countries by Population in the Year 1989

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1989. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,187,894,000
1	China	1,130,308,000
2	India	836,617,000
3	United States	253,295,000
4	Indonesia	178,533,000
5	Russia	147,921,000
6	Brazil	145,174,000
7	Japan	122,730,000
8	Pakistan	110,521,000
9	Bangladesh	108,326,000
10	Nigeria	93,255,000
11	Mexico	80,477,000
12	Germany	78,638,000
13	Vietnam	63,486,000
14	Philippines	60,519,000
15	France	58,323,000
16	United Kingdom	57,469,000
17	Italy	56,952,000
18	Egypt	55,954,000
19	Iran	55,895,000
20	Turkey	54,446,000
21	Thailand	53,416,000
22	Ukraine	51,844,000
23	Ethiopia	45,037,000
24	South Korea	43,224,000
25	South Africa	39,058,000
26	Spain	38,997,000
27	Myanmar	38,910,000
28	Poland	37,872,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	34,931,000
30	Argentina	32,027,000
31	Colombia	31,450,000
32	Canada	27,138,000
33	Tanzania	25,102,000
34	Algeria	24,440,000
35	Morocco	23,893,000
36	Romania	22,849,000
37	Kenya	21,733,000
38	Sudan	21,357,000
39	Peru	21,293,000
40	North Korea	20,653,000
41	Taiwan	20,329,000
42	Uzbekistan	19,723,000
43	Venezuela	19,110,000
44	Nepal	18,838,000
45	Iraq	17,106,000
46	Malaysia	17,057,000
47	Kazakhstan	16,906,000
48	Australia	16,735,000
49	Uganda	16,734,000
50	Sri Lanka	16,159,000
51	Netherlands	14,975,000
52	Ghana	14,817,000
53	Yemen	13,107,000
54	Chile	13,106,000
55	Mozambique	12,832,000
56	Syria	11,980,000
57	Afghanistan	11,674,000
58	Madagascar	11,534,000
59	Ivory Coast	11,491,000
60	Angola	11,047,000
61	Cameroon	10,841,000
62	Cuba	10,483,000
63	Hungary	10,423,000
64	Czech Republic	10,307,000
65	Greece	10,199,000
66	Belarus	10,133,000
67	Ecuador	10,126,000
68	Portugal	10,004,000
69	Belgium	9,926,000
70	Saudi Arabia	9,874,000
71	Zimbabwe	9,728,000
72	Bulgaria	8,991,000
73	Malawi	8,967,000
74	Mali	8,913,000
75	Burkina Faso	8,803,000
76	Guatemala	8,653,000
77	Sweden	8,459,000
78	Tunisia	8,065,000
79	Niger	7,912,000
80	Serbia	7,884,000
81	Austria	7,595,000
82	Zambia	7,491,000
83	Senegal	7,394,000
84	Azerbaijan	7,144,000
85	Somalia	7,135,000
86	Rwanda	7,077,000
87	Dominican Republic	6,928,000
88	Cambodia	6,926,000
89	Bolivia	6,908,000
90	Haiti	6,646,000
91	Switzerland	6,621,000
92	Guinea	6,136,000
93	Chad	5,723,000
94	Georgia	5,519,000
95	Burundi	5,415,000
96	El Salvador	5,249,000
97	Slovakia	5,241,000
98	Denmark	5,232,000
99	Tajikistan	5,204,000
100	Benin	5,043,000
101	Finland	4,955,000
102	Croatia	4,814,000
103	Honduras	4,774,000
104	South Sudan	4,737,000
105	Moldova	4,432,000
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,425,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	4,342,000
108	Israel	4,341,000
109	Libya	4,291,000
110	Norway	4,221,000
111	Laos	4,131,000
112	Nicaragua	4,019,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,987,000
114	Paraguay	3,874,000
115	Togo	3,826,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,752,000
117	Lithuania	3,701,000
118	Turkmenistan	3,612,000
119	Ireland	3,515,000
120	Lebanon	3,489,000
121	Armenia	3,365,000
122	New Zealand	3,343,000
123	Jordan	3,268,000
124	Albania	3,246,000
125	Uruguay	3,077,000
126	Costa Rica	3,006,000
127	Singapore	2,889,000
128	Central African Republic	2,741,000
129	Latvia	2,664,000
130	Liberia	2,482,000
131	Panama	2,378,000
132	Jamaica	2,354,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,280,000
134	Kuwait	2,175,000
135	Mongolia	2,103,000
136	North Macedonia	2,051,000
	Palestine	2,016,000
137	Slovenia	1,995,000
138	Eritrea	1,964,000
139	Kosovo	1,933,000
140	Mauritania	1,883,000
141	Lesotho	1,758,000
142	United Arab Emirates	1,736,000
143	Oman	1,632,000
144	Estonia	1,565,000
145	Botswana	1,253,000
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,236,000
147	Namibia	1,233,000
148	Mauritius	1,070,000
149	Gambia	990,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	950,000
151	Gabon	944,000
152	Eswatini	821,000
153	Cyprus	772,000
154	Fiji	763,000
155	Guyana	757,000
156	East Timor	737,000
157	Montenegro	615,000
158	Bhutan	565,000
159	Djibouti	500,000
160	Bahrain	489,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	448,000
162	Comoros	427,000
163	Qatar	418,000
164	Suriname	406,000
165	Luxembourg	376,000
166	Cape Verde	365,000
167	Malta	363,000
168	Solomon Islands	316,000
169	Bahamas	269,000
170	Barbados	258,000
171	Iceland	252,000
172	Brunei	244,000
173	Maldives	214,000
174	Belize	177,000
175	Samoa	169,000
176	Vanuatu	143,000
177	Saint Lucia	136,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	118,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111,000
180	Tonga	99,000
181	Grenada	99,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	98,000
183	Seychelles	73,000
184	Kiribati	72,000
185	Dominica	70,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	63,000
187	Andorra	50,000
188	Marshall Islands	43,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,000
190	Monaco	30,000
191	Liechtenstein	28,000
192	San Marino	23,000
193	Palau	15,000
194	Nauru	9,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000