Countries by Population in the Year 1990

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1990. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,280,970,000
1	China	1,149,433,000
2	India	855,463,000
3	United States	255,644,000
4	Indonesia	181,870,000
5	Russia	148,642,000
6	Brazil	147,832,000
7	Japan	123,165,000
8	Pakistan	114,152,000
9	Bangladesh	110,542,000
10	Nigeria	95,807,000
11	Mexico	82,018,000
12	Germany	79,376,000
13	Vietnam	64,809,000
14	Philippines	62,012,000
15	France	58,686,000
16	United Kingdom	57,637,000
17	Iran	57,515,000
18	Egypt	57,468,000
19	Italy	57,001,000
20	Turkey	55,507,000
21	Thailand	54,281,000
22	Ukraine	51,992,000
23	Ethiopia	46,722,000
24	South Korea	43,826,000
25	South Africa	40,199,000
26	Myanmar	39,520,000
27	Spain	39,062,000
28	Poland	38,004,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	36,043,000
30	Argentina	32,515,000
31	Colombia	32,103,000
32	Canada	27,594,000
33	Tanzania	25,775,000
34	Algeria	25,069,000
35	Morocco	24,334,000
36	Romania	22,926,000
37	Kenya	22,504,000
38	Sudan	21,799,000
39	Peru	21,772,000
40	North Korea	20,956,000
41	Taiwan	20,509,000
42	Uzbekistan	20,231,000
43	Venezuela	19,588,000
44	Nepal	19,277,000
45	Iraq	17,623,000
46	Malaysia	17,573,000
47	Uganda	17,287,000
48	Kazakhstan	17,088,000
49	Australia	17,004,000
50	Sri Lanka	16,338,000
51	Ghana	15,197,000
52	Netherlands	15,072,000
53	Yemen	13,621,000
54	Chile	13,324,000
55	Mozambique	12,982,000
56	Syria	12,378,000
57	Afghanistan	12,074,000
58	Ivory Coast	11,948,000
59	Madagascar	11,876,000
60	Angola	11,430,000
61	Cameroon	11,164,000
62	Cuba	10,583,000
63	Hungary	10,383,000
64	Saudi Arabia	10,383,000
65	Ecuador	10,358,000
66	Czech Republic	10,304,000
67	Greece	10,237,000
68	Belarus	10,184,000
69	Zimbabwe	10,002,000
70	Portugal	9,999,000
71	Belgium	9,947,000
72	Malawi	9,385,000
73	Mali	9,087,000
74	Burkina Faso	9,039,000
75	Guatemala	8,898,000
76	Bulgaria	8,882,000
77	Sweden	8,527,000
78	Tunisia	8,238,000
79	Niger	8,158,000
80	Serbia	7,879,000
81	Zambia	7,688,000
82	Austria	7,646,000
83	Senegal	7,610,000
84	Rwanda	7,292,000
85	Cambodia	7,221,000
86	Azerbaijan	7,191,000
87	Somalia	7,094,000
88	Dominican Republic	7,076,000
89	Bolivia	7,055,000
90	Haiti	6,784,000
91	Switzerland	6,675,000
92	Guinea	6,296,000
93	Chad	5,916,000
94	Burundi	5,529,000
95	Georgia	5,481,000
96	El Salvador	5,349,000
97	Tajikistan	5,330,000
98	Slovakia	5,259,000
99	Denmark	5,239,000
100	Benin	5,200,000
101	Finland	4,975,000
102	Honduras	4,910,000
103	Croatia	4,828,000
104	South Sudan	4,690,000
105	Moldova	4,447,000
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,443,000
107	Israel	4,422,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,422,000
109	Libya	4,395,000
110	Laos	4,251,000
111	Norway	4,233,000
112	Nicaragua	4,114,000
113	Sierra Leone	4,081,000
114	Paraguay	3,982,000
115	Togo	3,941,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,840,000
117	Turkmenistan	3,712,000
118	Lithuania	3,691,000
119	Lebanon	3,562,000
120	Armenia	3,521,000
121	Ireland	3,507,000
122	Jordan	3,431,000
123	New Zealand	3,364,000
124	Albania	3,274,000
125	Uruguay	3,095,000
126	Costa Rica	3,082,000
127	Singapore	2,989,000
128	Central African Republic	2,827,000
129	Latvia	2,665,000
130	Liberia	2,554,000
131	Panama	2,429,000
132	Jamaica	2,370,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,347,000
134	Kuwait	2,259,000
135	Mongolia	2,145,000
	Palestine	2,096,000
136	North Macedonia	2,060,000
137	Eritrea	2,011,000
138	Slovenia	1,996,000
139	Kosovo	1,960,000
140	Mauritania	1,923,000
141	United Arab Emirates	1,844,000
142	Lesotho	1,793,000
143	Oman	1,720,000
144	Estonia	1,570,000
145	Namibia	1,345,000
146	Botswana	1,288,000
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1,247,000
148	Mauritius	1,082,000
149	Gambia	1,032,000
150	Gabon	970,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	966,000
152	Eswatini	855,000
153	Cyprus	783,000
154	Fiji	770,000
155	East Timor	753,000
156	Guyana	752,000
157	Montenegro	619,000
158	Bhutan	582,000
159	Djibouti	547,000
160	Bahrain	506,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	465,000
162	Comoros	439,000
163	Qatar	433,000
164	Suriname	411,000
165	Luxembourg	379,000
166	Cape Verde	371,000
167	Malta	366,000
168	Solomon Islands	326,000
169	Bahamas	274,000
170	Barbados	258,000
171	Iceland	254,000
172	Brunei	252,000
173	Maldives	221,000
174	Belize	181,000
175	Samoa	169,000
176	Vanuatu	146,000
177	Saint Lucia	137,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	121,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	100,000
181	Tonga	100,000
182	Grenada	100,000
183	Kiribati	74,000
184	Seychelles	74,000
185	Dominica	70,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	63,000
187	Andorra	51,000
188	Marshall Islands	44,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,000
190	Monaco	30,000
191	Liechtenstein	29,000
192	San Marino	23,000
193	Palau	15,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000