Countries by Population in the Year 1991

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1991. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,374,637,000
1	China	1,169,555,000
2	India	874,482,000
3	United States	258,760,000
4	Indonesia	185,132,000
5	Brazil	150,454,000
6	Russia	149,317,000
7	Japan	123,635,000
8	Pakistan	118,159,000
9	Bangladesh	112,725,000
10	Nigeria	98,435,000
11	Mexico	83,623,000
12	Germany	80,040,000
13	Vietnam	66,201,000
14	Philippines	63,698,000
15	Egypt	59,325,000
16	Iran	59,246,000
17	France	59,010,000
18	United Kingdom	57,851,000
19	Italy	57,061,000
20	Turkey	56,524,000
21	Thailand	55,195,000
22	Ukraine	52,116,000
23	Ethiopia	48,498,000
24	South Korea	44,337,000
25	South Africa	41,294,000
26	Myanmar	40,115,000
27	Spain	39,108,000
28	Poland	38,107,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37,325,000
30	Argentina	32,997,000
31	Colombia	32,777,000
32	Canada	27,985,000
33	Tanzania	26,445,000
34	Algeria	25,683,000
35	Morocco	24,776,000
36	Kenya	23,282,000
37	Romania	22,953,000
38	Peru	22,258,000
39	Sudan	22,244,000
40	North Korea	21,268,000
41	Uzbekistan	20,699,000
42	Taiwan	20,681,000
43	Venezuela	20,066,000
44	Nepal	19,772,000
45	Malaysia	18,093,000
46	Uganda	17,853,000
47	Iraq	17,540,000
48	Australia	17,248,000
49	Kazakhstan	17,220,000
50	Sri Lanka	16,367,000
51	Ghana	15,592,000
52	Netherlands	15,200,000
53	Yemen	14,155,000
54	Chile	13,550,000
55	Mozambique	13,208,000
56	Syria	12,780,000
57	Ivory Coast	12,431,000
58	Madagascar	12,235,000
59	Afghanistan	12,018,000
60	Angola	11,823,000
61	Cameroon	11,499,000
62	Saudi Arabia	10,899,000
63	Cuba	10,680,000
64	Ecuador	10,590,000
65	Hungary	10,379,000
66	Czech Republic	10,300,000
67	Greece	10,280,000
68	Zimbabwe	10,272,000
69	Belarus	10,188,000
70	Portugal	9,980,000
71	Belgium	9,975,000
72	Malawi	9,706,000
73	Burkina Faso	9,280,000
74	Mali	9,271,000
75	Guatemala	9,151,000
76	Bulgaria	8,763,000
77	Sweden	8,590,000
78	Niger	8,414,000
79	Tunisia	8,411,000
80	Zambia	7,885,000
81	Serbia	7,870,000
82	Senegal	7,831,000
83	Austria	7,713,000
84	Cambodia	7,529,000
85	Rwanda	7,459,000
86	Azerbaijan	7,271,000
87	Dominican Republic	7,226,000
88	Bolivia	7,205,000
89	Somalia	7,071,000
90	Haiti	6,925,000
91	Switzerland	6,752,000
92	Guinea	6,573,000
93	Chad	6,049,000
94	Burundi	5,645,000
95	Tajikistan	5,467,000
96	El Salvador	5,450,000
97	Georgia	5,417,000
98	Benin	5,363,000
99	Slovakia	5,273,000
100	Denmark	5,250,000
101	Honduras	5,051,000
102	Finland	4,999,000
103	Croatia	4,842,000
104	South Sudan	4,786,000
105	Israel	4,668,000
106	Kyrgyzstan	4,497,000
107	Libya	4,496,000
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,455,000
109	Moldova	4,455,000
110	Laos	4,373,000
111	Sierra Leone	4,313,000
112	Norway	4,250,000
113	Nicaragua	4,211,000
114	Paraguay	4,090,000
115	Togo	4,057,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,953,000
117	Jordan	3,812,000
118	Turkmenistan	3,809,000
119	Lithuania	3,699,000
120	Lebanon	3,629,000
121	Armenia	3,583,000
122	Ireland	3,521,000
123	New Zealand	3,468,000
124	Albania	3,281,000
125	Costa Rica	3,162,000
126	Uruguay	3,114,000
127	Singapore	3,091,000
128	Central African Republic	2,917,000
129	Latvia	2,655,000
130	Panama	2,482,000
131	Republic of the Congo	2,414,000
132	Jamaica	2,390,000
133	Mongolia	2,184,000
	Palestine	2,182,000
134	North Macedonia	2,067,000
135	Eritrea	2,055,000
136	Slovenia	2,000,000
137	Kosovo	1,988,000
138	Mauritania	1,980,000
139	United Arab Emirates	1,952,000
140	Liberia	1,894,000
141	Lesotho	1,826,000
142	Oman	1,808,000
143	Estonia	1,570,000
144	Namibia	1,393,000
145	Botswana	1,323,000
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,257,000
147	Kuwait	1,110,000
148	Mauritius	1,096,000
149	Gambia	1,077,000
150	Gabon	997,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	982,000
152	Eswatini	890,000
153	Cyprus	794,000
154	Fiji	777,000
155	East Timor	768,000
156	Guyana	747,000
157	Montenegro	622,000
158	Djibouti	612,000
159	Bhutan	597,000
160	Bahrain	524,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	483,000
162	Comoros	450,000
163	Qatar	447,000
164	Suriname	414,000
165	Luxembourg	384,000
166	Cape Verde	380,000
167	Malta	370,000
168	Solomon Islands	337,000
169	Bahamas	278,000
170	Barbados	259,000
171	Brunei	259,000
172	Iceland	256,000
173	Maldives	228,000
174	Belize	185,000
175	Samoa	169,000
176	Vanuatu	150,000
177	Saint Lucia	138,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	124,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	102,000
181	Grenada	100,000
182	Tonga	100,000
183	Kiribati	76,000
184	Seychelles	74,000
185	Dominica	69,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	63,000
187	Andorra	54,000
188	Marshall Islands	45,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,000
190	Monaco	30,000
191	Liechtenstein	29,000
192	San Marino	24,000
193	Palau	15,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000