Countries by Population in the Year 1996

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1996. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,800,600,000
1	China	1,232,324,000
2	India	969,970,000
3	United States	273,565,000
4	Indonesia	201,540,000
5	Brazil	162,973,000
6	Russia	148,200,000
7	Pakistan	136,577,000
8	Japan	125,829,000
9	Bangladesh	123,724,000
10	Nigeria	112,271,000
11	Mexico	91,663,000
12	Germany	82,163,000
13	Vietnam	72,626,000
14	Philippines	71,330,000
15	Egypt	66,337,000
16	Iran	62,535,000
17	Turkey	61,495,000
18	France	60,350,000
19	Thailand	59,513,000
20	United Kingdom	58,620,000
21	Ethiopia	58,499,000
22	Italy	57,147,000
23	Ukraine	51,458,000
24	South Korea	45,484,000
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44,995,000
26	South Africa	44,864,000
27	Myanmar	42,878,000
28	Spain	40,146,000
29	Poland	38,362,000
30	Colombia	36,136,000
31	Argentina	35,295,000
32	Tanzania	30,748,000
33	Canada	29,614,000
34	Algeria	28,756,000
35	Kenya	26,970,000
36	Morocco	26,820,000
37	Sudan	24,990,000
38	Peru	24,580,000
39	Uzbekistan	23,142,000
40	North Korea	22,784,000
41	Romania	22,605,000
42	Nepal	22,498,000
43	Venezuela	22,428,000
44	Taiwan	21,622,000
45	Iraq	21,168,000
46	Uganda	20,893,000
47	Malaysia	20,588,000
48	Australia	18,201,000
49	Sri Lanka	17,734,000
50	Ghana	17,604,000
51	Afghanistan	17,419,000
52	Yemen	17,036,000
53	Kazakhstan	16,595,000
54	Mozambique	16,226,000
55	Netherlands	15,725,000
56	Ivory Coast	15,145,000
57	Syria	14,818,000
58	Chile	14,633,000
59	Madagascar	14,276,000
60	Angola	13,931,000
61	Saudi Arabia	13,560,000
62	Cameroon	13,236,000
63	Ecuador	11,700,000
64	Zimbabwe	11,055,000
65	Cuba	10,944,000
66	Greece	10,545,000
67	Burkina Faso	10,520,000
68	Guatemala	10,448,000
69	Cambodia	10,410,000
70	Hungary	10,314,000
71	Czech Republic	10,304,000
72	Mali	10,294,000
73	Malawi	10,250,000
74	Belarus	10,181,000
75	Belgium	10,143,000
76	Portugal	10,048,000
77	Niger	9,878,000
78	Tunisia	9,229,000
79	Senegal	8,959,000
80	Zambia	8,892,000
81	Sweden	8,837,000
82	Bulgaria	8,325,000
83	Dominican Republic	7,961,000
84	Austria	7,955,000
85	Bolivia	7,948,000
86	Serbia	7,816,000
87	Azerbaijan	7,775,000
88	Guinea	7,665,000
89	Haiti	7,635,000
90	Somalia	7,445,000
91	Chad	7,282,000
92	Switzerland	7,062,000
93	Benin	6,301,000
94	Burundi	6,104,000
95	Tajikistan	6,013,000
96	Rwanda	5,955,000
97	Honduras	5,821,000
98	El Salvador	5,785,000
99	Israel	5,425,000
100	Slovakia	5,358,000
101	Denmark	5,351,000
102	South Sudan	5,290,000
103	Finland	5,117,000
104	Laos	4,988,000
105	Libya	4,948,000
106	Georgia	4,870,000
107	Jordan	4,840,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,749,000
109	Papua New Guinea	4,727,000
110	Nicaragua	4,689,000
111	Paraguay	4,634,000
112	Croatia	4,591,000
113	Togo	4,498,000
114	Moldova	4,402,000
115	Norway	4,370,000
116	Turkmenistan	4,228,000
117	Sierra Leone	4,173,000
118	Lebanon	3,998,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,782,000
120	New Zealand	3,723,000
121	Ireland	3,624,000
122	Lithuania	3,613,000
123	Singapore	3,597,000
124	Costa Rica	3,577,000
125	Central African Republic	3,388,000
126	Armenia	3,294,000
127	Albania	3,253,000
128	Uruguay	3,198,000
129	Republic of the Congo	2,788,000
130	Panama	2,752,000
	Palestine	2,691,000
131	Jamaica	2,512,000
132	United Arab Emirates	2,488,000
133	Latvia	2,470,000
134	Mongolia	2,350,000
135	Mauritania	2,337,000
136	Liberia	2,223,000
137	Kosovo	2,154,000
138	Oman	2,139,000
139	Eritrea	2,121,000
140	North Macedonia	2,005,000
141	Slovenia	1,988,000
142	Lesotho	1,963,000
143	Kuwait	1,701,000
144	Namibia	1,625,000
145	Botswana	1,518,000
146	Estonia	1,443,000
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1,298,000
148	Gambia	1,283,000
149	Mauritius	1,166,000
150	Gabon	1,138,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,132,000
152	Eswatini	980,000
153	East Timor	880,000
154	Cyprus	872,000
155	Fiji	801,000
156	Guyana	760,000
157	Djibouti	639,000
158	Montenegro	632,000
159	Bahrain	601,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	582,000
161	Bhutan	544,000
162	Qatar	522,000
163	Comoros	495,000
164	Suriname	434,000
165	Cape Verde	422,000
166	Luxembourg	411,000
167	Solomon Islands	390,000
168	Malta	386,000
169	Bahamas	304,000
170	Brunei	295,000
171	Iceland	268,000
172	Barbados	262,000
173	Maldives	260,000
174	Belize	207,000
175	Samoa	175,000
176	Vanuatu	169,000
177	Saint Lucia	149,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	136,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000
181	Grenada	104,000
182	Tonga	100,000
183	Kiribati	82,000
184	Seychelles	79,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	69,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	64,000
188	Marshall Islands	49,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
190	Monaco	32,000
191	Liechtenstein	31,000
192	San Marino	25,000
193	Palau	17,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000