Countries by Population in the Year 1997

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1997. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,883,511,000
1	China	1,242,984,000
2	India	989,386,000
3	United States	276,223,000
4	Indonesia	204,869,000
5	Brazil	165,432,000
6	Russia	147,969,000
7	Pakistan	140,538,000
8	Japan	126,122,000
9	Bangladesh	126,001,000
10	Nigeria	115,238,000
11	Mexico	93,242,000
12	Germany	82,364,000
13	Vietnam	73,687,000
14	Philippines	73,051,000
15	Egypt	67,719,000
16	Iran	63,227,000
17	Turkey	62,407,000
18	France	60,573,000
19	Ethiopia	60,437,000
20	Thailand	60,327,000
21	United Kingdom	58,769,000
22	Italy	57,177,000
23	Ukraine	50,995,000
24	South Korea	45,793,000
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45,598,000
26	South Africa	45,382,000
27	Myanmar	43,432,000
28	Spain	40,328,000
29	Poland	38,356,000
30	Colombia	36,790,000
31	Argentina	35,733,000
32	Tanzania	31,144,000
33	Canada	29,921,000
34	Algeria	29,310,000
35	Kenya	27,718,000
36	Morocco	27,239,000
37	Sudan	25,473,000
38	Peru	25,043,000
39	Uzbekistan	23,562,000
40	North Korea	23,007,000
41	Nepal	22,986,000
42	Venezuela	22,896,000
43	Romania	22,479,000
44	Iraq	21,835,000
45	Taiwan	21,796,000
46	Uganda	21,570,000
47	Malaysia	21,112,000
48	Australia	18,410,000
49	Afghanistan	18,108,000
50	Sri Lanka	18,076,000
51	Ghana	18,017,000
52	Yemen	17,590,000
53	Mozambique	16,759,000
54	Kazakhstan	16,238,000
55	Netherlands	15,804,000
56	Ivory Coast	15,740,000
57	Syria	15,218,000
58	Chile	14,835,000
59	Madagascar	14,746,000
60	Angola	14,411,000
61	Saudi Arabia	14,102,000
62	Cameroon	13,594,000
63	Ecuador	11,922,000
64	Zimbabwe	11,261,000
65	Cambodia	11,192,000
66	Cuba	10,980,000
67	Burkina Faso	10,792,000
68	Guatemala	10,719,000
69	Greece	10,595,000
70	Mali	10,520,000
71	Malawi	10,454,000
72	Hungary	10,291,000
73	Czech Republic	10,288,000
74	Niger	10,211,000
75	Belgium	10,171,000
76	Belarus	10,147,000
77	Portugal	10,087,000
78	Tunisia	9,359,000
79	Senegal	9,175,000
80	Zambia	9,116,000
81	Sweden	8,844,000
82	Bulgaria	8,258,000
83	Dominican Republic	8,105,000
84	Bolivia	8,095,000
85	Austria	7,967,000
86	Azerbaijan	7,887,000
87	Guinea	7,875,000
88	Serbia	7,799,000
89	Haiti	7,781,000
90	Somalia	7,664,000
91	Chad	7,538,000
92	Rwanda	7,463,000
93	Switzerland	7,082,000
94	Benin	6,482,000
95	Tajikistan	6,120,000
96	Burundi	6,037,000
97	Honduras	5,987,000
98	El Salvador	5,826,000
99	Israel	5,574,000
100	South Sudan	5,424,000
101	Denmark	5,375,000
102	Slovakia	5,367,000
103	Finland	5,132,000
104	Laos	5,103,000
105	Libya	5,027,000
106	Jordan	4,985,000
107	Papua New Guinea	4,899,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,817,000
109	Nicaragua	4,771,000
110	Georgia	4,756,000
111	Paraguay	4,741,000
112	Togo	4,658,000
113	Croatia	4,534,000
114	Norway	4,393,000
115	Moldova	4,373,000
116	Turkmenistan	4,300,000
117	Sierra Leone	4,225,000
118	Lebanon	4,072,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,969,000
120	New Zealand	3,776,000
121	Singapore	3,733,000
122	Costa Rica	3,661,000
123	Ireland	3,653,000
124	Lithuania	3,586,000
125	Central African Republic	3,484,000
126	Armenia	3,264,000
127	Albania	3,239,000
128	Uruguay	3,215,000
129	Republic of the Congo	2,865,000
130	Panama	2,808,000
	Palestine	2,803,000
131	United Arab Emirates	2,707,000
132	Jamaica	2,536,000
133	Latvia	2,445,000
134	Mauritania	2,380,000
135	Mongolia	2,377,000
136	Liberia	2,242,000
137	Kosovo	2,184,000
138	Oman	2,174,000
139	Eritrea	2,136,000
140	North Macedonia	2,020,000
141	Slovenia	1,985,000
142	Lesotho	1,982,000
143	Kuwait	1,759,000
144	Namibia	1,668,000
145	Botswana	1,554,000
146	Estonia	1,427,000
147	Gambia	1,320,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,304,000
149	Mauritius	1,179,000
150	Gabon	1,167,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,155,000
152	Eswatini	999,000
153	East Timor	905,000
154	Cyprus	889,000
155	Fiji	807,000
156	Guyana	761,000
157	Djibouti	657,000
158	Montenegro	633,000
159	Bahrain	616,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	605,000
161	Bhutan	554,000
162	Qatar	536,000
163	Comoros	503,000
164	Suriname	443,000
165	Cape Verde	429,000
166	Luxembourg	416,000
167	Solomon Islands	402,000
168	Malta	389,000
169	Bahamas	309,000
170	Brunei	302,000
171	Iceland	270,000
172	Maldives	265,000
173	Barbados	262,000
174	Belize	214,000
175	Samoa	177,000
176	Vanuatu	173,000
177	Saint Lucia	151,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	138,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000
181	Grenada	105,000
182	Tonga	100,000
183	Kiribati	83,000
184	Seychelles	79,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	70,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	64,000
188	Marshall Islands	49,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
190	Liechtenstein	32,000
191	Monaco	32,000
192	San Marino	26,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000