Countries by Population in the Year 1998

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1998. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,966,065,000
1	China	1,252,958,000
2	India	1,008,881,000
3	United States	278,837,000
4	Indonesia	208,203,000
5	Brazil	167,891,000
6	Russia	147,739,000
7	Pakistan	144,526,000
8	Bangladesh	128,395,000
9	Japan	126,410,000
10	Nigeria	118,271,000
11	Mexico	94,800,000
12	Germany	82,416,000
13	Vietnam	74,767,000
14	Philippines	74,767,000
15	Egypt	69,144,000
16	Iran	64,052,000
17	Turkey	63,299,000
18	Ethiopia	62,373,000
19	Thailand	61,122,000
20	France	60,799,000
21	United Kingdom	58,926,000
22	Italy	57,202,000
23	Ukraine	50,579,000
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46,462,000
25	South Korea	46,090,000
26	South Africa	45,952,000
27	Myanmar	43,986,000
28	Spain	40,519,000
29	Poland	38,340,000
30	Colombia	37,452,000
31	Argentina	36,163,000
32	Tanzania	32,013,000
33	Canada	30,198,000
34	Algeria	29,848,000
35	Kenya	28,485,000
36	Morocco	27,655,000
37	Sudan	26,127,000
38	Peru	25,506,000
39	Uzbekistan	23,956,000
40	Nepal	23,453,000
41	Venezuela	23,367,000
42	North Korea	23,215,000
43	Iraq	22,518,000
44	Romania	22,344,000
45	Uganda	22,142,000
46	Taiwan	21,974,000
47	Malaysia	21,639,000
48	Afghanistan	18,796,000
49	Australia	18,600,000
50	Ghana	18,461,000
51	Sri Lanka	18,420,000
52	Yemen	18,158,000
53	Mozambique	17,141,000
54	Ivory Coast	16,354,000
55	Netherlands	15,896,000
56	Kazakhstan	15,849,000
57	Syria	15,617,000
58	Madagascar	15,236,000
59	Chile	15,029,000
60	Angola	14,910,000
61	Saudi Arabia	14,647,000
62	Cameroon	13,957,000
63	Ecuador	12,140,000
64	Cambodia	11,950,000
65	Zimbabwe	11,478,000
66	Burkina Faso	11,077,000
67	Cuba	11,016,000
68	Guatemala	10,996,000
69	Mali	10,773,000
70	Malawi	10,670,000
71	Greece	10,649,000
72	Niger	10,557,000
73	Czech Republic	10,272,000
74	Hungary	10,266,000
75	Belgium	10,192,000
76	Portugal	10,134,000
77	Belarus	10,098,000
78	Tunisia	9,483,000
79	Senegal	9,392,000
80	Zambia	9,358,000
81	Sweden	8,847,000
82	Dominican Republic	8,243,000
83	Bolivia	8,240,000
84	Bulgaria	8,177,000
85	Rwanda	8,048,000
86	Guinea	7,988,000
87	Azerbaijan	7,986,000
88	Somalia	7,985,000
89	Austria	7,973,000
90	Haiti	7,928,000
91	Chad	7,803,000
92	Serbia	7,779,000
93	Switzerland	7,097,000
94	Benin	6,684,000
95	Tajikistan	6,159,000
96	Honduras	6,156,000
97	Burundi	6,103,000
98	El Salvador	5,863,000
99	Israel	5,719,000
100	South Sudan	5,594,000
101	Denmark	5,396,000
102	Slovakia	5,373,000
103	Laos	5,201,000
104	Finland	5,147,000
105	Jordan	5,107,000
106	Libya	5,103,000
107	Papua New Guinea	5,077,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,879,000
109	Paraguay	4,848,000
110	Nicaragua	4,848,000
111	Togo	4,792,000
112	Georgia	4,635,000
113	Croatia	4,475,000
114	Norway	4,417,000
115	Turkmenistan	4,373,000
116	Moldova	4,338,000
117	Sierra Leone	4,282,000
118	Lebanon	4,145,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,068,000
120	Singapore	3,861,000
121	New Zealand	3,817,000
122	Costa Rica	3,743,000
123	Ireland	3,692,000
124	Central African Republic	3,579,000
125	Lithuania	3,561,000
126	Uruguay	3,232,000
127	Armenia	3,229,000
128	Albania	3,221,000
129	United Arab Emirates	2,928,000
	Palestine	2,917,000
130	Republic of the Congo	2,911,000
131	Panama	2,865,000
132	Liberia	2,584,000
133	Jamaica	2,559,000
134	Mauritania	2,443,000
135	Latvia	2,421,000
136	Mongolia	2,401,000
137	Kosovo	2,211,000
138	Oman	2,207,000
139	Eritrea	2,169,000
140	North Macedonia	2,032,000
141	Lesotho	1,994,000
142	Slovenia	1,983,000
143	Kuwait	1,816,000
144	Namibia	1,711,000
145	Botswana	1,589,000
146	Estonia	1,416,000
147	Gambia	1,358,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,308,000
149	Gabon	1,196,000
150	Mauritius	1,190,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,176,000
152	Eswatini	1,014,000
153	East Timor	930,000
154	Cyprus	906,000
155	Fiji	817,000
156	Guyana	763,000
157	Djibouti	686,000
158	Montenegro	634,000
159	Bahrain	632,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	629,000
161	Qatar	565,000
162	Bhutan	564,000
163	Comoros	512,000
164	Suriname	453,000
165	Cape Verde	436,000
166	Luxembourg	422,000
167	Solomon Islands	413,000
168	Malta	392,000
169	Bahamas	313,000
170	Brunei	309,000
171	Iceland	272,000
172	Maldives	270,000
173	Barbados	262,000
174	Belize	221,000
175	Samoa	178,000
176	Vanuatu	176,000
177	Saint Lucia	154,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	140,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000
181	Grenada	106,000
182	Tonga	101,000
183	Kiribati	85,000
184	Seychelles	80,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	72,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	65,000
188	Marshall Islands	49,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
190	Monaco	32,000
191	Liechtenstein	32,000
192	San Marino	26,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000