Countries by Population in the Year 1989

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1989. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,177,648,000
1	China	1,131,102,000
2	India	842,821,000
3	United States	247,324,000
4	Indonesia	177,329,000
5	Russia	146,993,000
6	Brazil	146,636,000
7	Japan	123,048,000
8	Pakistan	109,812,000
9	Bangladesh	103,786,000
10	Nigeria	91,525,000
11	Mexico	79,567,000
12	Germany	78,690,000
13	Vietnam	64,741,000
14	Philippines	59,438,000
15	France	57,866,000
16	United Kingdom	57,385,000
17	Italy	56,690,000
18	Egypt	55,036,000
19	Thailand	53,874,000
20	Iran	52,880,000
21	Turkey	52,792,000
22	Ukraine	51,438,000
23	Ethiopia	45,378,000
24	South Korea	43,278,000
25	Myanmar	39,180,000
26	Spain	38,820,000
27	South Africa	38,035,000
28	Poland	37,870,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	34,280,000
30	Argentina	31,929,000
31	Colombia	31,587,000
32	Canada	27,022,000
33	Tanzania	25,180,000
34	Algeria	24,570,000
35	Morocco	24,108,000
36	Romania	22,750,000
37	Kenya	22,004,000
38	Peru	21,383,000
39	Sudan	20,533,000
40	North Korea	20,346,000
41	Taiwan	20,314,000
42	Uzbekistan	19,862,000
43	Venezuela	19,038,000
44	Nepal	18,923,000
45	Iraq	17,185,000
46	Sri Lanka	16,885,000
47	Malaysia	16,774,000
48	Uganda	16,753,000
49	Australia	16,664,000
50	Kazakhstan	16,611,000
51	Saudi Arabia	15,030,000
52	Netherlands	14,907,000
53	Ghana	14,858,000
54	Chile	13,022,000
55	Mozambique	12,999,000
56	Yemen	12,626,000
57	Syria	11,846,000
58	Madagascar	11,368,000
59	Angola	11,247,000
60	Ivory Coast	11,242,000
61	Cameroon	10,921,000
62	Afghanistan	10,500,000
63	Cuba	10,477,000
64	Hungary	10,417,000
65	Belarus	10,364,000
66	Czech Republic	10,306,000
67	Greece	10,167,000
68	Ecuador	10,090,000
69	Portugal	10,024,000
70	Belgium	9,928,000
71	Zimbabwe	9,712,000
72	Malawi	8,968,000
73	Bulgaria	8,821,000
74	Burkina Faso	8,779,000
75	Guatemala	8,718,000
76	Mali	8,692,000
77	Sweden	8,484,000
78	Cambodia	8,404,000
79	Tunisia	8,165,000
80	Niger	7,992,000
81	Serbia	7,972,000
82	Austria	7,593,000
83	Zambia	7,393,000
84	Azerbaijan	7,326,000
85	Senegal	7,216,000
86	Somalia	7,058,000
87	Rwanda	7,054,000
88	Dominican Republic	6,906,000
89	Bolivia	6,876,000
90	Haiti	6,714,000
91	Switzerland	6,619,000
92	Guinea	6,057,000
93	Chad	5,577,000
94	Georgia	5,467,000
95	Burundi	5,319,000
96	Slovakia	5,236,000
97	Denmark	5,231,000
98	El Salvador	5,224,000
99	Tajikistan	5,178,000
100	Finland	4,954,000
101	Benin	4,904,000
102	Croatia	4,872,000
103	Honduras	4,845,000
104	South Sudan	4,720,000
105	Israel	4,600,000
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,474,000
107	Moldova	4,447,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,307,000
109	Norway	4,221,000
110	Laos	4,134,000
111	Sierra Leone	4,111,000
112	Nicaragua	4,080,000
113	Libya	4,076,000
114	Paraguay	3,898,000
115	Lithuania	3,766,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,720,000
117	Togo	3,708,000
118	Turkmenistan	3,572,000
119	Lebanon	3,490,000
120	Ireland	3,488,000
121	Armenia	3,371,000
122	New Zealand	3,343,000
123	Albania	3,274,000
124	Jordan	3,231,000
125	Uruguay	3,088,000
126	Costa Rica	3,040,000
127	Singapore	2,914,000
128	Latvia	2,694,000
129	Central African Republic	2,682,000
130	Liberia	2,473,000
131	Panama	2,373,000
132	Jamaica	2,364,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,286,000
134	Kuwait	2,169,000
135	Mongolia	2,100,000
136	Eritrea	2,078,000
137	North Macedonia	2,036,000
	Palestine	2,001,000
138	Slovenia	1,977,000
139	Mauritania	1,934,000
140	Kosovo	1,915,000
141	Lesotho	1,751,000
142	United Arab Emirates	1,738,000
143	Oman	1,669,000
144	Estonia	1,565,000
145	Botswana	1,282,000
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,251,000
147	Namibia	1,231,000
148	Mauritius	1,071,000
149	Gambia	980,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	951,000
151	Gabon	943,000
152	Eswatini	816,000
153	Cyprus	772,000
154	Fiji	769,000
155	Guyana	756,000
156	East Timor	730,000
157	Montenegro	616,000
158	Bhutan	537,000
159	Djibouti	497,000
160	Bahrain	492,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	440,000
162	Qatar	420,000
163	Comoros	414,000
164	Suriname	406,000
165	Luxembourg	375,000
166	Malta	360,000
167	Cape Verde	356,000
168	Solomon Islands	310,000
169	Bahamas	263,000
170	Barbados	259,000
171	Iceland	252,000
172	Brunei	250,000
173	Maldives	215,000
174	Belize	177,000
175	Samoa	168,000
176	Vanuatu	145,000
177	Saint Lucia	140,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	116,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000
180	Grenada	99,000
181	Tonga	98,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	96,000
183	Kiribati	73,000
184	Dominica	70,000
185	Seychelles	70,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
187	Andorra	51,000
188	Marshall Islands	44,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,000
190	Monaco	30,000
191	Liechtenstein	28,000
192	San Marino	23,000
193	Palau	15,000
194	Nauru	9,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000