Countries by Population in the Year 1985

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1985. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,818,364,000
1	China	1,057,580,000
2	India	771,520,000
3	United States	237,595,000
4	Indonesia	164,096,000
5	Russia	142,388,000
6	Brazil	135,340,000
7	Japan	120,806,000
8	Pakistan	95,385,000
9	Bangladesh	94,763,000
10	Nigeria	82,472,000
11	Germany	77,587,000
12	Mexico	74,185,000
13	Vietnam	59,108,000
14	United Kingdom	56,955,000
15	Italy	56,632,000
16	France	56,631,000
17	Philippines	54,162,000
18	Ukraine	50,848,000
19	Thailand	50,116,000
20	Egypt	49,345,000
21	Turkey	48,644,000
22	Iran	46,445,000
23	South Korea	40,960,000
24	Ethiopia	39,720,000
25	Spain	38,408,000
26	Poland	37,039,000
27	Myanmar	36,527,000
28	South Africa	33,236,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	30,355,000
30	Argentina	30,058,000
31	Colombia	29,012,000
32	Canada	25,721,000
33	Romania	22,496,000
34	Morocco	22,225,000
35	Tanzania	22,182,000
36	Algeria	21,756,000
37	Peru	19,515,000
38	Taiwan	19,383,000
39	Sudan	19,346,000
40	North Korea	19,184,000
41	Kenya	19,099,000
42	Uzbekistan	17,822,000
43	Nepal	17,341,000
44	Venezuela	17,176,000
45	Sri Lanka	15,981,000
46	Australia	15,678,000
47	Iraq	15,618,000
48	Kazakhstan	15,279,000
49	Malaysia	14,889,000
50	Uganda	14,827,000
51	Netherlands	14,572,000
52	Ghana	13,496,000
53	Saudi Arabia	12,596,000
54	Mozambique	12,556,000
55	Chile	12,235,000
56	Yemen	10,825,000
57	Hungary	10,561,000
58	Afghanistan	10,507,000
59	Syria	10,360,000
60	Czech Republic	10,301,000
61	Madagascar	10,154,000
62	Cuba	10,107,000
63	Belarus	10,102,000
64	Portugal	9,989,000
65	Belgium	9,878,000
66	Ivory Coast	9,792,000
67	Greece	9,791,000
68	Angola	9,791,000
69	Cameroon	9,653,000
70	Ecuador	9,138,000
71	Bulgaria	8,931,000
72	Zimbabwe	8,544,000
73	Sweden	8,380,000
74	Mali	8,112,000
75	Serbia	7,901,000
76	Burkina Faso	7,864,000
77	Guatemala	7,825,000
78	Austria	7,560,000
79	Malawi	7,481,000
80	Tunisia	7,377,000
81	Cambodia	7,245,000
82	Niger	7,079,000
83	Azerbaijan	6,833,000
84	Zambia	6,586,000
85	Somalia	6,497,000
86	Switzerland	6,455,000
87	Senegal	6,428,000
88	Dominican Republic	6,350,000
89	Bolivia	6,318,000
90	Haiti	6,182,000
91	Rwanda	6,156,000
92	Guinea	5,464,000
93	Georgia	5,319,000
94	Denmark	5,218,000
95	Slovakia	5,131,000
96	Chad	4,912,000
97	Burundi	4,904,000
98	Finland	4,894,000
99	El Salvador	4,829,000
100	Croatia	4,790,000
101	South Sudan	4,652,000
102	Tajikistan	4,595,000
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,368,000
104	Benin	4,355,000
105	Honduras	4,324,000
106	Moldova	4,281,000
107	Norway	4,146,000
108	Israel	4,128,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,031,000
110	Nicaragua	3,719,000
111	Sierra Leone	3,707,000
112	Laos	3,689,000
113	Lithuania	3,659,000
114	Libya	3,625,000
115	Ireland	3,499,000
116	Paraguay	3,486,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,410,000
118	Armenia	3,287,000
119	Togo	3,285,000
120	New Zealand	3,283,000
121	Turkmenistan	3,203,000
122	Lebanon	3,195,000
123	Albania	3,153,000
124	Uruguay	3,016,000
125	Costa Rica	2,733,000
126	Jordan	2,689,000
127	Singapore	2,655,000
128	Latvia	2,649,000
129	Central African Republic	2,538,000
130	Jamaica	2,279,000
131	Liberia	2,207,000
132	Panama	2,172,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,032,000
134	North Macedonia	1,995,000
135	Slovenia	1,949,000
136	Mongolia	1,895,000
137	Eritrea	1,875,000
138	Kuwait	1,850,000
139	Kosovo	1,768,000
140	Mauritania	1,721,000
	Palestine	1,712,000
141	Lesotho	1,595,000
142	Estonia	1,521,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,344,000
144	Oman	1,308,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,191,000
146	Botswana	1,119,000
147	Namibia	1,077,000
148	Mauritius	1,019,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	893,000
150	Gabon	845,000
151	Gambia	840,000
152	Guyana	775,000
153	Cyprus	726,000
154	Fiji	719,000
155	Eswatini	689,000
156	East Timor	676,000
157	Montenegro	603,000
158	Bhutan	477,000
159	Bahrain	427,000
160	Djibouti	390,000
161	Suriname	385,000
162	Comoros	371,000
163	Equatorial Guinea	369,000
164	Luxembourg	366,000
165	Qatar	357,000
166	Malta	348,000
167	Cape Verde	338,000
168	Solomon Islands	272,000
169	Barbados	258,000
170	Bahamas	243,000
171	Iceland	241,000
172	Brunei	218,000
173	Maldives	187,000
174	Samoa	167,000
175	Belize	162,000
176	Saint Lucia	132,000
177	Vanuatu	131,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	105,000
180	Grenada	100,000
181	Tonga	97,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	87,000
183	Dominica	72,000
184	Seychelles	68,000
185	Kiribati	66,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
187	Andorra	43,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000
189	Marshall Islands	38,000
190	Monaco	29,000
191	Liechtenstein	27,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	13,000
194	Nauru	8,000
195	Tuvalu	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000