Countries by Population in the Year 1986

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1986. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,905,097,000
1	China	1,074,298,000
2	India	788,964,000
3	United States	240,041,000
4	Indonesia	167,488,000
5	Russia	143,405,000
6	Brazil	138,226,000
7	Japan	121,432,000
8	Pakistan	98,858,000
9	Bangladesh	97,155,000
10	Nigeria	84,698,000
11	Germany	77,690,000
12	Mexico	75,559,000
13	Vietnam	60,515,000
14	United Kingdom	57,032,000
15	France	56,931,000
16	Italy	56,641,000
17	Philippines	55,464,000
18	Thailand	51,074,000
19	Ukraine	50,987,000
20	Egypt	50,727,000
21	Turkey	49,707,000
22	Iran	48,087,000
23	South Korea	41,506,000
24	Ethiopia	40,852,000
25	Spain	38,536,000
26	Poland	37,319,000
27	Myanmar	37,235,000
28	South Africa	34,270,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	31,245,000
30	Argentina	30,516,000
31	Colombia	29,640,000
32	Canada	25,967,000
33	Tanzania	22,958,000
34	Morocco	22,745,000
35	Romania	22,555,000
36	Algeria	22,509,000
37	Peru	19,979,000
38	Kenya	19,806,000
39	Sudan	19,689,000
40	Taiwan	19,641,000
41	North Korea	19,467,000
42	Uzbekistan	18,304,000
43	Nepal	17,740,000
44	Venezuela	17,628,000
45	Sri Lanka	16,204,000
46	Australia	15,894,000
47	Iraq	15,890,000
48	Kazakhstan	15,547,000
49	Malaysia	15,327,000
50	Uganda	15,251,000
51	Netherlands	14,650,000
52	Ghana	13,807,000
53	Saudi Arabia	13,184,000
54	Mozambique	12,805,000
55	Chile	12,418,000
56	Yemen	11,249,000
57	Syria	10,722,000
58	Hungary	10,525,000
59	Afghanistan	10,518,000
60	Madagascar	10,441,000
61	Czech Republic	10,304,000
62	Cuba	10,191,000
63	Belarus	10,165,000
64	Angola	10,150,000
65	Ivory Coast	10,136,000
66	Portugal	10,005,000
67	Cameroon	9,955,000
68	Greece	9,889,000
69	Belgium	9,883,000
70	Ecuador	9,371,000
71	Bulgaria	8,903,000
72	Zimbabwe	8,837,000
73	Sweden	8,400,000
74	Mali	8,264,000
75	Burkina Faso	8,094,000
76	Guatemala	8,040,000
77	Serbia	7,923,000
78	Malawi	7,769,000
79	Tunisia	7,575,000
80	Austria	7,564,000
81	Cambodia	7,507,000
82	Niger	7,296,000
83	Azerbaijan	6,949,000
84	Zambia	6,787,000
85	Somalia	6,764,000
86	Senegal	6,613,000
87	Dominican Republic	6,486,000
88	Switzerland	6,484,000
89	Bolivia	6,453,000
90	Rwanda	6,378,000
91	Haiti	6,309,000
92	Guinea	5,599,000
93	Georgia	5,358,000
94	Denmark	5,218,000
95	Slovakia	5,162,000
96	Chad	5,023,000
97	Burundi	4,992,000
98	El Salvador	4,924,000
99	Finland	4,911,000
100	Croatia	4,817,000
101	South Sudan	4,762,000
102	Tajikistan	4,726,000
103	Benin	4,484,000
104	Honduras	4,451,000
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,399,000
106	Moldova	4,320,000
107	Israel	4,238,000
108	Norway	4,159,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,099,000
110	Nicaragua	3,807,000
111	Laos	3,794,000
112	Sierra Leone	3,792,000
113	Libya	3,743,000
114	Lithuania	3,687,000
115	Paraguay	3,585,000
116	Ireland	3,512,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,485,000
118	Togo	3,388,000
119	Armenia	3,315,000
120	New Zealand	3,294,000
121	Turkmenistan	3,291,000
122	Lebanon	3,259,000
123	Albania	3,191,000
124	Uruguay	3,032,000
125	Jordan	2,814,000
126	Costa Rica	2,809,000
127	Singapore	2,717,000
128	Latvia	2,661,000
129	Central African Republic	2,568,000
130	Jamaica	2,305,000
131	Liberia	2,273,000
132	Panama	2,222,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,093,000
134	North Macedonia	2,008,000
135	Slovenia	1,956,000
136	Mongolia	1,944,000
137	Kuwait	1,928,000
138	Eritrea	1,924,000
139	Kosovo	1,807,000
140	Mauritania	1,772,000
	Palestine	1,750,000
141	Lesotho	1,638,000
142	Estonia	1,530,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,415,000
144	Oman	1,399,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,208,000
146	Botswana	1,159,000
147	Namibia	1,110,000
148	Mauritius	1,033,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	907,000
150	Gambia	872,000
151	Gabon	868,000
152	Guyana	771,000
153	Cyprus	738,000
154	Fiji	736,000
155	Eswatini	716,000
156	East Timor	688,000
157	Montenegro	606,000
158	Bhutan	492,000
159	Bahrain	442,000
160	Djibouti	411,000
161	Suriname	390,000
162	Equatorial Guinea	388,000
163	Comoros	381,000
164	Qatar	375,000
165	Luxembourg	367,000
166	Malta	351,000
167	Cape Verde	342,000
168	Solomon Islands	282,000
169	Barbados	258,000
170	Bahamas	248,000
171	Iceland	242,000
172	Brunei	226,000
173	Maldives	194,000
174	Samoa	166,000
175	Belize	165,000
176	Vanuatu	135,000
177	Saint Lucia	134,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	108,000
180	Grenada	101,000
181	Tonga	97,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	89,000
183	Dominica	71,000
184	Seychelles	68,000
185	Kiribati	67,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
187	Andorra	45,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000
189	Marshall Islands	40,000
190	Monaco	29,000
191	Liechtenstein	27,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	14,000
194	Nauru	8,000
195	Tuvalu	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000