Countries by Population in the Year 1987

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1987. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,995,029,000
1	China	1,092,828,000
2	India	806,793,000
3	United States	242,395,000
4	Indonesia	170,783,000
5	Russia	144,688,000
6	Brazil	141,061,000
7	Japan	121,989,000
8	Pakistan	102,379,000
9	Bangladesh	99,389,000
10	Nigeria	86,910,000
11	Germany	77,916,000
12	Mexico	76,890,000
13	Vietnam	61,927,000
14	France	57,241,000
15	United Kingdom	57,121,000
16	Philippines	56,756,000
17	Italy	56,637,000
18	Egypt	52,122,000
19	Thailand	52,011,000
20	Ukraine	51,166,000
21	Turkey	50,741,000
22	Iran	49,739,000
23	South Korea	42,112,000
24	Ethiopia	42,059,000
25	Spain	38,646,000
26	Myanmar	37,909,000
27	Poland	37,555,000
28	South Africa	35,486,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32,205,000
30	Argentina	30,981,000
31	Colombia	30,280,000
32	Canada	26,265,000
33	Tanzania	23,691,000
34	Algeria	23,256,000
35	Morocco	23,216,000
36	Romania	22,620,000
37	Kenya	20,516,000
38	Peru	20,438,000
39	Sudan	20,086,000
40	Taiwan	19,883,000
41	North Korea	19,759,000
42	Uzbekistan	18,816,000
43	Nepal	18,134,000
44	Venezuela	18,094,000
45	Sri Lanka	16,432,000
46	Iraq	16,407,000
47	Australia	16,131,000
48	Kazakhstan	15,895,000
49	Malaysia	15,790,000
50	Uganda	15,722,000
51	Netherlands	14,731,000
52	Ghana	14,136,000
53	Saudi Arabia	13,782,000
54	Mozambique	13,015,000
55	Chile	12,611,000
56	Yemen	11,682,000
57	Syria	11,093,000
58	Madagascar	10,736,000
59	Angola	10,515,000
60	Hungary	10,487,000
61	Ivory Coast	10,483,000
62	Afghanistan	10,379,000
63	Czech Republic	10,302,000
64	Cuba	10,279,000
65	Cameroon	10,270,000
66	Belarus	10,239,000
67	Portugal	10,017,000
68	Greece	9,985,000
69	Belgium	9,892,000
70	Ecuador	9,609,000
71	Zimbabwe	9,129,000
72	Bulgaria	8,881,000
73	Sweden	8,424,000
74	Mali	8,405,000
75	Burkina Faso	8,321,000
76	Guatemala	8,257,000
77	Malawi	8,050,000
78	Serbia	7,941,000
79	Cambodia	7,815,000
80	Tunisia	7,776,000
81	Austria	7,571,000
82	Niger	7,520,000
83	Azerbaijan	7,069,000
84	Somalia	7,053,000
85	Zambia	6,995,000
86	Senegal	6,809,000
87	Dominican Republic	6,623,000
88	Rwanda	6,618,000
89	Bolivia	6,591,000
90	Switzerland	6,523,000
91	Haiti	6,441,000
92	Guinea	5,744,000
93	Georgia	5,397,000
94	Denmark	5,220,000
95	Chad	5,213,000
96	Slovakia	5,189,000
97	Burundi	5,091,000
98	El Salvador	5,017,000
99	Finland	4,926,000
100	South Sudan	4,878,000
101	Tajikistan	4,870,000
102	Croatia	4,841,000
103	Benin	4,619,000
104	Honduras	4,580,000
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,428,000
106	Moldova	4,366,000
107	Israel	4,353,000
108	Norway	4,176,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,167,000
110	Laos	3,903,000
111	Nicaragua	3,897,000
112	Sierra Leone	3,894,000
113	Libya	3,857,000
114	Lithuania	3,719,000
115	Paraguay	3,687,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,561,000
117	Ireland	3,519,000
118	Togo	3,491,000
119	Turkmenistan	3,383,000
120	Lebanon	3,357,000
121	Armenia	3,340,000
122	New Zealand	3,309,000
123	Albania	3,224,000
124	Uruguay	3,050,000
125	Jordan	2,946,000
126	Costa Rica	2,886,000
127	Singapore	2,782,000
128	Latvia	2,676,000
129	Central African Republic	2,599,000
130	Liberia	2,339,000
131	Jamaica	2,327,000
132	Panama	2,272,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,156,000
134	North Macedonia	2,018,000
135	Kuwait	2,008,000
136	Mongolia	1,995,000
137	Eritrea	1,975,000
138	Slovenia	1,963,000
139	Kosovo	1,847,000
140	Mauritania	1,824,000
	Palestine	1,800,000
141	Lesotho	1,681,000
142	Estonia	1,542,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,522,000
144	Oman	1,488,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,224,000
146	Botswana	1,200,000
147	Namibia	1,146,000
148	Mauritius	1,046,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	921,000
150	Gambia	906,000
151	Gabon	892,000
152	Guyana	766,000
153	Fiji	750,000
154	Cyprus	749,000
155	Eswatini	744,000
156	East Timor	701,000
157	Montenegro	609,000
158	Bhutan	507,000
159	Bahrain	458,000
160	Djibouti	437,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	406,000
162	Suriname	395,000
163	Comoros	391,000
164	Qatar	390,000
165	Luxembourg	369,000
166	Malta	354,000
167	Cape Verde	346,000
168	Solomon Islands	291,000
169	Barbados	259,000
170	Bahamas	253,000
171	Iceland	244,000
172	Brunei	234,000
173	Maldives	201,000
174	Belize	169,000
175	Samoa	166,000
176	Vanuatu	138,000
177	Saint Lucia	136,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	110,000
180	Grenada	101,000
181	Tonga	97,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	92,000
183	Dominica	71,000
184	Seychelles	69,000
185	Kiribati	69,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
187	Andorra	47,000
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000
189	Marshall Islands	41,000
190	Monaco	29,000
191	Liechtenstein	27,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	14,000
194	Nauru	9,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000