Countries by Population in the Year 1988

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1988. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,086,940,000
1	China	1,112,657,000
2	India	824,639,000
3	United States	244,785,000
4	Indonesia	174,060,000
5	Russia	145,936,000
6	Brazil	143,872,000
7	Japan	122,549,000
8	Pakistan	106,123,000
9	Bangladesh	101,592,000
10	Nigeria	89,178,000
11	Germany	78,265,000
12	Mexico	78,217,000
13	Vietnam	63,334,000
14	Philippines	58,074,000
15	France	57,552,000
16	United Kingdom	57,251,000
17	Italy	56,652,000
18	Egypt	53,561,000
19	Thailand	52,948,000
20	Turkey	51,760,000
21	Iran	51,344,000
22	Ukraine	51,306,000
23	Ethiopia	43,645,000
24	South Korea	42,699,000
25	Spain	38,743,000
26	Myanmar	38,557,000
27	Poland	37,754,000
28	South Africa	36,753,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	33,220,000
30	Argentina	31,452,000
31	Colombia	30,926,000
32	Canada	26,609,000
33	Tanzania	24,508,000
34	Algeria	23,916,000
35	Morocco	23,667,000
36	Romania	22,688,000
37	Kenya	21,248,000
38	Peru	20,904,000
39	Sudan	20,375,000
40	Taiwan	20,109,000
41	North Korea	20,049,000
42	Uzbekistan	19,339,000
43	Venezuela	18,564,000
44	Nepal	18,518,000
45	Iraq	16,790,000
46	Sri Lanka	16,662,000
47	Australia	16,388,000
48	Malaysia	16,276,000
49	Kazakhstan	16,250,000
50	Uganda	16,226,000
51	Netherlands	14,817,000
52	Ghana	14,485,000
53	Saudi Arabia	14,397,000
54	Mozambique	12,915,000
55	Chile	12,814,000
56	Yemen	12,149,000
57	Syria	11,469,000
58	Madagascar	11,045,000
59	Angola	10,873,000
60	Ivory Coast	10,844,000
61	Cameroon	10,598,000
62	Hungary	10,451,000
63	Cuba	10,374,000
64	Belarus	10,303,000
65	Czech Republic	10,302,000
66	Afghanistan	10,267,000
67	Greece	10,074,000
68	Portugal	10,023,000
69	Belgium	9,908,000
70	Ecuador	9,850,000
71	Zimbabwe	9,426,000
72	Bulgaria	8,851,000
73	Burkina Faso	8,549,000
74	Mali	8,543,000
75	Malawi	8,542,000
76	Guatemala	8,482,000
77	Sweden	8,452,000
78	Cambodia	8,136,000
79	Tunisia	7,973,000
80	Serbia	7,956,000
81	Niger	7,753,000
82	Austria	7,574,000
83	Somalia	7,263,000
84	Azerbaijan	7,197,000
85	Zambia	7,195,000
86	Senegal	7,011,000
87	Rwanda	6,854,000
88	Dominican Republic	6,762,000
89	Bolivia	6,732,000
90	Haiti	6,576,000
91	Switzerland	6,566,000
92	Guinea	5,898,000
93	Georgia	5,434,000
94	Chad	5,389,000
95	Denmark	5,225,000
96	Burundi	5,224,000
97	Slovakia	5,213,000
98	El Salvador	5,117,000
99	Tajikistan	5,022,000
100	Finland	4,939,000
101	South Sudan	4,910,000
102	Croatia	4,859,000
103	Benin	4,759,000
104	Honduras	4,711,000
105	Israel	4,471,000
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,453,000
107	Moldova	4,411,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,238,000
109	Norway	4,198,000
110	Laos	4,016,000
111	Sierra Leone	4,002,000
112	Nicaragua	3,986,000
113	Libya	3,967,000
114	Paraguay	3,791,000
115	Lithuania	3,745,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,640,000
117	Togo	3,599,000
118	Ireland	3,508,000
119	Turkmenistan	3,478,000
120	Lebanon	3,424,000
121	Armenia	3,363,000
122	New Zealand	3,329,000
123	Albania	3,252,000
124	Jordan	3,084,000
125	Uruguay	3,068,000
126	Costa Rica	2,963,000
127	Singapore	2,848,000
128	Latvia	2,687,000
129	Central African Republic	2,632,000
130	Liberia	2,406,000
131	Jamaica	2,346,000
132	Panama	2,322,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,221,000
134	Kuwait	2,089,000
135	Mongolia	2,048,000
136	North Macedonia	2,028,000
137	Eritrea	2,025,000
138	Slovenia	1,970,000
	Palestine	1,925,000
139	Kosovo	1,883,000
140	Mauritania	1,878,000
141	Lesotho	1,717,000
142	United Arab Emirates	1,630,000
143	Oman	1,578,000
144	Estonia	1,554,000
145	Botswana	1,241,000
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,238,000
147	Namibia	1,185,000
148	Mauritius	1,058,000
149	Gambia	942,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	936,000
151	Gabon	918,000
152	Eswatini	773,000
153	Cyprus	761,000
154	Guyana	761,000
155	Fiji	760,000
156	East Timor	715,000
157	Montenegro	612,000
158	Bhutan	522,000
159	Bahrain	475,000
160	Djibouti	467,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	423,000
162	Qatar	405,000
163	Comoros	402,000
164	Suriname	399,000
165	Luxembourg	372,000
166	Malta	357,000
167	Cape Verde	351,000
168	Solomon Islands	300,000
169	Barbados	259,000
170	Bahamas	258,000
171	Iceland	248,000
172	Brunei	242,000
173	Maldives	208,000
174	Belize	173,000
175	Samoa	167,000
176	Vanuatu	142,000
177	Saint Lucia	138,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	113,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000
180	Grenada	100,000
181	Tonga	98,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	94,000
183	Kiribati	71,000
184	Dominica	71,000
185	Seychelles	69,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
187	Andorra	49,000
188	Marshall Islands	43,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,000
190	Monaco	30,000
191	Liechtenstein	28,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	14,000
194	Nauru	9,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000