Countries by Population in the Year 1990

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1990. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,269,760,000
1	China	1,149,907,000
2	India	861,205,000
3	United States	250,178,000
4	Indonesia	180,569,000
5	Brazil	149,371,000
6	Russia	147,690,000
7	Japan	123,494,000
8	Pakistan	113,528,000
9	Bangladesh	106,002,000
10	Nigeria	93,963,000
11	Mexico	80,901,000
12	Germany	79,143,000
13	Vietnam	66,192,000
14	Philippines	60,817,000
15	France	58,156,000
16	United Kingdom	57,504,000
17	Italy	56,733,000
18	Egypt	56,496,000
19	Thailand	54,774,000
20	Iran	54,409,000
21	Turkey	53,818,000
22	Ukraine	51,551,000
23	Ethiopia	47,014,000
24	South Korea	43,857,000
25	Myanmar	39,799,000
26	South Africa	39,303,000
27	Spain	38,874,000
28	Poland	38,008,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	35,372,000
30	Argentina	32,402,000
31	Colombia	32,259,000
32	Canada	27,467,000
33	Tanzania	25,865,000
34	Algeria	25,209,000
35	Morocco	24,534,000
36	Romania	22,826,000
37	Kenya	22,772,000
38	Peru	21,865,000
39	Sudan	20,905,000
40	North Korea	20,644,000
41	Taiwan	20,495,000
42	Uzbekistan	20,344,000
43	Venezuela	19,513,000
44	Nepal	19,367,000
45	Iraq	17,700,000
46	Uganda	17,305,000
47	Malaysia	17,267,000
48	Sri Lanka	17,096,000
49	Australia	16,929,000
50	Kazakhstan	16,799,000
51	Saudi Arabia	15,676,000
52	Ghana	15,247,000
53	Netherlands	14,999,000
54	Chile	13,235,000
55	Mozambique	13,176,000
56	Yemen	13,119,000
57	Syria	12,222,000
58	Madagascar	11,705,000
59	Ivory Coast	11,684,000
60	Angola	11,632,000
61	Cameroon	11,257,000
62	Afghanistan	10,846,000
63	Cuba	10,578,000
64	Belarus	10,411,000
65	Hungary	10,377,000
66	Ecuador	10,330,000
67	Czech Republic	10,303,000
68	Greece	10,257,000
69	Portugal	10,017,000
70	Zimbabwe	9,981,000
71	Belgium	9,947,000
72	Malawi	9,382,000
73	Burkina Faso	9,012,000
74	Guatemala	8,961,000
75	Mali	8,857,000
76	Bulgaria	8,788,000
77	Cambodia	8,738,000
78	Sweden	8,526,000
79	Tunisia	8,348,000
80	Niger	8,240,000
81	Serbia	7,983,000
82	Austria	7,645,000
83	Zambia	7,589,000
84	Senegal	7,427,000
85	Azerbaijan	7,372,000
86	Rwanda	7,230,000
87	Dominican Republic	7,054,000
88	Bolivia	7,022,000
89	Somalia	7,013,000
90	Haiti	6,854,000
91	Switzerland	6,673,000
92	Guinea	6,216,000
93	Chad	5,764,000
94	Burundi	5,428,000
95	Georgia	5,424,000
96	Tajikistan	5,351,000
97	El Salvador	5,318,000
98	Slovakia	5,254,000
99	Denmark	5,243,000
100	Benin	5,055,000
101	Honduras	4,982,000
102	Finland	4,974,000
103	Croatia	4,876,000
104	Israel	4,734,000
105	South Sudan	4,694,000
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,489,000
107	Moldova	4,472,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	4,364,000
109	Laos	4,254,000
110	Norway	4,233,000
111	Sierra Leone	4,207,000
112	Libya	4,184,000
113	Nicaragua	4,178,000
114	Paraguay	4,005,000
115	Togo	3,819,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,809,000
117	Lithuania	3,781,000
118	Turkmenistan	3,670,000
119	Lebanon	3,561,000
120	Armenia	3,526,000
121	Ireland	3,479,000
122	Jordan	3,391,000
123	New Zealand	3,365,000
124	Albania	3,290,000
125	Costa Rica	3,118,000
126	Uruguay	3,108,000
127	Singapore	2,978,000
128	Central African Republic	2,766,000
129	Latvia	2,693,000
130	Liberia	2,542,000
131	Panama	2,424,000
132	Jamaica	2,383,000
133	Republic of the Congo	2,353,000
134	Kuwait	2,251,000
135	Mongolia	2,142,000
136	Eritrea	2,127,000
	Palestine	2,081,000
137	North Macedonia	2,043,000
138	Slovenia	1,983,000
139	Mauritania	1,976,000
140	Kosovo	1,947,000
141	United Arab Emirates	1,846,000
142	Lesotho	1,783,000
143	Oman	1,759,000
144	Estonia	1,571,000
145	Namibia	1,345,000
146	Botswana	1,322,000
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1,262,000
148	Mauritius	1,083,000
149	Gambia	1,020,000
150	Gabon	970,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	966,000
152	Eswatini	836,000
153	Cyprus	783,000
154	Fiji	777,000
155	Guyana	750,000
156	East Timor	749,000
157	Montenegro	620,000
158	Bhutan	552,000
159	Djibouti	545,000
160	Bahrain	509,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	457,000
162	Qatar	434,000
163	Comoros	425,000
164	Suriname	411,000
165	Luxembourg	379,000
166	Malta	364,000
167	Cape Verde	361,000
168	Solomon Islands	319,000
169	Bahamas	268,000
170	Barbados	259,000
171	Brunei	258,000
172	Iceland	254,000
173	Maldives	221,000
174	Belize	181,000
175	Samoa	168,000
176	Vanuatu	149,000
177	Saint Lucia	141,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	119,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	112,000
180	Tonga	99,000
181	Grenada	99,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	98,000
183	Kiribati	74,000
184	Seychelles	71,000
185	Dominica	70,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	63,000
187	Andorra	53,000
188	Marshall Islands	46,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	41,000
190	Monaco	30,000
191	Liechtenstein	29,000
192	San Marino	23,000
193	Palau	15,000
194	Nauru	9,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000