Countries by Population in the Year 1991

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1991. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,362,591,000
1	China	1,169,880,000
2	India	879,700,000
3	United States	253,652,000
4	Indonesia	183,751,000
5	Brazil	152,042,000
6	Russia	148,321,000
7	Japan	123,879,000
8	Pakistan	117,300,000
9	Bangladesh	108,294,000
10	Nigeria	96,465,000
11	Mexico	82,540,000
12	Germany	79,597,000
13	Vietnam	67,633,000
14	Philippines	62,301,000
15	France	58,434,000
16	Egypt	57,934,000
17	United Kingdom	57,662,000
18	Iran	57,178,000
19	Italy	56,780,000
20	Thailand	55,683,000
21	Turkey	54,830,000
22	Ukraine	51,629,000
23	Ethiopia	48,742,000
24	South Korea	44,383,000
25	South Africa	40,453,000
26	Myanmar	40,400,000
27	Spain	38,906,000
28	Poland	38,120,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	36,603,000
30	Colombia	32,944,000
31	Argentina	32,873,000
32	Canada	27,847,000
33	Tanzania	26,547,000
34	Algeria	25,827,000
35	Morocco	24,964,000
36	Kenya	23,553,000
37	Romania	22,847,000
38	Peru	22,353,000
39	Sudan	21,277,000
40	North Korea	20,955,000
41	Uzbekistan	20,814,000
42	Taiwan	20,678,000
43	Venezuela	19,988,000
44	Nepal	19,866,000
45	Uganda	17,869,000
46	Malaysia	17,767,000
47	Iraq	17,617,000
48	Sri Lanka	17,312,000
49	Australia	17,167,000
50	Kazakhstan	16,934,000
51	Saudi Arabia	16,333,000
52	Ghana	15,647,000
53	Netherlands	15,104,000
54	Yemen	13,631,000
55	Chile	13,451,000
56	Mozambique	13,431,000
57	Syria	12,596,000
58	Ivory Coast	12,137,000
59	Madagascar	12,060,000
60	Angola	12,026,000
61	Cameroon	11,604,000
62	Cuba	10,676,000
63	Ecuador	10,569,000
64	Afghanistan	10,544,000
65	Belarus	10,446,000
66	Hungary	10,375,000
67	Greece	10,347,000
68	Czech Republic	10,299,000
69	Zimbabwe	10,247,000
70	Portugal	9,998,000
71	Belgium	9,973,000
72	Malawi	9,697,000
73	Burkina Faso	9,251,000
74	Guatemala	9,209,000
75	Cambodia	9,083,000
76	Mali	9,034,000
77	Bulgaria	8,748,000
78	Sweden	8,571,000
79	Tunisia	8,532,000
80	Niger	8,501,000
81	Serbia	7,992,000
82	Zambia	7,784,000
83	Austria	7,712,000
84	Senegal	7,645,000
85	Azerbaijan	7,484,000
86	Rwanda	7,410,000
87	Dominican Republic	7,204,000
88	Bolivia	7,170,000
89	Haiti	6,996,000
90	Somalia	6,985,000
91	Switzerland	6,750,000
92	Guinea	6,492,000
93	Chad	5,890,000
94	Burundi	5,539,000
95	Tajikistan	5,485,000
96	El Salvador	5,416,000
97	Georgia	5,359,000
98	Slovakia	5,269,000
99	Denmark	5,254,000
100	Benin	5,212,000
101	Honduras	5,124,000
102	Finland	4,999,000
103	Israel	4,873,000
104	Croatia	4,871,000
105	South Sudan	4,808,000
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,500,000
107	Moldova	4,488,000
108	Sierra Leone	4,443,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,425,000
110	Laos	4,375,000
111	Libya	4,290,000
112	Nicaragua	4,277,000
113	Norway	4,250,000
114	Paraguay	4,113,000
115	Togo	3,933,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,921,000
117	Lithuania	3,791,000
118	Turkmenistan	3,770,000
119	Lebanon	3,626,000
120	Armenia	3,587,000
121	Jordan	3,570,000
122	Ireland	3,492,000
123	New Zealand	3,470,000
124	Albania	3,300,000
125	Costa Rica	3,198,000
126	Uruguay	3,126,000
127	Singapore	3,067,000
128	Central African Republic	2,853,000
129	Latvia	2,686,000
130	Panama	2,476,000
131	Republic of the Congo	2,418,000
132	Jamaica	2,401,000
133	Mongolia	2,181,000
134	Eritrea	2,173,000
	Palestine	2,168,000
135	North Macedonia	2,046,000
136	Mauritania	2,036,000
137	Slovenia	1,989,000
138	Kosovo	1,983,000
139	United Arab Emirates	1,954,000
140	Liberia	1,878,000
141	Oman	1,850,000
142	Lesotho	1,815,000
143	Estonia	1,571,000
144	Namibia	1,393,000
145	Botswana	1,361,000
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,271,000
147	Kuwait	1,099,000
148	Mauritius	1,097,000
149	Gambia	1,062,000
150	Gabon	996,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	981,000
152	Eswatini	872,000
153	Cyprus	794,000
154	Fiji	784,000
155	East Timor	767,000
156	Guyana	744,000
157	Montenegro	623,000
158	Djibouti	610,000
159	Bhutan	565,000
160	Bahrain	526,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	474,000
162	Qatar	449,000
163	Comoros	437,000
164	Suriname	414,000
165	Luxembourg	384,000
166	Cape Verde	368,000
167	Malta	367,000
168	Solomon Islands	329,000
169	Bahamas	273,000
170	Brunei	266,000
171	Barbados	259,000
172	Iceland	256,000
173	Maldives	229,000
174	Belize	185,000
175	Samoa	168,000
176	Vanuatu	153,000
177	Saint Lucia	143,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	122,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	100,000
181	Tonga	99,000
182	Grenada	99,000
183	Kiribati	76,000
184	Seychelles	71,000
185	Dominica	69,000
186	Antigua and Barbuda	63,000
187	Andorra	55,000
188	Marshall Islands	47,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,000
190	Monaco	30,000
191	Liechtenstein	29,000
192	San Marino	23,000
193	Palau	15,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	9,000
196	Vatican City	1,000