Countries by Population in the Year 1996

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1996. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 5,784,378,000
1 China 1,230,092,000
2 India 973,773,000
3 United States 271,329,000
4 Indonesia 199,753,000
5 Brazil 164,781,000
6 Russia 148,389,000
7 Pakistan 135,195,000
8 Japan 125,568,000
9 Bangladesh 118,842,000
10 Nigeria 109,555,000
11 Mexico 90,784,000
12 Germany 81,226,000
13 Vietnam 74,376,000
14 Philippines 70,059,000
15 Egypt 64,857,000
16 Iran 61,189,000
17 Thailand 59,820,000
18 Turkey 59,791,000
19 France 59,623,000
20 Ethiopia 58,406,000
21 United Kingdom 58,389,000
22 Italy 56,884,000
23 Ukraine 50,851,000
24 South Korea 45,505,000
25 South Africa 44,335,000
26 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43,831,000
27 Myanmar 43,148,000
28 Spain 39,907,000
29 Poland 38,402,000
30 Colombia 36,302,000
31 Argentina 35,171,000
32 Tanzania 30,935,000
33 Canada 29,442,000
34 Algeria 28,735,000
35 Kenya 27,245,000
36 Morocco 27,014,000
37 Peru 24,678,000
38 Sudan 23,571,000
39 Uzbekistan 23,253,000
40 Nepal 22,548,000
41 North Korea 22,503,000
42 Romania 22,480,000
43 Venezuela 22,340,000
44 Taiwan 21,535,000
45 Iraq 21,298,000
46 Uganda 20,909,000
47 Malaysia 20,411,000
48 Saudi Arabia 19,148,000
49 Sri Lanka 18,255,000
50 Australia 18,108,000
51 Ghana 17,640,000
52 Afghanistan 16,766,000
53 Yemen 16,369,000
54 Kazakhstan 16,300,000
55 Mozambique 15,834,000
56 Netherlands 15,617,000
57 Ivory Coast 14,552,000
58 Chile 14,518,000
59 Syria 14,511,000
60 Angola 14,144,000
61 Madagascar 14,090,000
62 Cameroon 13,393,000
63 Ecuador 11,669,000
64 Zimbabwe 11,087,000
65 Cambodia 11,052,000
66 Cuba 10,945,000
67 Greece 10,767,000
68 Guatemala 10,497,000
69 Burkina Faso 10,486,000
70 Belarus 10,451,000
71 Hungary 10,319,000
72 Czech Republic 10,304,000
73 Malawi 10,212,000
74 Belgium 10,108,000
75 Portugal 10,068,000
76 Mali 10,025,000
77 Niger 9,980,000
78 Tunisia 9,365,000
79 Zambia 8,790,000
80 Sweden 8,774,000
81 Senegal 8,739,000
82 Bulgaria 8,440,000
83 Serbia 7,989,000
84 Austria 7,952,000
85 Dominican Republic 7,942,000
86 Azerbaijan 7,921,000
87 Bolivia 7,915,000
88 Haiti 7,699,000
89 Guinea 7,579,000
90 Somalia 7,367,000
91 Chad 7,077,000
92 Switzerland 7,060,000
93 Benin 6,117,000
94 Tajikistan 5,975,000
95 Burundi 5,967,000
96 Rwanda 5,965,000
97 Honduras 5,894,000
98 El Salvador 5,774,000
99 Israel 5,545,000
100 South Sudan 5,367,000
101 Slovakia 5,354,000
102 Denmark 5,346,000
103 Finland 5,117,000
104 Laos 4,986,000
105 Georgia 4,821,000
106 Croatia 4,781,000
107 Libya 4,778,000
108 Nicaragua 4,770,000
109 Papua New Guinea 4,700,000
110 Paraguay 4,658,000
111 Kyrgyzstan 4,631,000
112 Jordan 4,541,000
113 Moldova 4,449,000
114 Norway 4,370,000
115 Togo 4,366,000
116 Sierra Leone 4,320,000
117 Turkmenistan 4,271,000
118 Lebanon 3,997,000
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,816,000
120 Lithuania 3,735,000
121 New Zealand 3,722,000
122 Costa Rica 3,615,000
123 Singapore 3,597,000
124 Ireland 3,593,000
125 Central African Republic 3,316,000
126 Armenia 3,312,000
127 Albania 3,279,000
128 Uruguay 3,217,000
129 Republic of the Congo 2,780,000
130 Panama 2,744,000
Palestine 2,678,000
131 Latvia 2,552,000
132 Jamaica 2,522,000
133 United Arab Emirates 2,486,000
134 Mauritania 2,406,000
135 Mongolia 2,344,000
136 Eritrea 2,255,000
137 Liberia 2,195,000
138 Oman 2,192,000
139 Kosovo 2,158,000
140 Slovenia 1,991,000
141 North Macedonia 1,989,000
142 Lesotho 1,945,000
143 Kuwait 1,674,000
144 Namibia 1,628,000
145 Botswana 1,563,000
146 Estonia 1,443,000
147 Trinidad and Tobago 1,311,000
148 Gambia 1,260,000
149 Mauritius 1,166,000
150 Gabon 1,136,000
151 Guinea-Bissau 1,129,000
152 Eswatini 964,000
153 Cyprus 871,000
154 East Timor 825,000
155 Fiji 793,000
156 Guyana 753,000
157 Djibouti 636,000
158 Montenegro 633,000
159 Bahrain 623,000
160 Equatorial Guinea 571,000
161 Bhutan 533,000
162 Qatar 522,000
163 Comoros 489,000
164 Suriname 439,000
165 Cape Verde 416,000
166 Luxembourg 411,000
167 Malta 384,000
168 Solomon Islands 381,000
169 Brunei 303,000
170 Bahamas 302,000
171 Iceland 268,000
172 Barbados 263,000
173 Maldives 261,000
174 Belize 206,000
175 Samoa 176,000
176 Vanuatu 173,000
177 Saint Lucia 153,000
178 São Tomé and Príncipe 134,000
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 114,000
180 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000
181 Grenada 104,000
182 Tonga 100,000
183 Kiribati 82,000
184 Seychelles 75,000
185 Antigua and Barbuda 69,000
186 Dominica 69,000
187 Andorra 64,000
188 Marshall Islands 51,000
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 43,000
190 Monaco 32,000
191 Liechtenstein 31,000
192 San Marino 25,000
193 Palau 17,000
194 Tuvalu 10,000
195 Nauru 10,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2022 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
  • Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
  • Years after 2021 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
  • Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
  • Morocco includes Western Sahara.
  • Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.
Population by Year