Countries by Population in the Year 1997

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1997. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,865,912,000
1	China	1,239,982,000
2	India	992,790,000
3	United States	274,726,000
4	Indonesia	202,995,000
5	Brazil	167,294,000
6	Russia	148,077,000
7	Pakistan	139,275,000
8	Japan	125,884,000
9	Bangladesh	120,912,000
10	Nigeria	112,357,000
11	Mexico	92,389,000
12	Germany	81,376,000
13	Vietnam	75,517,000
14	Philippines	71,831,000
15	Egypt	66,274,000
16	Iran	62,008,000
17	Turkey	60,797,000
18	Thailand	60,602,000
19	Ethiopia	60,290,000
20	France	59,873,000
21	United Kingdom	58,554,000
22	Italy	56,914,000
23	Ukraine	50,381,000
24	South Korea	45,815,000
25	South Africa	44,988,000
26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44,406,000
27	Myanmar	43,698,000
28	Spain	40,086,000
29	Poland	38,401,000
30	Colombia	36,963,000
31	Argentina	35,608,000
32	Tanzania	31,346,000
33	Canada	29,746,000
34	Algeria	29,234,000
35	Kenya	27,987,000
36	Morocco	27,424,000
37	Peru	25,137,000
38	Sudan	24,154,000
39	Uzbekistan	23,679,000
40	Nepal	23,020,000
41	Venezuela	22,804,000
42	North Korea	22,726,000
43	Romania	22,356,000
44	Iraq	21,981,000
45	Taiwan	21,689,000
46	Uganda	21,590,000
47	Malaysia	20,967,000
48	Saudi Arabia	19,673,000
49	Sri Lanka	18,390,000
50	Australia	18,316,000
51	Ghana	18,048,000
52	Afghanistan	17,447,000
53	Yemen	16,859,000
54	Mozambique	16,325,000
55	Kazakhstan	15,988,000
56	Netherlands	15,709,000
57	Ivory Coast	15,070,000
58	Syria	14,906,000
59	Chile	14,713,000
60	Angola	14,623,000
61	Madagascar	14,545,000
62	Cameroon	13,757,000
63	Ecuador	11,882,000
64	Cambodia	11,313,000
65	Zimbabwe	11,270,000
66	Cuba	10,981,000
67	Greece	10,841,000
68	Guatemala	10,767,000
69	Burkina Faso	10,756,000
70	Belarus	10,422,000
71	Malawi	10,410,000
72	Niger	10,319,000
73	Hungary	10,298,000
74	Czech Republic	10,287,000
75	Mali	10,239,000
76	Belgium	10,138,000
77	Portugal	10,107,000
78	Tunisia	9,496,000
79	Zambia	9,014,000
80	Senegal	8,948,000
81	Sweden	8,797,000
82	Bulgaria	8,363,000
83	Dominican Republic	8,083,000
84	Bolivia	8,064,000
85	Serbia	7,997,000
86	Azerbaijan	7,977,000
87	Austria	7,964,000
88	Haiti	7,843,000
89	Guinea	7,787,000
90	Somalia	7,578,000
91	Rwanda	7,466,000
92	Chad	7,324,000
93	Switzerland	7,079,000
94	Benin	6,290,000
95	Tajikistan	6,096,000
96	Honduras	6,059,000
97	Burundi	5,894,000
98	El Salvador	5,821,000
99	Israel	5,680,000
100	South Sudan	5,503,000
101	Denmark	5,366,000
102	Slovakia	5,363,000
103	Finland	5,132,000
104	Laos	5,101,000
105	Papua New Guinea	4,872,000
106	Libya	4,862,000
107	Nicaragua	4,855,000
108	Paraguay	4,765,000
109	Croatia	4,736,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	4,702,000
111	Georgia	4,701,000
112	Jordan	4,677,000
113	Togo	4,526,000
114	Moldova	4,412,000
115	Norway	4,393,000
116	Sierra Leone	4,375,000
117	Turkmenistan	4,331,000
118	Lebanon	4,072,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,000,000
120	New Zealand	3,775,000
121	Lithuania	3,709,000
122	Singapore	3,707,000
123	Costa Rica	3,698,000
124	Ireland	3,621,000
125	Central African Republic	3,411,000
126	Armenia	3,286,000
127	Albania	3,264,000
128	Uruguay	3,236,000
129	Republic of the Congo	2,854,000
130	Panama	2,800,000
	Palestine	2,790,000
131	United Arab Emirates	2,659,000
132	Jamaica	2,544,000
133	Latvia	2,517,000
134	Mauritania	2,451,000
135	Mongolia	2,370,000
136	Eritrea	2,273,000
137	Oman	2,228,000
138	Liberia	2,212,000
139	Kosovo	2,189,000
140	North Macedonia	2,000,000
141	Slovenia	1,990,000
142	Lesotho	1,965,000
143	Kuwait	1,732,000
144	Namibia	1,672,000
145	Botswana	1,601,000
146	Estonia	1,427,000
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1,316,000
148	Gambia	1,298,000
149	Mauritius	1,179,000
150	Gabon	1,165,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,152,000
152	Eswatini	983,000
153	Cyprus	889,000
154	East Timor	837,000
155	Fiji	800,000
156	Guyana	754,000
157	Djibouti	654,000
158	Bahrain	643,000
159	Montenegro	633,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	594,000
161	Bhutan	542,000
162	Qatar	536,000
163	Comoros	500,000
164	Suriname	448,000
165	Cape Verde	426,000
166	Luxembourg	416,000
167	Solomon Islands	392,000
168	Malta	387,000
169	Brunei	310,000
170	Bahamas	308,000
171	Iceland	270,000
172	Maldives	267,000
173	Barbados	263,000
174	Belize	213,000
175	Samoa	178,000
176	Vanuatu	177,000
177	Saint Lucia	155,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	137,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	114,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000
181	Grenada	105,000
182	Tonga	100,000
183	Kiribati	84,000
184	Seychelles	76,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	71,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	64,000
188	Marshall Islands	52,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
190	Monaco	32,000
191	Liechtenstein	32,000
192	San Marino	25,000
193	Palau	18,000
194	Tuvalu	10,000
195	Nauru	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000