Countries by Population in the Year 1998

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1998. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	5,947,050,000
1	China	1,249,327,000
2	India	1,011,881,000
3	United States	278,213,000
4	Indonesia	206,261,000
5	Brazil	169,800,000
6	Russia	147,802,000
7	Pakistan	143,386,000
8	Japan	126,172,000
9	Bangladesh	123,167,000
10	Nigeria	115,225,000
11	Mexico	93,977,000
12	Germany	81,496,000
13	Vietnam	76,600,000
14	Philippines	73,607,000
15	Egypt	67,714,000
16	Iran	62,953,000
17	Ethiopia	62,177,000
18	Turkey	61,758,000
19	Thailand	61,376,000
20	France	60,137,000
21	United Kingdom	58,741,000
22	Italy	56,938,000
23	Ukraine	49,958,000
24	South Korea	46,110,000
25	South Africa	45,582,000
26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45,238,000
27	Myanmar	44,246,000
28	Spain	40,274,000
29	Poland	38,391,000
30	Colombia	37,621,000
31	Argentina	36,024,000
32	Tanzania	32,226,000
33	Canada	30,020,000
34	Algeria	29,718,000
35	Kenya	28,742,000
36	Morocco	27,834,000
37	Peru	25,594,000
38	Sudan	24,755,000
39	Uzbekistan	24,076,000
40	Nepal	23,479,000
41	Venezuela	23,271,000
42	North Korea	22,929,000
43	Iraq	22,681,000
44	Romania	22,224,000
45	Uganda	22,164,000
46	Taiwan	21,840,000
47	Malaysia	21,531,000
48	Saudi Arabia	20,204,000
49	Sri Lanka	18,508,000
50	Australia	18,505,000
51	Ghana	18,488,000
52	Afghanistan	18,130,000
53	Yemen	17,358,000
54	Mozambique	16,719,000
55	Netherlands	15,804,000
56	Kazakhstan	15,652,000
57	Ivory Coast	15,601,000
58	Syria	15,302,000
59	Angola	15,119,000
60	Madagascar	15,013,000
61	Chile	14,905,000
62	Cameroon	14,125,000
63	Ecuador	12,094,000
64	Cambodia	11,550,000
65	Zimbabwe	11,455,000
66	Guatemala	11,043,000
67	Burkina Faso	11,038,000
68	Cuba	11,016,000
69	Greece	10,910,000
70	Niger	10,669,000
71	Malawi	10,616,000
72	Mali	10,480,000
73	Belarus	10,380,000
74	Hungary	10,275,000
75	Czech Republic	10,271,000
76	Belgium	10,172,000
77	Portugal	10,154,000
78	Tunisia	9,620,000
79	Zambia	9,253,000
80	Senegal	9,156,000
81	Sweden	8,818,000
82	Bulgaria	8,275,000
83	Dominican Republic	8,218,000
84	Bolivia	8,212,000
85	Azerbaijan	8,023,000
86	Serbia	7,998,000
87	Haiti	7,988,000
88	Austria	7,970,000
89	Guinea	7,899,000
90	Somalia	7,891,000
91	Rwanda	7,867,000
92	Chad	7,578,000
93	Switzerland	7,095,000
94	Benin	6,484,000
95	Honduras	6,229,000
96	Tajikistan	6,138,000
97	Burundi	5,954,000
98	El Salvador	5,865,000
99	Israel	5,806,000
100	South Sudan	5,676,000
101	Denmark	5,389,000
102	Slovakia	5,369,000
103	Laos	5,200,000
104	Finland	5,147,000
105	Papua New Guinea	5,049,000
106	Libya	4,942,000
107	Nicaragua	4,937,000
108	Paraguay	4,871,000
109	Jordan	4,791,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	4,774,000
111	Croatia	4,687,000
112	Togo	4,659,000
113	Georgia	4,579,000
114	Sierra Leone	4,435,000
115	Norway	4,418,000
116	Turkmenistan	4,396,000
117	Moldova	4,376,000
118	Lebanon	4,143,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,096,000
120	New Zealand	3,815,000
121	Singapore	3,815,000
122	Costa Rica	3,781,000
123	Lithuania	3,681,000
124	Ireland	3,659,000
125	Central African Republic	3,506,000
126	Armenia	3,257,000
127	Uruguay	3,254,000
128	Albania	3,244,000
	Palestine	2,904,000
129	Republic of the Congo	2,897,000
130	Panama	2,856,000
131	United Arab Emirates	2,833,000
132	Jamaica	2,566,000
133	Liberia	2,554,000
134	Mauritania	2,517,000
135	Latvia	2,481,000
136	Mongolia	2,394,000
137	Eritrea	2,310,000
138	Oman	2,263,000
139	Kosovo	2,220,000
140	North Macedonia	2,009,000
141	Slovenia	1,989,000
142	Lesotho	1,980,000
143	Kuwait	1,791,000
144	Namibia	1,715,000
145	Botswana	1,638,000
146	Estonia	1,416,000
147	Gambia	1,336,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,320,000
149	Gabon	1,195,000
150	Mauritius	1,190,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,173,000
152	Eswatini	998,000
153	Cyprus	906,000
154	East Timor	849,000
155	Fiji	809,000
156	Guyana	756,000
157	Djibouti	682,000
158	Bahrain	663,000
159	Montenegro	634,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	617,000
161	Qatar	565,000
162	Bhutan	551,000
163	Comoros	510,000
164	Suriname	457,000
165	Cape Verde	435,000
166	Luxembourg	421,000
167	Solomon Islands	403,000
168	Malta	391,000
169	Brunei	317,000
170	Bahamas	313,000
171	Iceland	273,000
172	Maldives	272,000
173	Barbados	263,000
174	Belize	221,000
175	Vanuatu	181,000
176	Samoa	179,000
177	Saint Lucia	156,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	139,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	114,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	111,000
181	Grenada	106,000
182	Tonga	101,000
183	Kiribati	85,000
184	Seychelles	77,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	72,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	65,000
188	Marshall Islands	53,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
190	Monaco	32,000
191	Liechtenstein	32,000
192	San Marino	26,000
193	Palau	19,000
194	Tuvalu	10,000
195	Nauru	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000