Countries by Population in the Year 1999

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1999. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	6,027,575,000
1	China	1,258,274,000
2	India	1,030,988,000
3	United States	281,666,000
4	Indonesia	209,450,000
5	Brazil	172,280,000
6	Pakistan	147,566,000
7	Russia	147,543,000
8	Japan	126,445,000
9	Bangladesh	125,534,000
10	Nigeria	118,156,000
11	Mexico	95,557,000
12	Germany	81,552,000
13	Vietnam	77,657,000
14	Philippines	75,377,000
15	Egypt	69,178,000
16	Ethiopia	64,096,000
17	Iran	63,970,000
18	Turkey	62,726,000
19	Thailand	62,114,000
20	France	60,429,000
21	United Kingdom	58,942,000
22	Italy	56,939,000
23	Ukraine	49,534,000
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46,553,000
25	South Korea	46,391,000
26	South Africa	46,123,000
27	Myanmar	44,787,000
28	Spain	40,451,000
29	Poland	38,369,000
30	Colombia	38,268,000
31	Argentina	36,442,000
32	Tanzania	33,027,000
33	Canada	30,270,000
34	Algeria	30,131,000
35	Kenya	29,533,000
36	Morocco	28,239,000
37	Peru	26,042,000
38	Sudan	25,303,000
39	Uzbekistan	24,438,000
40	Nepal	23,928,000
41	Venezuela	23,736,000
42	Iraq	23,426,000
43	North Korea	23,118,000
44	Uganda	22,912,000
45	Romania	22,099,000
46	Malaysia	22,090,000
47	Taiwan	21,987,000
48	Saudi Arabia	20,741,000
49	Ghana	18,941,000
50	Afghanistan	18,856,000
51	Australia	18,698,000
52	Sri Lanka	18,613,000
53	Yemen	17,858,000
54	Mozambique	17,128,000
55	Ivory Coast	16,117,000
56	Netherlands	15,900,000
57	Syria	15,700,000
58	Angola	15,615,000
59	Madagascar	15,489,000
60	Kazakhstan	15,296,000
61	Chile	15,088,000
62	Cameroon	14,504,000
63	Ecuador	12,306,000
64	Cambodia	11,788,000
65	Zimbabwe	11,642,000
66	Burkina Faso	11,364,000
67	Guatemala	11,325,000
68	Cuba	11,052,000
69	Niger	11,041,000
70	Greece	10,969,000
71	Malawi	10,849,000
72	Mali	10,761,000
73	Belarus	10,335,000
74	Czech Republic	10,257,000
75	Hungary	10,247,000
76	Belgium	10,206,000
77	Portugal	10,205,000
78	Tunisia	9,735,000
79	Zambia	9,492,000
80	Senegal	9,367,000
81	Sweden	8,839,000
82	Bolivia	8,362,000
83	Dominican Republic	8,347,000
84	Somalia	8,223,000
85	Bulgaria	8,195,000
86	Haiti	8,134,000
87	Guinea	8,086,000
88	Azerbaijan	8,059,000
89	Austria	7,982,000
90	Serbia	7,973,000
91	Rwanda	7,962,000
92	Chad	7,840,000
93	Switzerland	7,122,000
94	Benin	6,685,000
95	Honduras	6,388,000
96	Tajikistan	6,175,000
97	Burundi	6,117,000
98	Israel	5,933,000
99	El Salvador	5,905,000
100	South Sudan	5,723,000
101	Denmark	5,411,000
102	Slovakia	5,373,000
103	Laos	5,294,000
104	Papua New Guinea	5,229,000
105	Finland	5,160,000
106	Libya	5,020,000
107	Nicaragua	5,012,000
108	Paraguay	4,976,000
109	Jordan	4,898,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	4,846,000
111	Togo	4,797,000
112	Croatia	4,633,000
113	Turkmenistan	4,467,000
114	Sierra Leone	4,465,000
115	Georgia	4,458,000
116	Norway	4,446,000
117	Moldova	4,331,000
118	Lebanon	4,214,000
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,134,000
120	Singapore	3,918,000
121	Costa Rica	3,862,000
122	New Zealand	3,843,000
123	Ireland	3,698,000
124	Lithuania	3,650,000
125	Central African Republic	3,604,000
126	Uruguay	3,271,000
127	Armenia	3,224,000
128	Albania	3,221,000
129	United Arab Emirates	3,009,000
	Palestine	2,997,000
130	Republic of the Congo	2,978,000
131	Panama	2,914,000
132	Liberia	2,724,000
133	Jamaica	2,587,000
134	Mauritania	2,584,000
135	Latvia	2,444,000
136	Mongolia	2,417,000
137	Eritrea	2,335,000
138	Oman	2,296,000
139	North Macedonia	2,017,000
140	Lesotho	1,991,000
141	Slovenia	1,987,000
142	Kosovo	1,961,000
143	Kuwait	1,849,000
144	Namibia	1,757,000
145	Botswana	1,674,000
146	Estonia	1,406,000
147	Gambia	1,376,000
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,325,000
149	Gabon	1,225,000
150	Mauritius	1,200,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	1,195,000
152	Eswatini	1,012,000
153	Cyprus	923,000
154	East Timor	861,000
155	Fiji	819,000
156	Guyana	757,000
157	Djibouti	708,000
158	Bahrain	682,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	642,000
160	Montenegro	634,000
161	Qatar	597,000
162	Bhutan	563,000
163	Comoros	521,000
164	Suriname	466,000
165	Cape Verde	445,000
166	Luxembourg	426,000
167	Solomon Islands	414,000
168	Malta	394,000
169	Brunei	324,000
170	Bahamas	318,000
171	Maldives	276,000
172	Iceland	276,000
173	Barbados	264,000
174	Belize	229,000
175	Vanuatu	185,000
176	Samoa	181,000
177	Saint Lucia	158,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	141,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	114,000
180	Federated States of Micronesia	112,000
181	Grenada	107,000
182	Tonga	102,000
183	Kiribati	87,000
184	Seychelles	78,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	73,000
186	Dominica	69,000
187	Andorra	65,000
188	Marshall Islands	54,000
189	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,000
190	Liechtenstein	32,000
191	Monaco	32,000
192	San Marino	26,000
193	Palau	19,000
194	Nauru	10,000
195	Tuvalu	10,000
196	Vatican City	1,000