# List of countries by population in 1989

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This is a list of countries by population in 1989, providing an overview of the world population before the fall of the Iron Curtain.
While the population data is almost exclusively dated 1989, political developments before the summer of 1990 are taken into account, including Yemeni unification and Namibian independence but not German reunification which was finalised only in October, the breakup of Yugoslavia and dissolution of the Soviet Union took place two years later, and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia three years later.
The numbers given in Aktuell '91 are fully compatible with the data given by the U.S. Census Bureau, where they can be compared, as the US Census Data refers to modern national borders instead of 1989 borders. Similar remarks apply to 1990 estimates in the List of countries by past and future population which also only apply to modern-day national borders. See also Soviet Census (1989) and 1990 United States census for comparison.
| Rank | Country | Population 1989 estimate | Percentage of world's population |
| – | World population | 5,230,452,409 | |
| 1 | China | 1,110,000,000 | 21.2% |
| 2 | India | 814,000,000 | 15.5% |
| 3 | Soviet Union Republics  Russia – Ukraine – Uzbekistan – Kazakhstan – Byelorussia – Azerbaijan – Georgia – Tajikistan – Moldavia – Kirghizia – Lithuania – Turkmenia – Armenia – Latvia – Estonia – | 287,800,000 | 5.5% |
| 4 | United States | 250,140,000 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Indonesia | 175,000,000 | 3.3% |
| 6 | Brazil | 147,500,000 | 2.8% |
| 7 | Japan | 123,000,000 | 2.3% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 112,800,000 | 2.1% |
| 9 | Pakistan | 107,000,000 | 2.0% |
| 10 | Nigeria | 92,800,000 | 1.8% |
| 11 | Mexico | 84,900,000 | 1.6% |
| 12 | Vietnam | 64,400,000 | 1.2% |
| 13 | United Kingdom Overseas territories  Hong Kong – 5,686,000 | 62,800,000 | 1.2% |
| 14 | West Germany | 62,000,000 | 1.1% |
| 15 | Philippines | 59,200,000 | 1.1% |
| 16 | Italy | 57,500,000 | 1.0% |
| 17 | France | 56,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 18 | Turkey | 55,400,000 | 1.0% |
| 19 | Egypt | 55,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 20 | Thailand | 55,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 21 | Iran | 55,000,000 | 1.0% |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 47,700,000 | 0.9% |
| 23 | South Korea | 42,400,000 | 0.8% |
| 24 | Myanmar | 39,900,000 | 0.7% |
| 25 | Spain | 39,200,000 | 0.7% |
| 26 | Poland | 37,900,000 | 0.7% |
| 27 | South Africa bantustans  Transkei – 2,323,000 Bophuthatswana – 1,323,600 Venda – 315,500 Ciskei – 677,800 Territory of South West Africa – 1,760,000 Lebowa – 1,700,000 Gazankulu – 514,300 QwaQwa – 157,600 KwaZulu – 3,400,000 KwaNdebele – 156,400 KaNgwane – 161,100 | 37,360,000 | 0.7% |
| 28 | Zaire | 34,000,000 | 0.6% |
| 29 | Argentina | 32,400,000 | 0.6% |
| 30 | Colombia | 32,300,000 | 0.6% |
| 31 | Canada | 26,200,000 | 0.5% |
| 32 | Morocco | 25,400,000 | 0.4% |
| 33 | Sudan | 25,000,000 | 0.4% |
| 34 | Tanzania | 24,700,000 | 0.4% |
| 35 | Algeria | 24,700,000 | 0.4% |
| 36 | Yugoslavia Republics  Serbia – Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Macedonia – Slovenia – Montenegro – | 23,800,000 | 0.4% |
| 37 | Kenya | 23,700,000 | 0.4% |
| 38 | Romania | 23,200,000 | 0.4% |
| 39 | North Korea | 22,000,000 | 0.4% |
| 40 | Peru | 21,800,000 | 0.4% |
| 41 | Taiwan | 20,100,000 | 0.3% |
| 42 | Venezuela | 19,400,000 | 0.3% |
| 43 | Nepal | 18,800,000 | 0.3% |
| 44 | Iraq | 17,600,000 | 0.3% |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 17,500,000 | 0.3% |
| 46 | Malaysia | 17,400,000 | 0.3% |
| 47 | Uganda | 16,800,000 | 0.3% |
| 48 | Australia | 16,800,000 | 0.3% |
| 49 | East Germany | 16,400,000 | 0.3% |
| 50 | Czechoslovakia | 15,700,000 | 0.3% |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 15,500,000 | 0.2% |
| 52 | Mozambique | 15,300,000 | 0.2% |
| 53 | Netherlands | 14,900,000 | 0.2% |
| 54 | Ghana | 14,100,000 | 0.2% |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 12,700,000 | 0.2% |
| 56 | Chile | 12,700,000 | 0.2% |
| 57 | Syria | 12,200,000 | 0.2% |
| 58 | Ivory Coast | 11,800,000 | 0.2% |
| 59 | Madagascar | 11,100,000 | 0.2% |
| 60 | Cameroon | 10,900,000 | 0.2% |
| 61 | Hungary | 10,600,000 | 0.2% |
| 62 | Cuba | 10,600,000 | 0.2% |
| 63 | Ecuador | 10,500,000 | 0.2% |
| 64 | Portugal Overseas territories  Macau – 337,000 | 10,300,000 | 0.19% |
| 65 | Greece | 10,000,000 | 0.19% |
| 66 | Belgium | 9,900,000 | 0.18% |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 9,100,000 | 0.17% |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 9,000,000 | 0.17% |
| 69 | Angola | 9,000,000 | 0.17% |
| 70 | Guatemala | 8,900,000 | 0.17% |
| 71 | Somalia | 8,600,000 | 0.16% |
| 72 | Sweden | 8,500,000 | 0.16% |
| 73 | North Yemen | 8,500,000 | 0.16% |
| 74 | Mali | 8,500,000 | 0.16% |
| 75 | Malawi | 8,100,000 | 0.15% |
| 76 | Tunisia | 8,000,000 | 0.15% |
| 77 | Cambodia | 7,900,000 | 0.15% |
| 78 | Zambia | 7,800,000 | 0.14% |
| 79 | Senegal | 7,700,000 | 0.14% |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 7,700,000 | 0.14% |
| 81 | Austria | 7,600,000 | 0.14% |
| 82 | Niger | 7,400,000 | 0.14% |
| 83 | Rwanda | 7,300,000 | 0.13% |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 7,300,000 | 0.13% |
| 85 | Bolivia | 7,000,000 | 0.13% |
| 86 | Switzerland | 6,700,000 | 0.12% |
| 87 | Haiti | 6,200,000 | 0.11% |
| 88 | Guinea | 6,100,000 | 0.11% |
| 89 | Chad | 5,700,000 | 0.10% |
| 90 | El Salvador | 5,500,000 | 0.10% |
| 91 | Burundi | 5,200,000 | 0.099% |
| 92 | Honduras | 5,100,000 | 0.097% |
| 93 | Denmark | 5,100,000 | 0.097% |
| 94 | Finland | 4,970,000 | 0.095% |
| 95 | People's Republic of Benin | 4,600,000 | 0.087% |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 4,300,000 | 0.082% |
| 97 | Libya | 4,300,000 | 0.082% |
| 98 | Norway | 4,200,000 | 0.080% |
| 99 | Paraguay | 4,000,000 | 0.076% |
| 100 | Laos | 3,900,000 | 0.074% |
| 101 | Jordan | 3,900,000 | 0.074% |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 3,700,000 | 0.070% |
| 103 | Ireland | 3,700,000 | 0.070% |
| 104 | Papua New Guinea | 3,600,000 | 0.068% |
| 105 | New Zealand | 3,400,000 | 0.065% |
| 106 | Togo | 3,200,000 | 0.061% |
| 107 | Albania | 3,200,000 | 0.061% |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 3,000,000 | 0.057% |
| 109 | Uruguay | 3,000,000 | 0.057% |
| 110 | Lebanon | 2,900,000 | 0.055% |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 2,900,000 | 0.055% |
| 112 | Singapore | 2,650,000 | 0.050% |
| 113 | Liberia | 2,500,000 | 0.047% |
| 114 | Israel | 2,500,000 | 0.047% |
| 115 | South Yemen | 2,500,000 | |
| 116 | Jamaica | 2,400,000 | 0.045% |
| 117 | Panama | 2,300,000 | 0.043% |
| 118 | Mongolia | 2,100,000 | 0.040% |
| 119 | Palestine | 2,000,000 | 0.038% |
| 120 | People's Republic of the Congo | 2,000,000 | 0.038% |
| 121 | Kuwait | 1,970,000 | 0.037% |
| 122 | Mauritania | 1,800,000 | 0.034% |
| 123 | Lesotho | 1,700,000 | 0.032% |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 1,500,000 | 0.028% |
| 125 | Bhutan | 1,500,000 | 0.028% |
| 126 | Oman | 1,400,000 | 0.026% |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,300,000 | 0.024% |
| 128 | Botswana | 1,200,000 | 0.022% |
| 129 | Gabon | 1,100,000 | 0.021% |
| 130 | Mauritius | 1,050,000 | 0.020% |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 929,000 | 0.017% |
| 132 | The Gambia | 840,000 | 0.016% |
| 133 | Fiji | 758,000 | 0.014% |
| 134 | Swaziland | 757,000 | 0.014% |
| 135 | Guyana | 730,000 | 0.014% |
| 136 | Cyprus | 696,000 | 0.013% |
| 137 | Bahrain | 483,000 | 0.0092% |
| 138 | Comoros | 460,000 | 0.0087% |
| 139 | Suriname | 400,000 | 0.0076% |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 389,000 | 0.0074% |
| 141 | Djibouti | 383,000 | 0.0073% |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 377,000 | 0.0072% |
| 143 | Malta | 358,000 | 0.0068% |
| 144 | Qatar | 342,000 | 0.0065% |
| 145 | Cape Verde | 337,000 | 0.0064% |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 314,000 | 0.0060% |
| 147 | Brunei | 267,000 | 0.0051% |
| 148 | Barbados | 256,000 | 0.0048% |
| 149 | Iceland | 251,000 | 0.0047% |
| 150 | Bahamas | 247,000 | 0.0047% |
| 151 | Maldives | 202,000 | 0.0038% |
| 152 | Belize | 180,000 | 0.0034% |
| 153 | Samoa | 169,000 | 0.0032% |
| # | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 169,000 | 0.0032% |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 150,000 | 0.0028% |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 128,000 | 0.0024% |
| 156 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 114,000 | 0.0021% |
| 157 | Tonga | 108,000 | 0.0020% |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 108,000 | 0.0020% |
| 159 | Grenada | 100,000 | 0.0019% |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 86,000 | 0.0016% |
| 161 | Dominica | 76,000 | 0.0014% |
| 162 | Seychelles | 70,000 | 0.0013% |
| 163 | Kiribati | 67,000 | 0.0012% |
| 164 | Andorra | 49,000 | 0.00093% |
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 40,000 | 0.00076% |
| 166 | Liechtenstein | 30,000 | 0.00057% |
| 167 | Monaco | 29,000 | 0.00055% |
| 168 | San Marino | 23,000 | 0.00043% |
| 169 | Tuvalu | 9,000 | 0.00017% |
| 170 | Nauru | 8,100 | 0.00015% |