Countries Ranked by Population: 1999
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Rank Country Population
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1 China 1,246,871,951
2 India 1,000,848,550
3 United States 272,639,608
4 Indonesia 216,108,345
5 Brazil 171,853,126
6 Russia 146,393,569
7 Pakistan 138,123,359
8 Bangladesh 127,117,967
9 Japan 126,182,077
10 Nigeria 113,828,587
11 Mexico 100,294,036
12 Germany 82,087,361
13 Philippines 79,345,812
14 Vietnam 77,311,210
15 Egypt 67,273,906
16 Turkey 65,599,206
17 Iran 65,179,752
18 Thailand 60,609,046
19 Ethiopia 59,680,383
20 United Kingdom 59,113,439
21 France 58,978,172
22 Italy 56,735,130
23 Congo (Kinshasa) 50,481,305
24 Ukraine 49,811,174
25 Burma 48,081,302
26 South Korea 46,884,800
27 South Africa 43,426,386
28 Colombia 39,309,422
29 Spain 39,167,744
30 Poland 38,608,929
31 Argentina 36,737,664
32 Sudan 34,475,690
33 Tanzania 31,270,820
34 Algeria 31,133,486
35 Canada 31,006,347
36 Morocco 29,661,636
37 Kenya 28,808,658
38 Peru 26,624,582
39 Afghanistan 25,824,882
40 Nepal 24,302,653
41 Uzbekistan 24,102,473
42 Venezuela 23,203,466
43 Uganda 22,804,973
44 Iraq 22,427,150
45 Romania 22,334,312
46 Taiwan 22,113,250
47 Saudi Arabia 21,504,613
48 North Korea 21,386,109
49 Malaysia 21,376,066
50 Sri Lanka 19,144,875
51 Mozambique 19,124,335
52 Ghana 18,887,626
53 Australia 18,783,551
54 Syria 17,213,871
55 Yemen 16,942,230
56 Kazakhstan 16,824,825
57 Cote d'Ivoire 15,818,068
58 Netherlands 15,807,641
59 Cameroon 15,456,092
60 Chile 14,973,843
61 Madagascar 14,873,387
62 Ecuador 12,562,496
63 Guatemala 12,335,580
64 Cambodia 11,626,520
65 Burkina Faso 11,575,898
66 Angola 11,177,537
67 Zimbabwe 11,163,160
68 Cuba 11,096,395
69 Greece 10,707,135
70 Serbia 10,526,478
71 Mali 10,429,124
72 Belarus 10,401,784
73 Czech Republic 10,280,513
74 Hungary 10,186,372
75 Belgium 10,182,034
76 Senegal 10,051,930
77 Malawi 10,000,416
78 Niger 9,962,242
79 Portugal 9,918,040
80 Zambia 9,663,535
81 Tunisia 9,513,603
82 Sweden 8,911,296
83 Bulgaria 8,194,772
84 Rwanda 8,154,933
85 Austria 8,139,299
86 Dominican Republic 8,129,734
87 Bolivia 7,982,850
88 Azerbaijan 7,908,224
89 Chad 7,557,436
90 Guinea 7,538,953
91 Switzerland 7,275,467
92 Somalia 7,140,643
93 Haiti 6,884,264
94 Hong Kong S.A.R. 6,847,125
95 Benin 6,305,567
96 Tajikistan 6,102,854
97 Honduras 5,997,327
98 El Salvador 5,839,079
99 Israel 5,749,760
100 Burundi 5,735,937
101 Paraguay 5,434,095
102 Laos 5,407,453
103 Slovakia 5,396,193
104 Denmark 5,356,845
105 Sierra Leone 5,296,651
106 Finland 5,158,372
107 Togo 5,081,413
108 Georgia 5,066,499
109 Libya 4,992,838
110 Nicaragua 4,717,132
111 Papua New Guinea 4,705,126
112 Croatia 4,676,865
113 Jordan 4,561,147
114 Kyrgyzstan 4,546,055
115 Moldova 4,460,838
116 Norway 4,438,547
117 Turkmenistan 4,366,383
118 Eritrea 3,984,723
119 Puerto Rico 3,887,652
120 Costa Rica 3,674,490
121 New Zealand 3,662,265
122 Ireland 3,632,944
123 Lithuania 3,584,966
124 Lebanon 3,562,699
125 Singapore 3,531,600
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,482,495
127 Central African Republic 3,444,951
128 Armenia 3,409,234
129 Albania 3,364,571
130 Uruguay 3,308,523
131 Liberia 2,923,725
132 Panama 2,778,526
133 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,716,814
134 Jamaica 2,652,443
135 Mongolia 2,617,379
136 Mauritania 2,581,738
137 Oman 2,446,645
138 Latvia 2,353,874
139 United Arab Emirates 2,344,402
140 Lesotho 2,128,950
141 Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of 2,022,604
142 Kuwait 1,991,115
143 Slovenia 1,970,570
144 Bhutan 1,951,965
145 Namibia 1,648,270
146 West Bank 1,611,109
147 Botswana 1,464,167
148 Estonia 1,408,523
149 Gambia, The 1,336,320
150 Guinea-Bissau 1,234,555
151 Gabon 1,225,853
152 Mauritius 1,182,212
153 Gaza Strip 1,112,654
154 Trinidad and Tobago 1,102,096
155 Swaziland 985,335
156 Fiji 812,918
157 Cyprus 754,064
158 Qatar 723,542
159 Reunion 717,723
160 Guyana 705,156
161 Montenegro 680,369
162 Bahrain 629,090
163 Comoros 562,723
164 Equatorial Guinea 465,746
165 Solomon Islands 455,429
166 Djibouti 447,439
167 Macau 437,312
168 Suriname 431,156
169 Luxembourg 429,080
170 Guadeloupe 420,943
171 Martinique 411,539
172 Cape Verde 405,748
173 Malta 381,603
174 Brunei 322,982
175 Maldives 300,220
176 Bahamas, The 283,705
177 Iceland 272,512
178 Barbados 259,191
179 French Polynesia 242,073
180 Western Sahara 239,333
181 Belize 235,789
182 Samoa 229,979
183 Netherlands Antilles 207,827
184 New Caledonia 197,361
185 Vanuatu 189,036
186 French Guiana 167,982
187 Sao Tome and Principe 154,878
188 Saint Lucia 154,020
189 Guam 151,716
190 Mayotte 149,336
191 Micronesia, Federated States of 131,500
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120,519
193 Virgin Islands 119,827
194 Tonga 109,082
195 Grenada 97,008
196 Jersey 89,721
197 Kiribati 85,501
198 Seychelles 79,164
199 Man, Isle of 75,686
200 Northern Mariana Islands 69,398
201 Aruba 68,675
202 Andorra 65,939
203 Marshall Islands 65,507
204 Guernsey 65,386
205 Dominica 64,881
206 Antigua and Barbuda 64,246
207 American Samoa 63,786
208 Bermuda 62,472
209 Greenland 59,827
210 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42,838
211 Faroe Islands 41,059
212 Cayman Islands 39,335
213 Monaco 32,149
214 Liechtenstein 32,057
215 Gibraltar 29,165
216 San Marino 25,061
217 Cook Islands 20,200
218 Virgin Islands, British 19,156
219 Palau 18,467
220 Turks and Caicos Islands 16,863
221 Wallis and Futuna 15,129
222 Montserrat 12,853
223 Anguilla 11,510
224 Nauru 10,605
225 Tuvalu 10,588
226 Saint Helena 7,145
227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,966
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Note: Data updated 12-28-98.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base.