Data for 1987

Total Population, 1987

Name: Total Population, 1987
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1987, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1987 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,096,217,446; Vatican City is lowest, at 730. The middle country reads 4,043,676. Against 1986, 221 values changed (207 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1987

HighestChina

1,096,217,446

LowestVatican City

730

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1987the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 1987, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Population, 1987: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,096,217,446
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	808,931,270
3	United States`USA`Northern America	246,161,291
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	173,511,154
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	146,147,383
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	141,104,944
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	121,943,587
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	105,130,717
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	104,959,291
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	89,591,716
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	78,136,651
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78,062,324
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	61,584,651
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58,157,496
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56,891,926
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56,886,024
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	56,048,364
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	53,674,435
19	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	53,323,493
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52,843,670
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52,074,105
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51,515,732
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	42,460,039
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	42,322,092
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38,852,010
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37,971,594
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37,665,707
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	37,326,190
29	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33,298,904
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	31,291,762
31	Colombia`COL`South America	30,499,467
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	26,540,921
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	24,030,378
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23,443,624
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23,054,392
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,745,591
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	20,704,904
38	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20,616,096
39	Peru`PER`South America	20,582,320
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20,205,483
41	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	20,015,819
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	18,930,070
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	18,394,963
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18,250,505
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,527,715
46	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16,521,049
47	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,322,269
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16,276,737
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15,954,170
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15,916,576
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,724,947
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14,289,108
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12,822,574
54	Chile`CHL`South America	12,790,150
55	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12,369,912
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11,388,923
57	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11,387,818
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11,047,291
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10,851,475
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10,497,858
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,475,105
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,370,749
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,335,342
64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,303,419
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,134,534
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,057,605
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,001,993
68	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,899,147
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,779,290
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9,284,644
71	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9,130,194
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,976,204
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,681,164
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8,457,109
75	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,397,648
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,296,485
77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	8,293,174
78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,885,359
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7,789,987
80	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,574,315
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7,561,150
82	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7,228,302
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7,191,282
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7,081,530
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6,977,658
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6,749,493
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,712,515
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,692,162
89	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6,557,970
90	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,545,773
91	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6,445,123
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5,900,198
93	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,486,372
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,461,016
95	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5,438,309
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5,247,787
97	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,205,880
98	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,127,132
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,092,441
100	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,962,395
101	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,939,059
102	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,932,257
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4,818,486
104	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,790,209
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,576,910
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,390,246
107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,359,064
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,238,467
109	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,236,869
110	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,186,824
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,129,739
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3,957,612
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,882,164
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3,829,718
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,714,889
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,632,543
117	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,627,367
118	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,540,381
119	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,457,138
120	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3,452,731
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,397,614
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,385,555
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,328,520
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,299,443
125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,148,838
126	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,049,896
127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3,047,634
128	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,892,699
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,781,615
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,669,155
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,625,963
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,377,229
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,329,813
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,301,970
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,183,473
136	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,052,994
137	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,035,157
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,022,800
139	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,988,021
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,888,669
141	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,880,590
142	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,876,759
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,803,014
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,703,390
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,574,244
146	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,547,255
147	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,500,996
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,217,364
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,199,167
150	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,167,889
151	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,051,111
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	931,091
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	926,862
154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	905,479
155	Guyana`GUY`South America	764,120
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	763,811
157	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	754,785
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	750,540
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	718,476
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	610,170
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	540,557
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	462,854
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	454,399
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	422,522
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	410,439
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	397,005
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	396,911
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	370,790
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	358,080
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	357,302
171	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	314,620
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	301,414
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	261,935
174	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	257,279
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	245,855
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	233,860
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	203,944
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	190,449
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	171,338
180	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	167,661
181	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	165,650
182	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	156,443
183	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	137,187
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	133,227
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	129,858
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	113,919
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	110,001
188	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	101,727
189	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98,376
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	97,526
191	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	94,844
192	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	71,338
193	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71,023
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	69,733
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	65,597
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	63,946
197	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	63,408
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	56,265
199	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	54,266
200	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	47,653
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46,459
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	42,072
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	41,348
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	40,828
205	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	35,736
206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	29,446
207	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	28,096
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	27,759
209	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	23,073
210	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	22,686
211	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	22,617
212	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	21,108
213	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	16,578
214	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	14,334
215	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	14,194
216	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	10,895
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	10,361
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	8,946
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	8,371
220	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	7,495
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,559
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	730

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,096,217,446
2India808,931,270
3United States246,161,291
4Indonesia173,511,154
5Russia146,147,383

Lowest

222Vatican City730
221Niue2,559
220Anguilla7,495
219Tuvalu8,371
218Nauru8,946

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,043,676. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
221values changed, of 222 in both
207 · 14rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

China1,077,233,607 → 1,096,217,446+18,983,839
India790,689,978 → 808,931,270+18,241,292
Pakistan101,606,764 → 105,130,717+3,523,953
Indonesia170,175,065 → 173,511,154+3,336,089
Brazil138,336,370 → 141,104,944+2,768,574

Fell most

Hungary10,511,098 → 10,475,105−35,993
Afghanistan11,420,074 → 11,387,818−32,256
Guyana768,098 → 764,120−3,978
Ireland3,541,867 → 3,540,381−1,486
Czechia10,304,373 → 10,303,419−954

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1987.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1987). Total Population, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1987

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