Data for 1989

Total Population, 1989

Name: Total Population, 1989
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1989, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1989 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,133,991,008; Vatican City is lowest, at 727. The middle country reads 4,208,944. Against 1988, 222 values changed (204 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1989

HighestChina

1,133,991,008

LowestVatican City

727

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

222countries
1measure
1989the 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,133,991,008
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	846,039,529
3	United States`USA`Northern America	250,675,053
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	180,201,630
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	148,281,866
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	146,502,972
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	122,947,413
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	112,336,629
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	109,433,799
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	94,531,014
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	81,247,182
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79,007,065
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64,147,348
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61,265,260
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57,182,136
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56,976,755
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	56,710,642
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	56,704,914
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	56,685,082
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54,976,723
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53,848,956
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51,917,817
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	45,879,690
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	43,524,767
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	39,628,575
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39,214,618
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39,029,558
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37,938,088
29	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35,486,866
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	32,270,948
31	Colombia`COL`South America	31,776,279
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	27,366,050
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25,438,759
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24,754,485
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23,939,414
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,887,641
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22,118,434
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21,578,022
39	Peru`PER`South America	21,532,589
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20,804,367
41	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	20,418,906
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	19,977,183
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	19,348,921
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19,057,807
45	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17,364,542
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17,314,997
47	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17,010,698
48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,997,013
49	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,869,362
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16,248,557
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15,006,813
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,921,111
53	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13,364,174
54	Chile`CHL`South America	13,215,005
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12,906,842
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12,179,060
57	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11,874,088
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11,719,771
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11,704,998
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11,238,562
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11,002,745
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,533,243
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,403,421
64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,305,605
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10,241,852
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,218,039
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,158,785
68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10,128,394
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,001,376
70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,936,573
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9,864,798
72	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9,176,220
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,999,938
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,936,380
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8,921,175
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,775,546
77	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,492,816
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,151,660
79	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8,034,780
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,881,274
81	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,620,407
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7,589,216
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7,502,207
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7,184,706
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,167,585
86	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7,114,817
87	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,073,473
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,002,295
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,981,766
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6,714,730
91	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,647,788
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,215,811
93	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5,819,586
94	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,540,574
95	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,499,641
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5,471,706
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,298,979
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,267,249
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,249,931
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,132,715
101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5,121,657
102	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,964,526
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,841,838
104	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,820,733
105	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,713,229
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,439,380
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,433,983
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,382,001
109	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,381,510
110	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,342,920
111	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,226,913
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,190,974
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,066,476
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,034,037
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,927,802
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,796,078
117	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,696,105
118	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3,662,459
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,606,918
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,525,285
121	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,512,009
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,511,070
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,443,100
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3,349,627
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,333,826
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,260,374
127	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,086,255
128	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,043,827
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,938,655
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,783,970
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,664,836
132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,517,858
133	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,403,820
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,361,916
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,313,558
136	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,217,468
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,124,185
138	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,055,649
139	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,055,608
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,995,458
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,987,017
142	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,946,339
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,903,048
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,789,851
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,775,436
146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,676,228
147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,567,588
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,288,947
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,270,274
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,241,600
151	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,075,982
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,011,357
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	957,789
154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	957,138
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	837,800
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	777,420
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	766,321
158	Guyana`GUY`South America	754,865
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	744,856
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	617,042
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	573,586
162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	523,355
163	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	497,327
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	456,808
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	433,103
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	425,646
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	408,409
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	377,377
169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	367,803
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	364,522
171	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	339,223
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	321,282
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	271,178
174	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	258,109
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	252,851
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	248,064
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	217,738
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	199,643
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	179,107
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	172,029
181	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	168,768
182	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	156,018
183	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	144,393
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	136,512
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	135,799
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	119,979
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	111,272
188	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	101,928
189	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99,403
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	99,121
191	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	99,003
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	73,147
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	73,118
194	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70,153
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	67,790
196	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	63,390
197	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	63,325
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	57,129
199	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,318
200	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	50,620
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	47,509
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	45,191
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	43,586
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	41,303
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	40,758
206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	30,084
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	28,532
208	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,544
209	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	26,453
210	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	26,169
211	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	24,874
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	23,154
213	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	16,931
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	15,180
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	14,945
216	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11,193
217	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	10,777
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9,390
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	8,662
220	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	8,090
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,513
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	727

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,133,991,008
2India846,039,529
3United States250,675,053
4Indonesia180,201,630
5Russia148,281,866

Lowest

222Vatican City727
221Niue2,513
220Anguilla8,090
219Tuvalu8,662
218Nauru9,390

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,208,944. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
204 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China1,115,244,165 → 1,133,991,008+18,746,843
India827,342,990 → 846,039,529+18,696,539
Pakistan108,724,739 → 112,336,629+3,611,890
Indonesia176,855,065 → 180,201,630+3,346,565
Brazil143,826,357 → 146,502,972+2,676,615

Fell most

South Sudan4,848,029 → 4,713,229−134,800
Somalia7,235,360 → 7,114,817−120,543
Bulgaria8,985,715 → 8,936,380−49,335
Hungary10,440,531 → 10,403,421−37,110
Ireland3,525,095 → 3,511,070−14,025

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 1989.
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 (1989). Total Population, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1989

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