Data for 1991

Total Population, 1991

Name: Total Population, 1991
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1991 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,170,788,528; Vatican City is lowest, at 725. The middle country reads 4,348,371. Against 1990, 222 values changed (200 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1991

HighestChina

1,170,788,528

LowestVatican City

725

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

222countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,170,788,528
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	883,927,600
3	United States`USA`Northern America	256,471,422
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	186,778,238
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	151,724,256
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	149,448,433
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	123,889,871
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	120,060,406
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	113,787,109
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	99,720,162
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	84,430,572
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80,303,196
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	66,891,775
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64,382,249
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	60,028,997
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	59,986,931
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57,555,192
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	57,271,565
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,075,393
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57,009,887
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55,637,434
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52,170,961
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	49,717,198
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	44,439,150
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41,687,898
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40,394,154
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39,201,759
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,152,947
29	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	37,925,817
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	33,230,294
31	Colombia`COL`South America	33,098,372
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	28,157,158
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26,780,436
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25,987,928
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24,799,014
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23,646,514
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,947,413
38	Peru`PER`South America	22,483,775
39	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22,470,676
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21,428,638
41	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	20,962,910
42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	20,781,750
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20,304,896
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20,036,500
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18,342,464
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18,155,901
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17,767,253
48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,353,193
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17,278,600
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16,475,354
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15,787,496
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,155,090
53	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14,430,201
54	Chile`CHL`South America	13,662,491
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13,352,090
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12,980,821
57	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12,683,870
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12,421,412
59	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12,238,879
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12,023,529
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11,667,180
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11,160,744
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,717,640
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10,702,380
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10,404,816
66	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,378,176
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,306,644
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,304,426
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,193,889
70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,998,961
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9,969,176
72	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9,844,227
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9,394,632
74	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,362,888
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9,272,584
76	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,695,797
77	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,616,959
78	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8,546,900
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,501,827
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7,981,650
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7,943,085
82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,867,067
83	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,757,140
84	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,686,850
85	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7,526,966
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,314,308
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,299,853
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7,280,289
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6,995,450
90	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6,813,760
91	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,796,943
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,697,166
93	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6,205,676
94	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5,703,857
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,628,094
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,541,205
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,495,077
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5,446,932
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,379,510
100	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,284,874
101	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,154,345
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,123,792
103	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,013,880
104	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,836,677
105	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,825,157
106	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,779,890
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,544,400
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,532,116
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,458,343
110	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,456,609
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,435,118
112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,261,623
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,259,637
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,246,267
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,144,364
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,021,837
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3,915,149
118	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3,855,894
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,822,636
120	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,701,407
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,668,912
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,613,977
123	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,573,669
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,534,260
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,480,925
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,282,602
127	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,202,176
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,136,291
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,122,354
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,963,191
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,648,940
132	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,508,265
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,449,229
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,400,869
135	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,228,954
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,202,768
137	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,055,994
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,009,738
139	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,006,626
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	2,005,362
141	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,999,193
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,956,518
143	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,919,571
144	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,851,473
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,842,379
146	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,565,383
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,415,684
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,351,399
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,341,756
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,262,171
151	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,103,041
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,099,959
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,010,818
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	994,639
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	908,189
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	798,944
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	779,656
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	778,278
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	747,861
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	631,092
161	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	623,559
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	599,784
163	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	531,869
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	492,217
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	455,556
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	454,853
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	415,013
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	386,817
169	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	384,586
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	371,332
171	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	362,267
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	341,738
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	280,731
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	262,596
175	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	259,373
176	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	257,812
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	231,802
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	207,744
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	187,040
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	181,238
181	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	169,368
182	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	155,447
183	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	151,793
184	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	141,073
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	139,520
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	125,697
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	112,222
188	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	103,337
189	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	102,754
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100,793
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99,895
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	76,367
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	74,817
194	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	69,808
195	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,296
196	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	66,543
197	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	63,387
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	57,984
199	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	56,667
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,721
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	47,882
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46,816
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	45,568
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	44,393
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	40,358
206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	30,625
207	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	30,046
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	29,279
209	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	28,800
210	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	27,294
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	26,898
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	23,797
213	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,309
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	16,187
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	15,614
216	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	12,305
217	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	10,437
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9,850
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	8,928
220	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	8,703
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,451
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	725

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,170,788,528
2India883,927,600
3United States256,471,422
4Indonesia186,778,238
5Brazil151,724,256

Lowest

222Vatican City725
221Niue2,451
220Anguilla8,703
219Tuvalu8,928
218Nauru9,850

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,348,371. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
200 · 22rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India864,972,221 → 883,927,600+18,955,379
China1,153,582,724 → 1,170,788,528+17,205,804
Pakistan116,155,576 → 120,060,406+3,904,830
Indonesia183,501,098 → 186,778,238+3,277,140
United States253,373,387 → 256,471,422+3,098,035

Fell most

Kuwait1,684,819 → 1,351,399−333,420
Somalia7,082,811 → 6,813,760−269,051
Liberia2,223,667 → 1,956,518−267,149
Bulgaria8,822,365 → 8,695,797−126,568
Eritrea2,032,737 → 1,919,571−113,166

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 1991.
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.

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1991). Total Population, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1991

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