Data for 1992

Total Population, 1992

Name: Total Population, 1992
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1992, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1992 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,184,574,237; Vatican City is lowest, at 724. The middle country reads 4,321,644. Against 1991, 222 values changed (194 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1992

HighestChina

1,184,574,237

LowestVatican City

724

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

222countries
1measure
1992the 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,184,574,237
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	902,957,070
3	United States`USA`Northern America	259,606,019
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	190,043,744
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	154,275,079
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	148,915,991
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	124,383,708
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	123,546,848
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	115,952,192
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	102,372,770
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86,044,809
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80,934,898
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	68,260,337
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	65,926,125
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61,480,660
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	61,184,983
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57,990,118
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57,719,272
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	57,554,870
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,124,990
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	56,528,834
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52,323,671
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	51,853,747
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	44,653,695
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42,443,509
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40,950,342
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39,420,346
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39,228,910
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,233,640
30	Colombia`COL`South America	33,760,571
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	33,693,527
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	28,500,059
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27,457,588
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26,628,568
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25,212,468
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24,382,460
37	Peru`PER`South America	22,946,340
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22,927,355
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,912,393
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21,750,911
41	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	21,485,090
42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	20,982,088
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20,780,948
44	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20,609,707
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18,834,572
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18,785,032
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18,300,845
48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,549,288
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17,332,625
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16,739,284
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16,184,855
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,276,785
53	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14,989,494
54	Chile`CHL`South America	13,884,577
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13,613,316
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13,385,571
57	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13,278,974
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13,200,310
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12,800,870
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12,423,712
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12,006,353
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11,686,676
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10,930,128
64	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,785,801
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10,702,700
66	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,371,474
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,359,895
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,312,448
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,217,561
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10,135,079
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,045,987
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9,960,340
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9,629,275
74	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,553,540
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9,522,266
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8,817,633
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,682,512
78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,667,574
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,559,101
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,176,680
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8,168,395
82	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,113,083
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,859,809
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,842,712
85	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7,683,266
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,447,474
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7,430,336
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,405,780
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7,136,571
90	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,914,366
91	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,875,051
92	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6,495,107
93	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6,474,656
94	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5,858,407
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,759,556
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,649,400
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5,617,844
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,585,609
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,306,436
100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,294,187
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,271,431
102	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,171,367
103	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,042,148
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,957,238
105	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,909,749
106	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,782,233
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,640,352
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,600,310
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,559,646
110	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,455,711
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,357,026
112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,286,261
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,253,600
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,234,616
115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,166,699
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,166,366
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,127,693
118	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3,944,689
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,932,581
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,747,371
121	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,697,544
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,606,392
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,571,861
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,558,421
125	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,532,244
126	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,284,258
127	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,282,501
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,226,465
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,139,702
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,058,831
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,614,827
132	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,561,336
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,519,465
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,424,701
135	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,324,693
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,239,123
137	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,114,730
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,088,135
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,072,461
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	2,039,723
141	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,032,523
142	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,995,859
143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,938,238
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,873,274
145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,798,748
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,634,961
147	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,540,212
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,461,322
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,380,033
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,271,674
151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,145,582
152	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,117,670
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,038,380
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,024,356
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	943,416
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	810,341
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	799,318
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	785,346
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	749,911
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	626,019
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	626,010
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	577,774
163	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	547,749
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	510,770
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	469,657
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	465,113
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	417,589
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	393,415
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	391,964
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	374,795
171	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	372,248
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	352,205
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	285,927
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	269,839
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	261,085
176	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	260,267
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	238,543
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	211,559
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	190,983
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	186,072
181	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	170,331
182	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	155,608
183	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	155,084
184	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	143,393
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	141,617
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	128,110
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	112,509
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	104,806
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	104,418
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	101,602
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	100,022
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	77,641
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	75,617
194	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	70,353
195	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,325
196	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	68,874
197	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	64,404
198	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	60,200
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	58,407
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,753
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	49,038
202	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	46,388
203	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46,023
204	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	45,181
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	40,715
206	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	31,567
207	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	30,887
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	29,724
209	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,081
210	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	28,621
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	26,878
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	24,125
213	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,471
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	16,593
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	15,989
216	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	12,970
217	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,021
218	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	9,987
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,038
220	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	8,982
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,414
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	724

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,184,574,237
2India902,957,070
3United States259,606,019
4Indonesia190,043,744
5Brazil154,275,079

Lowest

222Vatican City724
221Niue2,414
220Anguilla8,982
219Tuvalu9,038
218Montserrat9,987

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,321,644. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
194 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India883,927,600 → 902,957,070+19,029,470
China1,170,788,528 → 1,184,574,237+13,785,709
Pakistan120,060,406 → 123,546,848+3,486,442
Indonesia186,778,238 → 190,043,744+3,265,506
United States256,471,422 → 259,606,019+3,134,597

Fell most

Russia149,448,433 → 148,915,991−532,442
Somalia6,813,760 → 6,495,107−318,653
Bosnia and Herzegovina4,458,343 → 4,234,616−223,727
Bulgaria8,695,797 → 8,559,101−136,696
Eritrea1,919,571 → 1,798,748−120,823

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 1992.
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 (1992). Total Population, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1992

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