Data for 1993

Total Population, 1993

Name: Total Population, 1993
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1993, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1993 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,197,308,575; Vatican City is lowest, at 719. The middle country reads 4,405,468. Against 1992, 222 values changed (195 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1993

HighestChina

1,197,308,575

LowestVatican City

719

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

222countries
1measure
1993the 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,197,308,575
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	922,118,387
3	United States`USA`Northern America	262,633,231
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	193,305,168
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	156,794,577
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	148,135,424
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	127,020,117
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	124,839,958
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	118,132,360
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	105,122,069
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	87,653,807
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81,486,773
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69,586,384
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67,530,621
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	62,915,681
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	61,403,543
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	58,999,167
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57,861,037
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	57,801,266
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	57,408,198
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,170,764
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	53,708,891
23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52,350,126
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	44,887,724
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43,297,156
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41,502,429
27	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40,656,336
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39,651,621
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,294,882
30	Colombia`COL`South America	34,441,473
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	34,152,717
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	28,830,637
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28,332,692
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	27,277,048
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25,614,586
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25,117,188
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23,445,592
38	Peru`PER`South America	23,413,783
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,842,250
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22,073,352
41	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	21,987,955
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21,254,520
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21,180,159
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	21,174,682
45	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	19,445,161
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19,322,664
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19,201,195
48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,722,911
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	17,274,487
50	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17,025,918
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16,589,519
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15,563,914
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,389,720
54	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14,943,172
55	Chile`CHL`South America	14,102,276
56	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14,051,192
57	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13,795,686
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13,735,951
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13,197,345
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12,827,135
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12,353,131
62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12,215,862
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,154,274
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10,860,288
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,841,031
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,412,751
67	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,356,870
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,320,398
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10,284,024
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,241,320
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,084,931
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9,972,342
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9,871,713
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9,779,761
75	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9,754,786
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9,100,789
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,857,910
78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,718,036
79	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8,616,381
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,466,533
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8,396,288
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,373,921
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7,981,132
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,907,495
85	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,849,725
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,594,572
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7,579,195
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,504,115
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7,278,181
90	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7,128,177
91	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,938,106
92	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6,681,399
93	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6,629,146
94	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,902,513
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5,872,706
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,724,993
97	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5,676,843
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,659,957
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,423,249
100	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,326,360
101	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,188,637
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,178,780
103	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,086,045
104	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,066,590
105	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,956,002
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,733,045
107	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,729,743
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,685,060
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,626,803
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,453,732
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,448,239
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,362,696
113	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,348,020
114	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,320,872
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,311,862
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,157,130
117	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,032,407
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,904,482
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,887,974
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,820,647
121	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,680,197
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,637,206
123	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,576,122
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,573,610
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,453,332
126	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,367,434
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,317,892
128	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,277,825
129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,157,839
130	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,156,345
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,615,099
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,595,124
133	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,563,820
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,449,916
135	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,425,066
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,273,512
137	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,222,093
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,174,328
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,155,126
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	2,072,664
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,021,675
142	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,006,854
143	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,990,811
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,901,793
145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,856,006
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,672,151
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,508,697
148	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,504,342
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,420,115
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,280,466
151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,188,365
152	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,132,393
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,066,405
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,058,745
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	971,318
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	826,034
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	821,437
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	790,369
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	752,965
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	628,099
161	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	614,245
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	562,809
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	554,673
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	530,023
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	484,545
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	473,682
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	419,352
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	401,965
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	397,200
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	381,327
171	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	378,217
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	362,839
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	291,339
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	276,971
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	263,754
176	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	261,027
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	244,884
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	215,219
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	194,902
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	190,857
181	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	171,774
182	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	159,463
183	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	154,494
184	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	145,654
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	143,726
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	130,467
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	112,735
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	107,066
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	105,378
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	102,382
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	100,103
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	78,841
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	76,409
194	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	71,072
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	70,772
196	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,433
197	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	65,587
198	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	63,272
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	58,816
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,758
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	50,159
202	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	47,093
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	45,952
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45,135
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	41,242
206	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	32,026
207	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	31,136
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	30,170
209	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	29,976
210	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,282
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,070
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	24,472
213	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,591
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	16,989
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	16,372
216	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	13,648
217	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,102
218	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	9,431
219	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	9,228
220	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,126
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,376
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	719

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,197,308,575
2India922,118,387
3United States262,633,231
4Indonesia193,305,168
5Brazil156,794,577

Lowest

222Vatican City719
221Niue2,376
220Tuvalu9,126
219Anguilla9,228
218Montserrat9,431

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,405,468. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
195 · 27rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India902,957,070 → 922,118,387+19,161,317
China1,184,574,237 → 1,197,308,575+12,734,338
Pakistan123,546,848 → 127,020,117+3,473,269
Indonesia190,043,744 → 193,305,168+3,261,424
United States259,606,019 → 262,633,231+3,027,212

Fell most

Russia148,915,991 → 148,135,424−780,567
Bosnia and Herzegovina4,234,616 → 3,904,482−330,134
Burundi5,858,407 → 5,676,843−181,564
Armenia3,571,861 → 3,453,332−118,529
Georgia5,294,187 → 5,178,780−115,407

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 1993.
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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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1993). Total Population, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1993

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