Data for 1995

Total Population, 1995

Name: Total Population, 1995
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1995, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1995 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,220,133,927; Vatican City is lowest, at 705. The middle country reads 4,631,146. Against 1994, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1995

HighestChina

1,220,133,927

LowestVatican City

705

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

222countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,220,133,927
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	960,301,044
3	United States`USA`Northern America	268,205,795
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	199,888,057
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	161,735,073
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	148,291,403
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	134,582,253
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	125,672,665
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	122,600,370
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	110,819,428
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	90,862,455
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82,019,890
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72,049,940
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70,546,246
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	65,652,622
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	62,205,567
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	61,024,503
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59,098,232
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	58,192,203
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58,154,635
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	57,537,335
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,403,344
23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51,665,539
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	45,368,425
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44,541,554
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	44,433,704
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42,605,338
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40,052,738
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,364,667
30	Colombia`COL`South America	35,804,662
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	35,070,020
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30,383,497
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	29,459,131
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28,470,191
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26,601,751
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26,399,429
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24,672,143
38	Peru`PER`South America	24,348,919
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	22,917,589
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22,669,304
41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,657,723
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22,245,439
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22,193,821
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	21,534,495
45	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20,825,860
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20,665,667
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20,330,599
48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,095,344
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17,564,068
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	17,399,017
51	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	17,065,836
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16,740,058
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,730,536
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15,960,530
55	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,565,032
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14,855,565
57	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14,616,801
58	Chile`CHL`South America	14,527,381
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14,051,275
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13,699,778
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	13,289,245
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,058,516
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,590,514
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10,974,599
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,925,362
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,519,235
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10,386,722
68	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,322,788
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,312,996
70	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,312,042
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,197,463
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10,185,365
73	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10,150,117
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,137,265
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,031,751
76	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10,018,497
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9,714,529
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9,161,258
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8,848,101
80	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,826,302
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,785,763
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,357,574
83	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,950,322
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,888,115
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7,874,676
86	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,823,284
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,719,282
88	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7,562,546
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7,553,249
90	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7,285,007
91	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7,089,064
92	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,040,477
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,226,773
94	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,177,104
95	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6,066,316
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,948,584
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,762,131
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,739,637
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5,674,118
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,354,739
101	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,354,282
102	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,233,360
103	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5,225,836
104	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,107,922
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,929,409
106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,925,743
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,906,843
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,752,096
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,713,635
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,644,278
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,642,931
112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,619,360
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,579,806
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,414,211
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,358,993
116	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,191,203
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,179,179
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,110,450
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,960,735
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,715,564
121	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,693,598
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,674,428
123	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,627,038
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,610,697
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,535,176
126	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,533,624
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,348,052
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,307,581
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,258,567
130	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,189,440
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,749,461
132	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,724,557
133	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,636,551
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,500,151
135	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,485,949
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,434,662
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,335,715
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,312,017
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,169,162
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	2,137,514
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,120,528
142	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,025,267
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,998,534
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,988,095
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,951,437
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,681,513
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,602,170
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,498,836
149	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,452,777
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,295,169
151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,264,313
152	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,159,821
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,123,213
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,119,949
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	970,433
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	868,146
157	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	862,695
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	798,746
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	758,388
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	633,074
161	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	631,381
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	593,222
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	571,264
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	547,989
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	514,325
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	490,586
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	429,606
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	418,104
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	408,227
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	398,693
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	384,733
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	384,550
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	301,461
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	291,195
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	267,510
176	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	262,039
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	256,649
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	222,118
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	204,146
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	200,379
181	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	174,571
182	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	167,137
183	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	152,692
184	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	150,054
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	148,208
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	134,895
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	113,047
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	110,230
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	106,971
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	103,869
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	100,225
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	81,234
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	78,126
194	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	75,918
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	71,513
196	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,469
197	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	68,189
198	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	63,912
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	59,526
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,840
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	52,316
202	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	48,266
203	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	48,176
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	43,838
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42,326
206	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	32,743
207	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	31,772
208	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	31,609
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	31,033
210	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,470
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,377
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	25,158
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	17,840
214	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,781
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,195
216	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	15,052
217	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,165
218	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	9,714
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,280
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	8,235
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,303
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	705

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,220,133,927
2India960,301,044
3United States268,205,795
4Indonesia199,888,057
5Brazil161,735,073

Lowest

222Vatican City705
221Niue2,303
220Montserrat8,235
219Tuvalu9,280
218Anguilla9,714

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,631,146. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
191 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India941,163,767 → 960,301,044+19,137,277
China1,209,003,096 → 1,220,133,927+11,130,831
Pakistan130,748,083 → 134,582,253+3,834,170
Indonesia196,591,828 → 199,888,057+3,296,229
Nigeria107,935,714 → 110,819,428+2,883,714

Fell most

Rwanda6,792,352 → 5,674,118−1,118,234
Ukraine52,075,998 → 51,665,539−410,459
Kazakhstan17,043,771 → 16,730,536−313,235
Georgia5,046,271 → 4,925,743−120,528
Romania22,756,243 → 22,657,723−98,520

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 1995.
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 (1995). Total Population, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1995

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