Data for 1996

Total Population, 1996

Name: Total Population, 1996
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1996, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1996 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,230,944,812; Vatican City is lowest, at 701. The middle country reads 4,708,759. Against 1995, 222 values changed (195 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1996

HighestChina

1,230,944,812

LowestVatican City

701

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

222countries
1measure
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,230,944,812
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	979,678,458
3	United States`USA`Northern America	270,860,696
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	203,204,348
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	164,202,549
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	148,084,582
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	138,557,092
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	125,975,302
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	124,862,179
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	113,754,779
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	92,452,702
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82,263,189
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73,156,447
14	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72,190,242
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67,028,048
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	62,881,300
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	61,951,134
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59,920,064
19	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	59,467,635
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	58,380,641
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58,298,565
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,162,092
23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51,226,109
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	45,638,700
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45,296,124
26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45,123,018
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43,154,860
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40,237,372
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,359,171
30	Colombia`COL`South America	36,462,745
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	35,513,793
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30,945,762
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	29,767,206
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29,033,044
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27,344,211
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26,808,107
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25,231,528
38	Peru`PER`South America	24,811,171
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23,351,981
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22,895,746
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22,741,862
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22,662,113
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,541,910
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	21,709,276
45	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21,501,321
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21,231,550
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20,850,087
48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,305,307
49	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17,905,018
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	17,810,181
51	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	17,763,266
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17,313,177
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16,492,480
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,416,027
55	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,640,027
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15,442,312
57	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15,018,104
58	Chile`CHL`South America	14,734,046
59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14,510,711
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14,170,973
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	13,831,009
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,414,757
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,810,950
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11,158,360
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,962,010
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10,801,270
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10,655,942
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,583,526
69	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,570,080
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10,407,278
71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10,352,228
72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,302,235
73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,296,128
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,164,028
75	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,156,969
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,067,649
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,044,852
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9,294,432
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9,067,014
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,004,053
81	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,840,327
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,291,398
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8,032,894
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8,021,736
85	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,960,914
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,830,982
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,807,721
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7,770,035
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7,707,557
90	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7,554,474
91	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7,410,108
92	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,071,883
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6,708,764
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,391,858
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,302,464
96	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6,070,506
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,066,523
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,903,954
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,805,286
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,499,551
101	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,362,428
102	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5,356,925
103	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,263,068
104	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,124,717
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,045,678
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,987,393
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,912,516
108	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,813,361
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,812,775
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,782,882
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,729,974
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,687,543
113	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,562,299
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,387,655
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,381,135
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,291,136
117	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,263,819
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,199,210
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,034,781
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,875,246
121	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,729,378
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,719,950
123	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,664,560
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,638,509
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,619,013
126	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,599,711
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,435,965
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,278,735
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,245,678
130	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,206,324
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,826,785
132	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,780,227
133	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,746,822
134	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2,597,564
135	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,524,463
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,457,905
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,363,465
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,358,188
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,232,289
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	2,168,753
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,156,926
142	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,128,464
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,012,553
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,986,793
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,972,418
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,730,246
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,646,103
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,535,914
149	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,434,651
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,301,410
151	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,300,928
152	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,172,383
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,152,015
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,143,535
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	989,841
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	892,282
157	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	880,290
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	803,789
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	760,526
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	648,348
161	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	632,620
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	608,593
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	593,492
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	548,784
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	529,019
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	499,107
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	438,830
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	425,581
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	413,776
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	407,029
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	396,009
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	387,624
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	306,268
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	298,276
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	268,960
176	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	262,347
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	262,284
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	225,489
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	210,310
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	205,034
181	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	176,071
182	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	170,911
183	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	152,169
184	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	151,573
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	150,436
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	136,962
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	113,119
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	110,710
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	107,594
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	104,584
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	100,275
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	82,623
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	78,882
194	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	78,482
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	72,047
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	69,612
197	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,410
198	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	63,984
199	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	59,813
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	55,999
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	53,353
202	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	51,706
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	48,775
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	44,177
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42,877
206	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	34,143
207	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	31,837
208	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	31,598
209	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	31,472
210	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,443
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,487
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	25,482
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	18,287
214	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,855
215	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,654
216	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	15,765
217	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,183
218	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	9,977
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,342
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	7,604
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,265
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	701

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,230,944,812
2India979,678,458
3United States270,860,696
4Indonesia203,204,348
5Brazil164,202,549

Lowest

222Vatican City701
221Niue2,265
220Montserrat7,604
219Tuvalu9,342
218Anguilla9,977

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,708,759. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 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

India960,301,044 → 979,678,458+19,377,414
China1,220,133,927 → 1,230,944,812+10,810,885
Pakistan134,582,253 → 138,557,092+3,974,839
Indonesia199,888,057 → 203,204,348+3,316,291
Nigeria110,819,428 → 113,754,779+2,935,351

Fell most

Ukraine51,665,539 → 51,226,109−439,430
Kazakhstan16,730,536 → 16,416,027−314,509
Italy57,403,344 → 57,162,092−241,252
Russia148,291,403 → 148,084,582−206,821
Romania22,657,723 → 22,541,910−115,813

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 1996.
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 (1996). Total Population, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1996

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