Data for 1998

Total Population, 1998

Name: Total Population, 1998
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1998 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,250,847,127; Vatican City is lowest, at 697. The middle country reads 4,730,053. Against 1997, 222 values changed (193 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1998

HighestChina

1,250,847,127

LowestVatican City

697

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

222countries
1measure
1998the 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,250,847,127
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,018,665,080
3	United States`USA`Northern America	276,119,333
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	209,826,788
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	169,159,655
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	147,635,531
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	146,522,356
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	129,622,332
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	126,549,181
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	119,846,254
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	95,575,245
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82,011,939
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	75,791,024
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75,299,660
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	69,943,294
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	64,519,859
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	63,734,383
18	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	63,363,524
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	61,522,630
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	58,778,816
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58,626,819
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,215,194
23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50,379,731
24	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	47,297,600
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	46,230,878
26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46,223,880
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44,257,793
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40,617,440
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,326,437
30	Colombia`COL`South America	37,792,165
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	36,372,860
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32,420,458
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	30,329,969
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30,054,133
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28,888,057
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27,621,648
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26,458,999
38	Peru`PER`South America	25,738,095
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	24,134,929
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23,680,357
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23,601,337
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23,311,564
43	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22,884,399
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	22,515,806
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,284,900
46	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	22,049,226
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21,906,713
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19,159,996
49	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,701,717
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18,688,036
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18,596,003
52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18,446,013
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	17,340,464
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16,663,948
55	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,827,107
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15,820,413
57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,647,785
58	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15,489,364
59	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,159,370
60	Chile`CHL`South America	15,127,799
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	14,922,185
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14,144,860
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12,251,184
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12,058,173
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11,594,297
66	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11,240,664
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11,139,145
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,034,712
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10,919,573
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10,792,876
71	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10,741,413
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,675,409
73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,265,426
74	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,251,717
75	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,203,182
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,159,525
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,080,578
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9,541,667
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9,502,952
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,482,408
81	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,850,609
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8,313,394
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8,310,362
84	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8,155,417
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,138,194
86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8,081,990
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8,081,681
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,025,804
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,002,143
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,978,466
91	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7,938,840
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,765,922
93	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,110,291
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,789,489
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,521,334
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	6,234,431
97	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6,187,108
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,176,397
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,880,781
100	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,790,140
101	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5,620,068
102	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,374,796
103	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,304,262
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,248,266
105	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5,166,390
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,164,284
107	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,153,548
108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5,140,704
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,907,791
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,900,025
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,883,655
112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,576,451
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,551,635
114	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,445,667
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,431,313
116	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,410,507
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,318,715
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,295,785
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,181,281
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,089,356
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,901,418
122	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,811,371
123	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,782,838
124	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,770,557
125	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,711,073
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,628,827
127	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,547,771
128	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,239,280
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,210,133
130	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,208,401
131	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3,040,421
132	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,962,888
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,952,061
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,893,914
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,670,124
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,569,736
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,474,651
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,412,784
139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,410,209
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,222,489
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,180,419
142	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	2,078,964
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,037,568
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,998,049
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,980,064
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,844,302
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,732,745
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,606,899
149	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,411,203
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,376,987
151	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,310,225
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,211,736
153	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,195,105
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,187,473
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,019,653
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	942,530
157	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	914,548
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	822,258
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	763,586
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	699,352
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	641,474
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	639,378
163	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	634,091
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	580,540
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	569,435
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	516,597
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	457,406
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	439,784
169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	424,154
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	422,810
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	419,071
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	393,774
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	315,368
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	312,385
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	274,111
176	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	272,723
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	262,436
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	232,891
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	225,173
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	214,047
181	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	178,905
182	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	178,313
183	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	156,237
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	154,677
185	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	148,867
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	140,751
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	113,180
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	111,377
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	108,422
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	106,009
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	101,388
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	85,657
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	83,777
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	80,722
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	73,861
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	72,412
197	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69,124
198	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	65,382
199	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	61,337
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	60,639
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,150
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	55,334
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	49,717
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	44,894
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	43,998
206	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	36,922
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	32,316
208	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	32,267
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	31,193
210	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,107
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,650
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	26,125
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	19,238
214	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18,524
215	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	17,212
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,079
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10,537
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,198
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,451
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	6,301
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,170
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	697

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,250,847,127
2India1,018,665,080
3United States276,119,333
4Indonesia209,826,788
5Brazil169,159,655

Lowest

222Vatican City697
221Niue2,170
220Montserrat6,301
219Tuvalu9,451
218Nauru10,198

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,730,053. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
193 · 29rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India999,133,762 → 1,018,665,080+19,531,318
China1,241,139,622 → 1,250,847,127+9,707,505
Pakistan142,531,804 → 146,522,356+3,990,552
Indonesia206,536,095 → 209,826,788+3,290,693
Nigeria116,754,792 → 119,846,254+3,091,462

Fell most

Ukraine50,786,885 → 50,379,731−407,154
Kazakhstan16,043,251 → 15,647,785−395,466
Germany82,389,638 → 82,011,939−377,699
Russia147,853,771 → 147,635,531−218,240
Romania22,411,513 → 22,284,900−126,613

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 1998.
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 (1998). Total Population, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1998

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