Data for 1999

Total Population, 1999

Name: Total Population, 1999
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1999 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,260,176,655; Vatican City is lowest, at 696. The middle country reads 4,809,886. Against 1998, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1999

HighestChina

1,260,176,655

LowestVatican City

696

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

222countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,260,176,655
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,038,225,823
3	United States`USA`Northern America	278,785,484
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	213,004,668
5	Brazil`BRA`South America	171,641,543
6	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	150,565,377
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	147,241,975
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	132,108,065
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	126,801,564
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	123,047,320
11	Mexico`MEX`Central America	97,115,707
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81,678,287
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	77,753,257
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76,287,452
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	71,520,954
16	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	65,445,391
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	65,374,561
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	64,591,923
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	62,299,043
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	59,084,210
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58,838,657
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57,240,798
23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49,976,446
24	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	48,912,971
25	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46,730,335
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	46,500,383
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44,787,724
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40,812,857
29	Colombia`COL`South America	38,454,863
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,287,713
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	36,794,682
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33,300,330
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	30,599,456
34	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30,474,354
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29,733,408
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28,027,179
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27,130,613
38	Peru`PER`South America	26,186,504
39	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	24,476,008
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24,125,199
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24,066,593
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23,636,527
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	23,497,599
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	23,257,281
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22,435,531
46	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	22,203,781
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,166,159
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19,887,785
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19,149,864
50	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19,029,420
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18,944,731
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,909,981
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	17,734,506
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17,215,935
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16,228,061
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16,000,506
57	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,940,184
58	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,667,235
59	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15,472,075
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,455,874
61	Chile`CHL`South America	15,319,313
62	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14,525,140
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12,470,795
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12,265,731
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11,783,458
66	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11,574,928
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11,422,965
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11,227,415
69	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11,117,411
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11,072,230
71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11,047,804
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10,727,951
73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,251,378
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,226,682
75	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,219,796
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,214,871
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,039,223
78	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,740,005
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9,730,887
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9,655,963
81	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,857,686
82	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8,492,059
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8,459,806
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8,446,208
85	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8,265,123
86	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8,222,705
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,151,296
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8,147,912
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,100,471
90	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,067,462
91	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,993,892
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,734,365
93	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7,144,121
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,002,818
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,616,525
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	6,400,463
97	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6,337,155
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,208,370
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,946,081
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,913,900
101	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5,771,628
102	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,378,104
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5,349,333
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,340,784
105	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,321,810
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,276,444
107	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5,218,038
108	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5,165,516
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,003,135
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,968,587
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,954,018
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,665,754
113	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,492,170
114	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,461,787
115	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,455,583
116	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,385,822
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4,318,043
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,278,216
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,255,277
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,130,305
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,966,557
122	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,862,101
123	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,835,555
124	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,794,476
125	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,752,938
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,729,450
127	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,522,901
128	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3,266,009
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,254,015
130	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,188,595
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,167,286
132	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3,056,252
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,032,874
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,951,822
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,821,684
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,589,795
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,541,698
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,434,040
139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,390,822
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,252,909
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,212,780
142	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,048,087
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,003,234
144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,981,194
145	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,900,030
146	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,871,524
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,776,368
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,641,997
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,415,779
150	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,403,578
151	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,314,708
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,243,016
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,210,206
154	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,205,891
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,030,782
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	931,234
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	834,697
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	831,828
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	764,483
160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	724,218
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	667,214
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	654,614
163	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	634,283
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	612,500
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	582,579
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	525,886
167	Suriname`SUR`South America	466,916
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	446,519
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	430,500
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	430,252
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	429,897
172	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	396,889
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	319,614
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	319,411
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	277,448
176	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	277,412
177	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	262,517
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	236,595
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	233,059
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	218,527
181	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	182,048
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	180,275
183	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	158,289
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	156,702
185	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	147,260
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	142,442
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	113,366
188	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	111,680
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	108,578
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	106,727
191	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	102,046
192	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	87,126
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	86,472
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	82,021
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	74,790
196	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	73,666
197	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68,870
198	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	65,916
199	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	65,710
200	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	61,124
201	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	56,248
202	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	56,130
203	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	50,202
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45,215
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	44,601
206	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	38,284
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	32,727
208	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	32,410
209	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	30,977
210	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29,284
211	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,692
212	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	26,459
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	19,730
214	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18,901
215	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	17,959
216	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	16,483
217	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10,841
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,187
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9,496
220	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	5,659
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,111
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	696

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,260,176,655
2India1,038,225,823
3United States278,785,484
4Indonesia213,004,668
5Brazil171,641,543

Lowest

222Vatican City696
221Niue2,111
220Montserrat5,659
219Tuvalu9,496
218Nauru10,187

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4,809,886. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
192 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India1,018,665,080 → 1,038,225,823+19,560,743
China1,250,847,127 → 1,260,176,655+9,329,528
Pakistan146,522,356 → 150,565,377+4,043,021
Nigeria119,846,254 → 123,047,320+3,201,066
Indonesia209,826,788 → 213,004,668+3,177,880

Fell most

Ukraine50,379,731 → 49,976,446−403,285
Russia147,635,531 → 147,241,975−393,556
Germany82,011,939 → 81,678,287−333,652
Kosovo2,078,964 → 1,871,524−207,440
Kazakhstan15,647,785 → 15,455,874−191,911

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 1999.
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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 (1999). Total Population, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1999

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