List of countries by population in 1989

This is a list of countries by population in 1989, providing an overview of the world population before the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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Data is taken from the annual dictionary[1] which appeared in late 1990. While population data is almost exclusively dated 1989, political developments before the summer of 1990 are taken into account, including Yemeni unification and Namibian independence but not German reunification which was finalised only in October.

The numbers given in "Aktuell '91" are fully compatible with the data given by the U.S. Census Bureau,[2] where they can be compared, as the US Census Data refers to modern national borders instead of 1989 borders. Similar remarks apply to 1990 estimates in the List of countries by past and future population which also only apply to modern-day national borders. See also Soviet Census (1989) and 1990 United States Census for comparison.

Rank
Country
Population
1989
estimate
 Percentage of world's population
-   World population5,230,452,409[3]
1   China1,110,000,000 21.2%
2   India814,000,000 15.5%
3   Soviet Union287,800,000 5.5%
4   United States250,000,000 4.7%
5   Indonesia175,000,000 3.3%
6   Brazil147,500,000 2.8%
7   Japan123,000,000 2.3%
8   Nigeria114,000,000 2.1%
9   Bangladesh112,800,000 2.1%
10   Pakistan107,000,000 2.0%
11   Mexico84,900,000 1.6%
12   Vietnam64,400,000 1.2%
13   West Germany62,000,000 1.1%
14   Philippines59,200,000 1.1%
15   Italy57,500,000 1.0%
16   United Kingdom57,100,000 1.0%
17   France56,000,000 1.0%
18   Turkey55,400,000 1.0%
19   Egypt55,000,000 1.0%
20  Thailand55,000,000 1.0%
21   Iran55,000,000 1.0%
22   Ethiopia47,700,000 0.9%
23   South Korea42,400,000 0.8%
24   Myanmar39,900,000 0.7%
25   Spain39,200,000 0.7%
26   Poland37,900,000 0.7%
27   South Africa35,600,000 0.6%
28   Zaire34,000,000 0.6%
29   Argentina32,400,000 0.6%
30   Colombia32,300,000 0.6%
31   Canada26,200,000 0.5%
32   Morocco25,400,000 0.4%
33   Sudan25,000,000 0.4%
34   Tanzania24,700,000 0.4%
35   Algeria24,700,000 0.4%
36   Yugoslavia23,800,000 0.4%
37   Kenya23,700,000 0.4%
38   Romania23,200,000 0.4%
39   North Korea22,000,000 0.4%
40   Peru21,800,000 0.4%
41   Taiwan20,100,000 0.3%
42   Venezuela19,400,000 0.3%
43     Nepal18,800,000 0.3%
44   Iraq17,600,000 0.3%
45   Sri Lanka17,500,000 0.3%
46   Malaysia17,400,000 0.3%
47   Uganda16,800,000 0.3%
48   Australia16,800,000 0.3%
49   East Germany16,400,000 0.3%
50   Czechoslovakia15,700,000 0.3%
51   Afghanistan15,500,000 0.2%
52   Mozambique15,300,000 0.2%
53   Netherlands14,900,000 0.2%
54   Ghana14,100,000 0.2%
55   Saudi Arabia12,700,000 0.2%
56   Chile12,700,000 0.2%
57   Syria12,200,000 0.2%
58   Ivory Coast11,800,000 0.2%
59   Madagascar11,100,000 0.2%
60   Cameroon10,900,000 0.2%
61   Hungary10,600,000 0.2%
62   Cuba10,600,000 0.2%
63   Yemen10,500,000 0.2%
64   Ecuador10,500,000 0.2%
65   Portugal10,300,000 0.19%
66   Greece10,000,000 0.19%
67   Belgium9,900,000 0.18%
68   Zimbabwe9,100,000 0.17%
69   Bulgaria9,000,000 0.17%
70   Angola9,000,000 0.17%
71   Guatemala8,900,000 0.17%
72   Somalia8,600,000 0.16%
73   Sweden8,500,000 0.16%
74   Mali8,500,000 0.16%
75   Malawi8,100,000 0.15%
76   Tunisia8,000,000 0.15%
77   Cambodia7,900,000 0.15%
78   Zambia7,800,000 0.14%
79   Senegal7,700,000 0.14%
80   Burkina Faso7,700,000 0.14%
81   Austria7,600,000 0.14%
82   Niger7,400,000 0.14%
83   Rwanda7,300,000 0.13%
84   Dominican Republic7,300,000 0.13%
85   Bolivia7,000,000 0.13%
86    Switzerland6,700,000 0.12%
87   Haiti6,200,000 0.11%
88   Guinea6,100,000 0.11%
89   Chad5,700,000 0.10%
90   El Salvador5,500,000 0.10%
91   Burundi5,200,000 0.099%
92   Honduras5,100,000 0.097%
93   Denmark5,100,000 0.097%
94   Finland4,970,000 0.095%
95  People's Republic of Benin4,600,000 0.087%
96   Israel4,500,000 0.086%
97   Sierra Leone4,300,000 0.082%
98   Libya4,300,000 0.082%
99   Norway4,200,000 0.080%
100   Paraguay4,000,000 0.076%
101   Laos3,900,000 0.074%
102   Jordan3,900,000 0.074%
103   Nicaragua3,700,000 0.070%
104   Ireland3,700,000 0.070%
105   Papua New Guinea3,600,000 0.068%
106   New Zealand3,400,000 0.065%
107   Togo3,200,000 0.061%
108   Albania3,200,000 0.061%
109   Central African Republic3,000,000 0.057%
110   Uruguay3,000,000 0.057%
111   Lebanon2,900,000 0.055%
112   Costa Rica2,900,000 0.055%
113   Singapore2,650,000 0.050%
114   Liberia2,500,000 0.047%
115   Jamaica2,400,000 0.045%
116   Panama2,300,000 0.043%
117   Mongolia2,100,000 0.040%
118   People's Republic of the Congo2,000,000 0.038%
119   Kuwait1,970,000 0.037%
120   Mauritania1,800,000 0.034%
121   Namibia1,760,000 0.033%
122   Lesotho1,700,000 0.032%
123   United Arab Emirates1,500,000 0.028%
124   Bhutan1,500,000 0.028%
125   Oman1,400,000 0.026%
126   Trinidad and Tobago1,300,000 0.024%
127   Botswana1,200,000 0.022%
128   Gabon1,100,000 0.021%
129   Mauritius1,050,000 0.020%
130   Guyana1,000,000 0.019%
131   Guinea-Bissau929,000 0.017%
132   The Gambia840,000 0.016%
133   Fiji758,000 0.014%
134   Swaziland757,000 0.014%
135   Cyprus696,000 0.013%
136   Bahrain483,000 0.0092%
137   Comoros460,000 0.0087%
138   Suriname400,000 0.0076%
139   Equatorial Guinea389,000 0.0074%
140   Djibouti383,000 0.0073%
141   Luxembourg377,000 0.0072%
142   Malta358,000 0.0068%
143   Qatar342,000 0.0065%
144   Cape Verde337,000 0.0064%
145   Solomon Islands314,000 0.0060%
146   Brunei267,000 0.0051%
147   Barbados256,000 0.0048%
148   Iceland251,000 0.0047%
149   Bahamas247,000 0.0047%
150   Maldives202,000 0.0038%
151   Belize180,000 0.0034%
152   Samoa169,000 0.0032%
153   Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic169,000 0.0032%
154   Vanuatu150,000 0.0028%
155   Saint Lucia128,000 0.0024%
156   São Tomé and Príncipe114,000 0.0021%
157   Tonga108,000 0.0020%
158   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines108,000 0.0020%
159   Grenada100,000 0.0019%
160   Antigua and Barbuda86,000 0.0016%
161   Micronesia85,000 0.0016%
162   Dominica76,000 0.0014%
163   Seychelles70,000 0.0013%
164   Kiribati67,000 0.0012%
165   Andorra49,000 0.00093%
166   Saint Kitts and Nevis40,000 0.00076%
167   Marshall Islands40,000 0.00076%
168   Liechtenstein30,000 0.00057%
169   Monaco29,000 0.00055%
170   San Marino23,000 0.00043%
171   Palau15,000 0.00028%
172   Tuvalu9,000 0.00017%
173   Nauru8,100 0.00015%
174    Vatican City1,000 0.00000019%

See also

References
  1. Aktuell '91 - Das Lexikon der Gegenwart, Harenberg Lexikon Verlag (1990)
  2. https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/region.php?N=%20Results%20&T=13&A=separate&RT=0&Y=1989&R=1&C=AF
  3. "GeoHive - World Population 1950-2050". Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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