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1986 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1986

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,078,563,527
2	India	788,529,545
3	United States	240,132,887
4	Indonesia	169,155,943
5	Russia	144,966,550
6	Brazil	139,279,388
7	Japan	121,491,913
8	Pakistan	104,372,478
9	Bangladesh	96,806,446
10	Nigeria	87,635,518
11	Mexico	78,248,289
12	Germany	77,713,485
13	Vietnam	61,439,826
14	France	56,799,537
15	United Kingdom	56,750,920
16	Italy	56,717,458
17	Philippines	55,949,318
18	Thailand	52,637,818
19	Turkey	52,120,785
20	Egypt	51,593,433
21	Ukraine	51,095,072
22	Iran	50,464,396
23	Ethiopia	41,644,255
24	South Korea	41,214,000
25	Spain	38,707,556
26	Poland	37,504,275
27	Burma	37,443,565
28	South Africa	35,103,314
29	Congo Kinshasa	34,385,929
30	Colombia	31,237,652
31	Argentina	31,144,993
32	Canada	26,203,800
33	Algeria	22,642,538
34	Romania	22,599,678
35	Morocco	22,478,336
36	Tanzania	22,130,214
37	Peru	22,043,563
38	Kenya	20,462,604
39	Taiwan	19,555,581
40	North Korea	19,137,450
41	Uzbekistan	18,717,630
42	Sudan	18,177,803
43	Venezuela	17,706,633
44	Nepal	16,847,975
45	Iraq	16,247,340
46	Kazakhstan	16,193,001
47	Malaysia	16,162,258
48	Sri Lanka	16,069,843
49	Australia	15,680,646
50	Netherlands	14,585,132
51	Uganda	14,404,331
52	Mozambique	14,000,657
53	Saudi Arabia	13,998,295
54	Ghana	13,274,478
55	Afghanistan	13,125,920
56	Chile	12,144,931
57	Yemen	10,869,580
58	Syria	10,867,866
59	Hungary	10,630,563
60	Cameroon	10,437,146
61	Madagascar	10,312,604
62	Czechia	10,308,836
63	Cuba	10,182,687
64	Belarus	10,044,184
65	Greece	9,998,871
66	Côte d'Ivoire	9,952,932
67	Portugal	9,907,411
68	Belgium	9,861,800
69	Angola	9,801,022
70	Ecuador	9,301,083
71	Bulgaria	8,958,770
72	Zimbabwe	8,856,810
73	Sweden	8,384,069
74	Cambodia	8,175,778
75	Mali	7,796,017
76	Serbia	7,739,838
77	Guatemala	7,715,374
78	Austria	7,568,242
79	Tunisia	7,556,541
80	Burkina Faso	7,374,320
81	Malawi	7,200,780
82	Niger	7,036,411
83	Azerbaijan	6,970,134
84	Zambia	6,772,547
85	Somalia	6,714,927
86	Switzerland	6,607,178
87	Senegal	6,549,569
88	Dominican Republic	6,498,307
89	Rwanda	6,218,629
90	Haiti	6,204,938
91	Bolivia	6,041,350
92	Hong Kong	5,524,600
93	Chad	5,392,385
94	South Sudan	5,245,597
95	Georgia	5,218,973
96	Slovakia	5,172,084
97	Guinea	5,164,494
98	Denmark	5,120,534
99	Burundi	4,930,963
100	Finland	4,917,386
101	El Salvador	4,758,322
102	Tajikistan	4,715,514
103	Croatia	4,471,752
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,247,288
105	Benin	4,240,518
106	Honduras	4,229,325
107	Moldova	4,183,283
108	Norway	4,166,596
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,156,285
110	Israel	4,120,134
111	Sierra Leone	3,881,439
112	Laos	3,761,769
113	Paraguay	3,739,904
114	Libya	3,680,901
115	Lithuania	3,619,593
116	Papua New Guinea	3,565,970
117	Ireland	3,540,500
118	Armenia	3,528,533
119	Puerto Rico	3,413,303
120	New Zealand	3,340,633
121	Turkmenistan	3,323,673
122	Nicaragua	3,248,094
123	Lebanon	3,232,383
124	Togo	3,172,292
125	Uruguay	3,032,257
126	Albania	3,015,438
127	Eritrea	2,877,999
128	Jordan	2,768,259
129	Central African Republic	2,762,754
130	Singapore	2,750,069
131	Costa Rica	2,723,378
132	Latvia	2,626,695
133	Jamaica	2,379,919
134	Liberia	2,232,988
135	Panama	2,219,799
136	Congo Brazzaville	1,981,280
137	Slovenia	1,932,129
138	Mongolia	1,902,828
139	North Macedonia	1,850,679
140	Kuwait	1,809,382
141	Mauritania	1,763,680
142	Kosovo	1,717,241
143	Lesotho	1,592,918
144	Oman	1,554,393
145	Estonia	1,550,072
146	United Arab Emirates	1,446,574
147	Namibia	1,234,469
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,177,353
149	Botswana	1,112,309
150	West Bank	1,080,128
151	Mauritius	1,028,233
152	Guinea-Bissau	906,596
153	Gabon	871,383
154	The Gambia	806,828
155	Guyana	762,483
156	Eswatini	749,670
157	Fiji	712,989
158	Cyprus	690,425
159	Timor-Leste	667,029
160	Bhutan	571,298
161	Montenegro	564,558
162	Gaza Strip	549,712
163	Bahrain	439,410
164	Suriname	402,444
165	Djibouti	394,308
166	Comoros	392,057
167	Qatar	371,995
168	Luxembourg	369,019
169	Malta	346,745
170	Equatorial Guinea	333,655
171	Cabo Verde	321,341
172	Macau	312,196
173	Solomon Islands	281,923
174	Barbados	258,375
175	Iceland	242,999
176	The Bahamas	231,445
177	Brunei	224,731
178	Maldives	184,612
179	French Polynesia	180,635
180	Belize	175,766
181	Samoa	160,859
182	New Caledonia	155,578
183	Curaçao	153,308
184	Vanuatu	138,477
185	Saint Lucia	132,714
186	Guam	122,880
187	Sao Tome and Principe	106,345
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,763
189	U.S. Virgin Islands	100,842
190	Tonga	94,892
191	Federated States of Micronesia	94,151
192	Grenada	93,554
193	Jersey	80,448
194	Dominica	72,379
195	Seychelles	67,838
196	Isle of Man	64,531
197	Antigua and Barbuda	64,402
198	Kiribati	63,774
199	Aruba	59,804
200	Guernsey	58,440
201	Bermuda	56,514
202	Greenland	53,636
203	Andorra	46,476
204	Faroe Islands	46,054
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,726
206	American Samoa	40,164
207	Marshall Islands	39,903
208	Gibraltar	29,071
209	Monaco	28,530
210	Liechtenstein	27,238
211	Northern Mariana Islands	23,026
212	San Marino	22,771
213	Cayman Islands	21,438
214	Sint Maarten	20,894
215	Saint Martin	18,337
216	Cook Islands	17,645
217	Palau	13,963
218	British Virgin Islands	13,631
219	Wallis and Futuna	13,274
220	Montserrat	11,205
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	9,733
222	Nauru	8,708
223	Tuvalu	8,347
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	8,310
225	Anguilla	7,246
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,207
227	Saint Barthelemy	4,173

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Data from US Census International Database