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1987 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1987

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,097,953,369
2	India	807,153,282
3	United States	242,288,918
4	Indonesia	172,231,272
5	Russia	145,958,907
6	Brazil	142,149,441
7	Japan	122,091,325
8	Pakistan	107,372,882
9	Bangladesh	99,076,293
10	Nigeria	89,982,654
11	Mexico	79,903,511
12	Germany	77,718,298
13	Vietnam	62,826,491
14	Philippines	57,309,402
15	France	57,066,371
16	United Kingdom	56,927,038
17	Italy	56,710,054
18	Thailand	53,512,779
19	Turkey	53,239,145
20	Egypt	52,432,011
21	Iran	52,208,991
22	Ukraine	51,218,101
23	Ethiopia	43,055,526
24	South Korea	41,622,000
25	Spain	38,880,702
26	Burma	38,155,635
27	Poland	37,740,710
28	South Africa	35,953,741
29	Congo Kinshasa	35,504,145
30	Colombia	31,996,160
31	Argentina	31,624,620
32	Canada	26,549,700
33	Algeria	23,254,956
34	Peru	23,009,927
35	Morocco	23,006,434
36	Tanzania	22,821,038
37	Romania	22,686,371
38	Kenya	21,170,413
39	Taiwan	19,757,799
40	North Korea	19,448,685
41	Uzbekistan	19,219,173
42	Sudan	18,874,610
43	Venezuela	18,226,524
44	Nepal	17,272,792
45	Malaysia	16,647,213
46	Iraq	16,543,189
47	Kazakhstan	16,394,711
48	Sri Lanka	16,287,539
49	Australia	15,919,252
50	Uganda	14,959,650
51	Netherlands	14,678,769
52	Saudi Arabia	14,619,745
53	Mozambique	13,934,211
54	Ghana	13,662,438
55	Afghanistan	13,056,450
56	Chile	12,344,445
57	Syria	11,268,554
58	Yemen	11,219,340
59	Cameroon	10,778,634
60	Madagascar	10,621,680
61	Hungary	10,612,740
62	Czechia	10,311,597
63	Cuba	10,278,554
64	Côte d'Ivoire	10,263,612
65	Angola	10,104,877
66	Belarus	10,097,446
67	Greece	10,031,651
68	Portugal	9,915,289
69	Belgium	9,870,200
70	Ecuador	9,545,158
71	Zimbabwe	9,188,403
72	Bulgaria	8,971,958
73	Cambodia	8,481,182
74	Sweden	8,421,403
75	Mali	7,965,610
76	Guatemala	7,928,409
77	Serbia	7,755,901
78	Tunisia	7,742,353
79	Burkina Faso	7,598,445
80	Malawi	7,596,162
81	Austria	7,578,903
82	Niger	7,211,723
83	Azerbaijan	7,098,945
84	Zambia	7,000,868
85	Somalia	6,939,075
86	Senegal	6,727,582
87	Switzerland	6,654,625
88	Dominican Republic	6,630,738
89	Rwanda	6,448,300
90	Haiti	6,335,271
91	Bolivia	6,156,369
92	Hong Kong	5,584,510
93	Chad	5,580,968
94	Guinea	5,279,172
95	Georgia	5,239,970
96	Slovakia	5,199,318
97	South Sudan	5,172,531
98	Denmark	5,127,024
99	Burundi	5,040,121
100	Finland	4,931,729
101	Tajikistan	4,864,637
102	El Salvador	4,850,135
103	Croatia	4,484,310
104	Benin	4,376,677
105	Honduras	4,375,959
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,266,650
107	Kyrgyzstan	4,253,647
108	Moldova	4,216,682
109	Israel	4,191,740
110	Norway	4,186,147
111	Sierra Leone	3,979,114
112	Laos	3,869,313
113	Paraguay	3,849,890
114	Libya	3,775,716
115	Papua New Guinea	3,673,735
116	Lithuania	3,653,339
117	Armenia	3,591,617
118	Ireland	3,539,900
119	Puerto Rico	3,444,468
120	Turkmenistan	3,410,704
121	New Zealand	3,352,493
122	Nicaragua	3,322,384
123	Togo	3,287,652
124	Lebanon	3,285,734
125	Albania	3,075,321
126	Uruguay	3,044,980
127	Jordan	2,867,272
128	Central African Republic	2,824,776
129	Eritrea	2,812,612
130	Costa Rica	2,799,340
131	Singapore	2,794,552
132	Latvia	2,648,965
133	Jamaica	2,401,127
134	Liberia	2,306,075
135	Panama	2,264,970
136	Congo Brazzaville	2,038,305
137	Mongolia	1,947,193
138	Slovenia	1,945,870
139	Kuwait	1,887,220
140	North Macedonia	1,856,378
141	Mauritania	1,805,394
142	Kosovo	1,753,440
143	Lesotho	1,617,149
144	Oman	1,611,672
145	Estonia	1,562,224
146	United Arab Emirates	1,524,243
147	Namibia	1,270,361
148	Trinidad and Tobago	1,189,927
149	Botswana	1,147,348
150	West Bank	1,121,302
151	Mauritius	1,036,272
152	Guinea-Bissau	928,188
153	Gabon	893,874
154	The Gambia	841,488
155	Eswatini	777,809
156	Guyana	764,913
157	Fiji	719,672
158	Cyprus	701,618
159	Timor-Leste	685,227
160	Bhutan	590,927
161	Montenegro	569,473
162	Gaza Strip	569,331
163	Bahrain	455,777
164	Djibouti	407,254
165	Suriname	406,874
166	Comoros	401,420
167	Qatar	386,764
168	Luxembourg	371,660
169	Malta	349,289
170	Equatorial Guinea	342,435
171	Cabo Verde	325,869
172	Macau	322,983
173	Solomon Islands	291,304
174	Barbados	259,251
175	Iceland	244,676
176	The Bahamas	234,515
177	Brunei	231,818
178	Maldives	192,207
179	French Polynesia	185,827
180	Belize	181,402
181	Samoa	161,096
182	New Caledonia	158,733
183	Curaçao	151,458
184	Vanuatu	142,274
185	Saint Lucia	134,180
186	Guam	125,724
187	Sao Tome and Principe	108,595
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	105,495
189	U.S. Virgin Islands	100,901
190	Federated States of Micronesia	97,727
191	Tonga	95,347
192	Grenada	94,064
193	Jersey	81,279
194	Dominica	71,815
195	Seychelles	68,460
196	Kiribati	65,596
197	Isle of Man	65,450
198	Antigua and Barbuda	64,418
199	Guernsey	59,441
200	Aruba	59,177
201	Bermuda	56,831
202	Greenland	54,095
203	Andorra	47,671
204	Faroe Islands	46,683
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,474
206	American Samoa	41,876
207	Marshall Islands	41,636
208	Gibraltar	29,526
209	Monaco	28,883
210	Liechtenstein	27,546
211	Northern Mariana Islands	25,400
212	San Marino	22,957
213	Sint Maarten	22,790
214	Cayman Islands	22,072
215	Saint Martin	21,628
216	Cook Islands	17,670
217	Palau	14,264
218	British Virgin Islands	14,099
219	Wallis and Futuna	13,297
220	Montserrat	11,087
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	10,163
222	Nauru	8,905
223	Tuvalu	8,549
224	Anguilla	7,533
225	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	6,544
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,248
227	Saint Barthelemy	4,402

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Data from US Census International Database