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1997 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1997

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,244,536,233
2	India	994,708,132
3	United States	272,646,925
4	Indonesia	204,258,114
5	Brazil	168,286,349
6	Russia	149,339,752
7	Pakistan	137,158,062
8	Japan	125,924,562
9	Bangladesh	121,880,765
10	Nigeria	115,773,046
11	Mexico	95,658,972
12	Germany	82,011,073
13	Vietnam	76,214,807
14	Philippines	71,696,254
15	Iran	64,228,293
16	Turkey	63,171,756
17	Egypt	61,647,326
18	France	60,362,851
19	Thailand	59,911,064
20	United Kingdom	58,494,072
21	Ethiopia	58,297,071
22	Italy	57,492,894
23	Ukraine	50,371,404
24	Congo Kinshasa	48,564,598
25	South Korea	45,807,825
26	Burma	44,766,116
27	South Africa	43,199,225
28	Spain	39,907,236
29	Colombia	39,155,201
30	Poland	38,654,956
31	Argentina	36,102,182
32	Tanzania	30,608,253
33	Canada	30,305,602
34	Algeria	29,318,183
35	Kenya	28,481,047
36	Morocco	27,477,506
37	Sudan	25,810,607
38	Peru	24,600,659
39	Uzbekistan	23,952,217
40	Venezuela	22,946,096
41	Romania	22,557,739
42	North Korea	22,443,282
43	Nepal	22,241,375
44	Taiwan	21,638,532
45	Malaysia	21,601,986
46	Uganda	21,017,415
47	Iraq	20,868,745
48	Afghanistan	20,769,357
49	Saudi Arabia	19,810,208
50	Sri Lanka	18,367,446
51	Australia	18,197,799
52	Ghana	17,747,204
53	Mozambique	17,421,861
54	Kazakhstan	16,052,382
55	Yemen	15,741,184
56	Netherlands	15,622,141
57	Côte d'Ivoire	15,499,730
58	Syria	15,258,081
59	Chile	14,591,015
60	Cameroon	14,571,701
61	Madagascar	14,353,882
62	Angola	14,282,750
63	Cambodia	11,826,621
64	Ecuador	11,792,472
65	Zimbabwe	11,556,063
66	Cuba	11,013,907
67	Greece	10,752,345
68	Burkina Faso	10,530,454
69	Guatemala	10,488,913
70	Czechia	10,300,708
71	Hungary	10,229,552
72	Belgium	10,199,787
73	Portugal	10,156,414
74	Belarus	10,128,530
75	Mali	10,036,744
76	Malawi	9,982,077
77	Niger	9,717,046
78	Zambia	9,326,306
79	Tunisia	9,239,267
80	Sweden	8,897,619
81	Senegal	8,806,978
82	Azerbaijan	8,223,513
83	Bulgaria	8,121,168
84	Austria	8,069,875
85	Dominican Republic	7,862,023
86	Haiti	7,791,775
87	Serbia	7,693,801
88	Bolivia	7,677,668
89	Rwanda	7,563,089
90	Chad	7,349,130
91	Guinea	7,295,772
92	Switzerland	7,202,164
93	Somalia	6,751,082
94	Hong Kong	6,492,649
95	Benin	6,054,686
96	Honduras	5,881,443
97	Tajikistan	5,864,691
98	Burundi	5,819,653
99	South Sudan	5,644,161
100	Israel	5,640,240
101	El Salvador	5,620,865
102	Slovakia	5,383,010
103	Denmark	5,283,663
104	Finland	5,134,406
105	Paraguay	5,080,750
106	Laos	5,054,901
107	Papua New Guinea	4,974,112
108	Georgia	4,916,657
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,750,455
110	Libya	4,699,892
111	Nicaragua	4,591,033
112	Jordan	4,458,246
113	Croatia	4,424,536
114	Togo	4,424,324
115	Norway	4,405,673
116	Moldova	4,304,362
117	Turkmenistan	4,200,595
118	Sierra Leone	4,047,542
119	Singapore	3,854,156
120	Puerto Rico	3,759,430
121	New Zealand	3,738,420
122	Lebanon	3,735,317
123	Ireland	3,681,226
124	Central African Republic	3,667,155
125	Costa Rica	3,625,320
126	Eritrea	3,613,539
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,590,694
128	Lithuania	3,495,368
129	Albania	3,225,413
130	Uruguay	3,180,924
131	Armenia	3,112,663
132	Panama	2,756,814
133	Jamaica	2,714,838
134	United Arab Emirates	2,704,660
135	Congo Brazzaville	2,695,526
136	Latvia	2,428,216
137	Mongolia	2,372,034
138	Liberia	2,317,085
139	Mauritania	2,315,223
140	Oman	2,259,698
141	Kosovo	2,086,410
142	Slovenia	2,011,611
143	North Macedonia	1,984,861
144	Lesotho	1,853,740
145	West Bank	1,814,219
146	Kuwait	1,801,707
147	Namibia	1,743,310
148	Botswana	1,545,888
149	Estonia	1,413,351
150	Trinidad and Tobago	1,253,034
151	The Gambia	1,235,060
152	Mauritius	1,148,349
153	Guinea-Bissau	1,144,904
154	Gabon	1,104,453
155	Eswatini	1,031,563
156	Gaza Strip	1,018,271
157	Timor-Leste	924,395
158	Cyprus	879,853
159	Fiji	785,590
160	Guyana	755,938
161	Montenegro	623,786
162	Bhutan	618,427
163	Bahrain	610,845
164	Djibouti	590,081
165	Qatar	547,595
166	Comoros	506,252
167	Equatorial Guinea	474,676
168	Suriname	445,279
169	Luxembourg	420,928
170	Macau	416,985
171	Cabo Verde	404,001
172	Solomon Islands	396,997
173	Malta	385,162
174	Brunei	303,092
175	Maldives	275,713
176	The Bahamas	274,518
177	Iceland	271,190
178	Barbados	270,749
179	Belize	238,928
180	French Polynesia	223,394
181	New Caledonia	199,383
182	Vanuatu	179,491
183	Samoa	171,806
184	Saint Lucia	149,717
185	Guam	146,799
186	Curaçao	139,081
187	Sao Tome and Principe	132,090
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,607
189	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,357
190	Federated States of Micronesia	106,879
191	Grenada	99,568
192	Tonga	98,005
193	Aruba	86,206
194	Jersey	85,854
195	Kiribati	79,851
196	Seychelles	76,405
197	Isle of Man	73,580
198	Antigua and Barbuda	71,454
199	Dominica	70,289
200	Andorra	64,053
201	Northern Mariana Islands	62,401
202	Bermuda	61,522
203	Guernsey	61,173
204	Greenland	56,508
205	American Samoa	55,918
206	Marshall Islands	50,829
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,063
208	Faroe Islands	44,048
209	Cayman Islands	34,860
210	Sint Maarten	31,594
211	Liechtenstein	31,325
212	Monaco	31,315
213	Saint Martin	31,302
214	Gibraltar	26,745
215	San Marino	25,735
216	British Virgin Islands	20,412
217	Palau	18,298
218	Cook Islands	17,815
219	Turks and Caicos Islands	16,542
220	Wallis and Futuna	14,251
221	Anguilla	10,439
222	Tuvalu	9,917
223	Nauru	9,866
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,063
225	Saint Barthelemy	6,553
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,420
227	Montserrat	5,950

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Data from US Census International Database