1999 Population

In 1999, the world’s population was approximately 6 billion people, marking a significant milestone in global demographic growth. Asia was the most populous continent, home to about 3.6 billion people—over half of the world’s total—driven by the massive populations of China (about 1.26 billion) and India (around 1 billion). Africa’s population was nearing 800 million, with Nigeria and Egypt as its most populous countries. Europe’s population stood at roughly 730 million, with Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom as leading contributors. Latin America and the Caribbean had about 520 million inhabitants, with Brazil and Mexico as the largest countries in the region. North America’s population was about 307 million, dominated by the United States (around 279 million) and Canada. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller share, with a population of around 30 million. These figures reflected ongoing trends of rapid growth in Asia and Africa, slower increases in the Americas, and stagnation or slight decline in parts of Europe.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,263,347,215	135.5
2	India	1,031,451,086	346.9
3	United States	279,040,168	30.5
4	Indonesia	210,746,403	116.3
5	Brazil	173,401,301	20.7
6	Russia	148,665,109	9.1
7	Pakistan	144,061,210	186.9
8	Bangladesh	126,540,775	972.1
9	Japan	126,511,920	347.1
10	Nigeria	122,200,766	134.2
11	Mexico	98,468,947	50.7
12	Germany	82,074,778	235.4
13	Vietnam	78,374,934	252.8
14	Philippines	74,894,959	251.2
15	Iran	65,763,053	42.9
16	Turkey	65,044,557	84.5
17	Egypt	64,211,953	64.5
18	Ethiopia	61,311,715	55.9
19	France	60,931,519	95.1
20	Thailand	60,721,759	118.9
21	United Kingdom	58,909,682	243.5
22	Italy	57,655,527	196
23	Congo Kinshasa	51,317,154	22.6
24	Ukraine	49,491,190	85.4
25	South Korea	46,485,422	479.6
26	Burma	46,030,100	70.4
27	South Africa	44,351,550	36.5
28	Spain	40,251,435	80.7
29	Colombia	40,037,925	38.5
30	Poland	38,665,538	127.1
31	Argentina	36,923,439	13.5
32	Tanzania	32,467,101	36.7
33	Canada	30,820,256	3.4
34	Algeria	30,204,849	12.7
35	Kenya	30,091,755	52.9
36	Morocco	28,150,084	39.3
37	Sudan	27,012,286	14.5
38	Peru	25,393,045	19.8
39	Uzbekistan	24,701,544	58.1
40	Venezuela	23,805,297	27
41	Nepal	23,086,887	161.1
42	Malaysia	22,754,284	69.2
43	North Korea	22,611,910	187.8
44	Uganda	22,437,523	113.8
45	Romania	22,414,432	97.5
46	Afghanistan	22,205,667	34
47	Iraq	22,165,169	50.7
48	Taiwan	22,007,811	682.2
49	Saudi Arabia	20,853,053	9.7
50	Sri Lanka	18,792,874	290.8
51	Australia	18,612,787	2.4
52	Ghana	18,609,170	81.8
53	Mozambique	18,148,183	23.1
54	Yemen	16,728,304	31.7
55	Côte d'Ivoire	16,261,934	51.1
56	Syria	16,054,627	86.4
57	Netherlands	15,819,915	466.8
58	Kazakhstan	15,709,484	5.8
59	Cameroon	15,408,461	32.6
60	Madagascar	15,237,860	26.2
61	Angola	15,197,714	12.2
62	Chile	14,990,470	20.2
63	Ecuador	12,268,309	44.3
64	Cambodia	12,263,564	69.5
65	Zimbabwe	11,928,689	30.8
66	Cuba	11,107,810	101.1
67	Burkina Faso	11,099,130	40.5
68	Guatemala	11,053,560	103.2
69	Greece	10,872,691	83.2
70	Malawi	10,595,846	112.6
71	Mali	10,572,728	8.7
72	Niger	10,386,457	8.2
73	Portugal	10,289,708	112.5
74	Czechia	10,280,437	133.1
75	Belgium	10,235,655	338.1
76	Hungary	10,171,610	113.5
77	Belarus	10,063,643	49.6
78	Zambia	9,886,987	13.3
79	Tunisia	9,447,881	60.8
80	Senegal	9,247,928	48
81	Sweden	8,909,790	21.7
82	Azerbaijan	8,388,447	101.5
83	Haiti	8,121,292	294.7
84	Dominican Republic	8,107,340	167.8
85	Austria	8,094,155	98.2
86	Bolivia	8,006,590	7.4
87	Rwanda	7,986,197	323.7
88	Bulgaria	7,968,515	73.4
89	Chad	7,846,902	6.2
90	Serbia	7,677,156	99.1
91	Guinea	7,610,461	31
92	Switzerland	7,242,499	181.1
93	Somalia	7,241,658	11.5
94	Hong Kong	6,596,171	6,147.4
95	Benin	6,460,792	58.4
96	Honduras	6,198,223	55.4
97	Burundi	6,127,525	238.6
98	South Sudan	6,115,424	9.5
99	Tajikistan	6,110,868	43.2
100	Israel	5,940,759	276.4
101	El Salvador	5,766,694	278.3
102	Slovakia	5,395,739	112.2
103	Denmark	5,320,134	125.4
104	Paraguay	5,310,662	13.4
105	Laos	5,285,813	22.9
106	Papua New Guinea	5,269,142	11.6
107	Finland	5,158,097	17
108	Libya	4,943,111	2.8
109	Kyrgyzstan	4,883,108	25.5
110	Georgia	4,852,143	69.6
111	Nicaragua	4,770,659	39.8
112	Jordan	4,674,039	52.6
113	Togo	4,661,188	85.7
114	Norway	4,463,378	14.7
115	Croatia	4,387,816	78.4
116	Turkmenistan	4,324,677	9.2
117	Moldova	4,224,863	128.5
118	Singapore	4,080,719	5,755.6
119	Sierra Leone	4,077,065	56.9
120	Central African Republic	3,850,538	6.2
121	Eritrea	3,805,915	37.7
122	Costa Rica	3,800,170	74.4
123	Puerto Rico	3,800,081	428.5
124	Lebanon	3,791,412	370.6
125	New Zealand	3,783,756	14.3
126	Ireland	3,774,856	54.8
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,717,233	72.6
128	Lithuania	3,493,175	55.7
129	Uruguay	3,207,951	18.3
130	Albania	3,187,327	116.3
131	Armenia	3,104,066	110.1
132	United Arab Emirates	3,051,363	36.5
133	Panama	2,863,073	38.5
134	Congo Brazzaville	2,828,678	8.3
135	Jamaica	2,781,557	256.8
136	Liberia	2,740,658	28.5
137	Mauritania	2,436,897	2.4
138	Mongolia	2,432,721	1.6
139	Latvia	2,385,906	38.3
140	Oman	2,376,079	7.7
141	Slovenia	2,009,651	99.7
142	North Macedonia	2,005,700	78.9
143	Kuwait	1,916,300	107.5
144	West Bank	1,903,054	337.4
145	Lesotho	1,877,837	61.9
146	Namibia	1,825,943	2.2
147	Kosovo	1,762,334	161.9
148	Botswana	1,620,722	2.9
149	Estonia	1,389,756	32.8
150	The Gambia	1,301,165	128.6
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1,258,510	245.4
152	Guinea-Bissau	1,182,525	42.1
153	Mauritius	1,173,129	577.9
154	Gabon	1,162,625	4.5
155	Gaza Strip	1,092,595	3,035
156	Eswatini	1,033,083	60
157	Timor-Leste	933,968	62.8
158	Cyprus	906,875	98.1
159	Fiji	799,025	43.7
160	Guyana	773,577	3.9
161	Djibouti	643,565	27.8
162	Bhutan	642,285	16.7
163	Bahrain	639,964	842.1
164	Montenegro	623,269	46.3
165	Qatar	608,950	52.6
166	Equatorial Guinea	536,315	19.1
167	Comoros	532,152	238.1
168	Suriname	459,103	2.9
169	Luxembourg	432,439	167.2
170	Macau	427,773	15,277.6
171	Cabo Verde	421,678	104.6
172	Solomon Islands	420,312	15
173	Malta	391,413	1,238.6
174	Brunei	317,883	60.4
175	Maldives	291,473	978.1
176	The Bahamas	282,549	28.2
177	Iceland	277,278	2.8
178	Barbados	273,503	636.1
179	Belize	247,699	10.9
180	French Polynesia	231,570	60.5
181	New Caledonia	207,179	11.3
182	Vanuatu	186,341	15.3
183	Samoa	174,755	61.9
184	Guam	152,590	280.5
185	Saint Lucia	152,116	251
186	Sao Tome and Principe	137,665	142.8
187	Curaçao	135,845	306
188	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,599	312.1
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,117	277.9
190	Federated States of Micronesia	107,500	153.1
191	Grenada	100,984	293.6
192	Tonga	99,394	138.6
193	Aruba	89,259	495.9
194	Jersey	86,928	749.4
195	Kiribati	83,526	103
196	Seychelles	78,137	171.7
197	Isle of Man	75,035	131.2
198	Antigua and Barbuda	74,017	167.1
199	Dominica	70,378	93.7
200	Northern Mariana Islands	67,319	142.6
201	Andorra	65,073	139
202	Bermuda	62,586	1,159
203	Guernsey	61,700	791
204	American Samoa	57,782	291.8
205	Greenland	56,696	0
206	Marshall Islands	52,291	288.9
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,128	172.9
208	Faroe Islands	45,115	32.4
209	Cayman Islands	37,222	141
210	Liechtenstein	32,315	202
211	Monaco	31,674	15,837
212	Sint Maarten	31,095	914.6
213	Saint Martin	29,301	542.6
214	Gibraltar	26,755	3,822.1
215	San Marino	26,595	436
216	British Virgin Islands	21,781	144.2
217	Palau	19,202	41.8
218	Turks and Caicos Islands	18,342	19.3
219	Cook Islands	16,807	71.2
220	Wallis and Futuna	14,519	102.2
221	Anguilla	11,079	121.7
222	Tuvalu	10,014	385.2
223	Nauru	9,870	470
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,177	18.2
225	Saint Barthelemy	6,937	277.5
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,433	26.6
227	Montserrat	3,378	33.1

Data from US Census International Database