1985 Countries by Population

1 China 1,076,000,000                                                                                                                                                  2 India 785,000,000                                                                                                                                                     3 USA 240,800,000                                                                                                                                                       4 Indonesia 168,200,000                                                                                                                                                 5 Russia 144,000,000                                                                                                                                                    6 Brazil 136,900,000                                                                                                                                                    7 Japan 122,000,000                                                                                                                                                     8 Bangladesh 102,400,000                                                                                                                                                9 Pakistan 102,200,000                                                                                                                                                  10 Nigeria 87,000,000                                                                                                                                                   11 Germany 79,200,000                                                                                                                                                   12 Mexico 77,400,000                                                                                                                                                    13 Vietnam 61,100,000                                                                                                                                                   14 Italy 57,100,000                                                                                                                                                     15 UK 56,900,000                                                                                                                                                        16 France 55,500,000                                                                                                                                                    17 Philippines 54,500,000                                                                                                                                               18 Thailand 52,400,000                                                                                                                                                  19 Turkey 51,100,000                                                                                                                                                    20 Ukraine 51,000,000                                                                                                                                                   21 Egypt 50,700,000                                                                                                                                                     22 Iran 48,700,000                                                                                                                                                      23 Ethiopia 41,200,000                                                                                                                                                  24 South Korea 41,100,000                                                                                                                                               25 Spain 38,800,000                                                                                                                                                     26 Myanmar 38,600,000                                                                                                                                                   27 Poland 37,600,000                                                                                                                                                    28 South Africa 34,300,000                                                                                                                                              29 DR Congo 33,400,000                                                                                                                                                  30 Colombia 31,100,000                                                                                                                                                  31 Argentina 30,800,000                                                                                                                                                 32 Canada 26,000,000                                                                                                                                                    33 Sudan 23,600,000                                                                                                                                                     34 Romania 23,200,000                                                                                                                                                   35 Yugoslavia 23,200,000                                                                                                                                                36 Morocco 22,700,000                                                                                                                                                   37 Algeria 22,600,000                                                                                                                                                   38 Tanzania 21,900,000                                                                                                                                                  39 Kenya 20,000,000                                                                                                                                                     40 Peru 19,900,000                                                                                                                                                      41 Taiwan 19,400,000                                                                                                                                                    42 North Korea 19,000,000                                                                                                                                               43 Uzbekistan 18,300,000                                                                                                                                                44 Venezuela 17,600,000                                                                                                                                                 45 Nepal 17,000,000                                                                                                                                                     46 Sri Lanka 16,300,000                                                                                                                                                 47 Kazakhstan 16,100,000                                                                                                                                                48 Australia 15,900,000                                                                                                                                                 49 Malaysia 15,800,000                                                                                                                                                  50 Iraq 15,800,000                                                                                                                                                      51 Czechoslovakia 15,600,000 52 Uganda 14,700,000                                                                                                                                                   53 Netherlands 14,600,000                                                                                                                                               54 Ghana 13,700,000 55 Afghanistan 13,500,000 56 Saudi Arabia 13,400,000                                                                                                                                             57 Mozambique 13,400,000                                                                                                                                                58 Chile 12,300,000                                                                                                                                                     59 Syria 10,700,000                                                                                                                                                     60 Hungary 10,700,000