1990 Countries by Population

1 China 1,178,000,000                                                                                                                                                  2 India 875,000,000                                                                                                                                                     3 USA 252,900,000                                                                                                                                                       4 Indonesia 184,400,000                                                                                                                                                 5 Brazil 150,500,000                                                                                                                                                    6 Russia 148,400,000                                                                                                                                                    7 Japan 124,600,000                                                                                                                                                     8 Pakistan 118,900,000                                                                                                                                                  9 Bangladesh 112,300,000                                                                                                                                                10 Nigeria 98,000,000                                                                                                                                                   11 Mexico 85,700,000                                                                                                                                                    12 Germany 79,800,000                                                                                                                                                   13 Vietnam 68,300,000                                                                                                                                                   14 Philippines 62,000,000                                                                                                                                               15 Iran 58,200,000                                                                                                                                                      16 Egypt 57,500,000                                                                                                                                                     17 UK 57,500,000                                                                                                                                                        18 Italy 57,200,000                                                                                                                                                     19 Thailand 57,200,000                                                                                                                                                  20 France 57,000,000                                                                                                                                                    21 Turkey 56,600,000                                                                                                                                                    22 Ukraine 52,000,000                                                                                                                                                   23 Ethiopia 48,400,000                                                                                                                                                  24 South Korea 43,400,000                                                                                                                                               25 Myanmar 42,100,000                                                                                                                                                   26 Spain 39,400,000                                                                                                                                                     27 DR Congo 39,200,000                                                                                                                                                  28 South Africa 38,600,000                                                                                                                                              29 Poland 38,300,000                                                                                                                                                    30 Colombia 34,400,000                                                                                                                                                  31 Argentina 33,100,000                                                                                                                                                 32 Canada 27,900,000                                                                                                                                                    33 Sudan 27,300,000                                                                                                                                                     34 Algeria 26,000,000                                                                                                                                                   35 Tanzania 25,500,000                                                                                                                                                  36 Morocco 25,000,000                                                                                                                                                   37 Yugoslavia 23,900,000                                                                                                                                                38 Kenya 23,800,000                                                                                                                                                     39 Romania 23,600,000                                                                                                                                                   40 Peru 22,200,000                                                                                                                                                      41 Uzbekistan 20,600,000                                                                                                                                                42 North Korea 20,500,000                                                                                                                                               43 Taiwan 20,400,000                                                                                                                                                    44 Venezuela 19,900,000                                                                                                                                                 45 Nepal 19,200,000                                                                                                                                                     46 Malaysia 18,300,000                                                                                                                                                  47 Iraq 18,300,000                                                                                                                                                      48 Uganda 18,200,000                                                                                                                                                    49 Sri Lanka 17,600,000                                                                                                                                                 50 Australia 17,200,000                                                                                                                                                 51 Kazakhstan 16,900,000 52 Saudi Arabia 16,400,000                                                                                                                                             53 Czechoslovakia 15,800,000                                                                                                                                            54 Ghana 15,600,000                                                                                                                                                     55 Netherlands 15,000,000                                                                                                                                               56 Afghanistan 15,000,000 57 Mozambique 13,500,000                                                                                                                                               58 Chile 13,400,000                                                                                                                                                     59 Syria 12,600,000                                                                                                                                                     60 Ivory Coast 12,600,000