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This is a list of countries by population in 1989, providing an overview of the world population before the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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While the population data [1] is almost exclusively dated 1989, political developments before the summer of 1990 are taken into account, including Yemeni unification and Namibian independence but not German reunification which was finalised only in October, the breakup of Yugoslavia and dissolution of the Soviet Union took place two years later, and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia three years later.

The numbers given in Aktuell '91 [1] are fully compatible with the data given by the U.S. Census Bureau, [2] where they can be compared, as the US Census Data refers to modern national borders instead of 1989 borders. Similar remarks apply to 1990 estimates in the List of countries by past and future population which also only apply to modern-day national borders. See also Soviet Census (1989) and 1990 United States Census for comparison.

Rank
Country
Population
1989
estimate
Percentage of world's population
   World population 5,230,452,409 [3]
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1,110,000,00021.2%
2 Flag of India.svg  India 814,000,00015.5%
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 287,800,0005.5%
4 Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg  United States 250,140,0004.7%
5 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 175,000,0003.3%
6 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 147,500,0002.8%
7 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 123,000,0002.3%
8 Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 112,800,0002.1%
9 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 107,000,0002.0%
10 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 92,800,0001.8%
11 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 84,900,0001.6%
12 Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 64,400,0001.2%
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Overseas territories
62,800,0001.2%
14 Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 62,000,0001.1%
15 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 59,200,0001.1%
16 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57,500,0001.0%
17 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 56,000,0001.0%
18 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 55,400,0001.0%
19 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 55,000,0001.0%
20 Flag of Thailand (TIS 982 draft standard).svg Thailand 55,000,0001.0%
21 Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 55,000,0001.0%
22 Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia 47,700,0000.9%
23 Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 42,400,0000.8%
24 Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 39,900,0000.7%
25 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 39,200,0000.7%
26 Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 37,900,0000.7%
27 Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg  South Africa
bantustans [4]
37,360,0000.7%
28 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire 34,000,0000.6%
29 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 32,400,0000.6%
30 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 32,300,0000.6%
31 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26,200,0000.5%
32 Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 25,400,0000.4%
33 Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 25,000,0000.4%
34 Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 24,700,0000.4%
35 Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 24,700,0000.4%
36 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 23,800,0000.4%
37 Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 23,700,0000.4%
38 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 23,200,0000.4%
39 Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 22,000,0000.4%
40 Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 21,800,0000.4%
41 Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 20,100,0000.3%
42 Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela 19,400,0000.3%
43 Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 18,800,0000.3%
44 Flag of Iraq (1963-1991); Flag of Syria (1963-1972).svg  Iraq 17,600,0000.3%
45 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 17,500,0000.3%
46 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 17,400,0000.3%
47 Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 16,800,0000.3%
48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16,800,0000.3%
49 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16,400,0000.3%
50 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 15,700,0000.3%
51 Flag of Afghanistan (1980-1987).svg  Afghanistan 15,500,0000.2%
52 Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 15,300,0000.2%
53 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 14,900,0000.2%
54 Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 14,100,0000.2%
55 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 12,700,0000.2%
56 Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 12,700,0000.2%
57 Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 12,200,0000.2%
58 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 11,800,0000.2%
59 Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 11,100,0000.2%
60 Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 10,900,0000.2%
61 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10,600,0000.2%
62 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 10,600,0000.2%
63 Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 10,500,0000.2%
64 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Overseas territories
10,300,0000.19%
65 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10,000,0000.19%
66 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 9,900,0000.18%
67 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 9,100,0000.17%
68 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9,000,0000.17%
69 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 9,000,0000.17%
70 Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 8,900,0000.17%
71 Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 8,600,0000.16%
72 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8,500,0000.16%
73 Flag of North Yemen.svg  North Yemen 8,500,0000.16%
74 Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 8,500,0000.16%
75 Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 8,100,0000.15%
76 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 8,000,0000.15%
77 Flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.svg  Cambodia 7,900,0000.15%
78 Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 7,800,0000.14%
79 Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 7,700,0000.14%
80 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 7,700,0000.14%
81 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7,600,0000.14%
82 Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 7,400,0000.14%
83 Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg  Rwanda 7,300,0000.13%
84 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 7,300,0000.13%
85 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 7,000,0000.13%
86 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 6,700,0000.12%
87 Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 6,200,0000.11%
88 Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 6,100,0000.11%
89 Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 5,700,0000.10%
90 Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 5,500,0000.10%
91 Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 5,200,0000.099%
92 Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 5,100,0000.097%
93 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5,100,0000.097%
94 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4,970,0000.095%
95 Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg People's Republic of Benin 4,600,0000.087%
96 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 4,300,0000.082%
97 Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya 4,300,0000.082%
98 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4,200,0000.080%
99 Flag of Paraguay (1988-1990).svg  Paraguay 4,000,0000.076%
100 Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 3,900,0000.074%
101 Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 3,900,0000.074%
102 Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 3,700,0000.070%
103 Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3,700,0000.070%
104 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3,600,0000.068%
105 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3,400,0000.065%
106 Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 3,200,0000.061%
107 Flag of Albania (1946-1992).svg Albania 3,200,0000.061%
108 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 3,000,0000.057%
109 Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3,000,0000.057%
110 Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2,900,0000.055%
111 Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2,900,0000.055%
112 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2,650,0000.050%
113 Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 2,500,0000.047%
114 Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2,500,0000.047%
115 Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen 2,500,000
116 Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2,400,0000.045%
117 Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2,300,0000.043%
118 Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1945-1992).svg Mongolia 2,100,0000.040%
119 Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 2,000,0000.038%
120 Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg  People's Republic of the Congo 2,000,0000.038%
121 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1,970,0000.037%
122 Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg  Mauritania 1,800,0000.034%
123 Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho 1,700,0000.032%
124 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1,500,0000.028%
125 Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 1,500,0000.028%
126 Old Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1,400,0000.026%
127 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1,300,0000.024%
128 Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 1,200,0000.022%
129 Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 1,100,0000.021%
130 Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1,050,0000.020%
131 Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 929,0000.017%
132 Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 840,0000.016%
133 Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 758,0000.014%
134 Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 757,0000.014%
135 Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 730,0000.014%
136 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 696,0000.013%
137 Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg  Bahrain 483,0000.0092%
138 Flag of the Comoros (1978-1992).svg  Comoros 460,0000.0087%
139 Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 400,0000.0076%
140 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 389,0000.0074%
141 Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 383,0000.0073%
142 Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 377,0000.0072%
143 Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 358,0000.0068%
144 Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 342,0000.0065%
145 Flag of Cape Verde (1975-1992).svg  Cape Verde 337,0000.0064%
146 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 314,0000.0060%
147 Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 267,0000.0051%
148 Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 256,0000.0048%
149 Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 251,0000.0047%
150 Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 247,0000.0047%
151 Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 202,0000.0038%
152 Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg  Belize 180,0000.0034%
153 Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 169,0000.0032%
# Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 169,0000.0032%
154 Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 150,0000.0028%
155 Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg  Saint Lucia 128,0000.0024%
156 Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 114,0000.0021%
157 Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 108,0000.0020%
158 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 108,0000.0020%
159 Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 100,0000.0019%
160 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 86,0000.0016%
161 Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 76,0000.0014%
162 Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles 70,0000.0013%
163 Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 67,0000.0012%
164 Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 49,0000.00093%
165 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 40,0000.00076%
166 Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 30,0000.00057%
167 Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 29,0000.00055%
168 Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino 23,0000.00043%
169 Flag of Tuvalu (1978-1995).svg  Tuvalu 9,0000.00017%
170 Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 8,1000.00015%
171 Flag of the Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City 1,0000.000019%

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