Countries Ranked by Population: 1996
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Rank Country                                  Population
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   1 China                                 1,216,387,869
   2 India                                   948,910,783
   3 United States                           265,462,901
   4 Indonesia                               209,977,606
   5 Brazil                                  165,209,940
   6 Russia                                  147,757,004
   7 Pakistan                                129,537,784
   8 Japan                                   125,555,525
   9 Bangladesh                              121,142,646
  10 Nigeria                                 110,361,562
  11 Mexico                                   94,079,999
  12 Germany                                  81,885,179
  13 Philippines                              74,505,812
  14 Vietnam                                  74,069,977
  15 Egypt                                    63,575,309
  16 Iran                                     62,583,991
  17 Turkey                                   62,127,894
  18 Thailand                                 58,852,502
  19 United Kingdom                           58,814,763
  20 France                                   58,390,513
  21 Ethiopia                                 57,337,466
  22 Italy                                    57,336,497
  23 Ukraine                                  50,879,424
  24 Congo (Kinshasa)                         46,722,736
  25 Korea, South                             45,647,373
  26 South Africa                             42,013,377
  27 Burma                                    40,517,748
  28 Spain                                    39,811,796
  29 Poland                                   38,632,597
  30 Colombia                                 36,971,016
  31 Argentina                                35,238,756
  32 Tanzania                                 31,891,829
  33 Sudan                                    31,307,337
  34 Canada                                   29,983,162
  35 Algeria                                  28,945,551
  36 Morocco                                  27,989,535
  37 Kenya                                    27,956,825
  38 Peru                                     25,058,340
  39 Uzbekistan                               23,219,707
  40 Romania                                  22,627,565
  41 Nepal                                    22,450,069
  42 Afghanistan                              22,429,227
  43 Venezuela                                21,968,602
  44 Korea, North                             21,511,993
  45 Taiwan                                   21,448,082
  46 Uganda                                   20,842,388
  47 Iraq                                     20,161,940
  48 Malaysia                                 20,044,560
  49 Saudi Arabia                             19,290,285
  50 Sri Lanka                                18,509,760
  51 Australia                                18,348,078
  52 Ghana                                    18,014,268
  53 Mozambique                               17,777,110
  54 Kazakhstan                               16,881,824
  55 Netherlands                              15,532,953
  56 Yemen                                    15,327,307
  57 Syria                                    14,690,501
  58 Cote d'Ivoire                            14,641,210
  59 Chile                                    14,403,894
  60 Cameroon                                 13,929,288
  61 Madagascar                               13,745,709
  62 Ecuador                                  11,862,430
  63 Guatemala                                11,357,949
  64 Cambodia                                 11,123,837
  65 Zimbabwe                                 11,067,991
  66 Cuba                                     10,952,046
  67 Burkina Faso                             10,704,920
  68 Greece                                   10,511,232
  69 Belarus                                  10,408,773
  70 Czech Republic                           10,312,983
  71 Hungary                                  10,273,590
  72 Belgium                                  10,156,645
  73 Serbia                                   10,133,307
  74 Portugal                                  9,979,834
  75 Malawi                                    9,679,265
  76 Mali                                      9,456,688
  77 Angola                                    9,437,014
  78 Tunisia                                   9,104,682
  79 Niger                                     9,032,792
  80 Senegal                                   8,863,295
  81 Sweden                                    8,859,207
  82 Zambia                                    8,852,751
  83 Bulgaria                                  8,181,047
  84 Austria                                   8,055,908
  85 Dominican Republic                        7,896,074
  86 Azerbaijan                                7,668,253
  87 Bolivia                                   7,535,615
  88 Chad                                      7,362,919
  89 Guinea                                    7,320,867
  90 Switzerland                               7,197,655
  91 Haiti                                     6,507,206
  92 Somalia                                   6,460,865
  93 Hong Kong S.A.R.                          6,419,635
  94 Tajikistan                                5,963,936
  95 Rwanda                                    5,952,234
  96 El Salvador                               5,674,036
  97 Honduras                                  5,650,499
  98 Benin                                     5,649,490
  99 Burundi                                   5,430,553
 100 Israel                                    5,420,065
 101 Slovakia                                  5,373,191
 102 Denmark                                   5,262,068
 103 Georgia                                   5,216,046
 104 Finland                                   5,121,511
 105 Paraguay                                  5,014,837
 106 Laos                                      4,971,015
 107 Libya                                     4,686,329
 108 Sierra Leone                              4,642,679
 109 Kyrgyzstan                                4,536,594
 110 Papua New Guinea                          4,456,781
 111 Moldova                                   4,450,539
 112 Togo                                      4,420,152
 113 Nicaragua                                 4,384,122
 114 Norway                                    4,381,275
 115 Croatia                                   4,372,670
 116 Jordan                                    4,363,534
 117 Turkmenistan                              4,184,336
 118 Puerto Rico                               3,782,862
 119 Lithuania                                 3,662,418
 120 Ireland                                   3,632,794
 121 New Zealand                               3,621,200
 122 Singapore                                 3,610,415
 123 Eritrea                                   3,589,991
 124 Costa Rica                                3,451,722
 125 Armenia                                   3,393,646
 126 Lebanon                                   3,382,135
 127 Albania                                   3,279,906
 128 Central African Republic                  3,261,879
 129 Bosnia and Herzegovina                    3,247,171
 130 Uruguay                                   3,237,315
 131 Panama                                    2,650,492
 132 Jamaica                                   2,589,043
 133 Congo (Brazzaville)                       2,580,608
 134 Latvia                                    2,495,980
 135 Mongolia                                  2,468,091
 136 Mauritania                                2,388,865
 137 United Arab Emirates                      2,215,556
 138 Oman                                      2,205,958
 139 Liberia                                   2,028,913
 140 Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of       1,993,342
 141 Lesotho                                   1,987,717
 142 Slovenia                                  1,914,388
 143 Bhutan                                    1,834,341
 144 West Bank                                 1,727,715
 145 Kuwait                                    1,692,893
 146 Namibia                                   1,641,430
 147 Botswana                                  1,497,539
 148 Estonia                                   1,469,541
 149 Trinidad and Tobago                       1,196,910
 150 Gambia, The                               1,196,782
 151 Guinea-Bissau                             1,167,498
 152 Gabon                                     1,153,528
 153 Mauritius                                 1,139,491
 154 Swaziland                                   986,085
 155 Gaza Strip                                  938,274
 156 Fiji                                        786,603
 157 Cyprus                                      738,649
 158 Guyana                                      709,209
 159 Reunion                                     672,433
 160 Montenegro                                  641,642
 161 Qatar                                       640,524
 162 Bahrain                                     586,047
 163 Comoros                                     512,197
 164 Equatorial Guinea                           429,191
 165 Djibouti                                    426,182
 166 Suriname                                    418,519
 167 Luxembourg                                  415,800
 168 Macau S.A.R.                                412,726
 169 Solomon Islands                             410,641
 170 Guadeloupe                                  407,191
 171 Martinique                                  398,129
 172 Cape Verde                                  383,584
 173 Malta                                       379,965
 174 Brunei                                      305,565
 175 Bahamas, The                                281,584
 176 Barbados                                    269,087
 177 Iceland                                     268,951
 178 Maldives                                    265,592
 179 French Polynesia                            231,305
 180 Belize                                      223,460
 181 Western Sahara                              222,631
 182 Netherlands Antilles                        201,239
 183 New Caledonia                               189,104
 184 Samoa                                       180,516
 185 Vanuatu                                     175,927
 186 French Guiana                               150,933
 187 Saint Lucia                                 148,929
 188 Guam                                        144,924
 189 Sao Tome and Principe                       141,246
 190 Mayotte                                     127,146
 191 Micronesia, Federated States of             125,377
 192 Virgin Islands                              115,387
 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines            112,509
 194 Tonga                                        96,165
 195 Grenada                                      90,371
 196 Jersey                                       86,861
 197 Kiribati                                     83,532
 198 Seychelles                                   77,517
 199 Dominica                                     73,094
 200 Man, Isle of                                 71,712
 201 Aruba                                        68,057
 202 Antigua and Barbuda                          64,181
 203 Andorra                                      64,170
 204 Guernsey                                     62,951
 205 Northern Mariana Islands                     60,951
 206 Bermuda                                      60,841
 207 American Samoa                               58,656
 208 Marshall Islands                             58,380
 209 Greenland                                    55,925
 210 Faroe Islands                                43,564
 211 Saint Kitts and Nevis                        39,554
 212 Cayman Islands                               31,516
 213 Liechtenstein                                31,112
 214 Monaco                                       31,058
 215 Gibraltar                                    27,274
 216 San Marino                                   25,287
 217 Cook Islands                                 19,561
 218 Virgin Islands, British                      18,551
 219 Palau                                        17,409
 220 Turks and Caicos Islands                     15,036
 221 Wallis and Futuna                            14,659
 222 Montserrat                                   11,015
 223 Nauru                                        10,879
 224 Anguilla                                     10,414
 225 Tuvalu                                       10,219
 226 Saint Helena                                  6,987
 227 Saint Pierre and Miquelon                     6,736
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