Countries Ranked by Population: 1998
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Rank Country                                  Population
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   1 China                                 1,239,085,519
   2 India                                   981,666,198
   3 United States                           270,560,981
   4 Indonesia                               217,414,504
   5 Brazil                                  169,305,705
   6 Russia                                  146,964,110
   7 Pakistan                                135,471,351
   8 Japan                                   126,068,578
   9 Bangladesh                              125,120,032
  10 Nigeria                                 116,788,347
  11 Mexico                                   97,244,587
  12 Germany                                  82,327,716
  13 Philippines                              77,814,259
  14 Vietnam                                  76,422,954
  15 Egypt                                    65,986,056
  16 Iran                                     64,353,389
  17 Turkey                                   63,945,635
  18 Ethiopia                                 60,637,758
  19 Thailand                                 60,062,404
  20 United Kingdom                           59,187,127
  21 France                                   58,864,801
  22 Italy                                    57,509,950
  23 Ukraine                                  49,988,937
  24 Congo (Kinshasa)                         48,957,519
  25 Korea, South                             46,573,023
  26 South Africa                             42,848,801
  27 Burma                                    41,164,558
  28 Spain                                    39,908,758
  29 Poland                                   38,663,528
  30 Colombia                                 38,339,937
  31 Argentina                                36,095,734
  32 Tanzania                                 33,559,264
  33 Sudan                                    33,108,466
  34 Canada                                   30,628,924
  35 Algeria                                  30,088,206
  36 Kenya                                    29,277,006
  37 Morocco                                  29,065,648
  38 Peru                                     26,048,918
  39 Afghanistan                              24,064,981
  40 Uzbekistan                               23,977,448
  41 Nepal                                    23,560,320
  42 Venezuela                                22,772,515
  43 Romania                                  22,509,015
  44 Uganda                                   22,059,035
  45 Taiwan                                   21,825,615
  46 Iraq                                     21,397,764
  47 Korea, North                             21,234,387
  48 Malaysia                                 20,911,977
  49 Saudi Arabia                             20,619,610
  50 Sri Lanka                                18,884,614
  51 Ghana                                    18,778,980
  52 Australia                                18,768,789
  53 Mozambique                               18,491,113
  54 Kazakhstan                               16,779,045
  55 Yemen                                    16,352,459
  56 Netherlands                              15,704,916
  57 Syria                                    15,480,619
  58 Cote d'Ivoire                            15,280,298
  59 Chile                                    14,789,147
  60 Cameroon                                 14,667,283
  61 Madagascar                               14,598,047
  62 Ecuador                                  12,391,031
  63 Guatemala                                11,987,539
  64 Cambodia                                 11,664,468
  65 Burkina Faso                             11,312,128
  66 Zimbabwe                                 11,249,166
  67 Cuba                                     11,051,375
  68 Greece                                   10,555,768
  69 Belarus                                  10,394,407
  70 Czech Republic                           10,290,975
  71 Hungary                                  10,210,952
  72 Belgium                                  10,202,662
  73 Serbia                                   10,129,931
  74 Mali                                     10,064,506
  75 Malawi                                   10,041,950
  76 Portugal                                 10,012,197
  77 Angola                                    9,736,456
  78 Niger                                     9,536,188
  79 Senegal                                   9,413,063
  80 Tunisia                                   9,358,665
  81 Zambia                                    9,214,889
  82 Sweden                                    8,867,790
  83 Dominican Republic                        8,167,621
  84 Austria                                   8,091,582
  85 Bulgaria                                  7,984,694
  86 Chad                                      7,869,904
  87 Bolivia                                   7,848,703
  88 Azerbaijan                                7,714,005
  89 Guinea                                    7,356,441
  90 Switzerland                               7,225,466
  91 Rwanda                                    7,057,482
  92 Somalia                                   6,843,022
  93 Hong Kong S.A.R.                          6,812,584
  94 Haiti                                     6,682,785
  95 Tajikistan                                6,185,515
  96 Benin                                     6,015,384
  97 Honduras                                  5,964,775
  98 El Salvador                               5,895,283
  99 Burundi                                   5,653,132
 100 Israel                                    5,638,981
 101 Slovakia                                  5,392,703
 102 Denmark                                   5,302,166
 103 Paraguay                                  5,295,745
 104 Laos                                      5,228,733
 105 Finland                                   5,148,038
 106 Georgia                                   5,099,952
 107 Sierra Leone                              4,912,420
 108 Libya                                     4,874,638
 109 Togo                                      4,744,119
 110 Papua New Guinea                          4,687,521
 111 Jordan                                    4,685,946
 112 Nicaragua                                 4,599,689
 113 Kyrgyzstan                                4,581,422
 114 Moldova                                   4,435,827
 115 Norway                                    4,432,659
 116 Turkmenistan                              4,350,224
 117 Croatia                                   4,264,631
 118 Singapore                                 3,871,378
 119 Puerto Rico                               3,860,091
 120 Eritrea                                   3,838,068
 121 New Zealand                               3,726,214
 122 Ireland                                   3,710,734
 123 Lithuania                                 3,641,656
 124 Costa Rica                                3,583,162
 125 Bosnia and Herzegovina                    3,502,089
 126 Lebanon                                   3,479,269
 127 Central African Republic                  3,387,430
 128 Albania                                   3,366,735
 129 Armenia                                   3,365,396
 130 Uruguay                                   3,284,150
 131 Panama                                    2,730,999
 132 Congo (Brazzaville)                       2,705,228
 133 Liberia                                   2,662,845
 134 Jamaica                                   2,624,419
 135 Mongolia                                  2,541,832
 136 Mauritania                                2,515,309
 137 Latvia                                    2,446,863
 138 Oman                                      2,364,049
 139 United Arab Emirates                      2,292,669
 140 Lesotho                                   2,068,672
 141 Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of       2,014,975
 142 Slovenia                                  1,920,962
 143 Bhutan                                    1,918,669
 144 West Bank                                 1,886,780
 145 Kuwait                                    1,835,863
 146 Namibia                                   1,710,751
 147 Botswana                                  1,544,603
 148 Estonia                                   1,448,659
 149 Gambia, The                               1,280,752
 150 Guinea-Bissau                             1,225,472
 151 Trinidad and Tobago                       1,186,675
 152 Gabon                                     1,181,664
 153 Mauritius                                 1,159,654
 154 Gaza Strip                                1,045,102
 155 Swaziland                                 1,036,914
 156 Fiji                                        809,292
 157 Cyprus                                      748,822
 158 Guyana                                      700,970
 159 Reunion                                     697,035
 160 Qatar                                       693,592
 161 Montenegro                                  673,006
 162 Bahrain                                     610,767
 163 Comoros                                     544,267
 164 Equatorial Guinea                           451,239
 165 Djibouti                                    438,641
 166 Solomon Islands                             438,082
 167 Macau S.A.R.                                429,207
 168 Luxembourg                                  426,493
 169 Suriname                                    425,305
 170 Guadeloupe                                  416,906
 171 Martinique                                  406,394
 172 Cape Verde                                  392,941
 173 Malta                                       385,840
 174 Brunei                                      321,371
 175 Bahamas, The                                288,639
 176 Maldives                                    283,271
 177 Iceland                                     273,155
 178 Barbados                                    271,537
 179 French Polynesia                            240,230
 180 Belize                                      235,904
 181 Western Sahara                              233,730
 182 Netherlands Antilles                        205,785
 183 New Caledonia                               195,554
 184 Vanuatu                                     182,882
 185 Samoa                                       180,177
 186 French Guiana                               162,127
 187 Saint Lucia                                 152,530
 188 Sao Tome and Principe                       150,169
 189 Guam                                        149,180
 190 Mayotte                                     141,271
 191 Micronesia, Federated States of             129,658
 192 Virgin Islands                              118,305
 193 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines            114,209
 194 Tonga                                        98,835
 195 Grenada                                      89,700
 196 Jersey                                       87,939
 197 Kiribati                                     87,723
 198 Seychelles                                   78,481
 199 Dominica                                     72,731
 200 Man, Isle of                                 72,376
 201 Aruba                                        68,683
 202 Northern Mariana Islands                     66,527
 203 Antigua and Barbuda                          65,366
 204 Andorra                                      65,147
 205 Guernsey                                     63,527
 206 Marshall Islands                             63,057
 207 American Samoa                               62,092
 208 Bermuda                                      61,982
 209 Greenland                                    56,157
 210 Faroe Islands                                44,510
 211 Saint Kitts and Nevis                        39,088
 212 Cayman Islands                               33,180
 213 Liechtenstein                                31,539
 214 Monaco                                       31,384
 215 Gibraltar                                    27,422
 216 San Marino                                   26,128
 217 Cook Islands                                 19,989
 218 Virgin Islands, British                      19,447
 219 Palau                                        18,096
 220 Turks and Caicos Islands                     16,262
 221 Wallis and Futuna                            14,974
 222 Nauru                                        11,361
 223 Anguilla                                     11,105
 224 Tuvalu                                       10,534
 225 Saint Helena                                  7,101
 226 Saint Pierre and Miquelon                     6,822
 227 Montserrat                                    3,338
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