Historical Demographics

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Map of countries in 1989

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

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 population5,230,452,409[3]
1   China1,110,000,000 21.2%
2   India814,000,000 15.5%
3   Soviet Union287,800,000 5.5%
4   United States250,140,000 4.7%
5   Indonesia175,000,000 3.3%
6   Brazil147,500,000 2.8%
7   Japan123,000,000 2.3%
8   Bangladesh112,800,000 2.1%
9   Pakistan107,000,000 2.0%
10   Nigeria92,800,000 1.8%
11   Mexico84,900,000 1.6%
12   Vietnam64,400,000 1.2%
13   United Kingdom
Overseas territories
 62,800,000 1.2%
14   West Germany62,000,000 1.1%
15   Philippines59,200,000 1.1%
16   Italy57,500,000 1.0%
17   France56,000,000 1.0%
18   Turkey55,400,000 1.0%
19   Egypt55,000,000 1.0%
20  Thailand55,000,000 1.0%
21   Iran55,000,000 1.0%
22   Ethiopia47,700,000 0.9%
23   South Korea42,400,000 0.8%
24   Myanmar39,900,000 0.7%
25   Spain39,200,000 0.7%
26   Poland37,900,000 0.7%
27   South Africa
bantustans[4]
 37,360,000 0.7%
28   Zaire34,000,000 0.6%
29   Argentina32,400,000 0.6%
30   Colombia32,300,000 0.6%
31   Canada26,200,000 0.5%
32   Morocco25,400,000 0.4%
33   Sudan25,000,000 0.4%
34   Tanzania24,700,000 0.4%
35   Algeria24,700,000 0.4%
36   Yugoslavia23,800,000 0.4%
37   Kenya23,700,000 0.4%
38   Romania23,200,000 0.4%
39   North Korea22,000,000 0.4%
40   Peru21,800,000 0.4%
41   Taiwan20,100,000 0.3%
42   Venezuela19,400,000 0.3%
43   Nepal18,800,000 0.3%
44   Iraq17,600,000 0.3%
45   Sri Lanka17,500,000 0.3%
46   Malaysia17,400,000 0.3%
47   Uganda16,800,000 0.3%
48   Australia16,800,000 0.3%
49   East Germany16,400,000 0.3%
50   Czechoslovakia15,700,000 0.3%
51   Afghanistan15,500,000 0.2%
52   Mozambique15,300,000 0.2%
53   Netherlands14,900,000 0.2%
54   Ghana14,100,000 0.2%
55   Saudi Arabia12,700,000 0.2%
56   Chile12,700,000 0.2%
57   Syria12,200,000 0.2%
58   Ivory Coast11,800,000 0.2%
59   Madagascar11,100,000 0.2%
60   Cameroon10,900,000 0.2%
61   Hungary10,600,000 0.2%
62   Cuba10,600,000 0.2%
63   Ecuador10,500,000 0.2%
64   Portugal10,300,000 0.19%
65   Greece10,000,000 0.19%
66   Belgium9,900,000 0.18%
67   Zimbabwe9,100,000 0.17%
68   Bulgaria9,000,000 0.17%
69   Angola9,000,000 0.17%
70   Guatemala8,900,000 0.17%
71   Somalia8,600,000 0.16%
72   Sweden8,500,000 0.16%
73   North Yemen8,500,000 0.16%
74   Mali8,500,000 0.16%
75   Malawi8,100,000 0.15%
76   Tunisia8,000,000 0.15%
77   Cambodia7,900,000 0.15%
78   Zambia7,800,000 0.14%
79   Senegal7,700,000 0.14%
80   Burkina Faso7,700,000 0.14%
81   Austria7,600,000 0.14%
82   Niger7,400,000 0.14%
83   Rwanda7,300,000 0.13%
84   Dominican Republic7,300,000 0.13%
85   Bolivia7,000,000 0.13%
86    Switzerland6,700,000 0.12%
87   Haiti6,200,000 0.11%
88   Guinea6,100,000 0.11%
89   Chad5,700,000 0.10%
90   El Salvador5,500,000 0.10%
91   Burundi5,200,000 0.099%
92   Honduras5,100,000 0.097%
93   Denmark5,100,000 0.097%
94   Finland4,970,000 0.095%
95  People's Republic of Benin4,600,000 0.087%
96   Sierra Leone4,300,000 0.082%
97  Libya4,300,000 0.082%
98   Norway4,200,000 0.080%
99   Paraguay4,000,000 0.076%
100   Laos3,900,000 0.074%
101   Jordan3,900,000 0.074%
102   Nicaragua3,700,000 0.070%
103   Ireland3,700,000 0.070%
104   Papua New Guinea3,600,000 0.068%
105   New Zealand3,400,000 0.065%
106   Togo3,200,000 0.061%
107  Albania3,200,000 0.061%
108   Central African Republic3,000,000 0.057%
109   Uruguay3,000,000 0.057%
110   Lebanon2,900,000 0.055%
111   Costa Rica2,900,000 0.055%
112   Singapore2,650,000 0.050%
113   Liberia2,500,000 0.047%
114   Israel2,500,000 0.047%
115   South Yemen2,500,000
116   Jamaica2,400,000 0.045%
117   Panama2,300,000 0.043%
118  Mongolia2,100,000 0.040%
119   Palestine2,000,000 0.038%
120   People's Republic of the Congo2,000,000 0.038%
121   Kuwait1,970,000 0.037%
122   Mauritania1,800,000 0.034%
123   Lesotho1,700,000 0.032%
124   United Arab Emirates1,500,000 0.028%
125   Bhutan1,500,000 0.028%
126   Oman1,400,000 0.026%
127   Trinidad and Tobago1,300,000 0.024%
128   Botswana1,200,000 0.022%
129   Gabon1,100,000 0.021%
130   Mauritius1,050,000 0.020%
131   Guinea-Bissau929,000 0.017%
132   The Gambia840,000 0.016%
133   Fiji758,000 0.014%
134   Swaziland757,000 0.014%
135   Guyana730,000 0.014%
136   Cyprus696,000 0.013%
137   Bahrain483,000 0.0092%
138   Comoros460,000 0.0087%
139   Suriname400,000 0.0076%
140   Equatorial Guinea389,000 0.0074%
141   Djibouti383,000 0.0073%
142   Luxembourg377,000 0.0072%
143   Malta358,000 0.0068%
144   Qatar342,000 0.0065%
145   Cape Verde337,000 0.0064%
146   Solomon Islands314,000 0.0060%
147   Brunei267,000 0.0051%
148   Barbados256,000 0.0048%
149   Iceland251,000 0.0047%
150   Bahamas247,000 0.0047%
151   Maldives202,000 0.0038%
152   Belize180,000 0.0034%
153   Samoa169,000 0.0032%
#   Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic169,000 0.0032%
154   Vanuatu150,000 0.0028%
155   Saint Lucia128,000 0.0024%
156   São Tomé and Príncipe114,000 0.0021%
157   Tonga108,000 0.0020%
158   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines108,000 0.0020%
159   Grenada100,000 0.0019%
160   Antigua and Barbuda86,000 0.0016%
161   Dominica76,000 0.0014%
162   Seychelles70,000 0.0013%
163   Kiribati67,000 0.0012%
164   Andorra49,000 0.00093%
165   Saint Kitts and Nevis40,000 0.00076%
166   Liechtenstein30,000 0.00057%
167   Monaco29,000 0.00055%
168   San Marino23,000 0.00043%
169   Tuvalu9,000 0.00017%
170   Nauru8,100 0.00015%
171   Vatican City1,000 0.000019%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Jahrgang, Siebter (1990). Aktuell '91 – Das Lexikon der Gegenwart, Harenberg Lexikon Verlag (1990). ISBN 3611001309.
  2. ↑ https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/region.php?N=%20Results%20&T=13&A=separate&RT=0&Y=1989&R=1&C=AF
  3. ↑ "GeoHive – World Population 1950–2050". Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. ↑ Sally Frankental; Owen Sichone (1 January 2005). South Africa's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-57607-674-3. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
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