The CIA World Factbook Edition 1990 People

Population In 36 editions of 36.

Population was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1990 edition carries it in 245 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1990 edition
245
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Population” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

  • 5,316,644,000 (July 1990), growth rate 1.7% (1990)

Africa

61 entries

Algeria

  • 25,566,507 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990)

Angola

  • 8,534,483 (July 1990), growth rate 2.9% (1990)

Bassas da India

uninhabited

Benin

  • 4,673,964 (July 1990), growth rate 3.3% (1990)

Botswana

  • 1,224,527 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

  • 9,077,828 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Burundi

  • 5,645,997 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • 374,984 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

Cameroon

  • 11,092,470 (July 1990), growth rate 2.7% (1990)

Central African Republic

  • 2,877,365 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Chad

  • 5,017,431 (July 1990), growth rate 2.1% (1990)

Comoros

  • 460,188 (July 1990), growth rate 3.5% (1990)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 36,589,468 (July 1990), growth rate 3.3% (1990)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

  • 2,242,274 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

  • 12,478,024 (July 1990), growth rate 4.0% (1990)

Djibouti

  • 337,386 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Egypt

  • 54,705,746 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990)

Equatorial Guinea

  • 368,935 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • 778,525 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Ethiopia

  • 51,666,622 (July 1990), growth rate 3.5% (1990)

Europa Island

uninhabited

Gabon

  • 1,068,240 (July 1990), growth rate 0.8% (1990)

The Gambia

  • 848,147 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Ghana

  • 15,165,243 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

Glorioso Islands

uninhabited

Guinea

  • 7,269,240 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Guinea-Bissau

  • 998,963 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990)

Juan de Nova Island

uninhabited

Kenya

  • 24,639,261 (July 1990), growth rate 3.8% (1990)

Lesotho

  • 1,754,664 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Liberia

  • 2,639,809 (July 1990), growth rate 3.4% (1990)

Libya

  • 4,221,141 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Madagascar

  • 11,800,524 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

Malawi

  • 9,157,528 (July 1990), growth rate 1.8% (1990)

Mali

  • 8,142,373 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990)

Mauritania

  • 1,934,549 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Mauritius

  • 1,070,005 (July 1990), growth rate 1.8% (1990)

Mayotte

  • 72,186 (July 1990), growth rate 3.9% (1990)

Morocco

  • 25,648,241 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

Mozambique

  • 14,565,656 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Namibia

  • 1,452,951 (July 1990), growth rate 5.6% (1990)

Niger

  • 7,969,309 (July 1990), growth rate 3.6% (1990)

Nigeria

  • 118,819,377 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

Reunion

  • 595,583 (July 1990), growth rate 1.9% (1990)

Rwanda

  • 7,609,119 (July 1990), growth rate 3.8% (1990)

St. Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • 6,657 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Sao Tome and Principe

  • 124,765 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

Senegal

  • 7,713,851 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

Seychelles

  • 68,336 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Sierra Leone

  • 4,165,953 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Somalia

  • 8,424,269 (July 1990), growth rate 0.8% (1990)

South Africa

  • 39,549,941 (July 1990), growth rate 2.67%;
  • includes the 10 so-called homelands, which are not recognized by the US four independent homelands--Bophuthatswana 2,352,296, growth rate 2.80%;
  • Ciskei 1,025,873, growth rate 2.93%;
  • Transkei 4,367,648, growth rate 4.19%;
  • Venda 665,197, growth rate 3.86% six other homelands--Gazankulu 742,361, growth rate 3.99%;
  • Kangwane 556,009, growth rate 3.64%;
  • KwaNdebele 348,655, growth rate 3.35%;
  • KwaZulu 5,349,247, growth rate 3.62%;
  • Lebowa 2,704,641, growth rate 3.92%;
  • Qwagwa 268,138, growth rate 3.59%

Sudan

  • 24,971,806 (July 1990), growth rate 2.9% (1990)

Tanzania

  • 25,970,843 (July 1990), growth rate 3.4% (1990)

Togo

  • 3,674,355 (July 1990), growth rate 3.7% (1990)

Tromelin Island

uninhabited

Tunisia

  • 8,095,492 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

Uganda

  • 17,960,262 (July 1990), growth rate 3.5% (1990)

Western Sahara

  • 191,707 (July 1990), growth rate 2.7% (1990)

Zambia

  • 8,112,782 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

Zimbabwe

  • 10,392,161 (July 1990), growth rate 3.3% (1990)

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

  • no indigenous inhabitants;
  • staffing of research stations varies seasonally;
  • Summer (January) population--3,330;
  • Argentina 179, Australia 216, Brazil 36, Chile 124, China 62, France 46, FRG 9, GDR 15, India 59, Italy 121, Japan 52, NZ 251, Poland 19, South Africa 102, South Korea 17, UK 72, Uruguay 47, US 1,250, USSR 653 (1986-87);
  • Winter (July) population--1,148 total;
  • Argentina 149, Australia 82, Brazil 11, Chile 59, China 16, France 32, FRG 9, GDR 9, India 17, Japan 37, NZ 11, Poland 19, South Africa 15, UK 61, Uruguay 10, US 242, USSR 369 (1986-87);
  • Year-round stations--43 total;
  • Argentina 7, Australia 3, Brazil 1, Chile 3, China 1, France 1, FRG 1, GDR 1, India 1, Japan 2, NZ 1, Poland 1, South Africa 1, South Korea 1, UK 6, Uruguay 1, US 3, USSR 8 (1986-87);
  • Summer only stations--26 total;
  • Argentina 3, Australia 3, Chile 4, Italy 1, Japan 1, NZ 2, South Africa 2, US 4, USSR 6 (1986-87)

Bouvet Island

uninhabited

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

210 (July 1990), growth rate 0.00% (1990); mostly researchers

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

uninhabited

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • no permanent population;
  • there is a small military garrison on South Georgia and the British Antarctic Survey has a biological station on Bird Island;
  • the South Sandwich islands are uninhabited

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

  • 56,078 (July 1990), growth rate 1.2% (1990)

Iceland

  • 257,023 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990)

Jan Mayen

no permanent inhabitants

Svalbard

  • 3,942 (July 1990), growth rate NA% (1990);
  • about one-third of the population resides in the Norwegian areas (Longyearbyen and Svea on Vestspitsbergen) and two-thirds in the Soviet areas (Barentsburg and Pyramiden on Vestspitsbergen);
  • about 9 persons live at the Polish research station

Asia

14 entries

Afghanistan

  • 15,862,293 (July 1990), growth rate 7.7% (1990)

Bangladesh

  • 118,433,062 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990)

Bhutan

  • 1,565,969 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990)

British Indian Ocean Territory

no permanent civilian population; formerly about 3,000 islanders

China

  • 1,118,162,727 (July 1990), growth rate 1.4% (1990)

India

  • 849,746,001 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990)

Japan

  • 123,642,461 (July 1990), growth rate 0.4% (1990)

Korea, North now North Korea

  • 21,292,649 (July 1990), growth rate 1.7% (1990)

Korea, South now South Korea

  • 43,045,098 (July 1990), growth rate 0.8% (1990)

Maldives

  • 217,945 (July 1990), growth rate 3.7% (1990)

Mongolia

  • 2,187,275 (July 1990), growth rate 2.7% (1990)

Nepal

  • 19,145,800 (July 1990), growth rate 2.4% (1990)

Pakistan

  • 114,649,406 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

Sri Lanka

  • 17,196,436 (July 1990), growth rate 1.5% (1990)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

  • 6,883 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Antigua and Barbuda

  • 63,726 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

Aruba

  • 62,656 (July 1990), growth rate 0.2% (1990)

The Bahamas

  • 246,491 (July 1990), growth rate 1.2% (1990)

Barbados

  • 262,688 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Belize

  • 219,737 (July 1990), growth rate 3.7% (1990)

British Virgin Islands

  • 12,258 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990)

Cayman Islands

  • 26,356 (July 1990), growth rate 4.3% (1990)

Costa Rica

  • 3,032,795 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Cuba

  • 10,620,099 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990)

Dominica

  • 84,854 (July 1990), growth rate 1.7% (1990)

Dominican Republic

  • 7,240,793 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990)

El Salvador

  • 5,309,865 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990)

Grenada

  • 84,135 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.4% (1990)

Guadeloupe

  • 342,175 (July 1990), growth rate 0.8% (1990)

Guatemala

  • 9,097,636 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Haiti

  • 6,142,141 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990)

Honduras

  • 5,259,699 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

Jamaica

  • 2,441,396 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Martinique

  • 340,381 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Montserrat

  • 12,467 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

Navassa Island

uninhabited; transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island

Netherlands Antilles

  • 183,503 (July 1990), growth rate 0.2% (1990)

Nicaragua

  • 3,722,683 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990)

Panama

  • 2,425,400 (July 1990), growth rate 2.1% (1990)

Puerto Rico

  • 3,291,207 (July 1990), growth rate 0.1% (1990)

St. Kitts and Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • 40,157 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

St. Lucia now Saint Lucia

  • 153,196 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • 112,646 (July 1990), growth rate 1.4% (1990)

Trinidad and Tobago

  • 1,344,639 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • 9,761 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990)

Virgin Islands

  • 99,200 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.3% (1990)

Europe

37 entries

Albania

  • 3,273,131 (July 1990), growth rate 1.9% (1990)

Andorra

  • 51,895 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Austria

  • 7,644,275 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

Belgium

  • 9,909,285 (July 1990), growth rate 0.1% (1990)

Bulgaria

  • 8,933,544 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.3% (1990)

Czechoslovakia

  • 15,683,234 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

Denmark

  • 5,131,217 (July 1990), growth rate NEGL% (1990)

Faroe Islands

  • 47,715 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Finland

  • 4,977,325 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

France

  • 56,358,331 (July 1990), growth rate 0.4% (1990)

German Democratic Republic

  • 16,307,170 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.6% (1990)

Germany, Federal Republic of now Germany

  • 62,168,200 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990)

Gibraltar

  • 29,572 (July 1990), growth rate 0.1% (1990)

Greece

  • 10,028,171 (July 1990), growth rate 0.2% (1990)

Guernsey

  • 57,227 (July 1990), growth rate 0.7% (1990)

Vatican City now Holy See (Vatican City)

  • 774 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990)

Hungary

  • 10,568,686 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.1% (1990)

Ireland

  • 3,500,212 (July 1990), growth rate -0.4% (1990)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • 64,859 (July 1990), growth rate 0.2% (1990)

Italy

  • 57,664,405 (July 1990), growth rate 0.2% (1990)

Jersey

  • 83,609 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Liechtenstein

  • 28,292 (July 1990), growth rate 0.7% (1990)

Luxembourg

  • 383,813 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1989)

Malta

  • 353,465 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Monaco

  • 29,453 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Netherlands

  • 14,936,032 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Norway

  • 4,252,806 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990)

Poland

  • 37,776,725 (July 1990), growth rate NEGL (1990)

Portugal

  • 10,354,497 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

Romania

  • 23,273,285 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990)

San Marino

  • 23,123 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Soviet Union

  • 290,938,469 (July 1990), growth rate 0.7% (1990)

Spain

  • 39,268,715 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

Sweden

  • 8,526,452 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990)

Switzerland

  • 6,742,461 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

United Kingdom

  • 57,365,665 (July 1990), growth rate 0.3% (1990)

Yugoslavia

  • 23,841,608 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Middle East

19 entries

Bahrain

  • 520,186 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

Cyprus

  • 707,776 (July 1990), growth rate 1.0% (1990)

Gaza Strip

615,575 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990); in addition, there are 2,500 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip

Iran

  • 55,647,001 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Iraq

  • 18,781,770 (July 1990), growth rate 3.9% (1990)

Iraq - Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone

uninhabited

Israel

  • 4,409,218 (July 1990), growth rate 1.5% (1989);
  • includes 70,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank, 10,500 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 2,500 in the Gaza Strip, and 110,000 in East Jerusalem (1989 est.)

Jordan

  • 3,064,508 (July 1990), growth rate 3.6% (1990)

Kuwait

  • 2,123,711 (July 1990), growth rate 3.8% (1990)

Lebanon

  • 3,339,331 (July 1990), growth rate 1.3% (1990)

Oman

  • 1,457,064 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Qatar

  • 490,897 (July 1990), growth rate 5.7% (1990)

Saudi Arabia

  • 17,115,728 (July 1990), growth rate 4.4% (1990);
  • note--the population figure is based on growth since the last official Saudi census of 1974 reported a total of 7 million persons and includes foreign workers, while estimates from other sources may be 15-30% lower

Syria

12,483,440 (July 1990), growth rate 3.8% (1990); in addition, there are 13,500 Druze and 10,500 Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Turkey now Turkiye

  • 56,704,327 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

United Arab Emirates

  • 2,253,624 (July 1990), growth rate 6.0% (1990)

West Bank

1,058,122 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990); in addition, there are 70,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and 110,000 in East Jerusalem (1989 est.)

Yemen Arab Republic

  • 7,160,981 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990)

Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of now People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

  • 2,585,484 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

  • 58,337 (July 1990), growth rate 1.5% (1990)

Canada

  • 26,538,229 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990)

Clipperton Island

uninhabited

Mexico

  • 87,870,154 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

St. Pierre and Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • 6,330 (July 1990), growth rate 0.4% (1990)

United States

  • 250,410,000 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

  • 41,840 (July 1990), growth rate 2.9% (1990)

Australia

  • 16,923,478 (July 1990), growth rate 1.3% (1990)

Baker Island

uninhabited

Cook Islands

  • 18,187 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990)

Coral Sea Islands

3 meteorologists

Fiji

  • 759,567 (July 1990), growth rate 1.5% (1990)

French Polynesia

  • 190,181 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990)

Guam

  • 141,039 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990)

Howland Island

uninhabited

Jarvis Island

uninhabited

Johnston Atoll

1,203 (December 1989); all US government personnel and contractors

Kingman Reef

uninhabited

Kiribati

  • 70,012 (July 1990), growth rate 1.7% (1990)

Marshall Islands

  • 43,417 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • 104,937 (July 1990), growth rate 2.6% (1990)

Midway Islands

453 US military personnel (1989)

Nauru

  • 9,202 (July 1990), growth rate 1.5% (1990)

New Caledonia

  • 153,215 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990)

New Zealand

  • 3,295,866 (July 1990), growth rate 0.4% (1990)

Niue

  • 2,019 (July 1990), growth rate NA (1990)

Norfolk Island

  • 2,533 (July 1990), growth rate 1.7% (1990)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • 22,719 (July 1990), growth rate 3.4% (1990)

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

  • 14,310 (July 1990), growth rate 0.7% (1990)

Palmyra Atoll

uninhabited

Papua New Guinea

  • 3,822,875 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990)

Pitcairn Islands

  • 56 (July 1990), growth rate 0.0% (1990)

Western Samoa now Samoa

  • 186,031 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990)

Solomon Islands

  • 335,082 (July 1990), growth rate 3.5% (1990)

Tokelau

  • 1,700 (July 1990), growth rate 0.0% (1990)

Tonga

  • 101,313 (July 1990), growth rate 0.9% (1990)

Tuvalu

  • 9,136 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990)

Vanuatu

  • 165,006 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990)

Wake Island

  • 195 (January 1990);
  • no indigenous inhabitants;
  • temporary population consists of 11 US Air Force personnel, 27 US civilians, and 151 Thai contractors

Wallis and Futuna

  • 14,910 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • 32,290,966 (July 1990), growth rate 1.2% (1990)

Bolivia

  • 6,706,854 (July 1990), growth rate 2.1% (1990)

Brazil

  • 152,505,077 (July 1990), growth rate 1.9% (1990)

Chile

  • 13,082,842 (July 1990), growth rate 1.6% (1990)

Colombia

  • 33,076,188 (July 1990), growth rate 2.1% (1990)

Ecuador

  • 10,506,668 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • 1,958 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990)

French Guiana

  • 97,781 (July 1990), growth rate 3.4% (1990)

Guyana

  • 764,649 (July 1990), growth rate - 0.1% (1990)

Paraguay

  • 4,660,270 (July 1990), growth rate 3.0% (1990)

Peru

  • 21,905,605 (July 1990), growth rate 2.1% (1990)

Suriname

  • 396,813 (July 1990), growth rate 1.4% (1990)

Uruguay

  • 3,036,660 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)

Venezuela

  • 19,698,104 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990)

Southeast Asia

18 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

no permanent inhabitants; seasonal caretakers

Brunei

  • 372,108 (July 1990), growth rate 7.1% (1990)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • 41,277,389 (July 1990), growth rate 2.0% (1990)

Cambodia

  • 6,991,107 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

Christmas Island

  • 2,278 (July 1990), growth rate 0.0% (1990)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • 670 (July 1990), growth rate 2.1% (1990)

Hong Kong

  • 5,759,990 (July 1990), growth rate 1.0% (1990)

Indonesia

  • 190,136,221 (July 1990), growth rate 1.8% (1990)

Laos

  • 4,023,726 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990)

Macau

  • 441,691 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990)

Malaysia

  • 17,510,546 (July 1990), growth rate 2.3% (1990)

Paracel Islands

no permanent inhabitants

Philippines

  • 66,117,284 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990)

Singapore

  • 2,720,915 (July 1990), growth rate 1.3% (1990)

Spratly Islands

no permanent inhabitants; garrisons

Taiwan

  • 20,546,664 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990)

Thailand

  • 55,115,683 (July 1990), growth rate 1.3% (1990)

Vietnam

  • 66,170,889 (July 1990), growth rate 2.1% (1990)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1990, “Population”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population/1990.

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