Population by country, 1953
Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population | 1943 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 571.6 million | — |
| 2 | India | 366 million | — |
| 3 | United States of America | 160 million | — |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 107.1 million | — |
| 5 | Japan | 89.8 million | — |
| 6 | Indonesia | 72.7 million | — |
| 7 | Germany | 69.9 million | — |
| 8 | Brazil | 57.5 million | — |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 50.6 million | — |
| 10 | Italy | 47.1 million | — |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 43.3 million | — |
| 12 | France | 43 million | — |
| 13 | Nigeria | 39.1 million | — |
| 14 | Ukraine | 38.6 million | — |
| 15 | Pakistan | 37.8 million | — |
| 16 | Mexico | 29.5 million | — |
| 17 | Spain | 28.5 million | — |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 26.5 million | — |
| 19 | Poland | 25.9 million | — |
| 20 | Türkiye | 22.6 million | — |
| 21 | Egypt | 22.4 million | — |
| 22 | Thailand | 21.8 million | — |
| 23 | Philippines | 20.7 million | — |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 20.5 million | — |
| 25 | Myanmar | 18.6 million | — |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 18.5 million | — |
| 27 | Argentina | 17.9 million | — |
| 28 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 17.6 million | — |
| 29 | Romania | 17 million | — |
| 30 | Canada | 14.7 million | — |
| 31 | South Africa | 13.7 million | — |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.9 million | — |
| 33 | Colombia | 12.6 million | — |
| 34 | Netherlands | 10.4 million | — |
| 35 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 10.2 million | — |
| 36 | Algeria | 9.6 million | — |
| 37 | Hungary | 9.5 million | — |
| 38 | Morocco | 9.5 million | — |
| 39 | Czechia | 9.1 million | — |
| 40 | Nepal | 8.8 million | — |
| 41 | Australia | 8.7 million | — |
| 42 | Belgium | 8.7 million | — |
| 43 | Portugal | 8.5 million | — |
| 44 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 8.3 million | — |
| 45 | Peru | 8.2 million | — |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 8.2 million | — |
| 47 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.1 million | — |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 8 million | — |
| 49 | Greece | 7.8 million | — |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 7.4 million | — |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 7.4 million | — |
| 52 | Belarus | 7.3 million | — |
| 53 | Sweden | 7.2 million | — |
| 54 | Chile | 7 million | — |
| 55 | Austria | 6.9 million | — |
| 56 | Sudan | 6.7 million | — |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 6.6 million | — |
| 58 | Malaysia | 6.5 million | — |
| 59 | Cuba | 6.2 million | — |
| 60 | Uganda | 6.2 million | — |
| 61 | Serbia | 6.2 million | — |
| 62 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6.1 million | — |
| 63 | Kenya | 6.1 million | — |
| 64 | Mozambique | 6.1 million | — |
| 65 | Iraq | 6 million | — |
| 66 | Ghana | 5.5 million | — |
| 67 | Mali | 4.9 million | — |
| 68 | Switzerland | 4.8 million | — |
| 69 | Yemen | 4.8 million | — |
| 70 | Angola | 4.7 million | — |
| 71 | Cambodia | 4.6 million | — |
| 72 | Cameroon | 4.5 million | — |
| 73 | Denmark | 4.3 million | — |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 4.3 million | — |
| 75 | Madagascar | 4.2 million | — |
| 76 | Finland | 4.1 million | — |
| 77 | Croatia | 4 million | — |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.8 million | — |
| 79 | Tunisia | 3.8 million | — |
| 80 | Ecuador | 3.8 million | — |
| 81 | Slovakia | 3.6 million | — |
| 82 | Georgia | 3.6 million | — |
| 83 | Haiti | 3.4 million | — |
| 84 | Norway | 3.3 million | — |
| 85 | Guatemala | 3.3 million | — |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 3.3 million | — |
| 87 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.2 million | — |
| 88 | Guinea | 3.1 million | — |
| 89 | Malawi | 3.1 million | — |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 3 million | — |
| 91 | Ireland | 2.9 million | — |
| 92 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.9 million | — |
| 93 | Niger | 2.8 million | — |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.8 million | — |
| 95 | Senegal | 2.7 million | — |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 2.6 million | — |
| 97 | Chad | 2.6 million | — |
| 98 | South Sudan | 2.6 million | — |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 2.6 million | — |
| 100 | Zambia | 2.5 million | — |
| 101 | Lithuania | 2.5 million | — |
| 102 | Burundi | 2.4 million | — |
| 103 | Somalia | 2.4 million | — |
| 104 | Rwanda | 2.4 million | — |
| 105 | El Salvador | 2.3 million | — |
| 106 | Benin | 2.3 million | — |
| 107 | Uruguay | 2.3 million | — |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 2.3 million | — |
| 109 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.2 million | — |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 2.1 million | — |
| 111 | New Zealand | 2 million | — |
| 112 | Latvia | 2 million | — |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 1.9 million | — |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.8 million | — |
| 115 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.8 million | — |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 1.7 million | — |
| 117 | Honduras | 1.7 million | — |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 1.6 million | — |
| 119 | Paraguay | 1.6 million | — |
| 120 | Jamaica | 1.5 million | — |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 1.5 million | — |
| 122 | Slovenia | 1.5 million | — |
| 123 | Armenia | 1.5 million | — |
| 124 | Togo | 1.5 million | — |
| 125 | Lebanon | 1.4 million | — |
| 126 | Israel | 1.4 million | — |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 1.4 million | — |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 1.3 million | — |
| 129 | Albania | 1.3 million | — |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 1.3 million | — |
| 131 | Libya | 1.2 million | — |
| 132 | Singapore | 1.2 million | — |
| 133 | Estonia | 1.1 million | — |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 1 million | — |
| 135 | State of Palestine | 967,235 | — |
| 136 | Liberia | 964,512 | — |
| 137 | Panama | 916,001 | — |
| 138 | Congo | 882,377 | — |
| 139 | Eritrea | 847,267 | — |
| 140 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 819,782 | — |
| 141 | Mongolia | 813,558 | — |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 692,456 | — |
| 143 | Mauritania | 691,929 | — |
| 144 | Lesotho | 607,999 | — |
| 145 | Mauritius | 565,205 | — |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 555,873 | — |
| 147 | Namibia | 529,900 | — |
| 148 | Jordan | 524,753 | — |
| 149 | Cyprus | 512,628 | — |
| 150 | Gabon | 480,109 | — |
| 151 | Oman | 471,920 | — |
| 152 | Guyana | 447,596 | — |
| 153 | Botswana | 438,873 | — |
| 154 | Timor-Leste | 424,614 | — |
| 155 | Montenegro | 423,718 | — |
| 156 | Fiji | 327,138 | — |
| 157 | Gambia | 326,792 | — |
| 158 | Malta | 307,141 | — |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 300,828 | — |
| 160 | Eswatini | 289,160 | — |
| 161 | Réunion | 273,274 | — |
| 162 | Martinique | 245,529 | — |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 236,722 | — |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 228,748 | — |
| 165 | Barbados | 217,967 | — |
| 166 | Suriname | 209,302 | — |
| 167 | China, Macao SAR | 200,249 | — |
| 168 | Cabo Verde | 190,521 | — |
| 169 | Bhutan | 181,799 | — |
| 170 | Comoros | 170,803 | — |
| 171 | Kuwait | 165,567 | — |
| 172 | Iceland | 148,979 | — |
| 173 | Bahrain | 126,352 | — |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 114,801 | — |
| 175 | Curaçao | 108,587 | — |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 94,413 | — |
| 177 | Samoa | 93,727 | — |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 87,418 | — |
| 179 | Bahamas | 87,076 | — |
| 180 | Grenada | 79,505 | — |
| 181 | Maldives | 77,757 | — |
| 182 | Belize | 74,436 | — |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 68,507 | — |
| 184 | Djibouti | 67,392 | — |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 66,253 | — |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 66,127 | — |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 62,984 | — |
| 188 | Guam | 62,188 | — |
| 189 | Jersey | 59,045 | — |
| 190 | Brunei Darussalam | 55,822 | — |
| 191 | Isle of Man | 54,369 | — |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 53,762 | — |
| 193 | Tonga | 53,092 | — |
| 194 | Dominica | 51,074 | — |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49,919 | — |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47,893 | — |
| 197 | Guernsey | 46,154 | — |
| 198 | Aruba | 45,624 | — |
| 199 | Kiribati | 39,836 | — |
| 200 | Seychelles | 39,141 | — |
| 201 | Bermuda | 38,578 | — |
| 202 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 34,410 | — |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 32,039 | — |
| 204 | United States Virgin Islands | 28,405 | — |
| 205 | Qatar | 26,307 | — |
| 206 | Greenland | 24,478 | — |
| 207 | French Guiana | 24,160 | — |
| 208 | Mayotte | 21,554 | — |
| 209 | Gibraltar | 21,542 | — |
| 210 | Monaco | 20,629 | — |
| 211 | American Samoa | 19,623 | — |
| 212 | Western Sahara | 16,209 | — |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 15,466 | — |
| 214 | Liechtenstein | 14,341 | — |
| 215 | San Marino | 13,357 | — |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | 13,271 | — |
| 217 | Montserrat | 12,713 | — |
| 218 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 9,350 | — |
| 219 | Palau | 7,903 | — |
| 220 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7,377 | — |
| 221 | British Virgin Islands | 7,371 | — |
| 222 | Cayman Islands | 7,330 | — |
| 223 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 7,173 | — |
| 224 | Anguilla | 5,431 | — |
| 225 | Andorra | 5,318 | — |
| 226 | Saint Helena | 5,309 | — |
| 227 | Tuvalu | 5,119 | — |
| 228 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,990 | — |
| 229 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,613 | — |
| 230 | Niue | 4,576 | — |
| 231 | Nauru | 3,653 | — |
| 232 | Saint Martin (French part) | 3,289 | — |
| 233 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2,217 | — |
| 234 | Saint Barthélemy | 2,084 | — |
| 235 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,691 | — |
| 236 | Tokelau | 1,573 | — |
| 237 | Holy See | 895 | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.