Population by country, 1955
Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 596.8 million | — |
| 2 | India | 383.1 million | — |
| 3 | United States of America | 164.9 million | — |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 110.3 million | — |
| 5 | Japan | 91.9 million | — |
| 6 | Indonesia | 76.3 million | — |
| 7 | Germany | 70.2 million | — |
| 8 | Brazil | 61.2 million | — |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 51.1 million | — |
| 10 | Italy | 48 million | — |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 45.2 million | — |
| 12 | France | 43.9 million | — |
| 13 | Nigeria | 40.6 million | — |
| 14 | Pakistan | 39.6 million | — |
| 15 | Ukraine | 39.6 million | — |
| 16 | Mexico | 31.2 million | — |
| 17 | Spain | 29 million | — |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 27.8 million | — |
| 19 | Poland | 26.8 million | — |
| 20 | Türkiye | 24 million | — |
| 21 | Egypt | 23.5 million | — |
| 22 | Thailand | 23 million | — |
| 23 | Philippines | 22.4 million | — |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 21.8 million | — |
| 25 | Myanmar | 19.3 million | — |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 19.2 million | — |
| 27 | Argentina | 18.6 million | — |
| 28 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 18.5 million | — |
| 29 | Romania | 17.4 million | — |
| 30 | Canada | 15.5 million | — |
| 31 | South Africa | 14.4 million | — |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13.5 million | — |
| 33 | Colombia | 13.3 million | — |
| 34 | Netherlands | 10.7 million | — |
| 35 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 10.3 million | — |
| 36 | Algeria | 10.1 million | — |
| 37 | Morocco | 10 million | — |
| 38 | Hungary | 9.8 million | — |
| 39 | Czechia | 9.3 million | — |
| 40 | Nepal | 9.2 million | — |
| 41 | Australia | 9.1 million | — |
| 42 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 8.9 million | — |
| 43 | Belgium | 8.8 million | — |
| 44 | Peru | 8.7 million | — |
| 45 | Portugal | 8.6 million | — |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 8.5 million | — |
| 47 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.5 million | — |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 8.3 million | — |
| 49 | Greece | 7.9 million | — |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 7.9 million | — |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 7.5 million | — |
| 52 | Belarus | 7.5 million | — |
| 53 | Chile | 7.3 million | — |
| 54 | Sweden | 7.2 million | — |
| 55 | Sudan | 7.1 million | — |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 7 million | — |
| 57 | Austria | 6.9 million | — |
| 58 | Malaysia | 6.9 million | — |
| 59 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6.6 million | — |
| 60 | Uganda | 6.5 million | — |
| 61 | Cuba | 6.5 million | — |
| 62 | Kenya | 6.4 million | — |
| 63 | Serbia | 6.3 million | — |
| 64 | Iraq | 6.3 million | — |
| 65 | Mozambique | 6.2 million | — |
| 66 | Ghana | 5.8 million | — |
| 67 | Mali | 5 million | — |
| 68 | Switzerland | 5 million | — |
| 69 | Yemen | 5 million | — |
| 70 | Cambodia | 4.8 million | — |
| 71 | Angola | 4.8 million | — |
| 72 | Cameroon | 4.7 million | — |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 4.4 million | — |
| 74 | Madagascar | 4.4 million | — |
| 75 | Denmark | 4.4 million | — |
| 76 | Finland | 4.2 million | — |
| 77 | Croatia | 4.1 million | — |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4 million | — |
| 79 | Tunisia | 4 million | — |
| 80 | Ecuador | 4 million | — |
| 81 | Slovakia | 3.8 million | — |
| 82 | Georgia | 3.7 million | — |
| 83 | Haiti | 3.5 million | — |
| 84 | Guatemala | 3.5 million | — |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 3.4 million | — |
| 86 | Norway | 3.4 million | — |
| 87 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.3 million | — |
| 88 | Guinea | 3.2 million | — |
| 89 | Malawi | 3.2 million | — |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 3.2 million | — |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.1 million | — |
| 92 | Niger | 3 million | — |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.9 million | — |
| 94 | Ireland | 2.9 million | — |
| 95 | Senegal | 2.9 million | — |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 2.7 million | — |
| 97 | Chad | 2.7 million | — |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 2.7 million | — |
| 99 | South Sudan | 2.7 million | — |
| 100 | Zambia | 2.7 million | — |
| 101 | Lithuania | 2.6 million | — |
| 102 | Rwanda | 2.5 million | — |
| 103 | Somalia | 2.5 million | — |
| 104 | Burundi | 2.5 million | — |
| 105 | El Salvador | 2.4 million | — |
| 106 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.4 million | — |
| 107 | Uruguay | 2.4 million | — |
| 108 | Benin | 2.3 million | — |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 2.3 million | — |
| 110 | New Zealand | 2.1 million | — |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 2.1 million | — |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 2 million | — |
| 113 | Latvia | 2 million | — |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.9 million | — |
| 115 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.9 million | — |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 1.8 million | — |
| 117 | Honduras | 1.8 million | — |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 1.7 million | — |
| 119 | Paraguay | 1.7 million | — |
| 120 | Israel | 1.6 million | — |
| 121 | Armenia | 1.6 million | — |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 1.5 million | — |
| 123 | Jamaica | 1.5 million | — |
| 124 | Lebanon | 1.5 million | — |
| 125 | Slovenia | 1.5 million | — |
| 126 | Togo | 1.5 million | — |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 1.5 million | — |
| 128 | Albania | 1.4 million | — |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 1.4 million | — |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 1.3 million | — |
| 131 | Singapore | 1.3 million | — |
| 132 | Libya | 1.2 million | — |
| 133 | Estonia | 1.2 million | — |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 1.1 million | — |
| 135 | Liberia | 1 million | — |
| 136 | State of Palestine | 989,953 | — |
| 137 | Panama | 965,781 | — |
| 138 | Congo | 923,480 | — |
| 139 | Eritrea | 877,905 | — |
| 140 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 857,936 | — |
| 141 | Mongolia | 841,048 | — |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 731,048 | — |
| 143 | Mauritania | 722,494 | — |
| 144 | Lesotho | 634,839 | — |
| 145 | Jordan | 604,247 | — |
| 146 | Mauritius | 592,322 | — |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 562,578 | — |
| 148 | Namibia | 543,471 | — |
| 149 | Cyprus | 529,389 | — |
| 150 | Gabon | 486,908 | — |
| 151 | Oman | 485,224 | — |
| 152 | Guyana | 476,433 | — |
| 153 | Botswana | 459,013 | — |
| 154 | Montenegro | 437,503 | — |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 434,452 | — |
| 156 | Gambia | 344,239 | — |
| 157 | Fiji | 344,197 | — |
| 158 | Malta | 315,943 | — |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 304,424 | — |
| 160 | Eswatini | 303,544 | — |
| 161 | Réunion | 294,937 | — |
| 162 | Martinique | 258,511 | — |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 245,080 | — |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 241,581 | — |
| 165 | Barbados | 222,609 | — |
| 166 | Suriname | 221,823 | — |
| 167 | China, Macao SAR | 196,809 | — |
| 168 | Cabo Verde | 194,527 | — |
| 169 | Bhutan | 192,040 | — |
| 170 | Comoros | 177,880 | — |
| 171 | Kuwait | 175,875 | — |
| 172 | Iceland | 156,024 | — |
| 173 | Bahrain | 134,728 | — |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 120,603 | — |
| 175 | Curaçao | 114,529 | — |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 98,429 | — |
| 177 | Samoa | 97,945 | — |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 93,975 | — |
| 179 | Bahamas | 92,250 | — |
| 180 | Grenada | 82,624 | — |
| 181 | Maldives | 80,772 | — |
| 182 | Belize | 78,755 | — |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 72,647 | — |
| 184 | Djibouti | 71,835 | — |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70,411 | — |
| 186 | New Caledonia | 68,535 | — |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 64,304 | — |
| 188 | Guam | 63,652 | — |
| 189 | Brunei Darussalam | 63,123 | — |
| 190 | Jersey | 60,312 | — |
| 191 | Tonga | 56,361 | — |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 56,007 | — |
| 193 | Isle of Man | 53,121 | — |
| 194 | Dominica | 52,476 | — |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51,718 | — |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49,870 | — |
| 197 | Aruba | 48,121 | — |
| 198 | Guernsey | 46,359 | — |
| 199 | Kiribati | 41,573 | — |
| 200 | Seychelles | 39,877 | — |
| 201 | Bermuda | 39,603 | — |
| 202 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 36,430 | — |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 32,088 | — |
| 204 | United States Virgin Islands | 29,422 | — |
| 205 | Qatar | 28,064 | — |
| 206 | Greenland | 25,857 | — |
| 207 | French Guiana | 24,942 | — |
| 208 | Mayotte | 22,549 | — |
| 209 | Gibraltar | 21,754 | — |
| 210 | Monaco | 20,631 | — |
| 211 | American Samoa | 19,810 | — |
| 212 | Western Sahara | 19,340 | — |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 16,025 | — |
| 214 | Liechtenstein | 14,834 | — |
| 215 | San Marino | 13,702 | — |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | 13,435 | — |
| 217 | Montserrat | 12,524 | — |
| 218 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 9,693 | — |
| 219 | Palau | 8,317 | — |
| 220 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7,636 | — |
| 221 | Cayman Islands | 7,622 | — |
| 222 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 7,599 | — |
| 223 | British Virgin Islands | 7,479 | — |
| 224 | Andorra | 5,876 | — |
| 225 | Anguilla | 5,713 | — |
| 226 | Saint Helena | 5,318 | — |
| 227 | Tuvalu | 5,307 | — |
| 228 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,075 | — |
| 229 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,736 | — |
| 230 | Niue | 4,610 | — |
| 231 | Nauru | 3,823 | — |
| 232 | Saint Martin (French part) | 3,541 | — |
| 233 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2,182 | — |
| 234 | Saint Barthélemy | 2,124 | — |
| 235 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,884 | — |
| 236 | Tokelau | 1,593 | — |
| 237 | Holy See | 908 | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.