Population by country, 1956
Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population | 1946 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 610.3 million | — |
| 2 | India | 392.3 million | — |
| 3 | United States of America | 167.5 million | — |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 112 million | — |
| 5 | Japan | 92.9 million | — |
| 6 | Indonesia | 78.3 million | — |
| 7 | Germany | 70.5 million | — |
| 8 | Brazil | 63.1 million | — |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 51.3 million | — |
| 10 | Italy | 48.3 million | — |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 46.3 million | — |
| 12 | France | 44.4 million | — |
| 13 | Nigeria | 41.3 million | — |
| 14 | Pakistan | 40.6 million | — |
| 15 | Ukraine | 40.1 million | — |
| 16 | Mexico | 32.1 million | — |
| 17 | Spain | 29.2 million | — |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 28.5 million | — |
| 19 | Poland | 27.3 million | — |
| 20 | Türkiye | 24.6 million | — |
| 21 | Egypt | 24.1 million | — |
| 22 | Thailand | 23.7 million | — |
| 23 | Philippines | 23.3 million | — |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 22.5 million | — |
| 25 | Myanmar | 19.8 million | — |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 19.6 million | — |
| 27 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 18.9 million | — |
| 28 | Argentina | 18.9 million | — |
| 29 | Romania | 17.6 million | — |
| 30 | Canada | 15.9 million | — |
| 31 | South Africa | 14.7 million | — |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13.8 million | — |
| 33 | Colombia | 13.7 million | — |
| 34 | Netherlands | 10.8 million | — |
| 35 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 10.5 million | — |
| 36 | Algeria | 10.4 million | — |
| 37 | Morocco | 10.3 million | — |
| 38 | Hungary | 9.9 million | — |
| 39 | Nepal | 9.3 million | — |
| 40 | Czechia | 9.3 million | — |
| 41 | Australia | 9.3 million | — |
| 42 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 9.3 million | — |
| 43 | Peru | 8.9 million | — |
| 44 | Belgium | 8.9 million | — |
| 45 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.8 million | — |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 8.7 million | — |
| 47 | Portugal | 8.7 million | — |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 8.4 million | — |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 8.1 million | — |
| 50 | Greece | 8 million | — |
| 51 | Belarus | 7.6 million | — |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 7.6 million | — |
| 53 | Chile | 7.4 million | — |
| 54 | Sweden | 7.3 million | — |
| 55 | Sudan | 7.3 million | — |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 7.1 million | — |
| 57 | Malaysia | 7.1 million | — |
| 58 | Austria | 6.9 million | — |
| 59 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6.9 million | — |
| 60 | Uganda | 6.7 million | — |
| 61 | Kenya | 6.6 million | — |
| 62 | Cuba | 6.6 million | — |
| 63 | Iraq | 6.4 million | — |
| 64 | Serbia | 6.4 million | — |
| 65 | Mozambique | 6.3 million | — |
| 66 | Ghana | 6 million | — |
| 67 | Mali | 5.1 million | — |
| 68 | Yemen | 5.1 million | — |
| 69 | Switzerland | 5 million | — |
| 70 | Cambodia | 4.9 million | — |
| 71 | Angola | 4.9 million | — |
| 72 | Cameroon | 4.7 million | — |
| 73 | Madagascar | 4.5 million | — |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 4.5 million | — |
| 75 | Denmark | 4.5 million | — |
| 76 | Finland | 4.3 million | — |
| 77 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.1 million | — |
| 78 | Croatia | 4.1 million | — |
| 79 | Ecuador | 4.1 million | — |
| 80 | Tunisia | 4 million | — |
| 81 | Slovakia | 3.8 million | — |
| 82 | Georgia | 3.8 million | — |
| 83 | Guatemala | 3.6 million | — |
| 84 | Haiti | 3.6 million | — |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 3.5 million | — |
| 86 | Norway | 3.4 million | — |
| 87 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.4 million | — |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 3.3 million | — |
| 89 | Guinea | 3.3 million | — |
| 90 | Malawi | 3.3 million | — |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.2 million | — |
| 92 | Niger | 3.1 million | — |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 million | — |
| 94 | Senegal | 2.9 million | — |
| 95 | Ireland | 2.9 million | — |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 2.8 million | — |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 2.8 million | — |
| 98 | Chad | 2.8 million | — |
| 99 | Zambia | 2.7 million | — |
| 100 | South Sudan | 2.7 million | — |
| 101 | Rwanda | 2.6 million | — |
| 102 | Lithuania | 2.6 million | — |
| 103 | Somalia | 2.6 million | — |
| 104 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.5 million | — |
| 105 | Burundi | 2.5 million | — |
| 106 | El Salvador | 2.5 million | — |
| 107 | Uruguay | 2.4 million | — |
| 108 | Benin | 2.4 million | — |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 2.3 million | — |
| 110 | New Zealand | 2.2 million | — |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 2.1 million | — |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 2.1 million | — |
| 113 | Latvia | 2 million | — |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 million | — |
| 115 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.9 million | — |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 1.8 million | — |
| 117 | Honduras | 1.8 million | — |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 1.8 million | — |
| 119 | Paraguay | 1.7 million | — |
| 120 | Israel | 1.6 million | — |
| 121 | Armenia | 1.6 million | — |
| 122 | Lebanon | 1.6 million | — |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 1.6 million | — |
| 124 | Jamaica | 1.6 million | — |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 1.6 million | — |
| 126 | Togo | 1.5 million | — |
| 127 | Slovenia | 1.5 million | — |
| 128 | Albania | 1.4 million | — |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 1.4 million | — |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 1.4 million | — |
| 131 | Singapore | 1.4 million | — |
| 132 | Libya | 1.3 million | — |
| 133 | Estonia | 1.2 million | — |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 1.1 million | — |
| 135 | Liberia | 1 million | — |
| 136 | State of Palestine | 1 million | — |
| 137 | Panama | 992,143 | — |
| 138 | Congo | 945,383 | — |
| 139 | Eritrea | 894,569 | — |
| 140 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 878,111 | — |
| 141 | Mongolia | 856,320 | — |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 751,417 | — |
| 143 | Mauritania | 738,954 | — |
| 144 | Lesotho | 649,528 | — |
| 145 | Jordan | 646,887 | — |
| 146 | Mauritius | 606,855 | — |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 565,559 | — |
| 148 | Namibia | 550,692 | — |
| 149 | Cyprus | 538,342 | — |
| 150 | Oman | 492,379 | — |
| 151 | Guyana | 492,273 | — |
| 152 | Gabon | 490,725 | — |
| 153 | Botswana | 468,839 | — |
| 154 | Montenegro | 443,656 | — |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 439,848 | — |
| 156 | Fiji | 353,943 | — |
| 157 | Gambia | 353,340 | — |
| 158 | Malta | 320,335 | — |
| 159 | Eswatini | 310,891 | — |
| 160 | Luxembourg | 306,200 | — |
| 161 | Réunion | 305,916 | — |
| 162 | Martinique | 263,572 | — |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 249,350 | — |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 247,980 | — |
| 165 | Suriname | 228,567 | — |
| 166 | Barbados | 223,970 | — |
| 167 | Bhutan | 197,456 | — |
| 168 | Cabo Verde | 196,702 | — |
| 169 | Kuwait | 196,354 | — |
| 170 | China, Macao SAR | 194,076 | — |
| 171 | Comoros | 181,293 | — |
| 172 | Iceland | 159,465 | — |
| 173 | Bahrain | 139,412 | — |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 123,777 | — |
| 175 | Curaçao | 117,685 | — |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 104,087 | — |
| 177 | Samoa | 100,132 | — |
| 178 | Bahamas | 95,594 | — |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 93,632 | — |
| 180 | Grenada | 84,646 | — |
| 181 | Maldives | 82,431 | — |
| 182 | Belize | 80,957 | — |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 75,050 | — |
| 184 | Djibouti | 74,172 | — |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72,804 | — |
| 186 | New Caledonia | 69,783 | — |
| 187 | Brunei Darussalam | 67,298 | — |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 64,908 | — |
| 189 | Guam | 64,504 | — |
| 190 | Jersey | 60,898 | — |
| 191 | Tonga | 58,152 | — |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 57,258 | — |
| 193 | Dominica | 53,428 | — |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52,550 | — |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 52,429 | — |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 50,878 | — |
| 197 | Aruba | 49,415 | — |
| 198 | Guernsey | 46,431 | — |
| 199 | Kiribati | 42,508 | — |
| 200 | Seychelles | 40,326 | — |
| 201 | Bermuda | 40,103 | — |
| 202 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 37,518 | — |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 32,136 | — |
| 204 | United States Virgin Islands | 29,893 | — |
| 205 | Qatar | 29,008 | — |
| 206 | Greenland | 26,664 | — |
| 207 | French Guiana | 25,932 | — |
| 208 | Mayotte | 23,100 | — |
| 209 | Gibraltar | 21,816 | — |
| 210 | Western Sahara | 21,075 | — |
| 211 | Monaco | 20,519 | — |
| 212 | American Samoa | 19,907 | — |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 16,310 | — |
| 214 | Liechtenstein | 15,104 | — |
| 215 | San Marino | 13,884 | — |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | 13,530 | — |
| 217 | Montserrat | 12,439 | — |
| 218 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 9,583 | — |
| 219 | Palau | 8,514 | — |
| 220 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7,819 | — |
| 221 | Cayman Islands | 7,766 | — |
| 222 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 7,605 | — |
| 223 | British Virgin Islands | 7,510 | — |
| 224 | Andorra | 6,455 | — |
| 225 | Anguilla | 5,769 | — |
| 226 | Tuvalu | 5,364 | — |
| 227 | Saint Helena | 5,298 | — |
| 228 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,194 | — |
| 229 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,797 | — |
| 230 | Niue | 4,647 | — |
| 231 | Nauru | 3,946 | — |
| 232 | Saint Martin (French part) | 3,657 | — |
| 233 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2,187 | — |
| 234 | Saint Barthélemy | 2,127 | — |
| 235 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2,013 | — |
| 236 | Tokelau | 1,593 | — |
| 237 | Holy See | 914 | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.