Population by country, 1957
Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population | 1947 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 622.8 million | — |
| 2 | India | 401.7 million | — |
| 3 | United States of America | 170.1 million | — |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 113.8 million | — |
| 5 | Japan | 93.8 million | — |
| 6 | Indonesia | 80.3 million | — |
| 7 | Germany | 70.8 million | — |
| 8 | Brazil | 65 million | — |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 51.5 million | — |
| 10 | Italy | 48.5 million | — |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 47.4 million | — |
| 12 | France | 44.8 million | — |
| 13 | Nigeria | 42.1 million | — |
| 14 | Pakistan | 41.6 million | — |
| 15 | Ukraine | 40.7 million | — |
| 16 | Mexico | 33.1 million | — |
| 17 | Spain | 29.4 million | — |
| 18 | Viet Nam | 29.3 million | — |
| 19 | Poland | 27.8 million | — |
| 20 | Türkiye | 25.5 million | — |
| 21 | Egypt | 24.7 million | — |
| 22 | Thailand | 24.3 million | — |
| 23 | Philippines | 24.3 million | — |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 23.3 million | — |
| 25 | Myanmar | 20.2 million | — |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 20 million | — |
| 27 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 19.5 million | — |
| 28 | Argentina | 19.2 million | — |
| 29 | Romania | 17.8 million | — |
| 30 | Canada | 16.4 million | — |
| 31 | South Africa | 15.1 million | — |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14.1 million | — |
| 33 | Colombia | 14.1 million | — |
| 34 | Netherlands | 11 million | — |
| 35 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 10.7 million | — |
| 36 | Algeria | 10.6 million | — |
| 37 | Morocco | 10.6 million | — |
| 38 | Hungary | 9.8 million | — |
| 39 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 9.7 million | — |
| 40 | Australia | 9.5 million | — |
| 41 | Nepal | 9.5 million | — |
| 42 | Czechia | 9.4 million | — |
| 43 | Peru | 9.2 million | — |
| 44 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9 million | — |
| 45 | Belgium | 8.9 million | — |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 8.9 million | — |
| 47 | Portugal | 8.7 million | — |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 8.5 million | — |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 8.4 million | — |
| 50 | Greece | 8.1 million | — |
| 51 | Belarus | 7.7 million | — |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 7.6 million | — |
| 53 | Chile | 7.6 million | — |
| 54 | Sudan | 7.5 million | — |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 7.4 million | — |
| 56 | Sweden | 7.3 million | — |
| 57 | Malaysia | 7.3 million | — |
| 58 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7.2 million | — |
| 59 | Austria | 7 million | — |
| 60 | Uganda | 6.9 million | — |
| 61 | Kenya | 6.8 million | — |
| 62 | Cuba | 6.7 million | — |
| 63 | Iraq | 6.6 million | — |
| 64 | Serbia | 6.5 million | — |
| 65 | Mozambique | 6.4 million | — |
| 66 | Ghana | 6.2 million | — |
| 67 | Yemen | 5.2 million | — |
| 68 | Mali | 5.1 million | — |
| 69 | Switzerland | 5.1 million | — |
| 70 | Cambodia | 5.1 million | — |
| 71 | Angola | 4.9 million | — |
| 72 | Cameroon | 4.8 million | — |
| 73 | Madagascar | 4.7 million | — |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 4.6 million | — |
| 75 | Denmark | 4.5 million | — |
| 76 | Finland | 4.3 million | — |
| 77 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.2 million | — |
| 78 | Ecuador | 4.2 million | — |
| 79 | Croatia | 4.1 million | — |
| 80 | Tunisia | 4.1 million | — |
| 81 | Slovakia | 3.9 million | — |
| 82 | Georgia | 3.8 million | — |
| 83 | Guatemala | 3.7 million | — |
| 84 | Haiti | 3.6 million | — |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 3.6 million | — |
| 86 | Norway | 3.5 million | — |
| 87 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.5 million | — |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 3.4 million | — |
| 89 | Malawi | 3.4 million | — |
| 90 | Guinea | 3.4 million | — |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.3 million | — |
| 92 | Niger | 3.2 million | — |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 million | — |
| 94 | Senegal | 3 million | — |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 2.9 million | — |
| 96 | Ireland | 2.9 million | — |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 2.9 million | — |
| 98 | Chad | 2.8 million | — |
| 99 | Zambia | 2.8 million | — |
| 100 | South Sudan | 2.8 million | — |
| 101 | Rwanda | 2.7 million | — |
| 102 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.7 million | — |
| 103 | Somalia | 2.6 million | — |
| 104 | Lithuania | 2.6 million | — |
| 105 | Burundi | 2.6 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 | 2.2 million | — |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 2.1 million | — |
| 113 | Latvia | 2 million | — |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 million | — |
| 115 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2 million | — |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 1.9 million | — |
| 117 | Honduras | 1.9 million | — |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 1.8 million | — |
| 119 | Paraguay | 1.7 million | — |
| 120 | Israel | 1.7 million | — |
| 121 | Armenia | 1.7 million | — |
| 122 | Lebanon | 1.6 million | — |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 1.6 million | — |
| 124 | Central African Republic | 1.6 million | — |
| 125 | Jamaica | 1.6 million | — |
| 126 | Togo | 1.6 million | — |
| 127 | Slovenia | 1.6 million | — |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 1.5 million | — |
| 129 | Albania | 1.5 million | — |
| 130 | Singapore | 1.4 million | — |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 1.4 million | — |
| 132 | Libya | 1.3 million | — |
| 133 | Estonia | 1.2 million | — |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 1.2 million | — |
| 135 | Liberia | 1.1 million | — |
| 136 | Panama | 1 million | — |
| 137 | State of Palestine | 1 million | — |
| 138 | Congo | 968,264 | — |
| 139 | Eritrea | 912,244 | — |
| 140 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 899,265 | — |
| 141 | Mongolia | 880,644 | — |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 771,955 | — |
| 143 | Mauritania | 756,258 | — |
| 144 | Jordan | 691,315 | — |
| 145 | Lesotho | 665,086 | — |
| 146 | Mauritius | 622,259 | — |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 568,381 | — |
| 148 | Namibia | 558,423 | — |
| 149 | Cyprus | 547,799 | — |
| 150 | Guyana | 508,862 | — |
| 151 | Oman | 499,959 | — |
| 152 | Gabon | 494,845 | — |
| 153 | Botswana | 478,725 | — |
| 154 | Montenegro | 449,715 | — |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 445,550 | — |
| 156 | Fiji | 364,477 | — |
| 157 | Gambia | 362,720 | — |
| 158 | Malta | 324,577 | — |
| 159 | Eswatini | 318,336 | — |
| 160 | Réunion | 317,251 | — |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 307,716 | — |
| 162 | Martinique | 268,900 | — |
| 163 | Guadeloupe | 254,571 | — |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 253,705 | — |
| 165 | Suriname | 235,716 | — |
| 166 | Barbados | 225,052 | — |
| 167 | Kuwait | 218,076 | — |
| 168 | Bhutan | 203,015 | — |
| 169 | Cabo Verde | 198,993 | — |
| 170 | China, Macao SAR | 190,282 | — |
| 171 | Comoros | 184,622 | — |
| 172 | Iceland | 162,690 | — |
| 173 | Bahrain | 144,426 | — |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 126,913 | — |
| 175 | Curaçao | 120,930 | — |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 109,838 | — |
| 177 | Samoa | 102,504 | — |
| 178 | Bahamas | 99,416 | — |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 93,271 | — |
| 180 | Grenada | 86,962 | — |
| 181 | Maldives | 84,184 | — |
| 182 | Belize | 83,187 | — |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 77,601 | — |
| 184 | Djibouti | 76,610 | — |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75,298 | — |
| 186 | Brunei Darussalam | 71,798 | — |
| 187 | New Caledonia | 71,447 | — |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 65,543 | — |
| 189 | Guam | 65,436 | — |
| 190 | Jersey | 61,463 | — |
| 191 | Tonga | 60,045 | — |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 58,592 | — |
| 193 | Dominica | 54,543 | — |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53,399 | — |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 51,886 | — |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 51,687 | — |
| 197 | Aruba | 50,712 | — |
| 198 | Guernsey | 46,564 | — |
| 199 | Kiribati | 43,474 | — |
| 200 | Seychelles | 40,874 | — |
| 201 | Bermuda | 40,582 | — |
| 202 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 38,641 | — |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 32,512 | — |
| 204 | United States Virgin Islands | 30,371 | — |
| 205 | Qatar | 30,040 | — |
| 206 | Greenland | 27,698 | — |
| 207 | French Guiana | 26,987 | — |
| 208 | Mayotte | 23,675 | — |
| 209 | Western Sahara | 22,930 | — |
| 210 | Gibraltar | 21,876 | — |
| 211 | Monaco | 20,921 | — |
| 212 | American Samoa | 19,966 | — |
| 213 | Cook Islands | 16,557 | — |
| 214 | Liechtenstein | 15,381 | — |
| 215 | San Marino | 14,214 | — |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | 13,610 | — |
| 217 | Montserrat | 12,340 | — |
| 218 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 9,438 | — |
| 219 | Palau | 8,672 | — |
| 220 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7,964 | — |
| 221 | Cayman Islands | 7,915 | — |
| 222 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 7,620 | — |
| 223 | British Virgin Islands | 7,559 | — |
| 224 | Andorra | 7,074 | — |
| 225 | Anguilla | 5,792 | — |
| 226 | Tuvalu | 5,414 | — |
| 227 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,307 | — |
| 228 | Saint Helena | 5,294 | — |
| 229 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,831 | — |
| 230 | Niue | 4,693 | — |
| 231 | Nauru | 4,096 | — |
| 232 | Saint Martin (French part) | 3,789 | — |
| 233 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2,192 | — |
| 234 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2,141 | — |
| 235 | Saint Barthélemy | 2,118 | — |
| 236 | Tokelau | 1,615 | — |
| 237 | Holy See | 918 | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.