Population by country, 1960

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1960

#	Country / area	Population	1950
1	China	654.9 million	539.2 million
2	India	430.8 million	342.6 million
3	United States of America	178.7 million	153.1 million
4	Russian Federation	119.1 million	102.7 million
5	Japan	96 million	85.7 million
6	Indonesia	87.1 million	68.1 million
7	Germany	72.5 million	69.9 million
8	Brazil	71.3 million	52.6 million
9	United Kingdom	52.4 million	49.9 million
10	Bangladesh	51.1 million	40.8 million
11	Italy	49.4 million	46.2 million
12	France	46.2 million	41.7 million
13	Pakistan	45.1 million	35.5 million
14	Nigeria	44.6 million	36.9 million
15	Ukraine	42.5 million	37.1 million
16	Mexico	36.2 million	27.2 million
17	Viet Nam	32.1 million	24.8 million
18	Spain	30.3 million	28 million
19	Poland	29.4 million	24.6 million
20	Türkiye	27.9 million	20.7 million
21	Philippines	27.5 million	18.5 million
22	Egypt	26.6 million	20.9 million
23	Thailand	26.5 million	20.2 million
24	Republic of Korea	25.7 million	19.8 million
25	Myanmar	21.5 million	17.6 million
26	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	21.2 million	16.3 million
27	Ethiopia	21.1 million	17.5 million
28	Argentina	20.2 million	16.8 million
29	Romania	18.3 million	16.3 million
30	Canada	17.7 million	13.6 million
31	South Africa	16.2 million	12.9 million
32	Colombia	15.4 million	11.6 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.1 million	12.2 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	11.6 million	11.4 million
35	Morocco	11.5 million	8.8 million
36	Netherlands	11.4 million	10 million
37	Algeria	11.3 million	8.9 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	10.8 million	7.5 million
39	Australia	10.2 million	8 million
40	Nepal	10 million	8.3 million
41	Peru	10 million	7.6 million
42	Hungary	10 million	9.3 million
43	United Republic of Tanzania	9.8 million	7.5 million
44	Sri Lanka	9.5 million	7.7 million
45	Czechia	9.5 million	8.9 million
46	Kazakhstan	9.3 million	6.7 million
47	Belgium	9.1 million	8.6 million
48	Afghanistan	8.9 million	7.7 million
49	Portugal	8.9 million	8.4 million
50	Greece	8.3 million	7.6 million
51	Sudan	8.2 million	6.1 million
52	Belarus	8.2 million	7.1 million
53	Chile	8.1 million	6.6 million
54	Uzbekistan	8.1 million	6.2 million
55	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	8 million	5.4 million
56	Malaysia	7.9 million	6 million
57	Bulgaria	7.8 million	7.2 million
58	Kenya	7.6 million	5.7 million
59	Uganda	7.5 million	5.7 million
60	Sweden	7.5 million	7 million
61	Cuba	7.2 million	5.9 million
62	Austria	7 million	6.9 million
63	Iraq	6.9 million	5.6 million
64	Ghana	6.8 million	5 million
65	Serbia	6.7 million	6 million
66	Mozambique	6.7 million	5.9 million
67	Yemen	5.5 million	4.6 million
68	Cambodia	5.4 million	4.3 million
69	Mali	5.4 million	4.7 million
70	Switzerland	5.3 million	4.7 million
71	Angola	5.2 million	4.5 million
72	Cameroon	5.1 million	4.3 million
73	Madagascar	5 million	3.9 million
74	Burkina Faso	4.7 million	4.2 million
75	Syrian Arab Republic	4.6 million	3.6 million
76	Denmark	4.6 million	4.3 million
77	Ecuador	4.5 million	3.5 million
78	Finland	4.4 million	4 million
79	Tunisia	4.2 million	3.6 million
80	Croatia	4.2 million	3.8 million
81	Slovakia	4.1 million	3.4 million
82	Georgia	4 million	3.5 million
83	Guatemala	4 million	3.1 million
84	Azerbaijan	3.9 million	3.1 million
85	Haiti	3.8 million	3.2 million
86	Zimbabwe	3.8 million	2.7 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.7 million	3.1 million
88	Côte d'Ivoire	3.6 million	2.7 million
89	Malawi	3.6 million	2.9 million
90	Norway	3.6 million	3.2 million
91	Guinea	3.5 million	3 million
92	Niger	3.5 million	2.6 million
93	Senegal	3.3 million	2.5 million
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.2 million	2.7 million
95	Dominican Republic	3.2 million	2.3 million
96	Zambia	3.1 million	2.3 million
97	Republic of Moldova	3 million	2.5 million
98	China, Hong Kong SAR	3 million	1.9 million
99	Chad	3 million	2.5 million
100	Rwanda	3 million	2.1 million
101	South Sudan	2.9 million	2.5 million
102	Somalia	2.8 million	2.2 million
103	Ireland	2.8 million	2.9 million
104	El Salvador	2.8 million	2.2 million
105	Lithuania	2.7 million	2.4 million
106	Burundi	2.7 million	2.2 million
107	Uruguay	2.5 million	2.2 million
108	Benin	2.5 million	2.2 million
109	Saudi Arabia	2.4 million	1.7 million
110	New Zealand	2.4 million	1.9 million
111	Puerto Rico	2.3 million	2.2 million
112	Sierra Leone	2.3 million	2 million
113	Kyrgyzstan	2.2 million	1.7 million
114	Latvia	2.1 million	1.9 million
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.1 million	1.7 million
116	Tajikistan	2.1 million	1.5 million
117	Honduras	2 million	1.5 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2 million	1.5 million
119	Israel	1.9 million	1.3 million
120	Paraguay	1.9 million	1.5 million
121	Armenia	1.8 million	1.4 million
122	Lebanon	1.8 million	1.3 million
123	Nicaragua	1.8 million	1.3 million
124	Central African Republic	1.7 million	1.4 million
125	Togo	1.7 million	1.4 million
126	Jamaica	1.6 million	1.4 million
127	Albania	1.6 million	1.2 million
128	Turkmenistan	1.6 million	1.3 million
129	Slovenia	1.6 million	1.4 million
130	Singapore	1.6 million	986,744
131	Libya	1.5 million	1.1 million
132	North Macedonia	1.4 million	1.2 million
133	Costa Rica	1.3 million	911,357
134	Estonia	1.2 million	1.1 million
135	Liberia	1.1 million	910,428
136	Panama	1.1 million	850,597
137	State of Palestine	1.1 million	940,731
138	Congo	1 million	826,239
139	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	971,187	770,519
140	Mongolia	962,066	775,342
141	Eritrea	961,312	809,093
142	Trinidad and Tobago	835,402	640,490
143	Jordan	830,969	423,438
144	Mauritania	813,656	651,343
145	Lesotho	725,508	574,451
146	Mauritius	673,910	517,924
147	Namibia	585,928	511,768
148	Cyprus	580,403	490,395
149	Guinea-Bissau	576,325	539,731
150	Guyana	562,122	412,752
151	Oman	525,962	454,182
152	Botswana	510,396	408,831
153	Gabon	509,447	471,475
154	Montenegro	467,945	398,951
155	Timor-Leste	464,613	413,233
156	Fiji	398,725	306,371
157	Gambia	392,711	302,972
158	Réunion	353,162	244,526
159	Eswatini	341,406	268,201
160	Malta	330,700	291,123
161	Luxembourg	313,155	295,793
162	Kuwait	294,651	151,763
163	Martinique	285,785	229,313
164	Guadeloupe	275,674	214,419
165	Equatorial Guinea	267,342	224,540
166	Suriname	259,556	193,525
167	Barbados	229,580	208,083
168	Bhutan	220,902	167,725
169	Cabo Verde	208,108	183,891
170	Comoros	195,955	159,959
171	China, Macao SAR	175,609	193,635
172	Iceland	173,845	141,032
173	Bahrain	162,089	115,571
174	Solomon Islands	138,085	107,528
175	Curaçao	131,187	100,485
176	United Arab Emirates	128,080	72,048
177	Bahamas	113,496	83,053
178	Samoa	111,007	87,216
179	Grenada	93,348	77,018
180	Saint Lucia	92,168	92,459
181	Belize	90,157	68,155
182	Maldives	90,085	73,839
183	Brunei Darussalam	86,269	46,859
184	Djibouti	84,433	61,361
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	83,605	60,842
186	French Polynesia	82,780	63,592
187	New Caledonia	78,503	63,335
188	Guam	68,674	60,531
189	Sao Tome and Principe	67,666	60,426
190	Tonga	65,244	49,041
191	Vanuatu	63,536	51,124
192	Jersey	63,322	56,572
193	Dominica	58,898	50,110
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	55,893	46,707
195	Antigua and Barbuda	55,060	44,948
196	Aruba	54,645	42,194
197	Isle of Man	49,296	54,956
198	Guernsey	47,062	44,290
199	Kiribati	46,589	37,463
200	Seychelles	42,810	38,038
201	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	42,299	31,656
202	Bermuda	41,861	36,924
203	Qatar	34,609	23,900
204	Faroe Islands	33,896	31,514
205	United States Virgin Islands	31,976	26,658
206	Greenland	31,400	22,958
207	French Guiana	30,450	23,248
208	Western Sahara	29,166	12,371
209	Mayotte	25,629	20,336
210	Gibraltar	21,854	21,786
211	Monaco	21,748	19,122
212	American Samoa	19,906	18,717
213	Cook Islands	17,466	14,490
214	Liechtenstein	16,326	13,641
215	San Marino	15,247	12,857
216	Marshall Islands	14,449	12,928
217	Montserrat	12,068	12,993
218	Palau	9,220	7,375
219	Andorra	9,131	5,948
220	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,775	8,452
221	Northern Mariana Islands	8,611	7,034
222	Cayman Islands	8,342	6,922
223	British Virgin Islands	7,883	7,347
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	7,773	6,988
225	Anguilla	5,765	4,890
226	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,586	5,015
227	Tuvalu	5,574	4,658
228	Saint Helena	5,348	5,192
229	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,990	4,460
230	Niue	4,824	4,450
231	Nauru	4,533	3,355
232	Saint Martin (French part)	4,185	2,917
233	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2,600	1,398
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,249	2,180
235	Saint Barthélemy	2,173	1,974
236	Tokelau	1,754	1,614
237	Holy See	920	877

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.