Population by country, 1961

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1961

#	Country / area	Population	1951
1	China	654.7 million	548.9 million
2	India	441.2 million	350 million
3	United States of America	181.8 million	155.3 million
4	Russian Federation	120.8 million	104.1 million
5	Japan	96.8 million	87.2 million
6	Indonesia	89.5 million	69.5 million
7	Brazil	73.5 million	54.2 million
8	Germany	73.1 million	69.8 million
9	United Kingdom	52.7 million	50.3 million
10	Bangladesh	52.5 million	41.6 million
11	Italy	49.7 million	46.6 million
12	France	46.7 million	42.1 million
13	Pakistan	46.3 million	36.2 million
14	Nigeria	45.5 million	37.6 million
15	Ukraine	43.1 million	37.6 million
16	Mexico	37.3 million	27.9 million
17	Viet Nam	33 million	25.4 million
18	Spain	30.5 million	28.1 million
19	Poland	29.8 million	25 million
20	Türkiye	28.7 million	21.3 million
21	Philippines	28.3 million	19.2 million
22	Thailand	27.2 million	20.7 million
23	Egypt	27.2 million	21.4 million
24	Republic of Korea	26.5 million	19.8 million
25	Myanmar	22 million	17.9 million
26	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	21.8 million	16.7 million
27	Ethiopia	21.6 million	17.8 million
28	Argentina	20.6 million	17.2 million
29	Romania	18.4 million	16.5 million
30	Canada	18.1 million	13.9 million
31	South Africa	16.7 million	13.2 million
32	Colombia	15.8 million	11.9 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.5 million	12.4 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	11.9 million	10.8 million
35	Morocco	11.8 million	9 million
36	Netherlands	11.6 million	10.2 million
37	Algeria	11.5 million	9.1 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	11.2 million	7.7 million
39	Australia	10.4 million	8.3 million
40	Peru	10.3 million	7.8 million
41	Nepal	10.2 million	8.5 million
42	United Republic of Tanzania	10 million	7.7 million
43	Hungary	10 million	9.4 million
44	Sri Lanka	9.8 million	7.9 million
45	Kazakhstan	9.6 million	6.9 million
46	Czechia	9.6 million	9 million
47	Belgium	9.1 million	8.6 million
48	Afghanistan	9.1 million	7.8 million
49	Portugal	8.9 million	8.5 million
50	Sudan	8.5 million	6.3 million
51	Greece	8.4 million	7.7 million
52	Uzbekistan	8.4 million	6.3 million
53	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	8.3 million	5.6 million
54	Belarus	8.3 million	7.2 million
55	Chile	8.2 million	6.7 million
56	Malaysia	8.1 million	6.2 million
57	Bulgaria	7.9 million	7.3 million
58	Kenya	7.8 million	5.8 million
59	Uganda	7.7 million	5.8 million
60	Sweden	7.5 million	7 million
61	Cuba	7.3 million	6 million
62	Iraq	7.1 million	5.7 million
63	Ghana	7.1 million	5.2 million
64	Austria	7.1 million	6.9 million
65	Mozambique	6.8 million	5.9 million
66	Serbia	6.7 million	6 million
67	Yemen	5.6 million	4.6 million
68	Cambodia	5.5 million	4.4 million
69	Mali	5.4 million	4.7 million
70	Switzerland	5.4 million	4.7 million
71	Angola	5.3 million	4.6 million
72	Cameroon	5.2 million	4.4 million
73	Madagascar	5.2 million	4 million
74	Burkina Faso	4.8 million	4.2 million
75	Syrian Arab Republic	4.7 million	3.6 million
76	Ecuador	4.7 million	3.6 million
77	Denmark	4.6 million	4.3 million
78	Finland	4.4 million	4 million
79	Tunisia	4.3 million	3.6 million
80	Croatia	4.2 million	3.9 million
81	Slovakia	4.2 million	3.5 million
82	Guatemala	4.1 million	3.1 million
83	Georgia	4.1 million	3.5 million
84	Azerbaijan	4 million	3.2 million
85	Haiti	3.9 million	3.3 million
86	Zimbabwe	3.9 million	2.8 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.7 million	3.1 million
88	Côte d'Ivoire	3.7 million	2.8 million
89	Malawi	3.7 million	3 million
90	Norway	3.6 million	3.3 million
91	Guinea	3.6 million	3 million
92	Niger	3.6 million	2.6 million
93	Senegal	3.4 million	2.6 million
94	Dominican Republic	3.3 million	2.4 million
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.3 million	2.7 million
96	Zambia	3.2 million	2.4 million
97	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.2 million	2 million
98	Republic of Moldova	3.1 million	2.5 million
99	Chad	3.1 million	2.5 million
100	Rwanda	3.1 million	2.2 million
101	South Sudan	3 million	2.5 million
102	Somalia	2.9 million	2.2 million
103	El Salvador	2.8 million	2.2 million
104	Ireland	2.8 million	2.9 million
105	Burundi	2.8 million	2.3 million
106	Lithuania	2.8 million	2.4 million
107	Uruguay	2.5 million	2.2 million
108	Benin	2.5 million	2.3 million
109	Saudi Arabia	2.5 million	1.7 million
110	New Zealand	2.4 million	1.9 million
111	Puerto Rico	2.4 million	2.2 million
112	Sierra Leone	2.3 million	2 million
113	Kyrgyzstan	2.3 million	1.8 million
114	Tajikistan	2.1 million	1.6 million
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.1 million	1.7 million
116	Latvia	2.1 million	1.9 million
117	Honduras	2.1 million	1.6 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2 million	1.6 million
119	Israel	1.9 million	1.3 million
120	Paraguay	1.9 million	1.5 million
121	Armenia	1.9 million	1.4 million
122	Lebanon	1.8 million	1.4 million
123	Nicaragua	1.8 million	1.4 million
124	Central African Republic	1.7 million	1.4 million
125	Togo	1.7 million	1.4 million
126	Albania	1.7 million	1.3 million
127	Turkmenistan	1.7 million	1.3 million
128	Jamaica	1.7 million	1.4 million
129	Singapore	1.6 million	1 million
130	Slovenia	1.6 million	1.5 million
131	Libya	1.5 million	1.1 million
132	North Macedonia	1.4 million	1.3 million
133	Costa Rica	1.4 million	942,109
134	Estonia	1.2 million	1.1 million
135	Liberia	1.2 million	927,374
136	Panama	1.1 million	871,100
137	State of Palestine	1.1 million	948,514
138	Congo	1.1 million	844,283
139	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	998,472	786,386
140	Mongolia	993,124	788,033
141	Eritrea	983,781	820,638
142	Jordan	875,973	454,165
143	Trinidad and Tobago	854,483	657,053
144	Mauritania	834,939	664,087
145	Lesotho	747,484	584,643
146	Mauritius	686,752	533,193
147	Namibia	597,001	517,414
148	Cyprus	592,554	497,346
149	Guinea-Bissau	578,940	547,523
150	Guyana	576,158	423,309
151	Oman	535,007	459,793
152	Botswana	521,934	418,563
153	Gabon	515,183	474,208
154	Montenegro	474,441	406,064
155	Timor-Leste	471,624	416,291
156	Fiji	411,050	312,656
157	Gambia	403,408	310,499
158	Réunion	365,950	253,902
159	Eswatini	349,268	275,109
160	Malta	330,939	298,236
161	Kuwait	327,469	156,152
162	Luxembourg	314,600	297,346
163	Martinique	291,756	234,827
164	Guadeloupe	283,178	216,609
165	Equatorial Guinea	272,271	228,585
166	Suriname	268,280	197,604
167	Barbados	232,205	211,750
168	Bhutan	227,266	172,239
169	Cabo Verde	211,941	186,054
170	Comoros	199,445	163,917
171	Iceland	177,266	144,293
172	China, Macao SAR	171,022	199,671
173	Bahrain	168,866	118,955
174	Solomon Islands	141,291	109,740
175	United Arab Emirates	134,589	76,976
176	Curaçao	133,184	103,055
177	Bahamas	119,138	83,920
178	Samoa	113,974	89,345
179	Grenada	94,767	77,503
180	Saint Lucia	93,003	93,514
181	Belize	92,479	69,991
182	Maldives	92,294	75,057
183	Brunei Darussalam	90,424	49,736
184	Djibouti	87,615	63,300
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	85,167	62,448
186	French Polynesia	84,562	65,093
187	New Caledonia	81,134	64,245
188	Guam	70,377	61,022
189	Sao Tome and Principe	68,358	61,321
190	Tonga	67,096	50,278
191	Vanuatu	65,326	51,959
192	Jersey	63,965	57,645
193	Dominica	59,846	50,282
194	Antigua and Barbuda	56,146	45,939
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	55,727	47,757
196	Aruba	55,199	43,282
197	Isle of Man	48,438	55,220
198	Kiribati	47,724	38,228
199	Guernsey	47,266	45,602
200	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	43,823	32,556
201	Seychelles	43,646	38,530
202	Bermuda	42,554	37,503
203	Qatar	37,411	24,666
204	Faroe Islands	34,359	31,814
205	United States Virgin Islands	34,069	27,504
206	Greenland	32,809	23,459
207	French Guiana	31,717	23,544
208	Western Sahara	31,490	13,549
209	Mayotte	26,356	20,717
210	Monaco	21,868	20,209
211	Gibraltar	21,824	21,526
212	American Samoa	20,359	19,368
213	Cook Islands	17,857	14,895
214	Liechtenstein	16,655	13,886
215	San Marino	15,609	13,038
216	Marshall Islands	14,956	13,064
217	Montserrat	12,001	12,894
218	Andorra	9,889	6,044
219	Palau	9,435	7,574
220	Northern Mariana Islands	8,862	7,187
221	Cayman Islands	8,513	7,082
222	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,474	8,620
223	British Virgin Islands	8,018	7,396
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	7,895	7,001
225	Anguilla	5,798	5,114
226	Tuvalu	5,623	4,871
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,613	5,062
228	Saint Helena	5,376	5,256
229	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,993	4,517
230	Niue	4,827	4,544
231	Nauru	4,682	3,459
232	Saint Martin (French part)	4,316	3,051
233	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	2,829	1,502
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,275	2,200
235	Saint Barthélemy	2,204	2,038
236	Tokelau	1,814	1,570
237	Holy See	916	883

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