Population by country, 1962

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1962

#	Country / area	Population	1952
1	China	656.9 million	558.6 million
2	India	451.9 million	357.8 million
3	United States of America	185.1 million	157.6 million
4	Russian Federation	122.4 million	105.6 million
5	Japan	97.6 million	88.5 million
6	Indonesia	92.1 million	71.1 million
7	Brazil	75.7 million	55.8 million
8	Germany	73.6 million	69.8 million
9	Bangladesh	54.1 million	42.4 million
10	United Kingdom	53.1 million	50.4 million
11	Italy	50 million	46.9 million
12	Pakistan	47.5 million	37 million
13	France	47.1 million	42.6 million
14	Nigeria	46.5 million	38.4 million
15	Ukraine	43.7 million	38.1 million
16	Mexico	38.5 million	28.7 million
17	Viet Nam	33.8 million	25.8 million
18	Spain	30.9 million	28.3 million
19	Poland	30.2 million	25.4 million
20	Türkiye	29.5 million	22 million
21	Philippines	29.3 million	19.9 million
22	Thailand	28.1 million	21.2 million
23	Egypt	28 million	21.8 million
24	Republic of Korea	27.2 million	20 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	22.5 million	17.1 million
26	Myanmar	22.5 million	18.2 million
27	Ethiopia	22.2 million	18.2 million
28	Argentina	20.9 million	17.5 million
29	Romania	18.5 million	16.7 million
30	Canada	18.4 million	14.3 million
31	South Africa	17.2 million	13.4 million
32	Colombia	16.3 million	12.2 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.9 million	12.7 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	12.1 million	10.3 million
35	Morocco	12.1 million	9.3 million
36	Netherlands	11.7 million	10.3 million
37	Algeria	11.7 million	9.4 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	11.7 million	8 million
39	Peru	10.6 million	8 million
40	Australia	10.6 million	8.5 million
41	Nepal	10.4 million	8.7 million
42	United Republic of Tanzania	10.3 million	7.9 million
43	Hungary	10 million	9.5 million
44	Sri Lanka	10 million	8 million
45	Kazakhstan	9.9 million	7.1 million
46	Czechia	9.6 million	9 million
47	Afghanistan	9.3 million	7.9 million
48	Belgium	9.2 million	8.7 million
49	Portugal	8.9 million	8.5 million
50	Sudan	8.8 million	6.5 million
51	Uzbekistan	8.7 million	6.5 million
52	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	8.6 million	5.9 million
53	Greece	8.5 million	7.7 million
54	Chile	8.4 million	6.8 million
55	Belarus	8.4 million	7.2 million
56	Malaysia	8.3 million	6.3 million
57	Kenya	8.1 million	6 million
58	Bulgaria	8 million	7.3 million
59	Uganda	8 million	6 million
60	Sweden	7.5 million	7.1 million
61	Cuba	7.5 million	6.1 million
62	Iraq	7.3 million	5.8 million
63	Ghana	7.2 million	5.3 million
64	Austria	7.1 million	6.9 million
65	Mozambique	6.9 million	6 million
66	Serbia	6.8 million	6.1 million
67	Yemen	5.7 million	4.7 million
68	Cambodia	5.6 million	4.5 million
69	Mali	5.5 million	4.8 million
70	Switzerland	5.5 million	4.8 million
71	Angola	5.3 million	4.6 million
72	Madagascar	5.3 million	4.1 million
73	Cameroon	5.3 million	4.4 million
74	Syrian Arab Republic	4.9 million	3.7 million
75	Burkina Faso	4.9 million	4.3 million
76	Ecuador	4.8 million	3.7 million
77	Denmark	4.6 million	4.3 million
78	Finland	4.5 million	4.1 million
79	Tunisia	4.3 million	3.7 million
80	Guatemala	4.2 million	3.2 million
81	Croatia	4.2 million	3.9 million
82	Slovakia	4.2 million	3.6 million
83	Azerbaijan	4.2 million	3.2 million
84	Georgia	4.2 million	3.6 million
85	Zimbabwe	4 million	2.9 million
86	Haiti	4 million	3.3 million
87	Côte d'Ivoire	3.9 million	2.8 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.8 million	3.2 million
89	Malawi	3.8 million	3 million
90	Niger	3.7 million	2.7 million
91	Guinea	3.7 million	3.1 million
92	Norway	3.6 million	3.3 million
93	Senegal	3.5 million	2.7 million
94	Dominican Republic	3.4 million	2.5 million
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.4 million	2.8 million
96	Zambia	3.3 million	2.4 million
97	Republic of Moldova	3.2 million	2.6 million
98	Rwanda	3.1 million	2.3 million
99	Chad	3.1 million	2.6 million
100	China, Hong Kong SAR	3 million	2.1 million
101	South Sudan	3 million	2.5 million
102	Somalia	3 million	2.3 million
103	El Salvador	2.9 million	2.3 million
104	Burundi	2.9 million	2.3 million
105	Lithuania	2.8 million	2.5 million
106	Ireland	2.8 million	2.9 million
107	Benin	2.6 million	2.3 million
108	Uruguay	2.6 million	2.3 million
109	Saudi Arabia	2.6 million	1.8 million
110	New Zealand	2.5 million	2 million
111	Puerto Rico	2.4 million	2.3 million
112	Kyrgyzstan	2.3 million	1.8 million
113	Sierra Leone	2.3 million	2 million
114	Tajikistan	2.2 million	1.6 million
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.2 million	1.7 million
116	Latvia	2.2 million	1.9 million
117	Honduras	2.2 million	1.6 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.1 million	1.6 million
119	Israel	2 million	1.4 million
120	Armenia	2 million	1.4 million
121	Paraguay	1.9 million	1.6 million
122	Lebanon	1.9 million	1.4 million
123	Nicaragua	1.9 million	1.4 million
124	Central African Republic	1.8 million	1.5 million
125	Turkmenistan	1.7 million	1.3 million
126	Albania	1.7 million	1.3 million
127	Togo	1.7 million	1.4 million
128	Singapore	1.7 million	1.1 million
129	Jamaica	1.7 million	1.5 million
130	Slovenia	1.6 million	1.5 million
131	Libya	1.6 million	1.2 million
132	North Macedonia	1.5 million	1.3 million
133	Costa Rica	1.4 million	974,650
134	Estonia	1.2 million	1.1 million
135	Liberia	1.2 million	945,440
136	Panama	1.2 million	892,899
137	State of Palestine	1.1 million	957,375
138	Congo	1.1 million	862,986
139	Mongolia	1 million	800,614
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1 million	802,203
141	Eritrea	1 million	833,412
142	Jordan	919,208	488,136
143	Trinidad and Tobago	871,802	674,401
144	Mauritania	857,394	677,680
145	Lesotho	770,156	595,887
146	Mauritius	698,306	549,146
147	Namibia	609,132	523,368
148	Cyprus	598,440	504,753
149	Guyana	588,971	434,859
150	Guinea-Bissau	586,123	551,951
151	Oman	544,700	465,720
152	Botswana	533,949	428,548
153	Gabon	521,346	477,066
154	Montenegro	481,205	414,072
155	Timor-Leste	478,959	420,230
156	Fiji	423,761	319,591
157	Gambia	414,452	318,484
158	Réunion	378,201	263,121
159	Kuwait	364,420	160,747
160	Eswatini	357,260	282,100
161	Malta	330,758	302,674
162	Luxembourg	318,084	298,974
163	Martinique	297,404	240,127
164	Guadeloupe	289,589	222,513
165	Equatorial Guinea	277,520	232,645
166	Suriname	277,301	203,402
167	Barbados	234,091	215,045
168	Bhutan	233,939	176,961
169	Cabo Verde	218,233	188,343
170	Comoros	202,957	167,149
171	Iceland	180,719	146,537
172	Bahrain	175,827	122,545
173	China, Macao SAR	175,621	200,552
174	Solomon Islands	144,533	112,175
175	United Arab Emirates	141,389	82,104
176	Curaçao	135,407	105,762
177	Bahamas	125,256	85,251
178	Samoa	117,017	91,675
179	Grenada	95,904	78,363
180	Belize	94,786	72,252
181	Brunei Darussalam	94,611	52,644
182	Maldives	94,605	76,369
183	Saint Lucia	93,978	94,414
184	Djibouti	91,165	65,317
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	86,570	64,220
186	French Polynesia	86,307	66,718
187	New Caledonia	83,908	65,211
188	Guam	72,244	61,576
189	Sao Tome and Principe	69,055	62,202
190	Tonga	68,978	51,624
191	Vanuatu	67,203	52,761
192	Jersey	64,631	58,385
193	Dominica	60,571	50,600
194	Antigua and Barbuda	56,934	46,901
195	Aruba	55,958	44,434
196	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54,940	48,860
197	Kiribati	48,922	39,016
198	Isle of Man	48,463	54,907
199	Guernsey	47,703	46,043
200	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	45,397	33,450
201	Seychelles	44,566	38,836
202	Bermuda	43,691	38,091
203	Qatar	41,949	25,467
204	United States Virgin Islands	36,797	27,985
205	Faroe Islands	34,756	31,992
206	Greenland	34,025	23,870
207	Western Sahara	33,961	14,859
208	French Guiana	33,031	23,850
209	Mayotte	27,111	21,131
210	Monaco	21,934	20,486
211	Gibraltar	21,919	21,398
212	American Samoa	20,972	19,483
213	Cook Islands	18,220	15,213
214	Liechtenstein	17,064	14,113
215	San Marino	15,988	13,201
216	Marshall Islands	15,482	13,159
217	Montserrat	11,924	12,797
218	Andorra	10,676	5,593
219	Palau	9,675	7,727
220	Northern Mariana Islands	9,128	7,280
221	Cayman Islands	8,690	7,185
222	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,135	9,013
223	British Virgin Islands	8,051	7,390
224	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	8,028	7,057
225	Anguilla	5,847	5,307
226	Tuvalu	5,673	4,980
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,630	5,042
228	Saint Helena	5,402	5,293
229	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,969	4,547
230	Niue	4,872	4,540
231	Nauru	4,865	3,562
232	Saint Martin (French part)	4,456	3,175
233	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3,110	1,604
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,301	2,206
235	Saint Barthélemy	2,216	2,072
236	Tokelau	1,863	1,554
237	Holy See	917	889

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