Population by country, 1963

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1963

#	Country / area	Population	1953
1	China	673.3 million	571.6 million
2	India	462.6 million	366 million
3	United States of America	188.3 million	160 million
4	Russian Federation	123.8 million	107.1 million
5	Japan	98.5 million	89.8 million
6	Indonesia	94.7 million	72.7 million
7	Brazil	78 million	57.5 million
8	Germany	74.4 million	69.9 million
9	Bangladesh	55.7 million	43.3 million
10	United Kingdom	53.5 million	50.6 million
11	Italy	50.4 million	47.1 million
12	Pakistan	48.8 million	37.8 million
13	France	47.6 million	43 million
14	Nigeria	47.5 million	39.1 million
15	Ukraine	44.2 million	38.6 million
16	Mexico	39.8 million	29.5 million
17	Viet Nam	34.8 million	26.5 million
18	Spain	31.2 million	28.5 million
19	Poland	30.5 million	25.9 million
20	Türkiye	30.3 million	22.6 million
21	Philippines	30.2 million	20.7 million
22	Thailand	28.9 million	21.8 million
23	Egypt	28.7 million	22.4 million
24	Republic of Korea	27.8 million	20.5 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	23.2 million	17.6 million
26	Myanmar	23 million	18.6 million
27	Ethiopia	22.8 million	18.5 million
28	Argentina	21.2 million	17.9 million
29	Canada	18.8 million	14.7 million
30	Romania	18.6 million	17 million
31	South Africa	17.7 million	13.7 million
32	Colombia	16.9 million	12.6 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.3 million	12.9 million
34	Morocco	12.4 million	9.5 million
35	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	12.4 million	10.2 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	12.1 million	8.3 million
37	Netherlands	11.9 million	10.4 million
38	Algeria	11.9 million	9.6 million
39	Peru	10.9 million	8.2 million
40	Australia	10.8 million	8.7 million
41	United Republic of Tanzania	10.6 million	8.1 million
42	Nepal	10.6 million	8.8 million
43	Sri Lanka	10.3 million	8.2 million
44	Kazakhstan	10.2 million	7.4 million
45	Hungary	10.1 million	9.5 million
46	Czechia	9.6 million	9.1 million
47	Afghanistan	9.5 million	8 million
48	Belgium	9.2 million	8.7 million
49	Sudan	9.1 million	6.7 million
50	Uzbekistan	9 million	6.6 million
51	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	8.9 million	6.1 million
52	Portugal	8.9 million	8.5 million
53	Chile	8.6 million	7 million
54	Malaysia	8.5 million	6.5 million
55	Greece	8.5 million	7.8 million
56	Belarus	8.5 million	7.3 million
57	Kenya	8.5 million	6.1 million
58	Uganda	8.2 million	6.2 million
59	Bulgaria	8 million	7.4 million
60	Cuba	7.6 million	6.2 million
61	Sweden	7.6 million	7.2 million
62	Iraq	7.5 million	6 million
63	Ghana	7.4 million	5.5 million
64	Austria	7.2 million	6.9 million
65	Mozambique	7 million	6.1 million
66	Serbia	6.9 million	6.2 million
67	Yemen	5.8 million	4.8 million
68	Cambodia	5.8 million	4.6 million
69	Switzerland	5.6 million	4.8 million
70	Mali	5.6 million	4.9 million
71	Madagascar	5.5 million	4.2 million
72	Cameroon	5.4 million	4.5 million
73	Angola	5.4 million	4.7 million
74	Syrian Arab Republic	5 million	3.8 million
75	Burkina Faso	5 million	4.3 million
76	Ecuador	4.9 million	3.8 million
77	Denmark	4.7 million	4.3 million
78	Finland	4.5 million	4.1 million
79	Tunisia	4.4 million	3.8 million
80	Guatemala	4.4 million	3.3 million
81	Azerbaijan	4.3 million	3.3 million
82	Croatia	4.3 million	4 million
83	Slovakia	4.3 million	3.6 million
84	Georgia	4.2 million	3.6 million
85	Zimbabwe	4.1 million	3 million
86	Haiti	4 million	3.4 million
87	Côte d'Ivoire	4 million	2.9 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.9 million	3.2 million
89	Malawi	3.9 million	3.1 million
90	Niger	3.8 million	2.8 million
91	Guinea	3.7 million	3.1 million
92	Norway	3.7 million	3.3 million
93	Senegal	3.6 million	2.7 million
94	Dominican Republic	3.5 million	2.6 million
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.4 million	2.8 million
96	Zambia	3.4 million	2.5 million
97	Republic of Moldova	3.2 million	2.6 million
98	Rwanda	3.2 million	2.4 million
99	Chad	3.2 million	2.6 million
100	Somalia	3.1 million	2.4 million
101	South Sudan	3 million	2.6 million
102	El Salvador	3 million	2.3 million
103	Burundi	2.9 million	2.4 million
104	Lithuania	2.9 million	2.5 million
105	Ireland	2.8 million	2.9 million
106	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.8 million	2.2 million
107	Saudi Arabia	2.7 million	1.9 million
108	Benin	2.6 million	2.3 million
109	Uruguay	2.6 million	2.3 million
110	New Zealand	2.5 million	2 million
111	Puerto Rico	2.5 million	2.3 million
112	Kyrgyzstan	2.4 million	1.8 million
113	Sierra Leone	2.4 million	2.1 million
114	Tajikistan	2.3 million	1.7 million
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.2 million	1.8 million
116	Honduras	2.2 million	1.7 million
117	Latvia	2.2 million	2 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.1 million	1.6 million
119	Israel	2.1 million	1.4 million
120	Armenia	2 million	1.5 million
121	Paraguay	2 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	1.8 million	1.3 million
126	Albania	1.8 million	1.3 million
127	Togo	1.7 million	1.5 million
128	Singapore	1.7 million	1.2 million
129	Jamaica	1.7 million	1.5 million
130	Libya	1.7 million	1.2 million
131	Slovenia	1.6 million	1.5 million
132	North Macedonia	1.5 million	1.3 million
133	Costa Rica	1.5 million	1 million
134	Estonia	1.3 million	1.1 million
135	Panama	1.2 million	916,001
136	Liberia	1.2 million	964,512
137	Congo	1.1 million	882,377
138	State of Palestine	1.1 million	967,235
139	Mongolia	1.1 million	813,558
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1 million	819,782
141	Eritrea	1 million	847,267
142	Jordan	961,901	524,753
143	Trinidad and Tobago	888,585	692,456
144	Mauritania	880,975	691,929
145	Lesotho	793,465	607,999
146	Mauritius	712,243	565,205
147	Namibia	622,386	529,900
148	Cyprus	604,453	512,628
149	Guyana	601,943	447,596
150	Guinea-Bissau	592,823	555,873
151	Oman	555,182	471,920
152	Botswana	546,420	438,873
153	Gabon	527,947	480,109
154	Montenegro	487,670	423,718
155	Timor-Leste	486,588	424,614
156	Fiji	437,311	327,138
157	Gambia	425,873	326,792
158	Kuwait	405,570	165,567
159	Réunion	389,486	273,274
160	Eswatini	365,471	289,160
161	Malta	330,219	307,141
162	Luxembourg	321,219	300,828
163	Martinique	302,109	245,529
164	Guadeloupe	294,413	228,748
165	Suriname	290,523	209,302
166	Equatorial Guinea	283,052	236,722
167	Bhutan	241,332	181,799
168	Barbados	236,357	217,967
169	Cabo Verde	225,605	190,521
170	Comoros	206,446	170,803
171	Iceland	183,953	148,979
172	Bahrain	182,871	126,352
173	China, Macao SAR	179,994	200,249
174	United Arab Emirates	148,503	87,418
175	Solomon Islands	147,869	114,801
176	Curaçao	137,507	108,587
177	Bahamas	131,729	87,076
178	Samoa	120,174	93,727
179	Brunei Darussalam	98,827	55,822
180	Belize	97,298	74,436
181	Maldives	96,999	77,757
182	Grenada	96,846	79,505
183	Djibouti	95,401	67,392
184	Saint Lucia	95,032	94,413
185	French Polynesia	88,216	68,507
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	87,900	66,127
187	New Caledonia	86,759	66,253
188	Guam	74,141	62,188
189	Tonga	70,902	53,092
190	Sao Tome and Principe	69,750	62,984
191	Vanuatu	69,144	53,762
192	Jersey	65,290	59,045
193	Dominica	61,325	51,074
194	Antigua and Barbuda	57,737	47,893
195	Aruba	56,682	45,624
196	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,980	49,919
197	Kiribati	50,155	39,836
198	Isle of Man	48,912	54,369
199	Guernsey	48,283	46,154
200	Qatar	47,312	26,307
201	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	47,038	34,410
202	Seychelles	45,555	39,141
203	Bermuda	44,788	38,578
204	United States Virgin Islands	39,833	28,405
205	Western Sahara	36,545	16,209
206	Greenland	35,265	24,478
207	Faroe Islands	35,170	32,039
208	French Guiana	34,525	24,160
209	Mayotte	27,914	21,554
210	Gibraltar	22,475	21,542
211	Monaco	22,223	20,629
212	American Samoa	21,624	19,623
213	Cook Islands	18,348	15,466
214	Liechtenstein	17,482	14,341
215	San Marino	16,377	13,357
216	Marshall Islands	16,028	13,271
217	Montserrat	11,843	12,713
218	Andorra	11,496	5,318
219	Palau	9,911	7,903
220	Northern Mariana Islands	9,431	7,377
221	Cayman Islands	8,872	7,330
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	8,177	7,173
223	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,170	9,350
224	British Virgin Islands	8,089	7,371
225	Anguilla	5,903	5,431
226	Tuvalu	5,726	5,119
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,641	4,990
228	Saint Helena	5,425	5,309
229	Nauru	5,092	3,653
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,023	4,613
231	Niue	4,980	4,576
232	Saint Martin (French part)	4,598	3,289
233	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3,418	1,691
234	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,307	2,217
235	Saint Barthélemy	2,247	2,084
236	Tokelau	1,876	1,573
237	Holy See	917	895

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