Population by country, 1965

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1965

#	Country / area	Population	1955
1	China	713.8 million	596.8 million
2	India	484.8 million	383.1 million
3	United States of America	194.3 million	164.9 million
4	Russian Federation	126.2 million	110.3 million
5	Japan	100.4 million	91.9 million
6	Indonesia	100.3 million	76.3 million
7	Brazil	82.7 million	61.2 million
8	Germany	75.6 million	70.2 million
9	Bangladesh	59 million	45.2 million
10	United Kingdom	54.2 million	51.1 million
11	Pakistan	51.5 million	39.6 million
12	Italy	51.3 million	48 million
13	Nigeria	49.5 million	40.6 million
14	France	48.6 million	43.9 million
15	Ukraine	45.2 million	39.6 million
16	Mexico	42.5 million	31.2 million
17	Viet Nam	36.7 million	27.8 million
18	Philippines	32.1 million	22.4 million
19	Türkiye	31.9 million	24 million
20	Spain	31.9 million	29 million
21	Poland	31.1 million	26.8 million
22	Thailand	30.7 million	23 million
23	Egypt	30.2 million	23.5 million
24	Republic of Korea	29 million	21.8 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	24.6 million	18.5 million
26	Myanmar	24 million	19.3 million
27	Ethiopia	24 million	19.2 million
28	Argentina	21.9 million	18.6 million
29	Canada	19.5 million	15.5 million
30	South Africa	18.8 million	14.4 million
31	Romania	18.7 million	17.4 million
32	Colombia	17.9 million	13.3 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.2 million	13.5 million
34	Morocco	13.1 million	10 million
35	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	13.1 million	10.3 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	12.9 million	8.9 million
37	Algeria	12.3 million	10.1 million
38	Netherlands	12.2 million	10.7 million
39	Peru	11.6 million	8.7 million
40	United Republic of Tanzania	11.3 million	8.5 million
41	Australia	11.2 million	9.1 million
42	Nepal	11.1 million	9.2 million
43	Kazakhstan	10.8 million	7.9 million
44	Sri Lanka	10.8 million	8.5 million
45	Hungary	10.1 million	9.8 million
46	Afghanistan	9.9 million	8.3 million
47	Uzbekistan	9.7 million	7 million
48	Sudan	9.7 million	7.1 million
49	Czechia	9.7 million	9.3 million
50	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	9.5 million	6.6 million
51	Belgium	9.4 million	8.8 million
52	Kenya	9.2 million	6.4 million
53	Malaysia	8.9 million	6.9 million
54	Chile	8.9 million	7.3 million
55	Portugal	8.9 million	8.6 million
56	Uganda	8.7 million	6.5 million
57	Belarus	8.6 million	7.5 million
58	Greece	8.5 million	7.9 million
59	Bulgaria	8.2 million	7.5 million
60	Iraq	8.1 million	6.3 million
61	Cuba	7.9 million	6.5 million
62	Ghana	7.8 million	5.8 million
63	Sweden	7.7 million	7.2 million
64	Mozambique	7.3 million	6.2 million
65	Austria	7.2 million	6.9 million
66	Serbia	7 million	6.3 million
67	Yemen	6.1 million	5 million
68	Cambodia	6 million	4.8 million
69	Switzerland	5.8 million	5 million
70	Mali	5.8 million	5 million
71	Madagascar	5.7 million	4.4 million
72	Cameroon	5.6 million	4.7 million
73	Angola	5.5 million	4.8 million
74	Syrian Arab Republic	5.4 million	4 million
75	Ecuador	5.2 million	4 million
76	Burkina Faso	5.1 million	4.4 million
77	Denmark	4.7 million	4.4 million
78	Guatemala	4.6 million	3.5 million
79	Azerbaijan	4.6 million	3.4 million
80	Finland	4.6 million	4.2 million
81	Tunisia	4.5 million	4 million
82	Georgia	4.4 million	3.7 million
83	Zimbabwe	4.4 million	3.2 million
84	Côte d'Ivoire	4.4 million	3.1 million
85	Slovakia	4.3 million	3.8 million
86	Croatia	4.3 million	4.1 million
87	Haiti	4.2 million	3.5 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.1 million	3.3 million
89	Malawi	4 million	3.2 million
90	Niger	4 million	3 million
91	Guinea	3.9 million	3.2 million
92	Senegal	3.8 million	2.9 million
93	Dominican Republic	3.8 million	2.7 million
94	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.7 million	2.4 million
95	Norway	3.7 million	3.4 million
96	Zambia	3.6 million	2.7 million
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.5 million	2.9 million
98	Rwanda	3.4 million	2.5 million
99	Republic of Moldova	3.4 million	2.7 million
100	Chad	3.3 million	2.7 million
101	Somalia	3.2 million	2.5 million
102	South Sudan	3.2 million	2.7 million
103	El Salvador	3.2 million	2.4 million
104	Burundi	3.1 million	2.5 million
105	Lithuania	2.9 million	2.6 million
106	Saudi Arabia	2.9 million	2 million
107	Ireland	2.9 million	2.9 million
108	Benin	2.7 million	2.3 million
109	Uruguay	2.7 million	2.4 million
110	New Zealand	2.6 million	2.1 million
111	Kyrgyzstan	2.6 million	1.9 million
112	Puerto Rico	2.5 million	2.3 million
113	Tajikistan	2.5 million	1.8 million
114	Sierra Leone	2.4 million	2.1 million
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.3 million	1.9 million
116	Honduras	2.3 million	1.8 million
117	Israel	2.3 million	1.6 million
118	Latvia	2.2 million	2 million
119	Papua New Guinea	2.2 million	1.7 million
120	Armenia	2.2 million	1.6 million
121	Paraguay	2.1 million	1.7 million
122	Lebanon	2.1 million	1.5 million
123	Nicaragua	2 million	1.5 million
124	Turkmenistan	1.9 million	1.4 million
125	Albania	1.9 million	1.4 million
126	Central African Republic	1.9 million	1.5 million
127	Singapore	1.8 million	1.3 million
128	Togo	1.8 million	1.5 million
129	Libya	1.8 million	1.2 million
130	Jamaica	1.8 million	1.5 million
131	Slovenia	1.7 million	1.5 million
132	Costa Rica	1.6 million	1.1 million
133	North Macedonia	1.5 million	1.3 million
134	Panama	1.3 million	965,781
135	Estonia	1.3 million	1.2 million
136	Liberia	1.3 million	1 million
137	Congo	1.2 million	923,480
138	State of Palestine	1.1 million	989,953
139	Mongolia	1.1 million	841,048
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.1 million	857,936
141	Eritrea	1.1 million	877,905
142	Jordan	1.1 million	604,247
143	Mauritania	932,038	722,494
144	Trinidad and Tobago	920,902	731,048
145	Lesotho	841,593	634,839
146	Mauritius	744,614	592,322
147	Namibia	652,269	543,471
148	Guyana	628,395	476,433
149	Cyprus	614,993	529,389
150	Guinea-Bissau	581,074	562,578
151	Oman	578,683	485,224
152	Botswana	573,019	459,013
153	Gabon	542,357	486,908
154	Timor-Leste	502,777	434,452
155	Montenegro	499,954	437,503
156	Kuwait	496,411	175,875
157	Fiji	465,405	344,197
158	Gambia	449,733	344,239
159	Réunion	413,167	294,937
160	Eswatini	383,264	303,544
161	Malta	328,185	315,943
162	Luxembourg	327,988	304,424
163	Suriname	314,536	221,823
164	Martinique	310,548	258,511
165	Guadeloupe	302,576	241,581
166	Equatorial Guinea	295,007	245,080
167	China, Macao SAR	267,033	196,809
168	Bhutan	256,994	192,040
169	Barbados	241,159	222,609
170	Cabo Verde	240,872	194,527
171	Comoros	213,364	177,880
172	Bahrain	197,501	134,728
173	Iceland	190,719	156,024
174	United Arab Emirates	163,465	98,429
175	Solomon Islands	154,861	120,603
176	Bahamas	144,611	92,250
177	Curaçao	141,518	114,529
178	Samoa	126,433	97,945
179	Brunei Darussalam	108,352	63,123
180	Djibouti	106,052	71,835
181	Belize	103,098	78,755
182	Maldives	101,879	80,772
183	Grenada	97,976	82,624
184	Saint Lucia	97,003	93,975
185	French Polynesia	94,390	72,647
186	New Caledonia	91,862	68,535
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	90,353	70,411
188	Guam	77,968	63,652
189	Tonga	74,889	56,361
190	Vanuatu	73,266	56,007
191	Sao Tome and Principe	71,258	64,304
192	Jersey	66,596	60,312
193	Dominica	63,022	52,476
194	Qatar	60,286	28,064
195	Antigua and Barbuda	59,502	49,870
196	Aruba	57,917	48,121
197	Kiribati	52,748	41,573
198	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,750	51,718
199	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	49,913	36,430
200	Isle of Man	49,861	53,121
201	Guernsey	49,630	46,359
202	Seychelles	47,687	39,877
203	Bermuda	46,929	39,603
204	United States Virgin Islands	46,637	29,422
205	Western Sahara	42,070	19,340
206	Greenland	37,876	25,857
207	French Guiana	37,794	24,942
208	Faroe Islands	36,083	32,088
209	Mayotte	29,684	22,549
210	Gibraltar	23,598	21,754
211	American Samoa	23,037	19,810
212	Monaco	22,826	20,631
213	Cook Islands	18,674	16,025
214	Liechtenstein	18,371	14,834
215	San Marino	17,171	13,702
216	Marshall Islands	17,130	13,435
217	Andorra	13,193	5,876
218	Montserrat	11,684	12,524
219	Palau	10,421	8,317
220	Northern Mariana Islands	10,092	7,636
221	Cayman Islands	9,265	7,622
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	8,552	7,599
223	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,283	9,693
224	British Virgin Islands	8,199	7,479
225	Anguilla	5,995	5,713
226	Tuvalu	5,728	5,307
227	Nauru	5,668	3,823
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,662	5,075
229	Saint Helena	5,468	5,318
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,202	4,736
231	Niue	5,171	4,610
232	Saint Martin (French part)	4,904	3,541
233	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4,095	1,884
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,318	2,124
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,303	2,182
236	Tokelau	1,897	1,593
237	Holy See	924	908

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