Population by country, 1966

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1966

#	Country / area	Population	1956
1	China	733 million	610.3 million
2	India	495.5 million	392.3 million
3	United States of America	197 million	167.5 million
4	Russian Federation	127.1 million	112 million
5	Indonesia	102.5 million	78.3 million
6	Japan	101.5 million	92.9 million
7	Brazil	85 million	63.1 million
8	Germany	76.3 million	70.5 million
9	Bangladesh	60.8 million	46.3 million
10	United Kingdom	54.5 million	51.3 million
11	Pakistan	52.9 million	40.6 million
12	Italy	51.7 million	48.3 million
13	Nigeria	50.6 million	41.3 million
14	France	49 million	44.4 million
15	Ukraine	45.6 million	40.1 million
16	Mexico	43.9 million	32.1 million
17	Viet Nam	37.6 million	28.5 million
18	Philippines	33.1 million	23.3 million
19	Türkiye	32.7 million	24.6 million
20	Spain	32.3 million	29.2 million
21	Thailand	31.6 million	23.7 million
22	Poland	31.4 million	27.3 million
23	Egypt	31 million	24.1 million
24	Republic of Korea	29.5 million	22.5 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	25.4 million	18.9 million
26	Ethiopia	24.6 million	19.6 million
27	Myanmar	24.6 million	19.8 million
28	Argentina	22.3 million	18.9 million
29	Canada	19.9 million	15.9 million
30	South Africa	19.4 million	14.7 million
31	Romania	18.7 million	17.6 million
32	Colombia	18.4 million	13.7 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.7 million	13.8 million
34	Morocco	13.4 million	10.3 million
35	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	13.4 million	10.5 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	13.3 million	9.3 million
37	Algeria	12.5 million	10.4 million
38	Netherlands	12.4 million	10.8 million
39	Peru	11.9 million	8.9 million
40	United Republic of Tanzania	11.6 million	8.8 million
41	Australia	11.5 million	9.3 million
42	Nepal	11.3 million	9.3 million
43	Kazakhstan	11.1 million	8.1 million
44	Sri Lanka	11 million	8.7 million
45	Hungary	10.2 million	9.9 million
46	Afghanistan	10.2 million	8.4 million
47	Uzbekistan	10.1 million	7.1 million
48	Sudan	10 million	7.3 million
49	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	9.9 million	6.9 million
50	Czechia	9.7 million	9.3 million
51	Kenya	9.5 million	6.6 million
52	Belgium	9.4 million	8.9 million
53	Malaysia	9.2 million	7.1 million
54	Chile	9.1 million	7.4 million
55	Uganda	9 million	6.7 million
56	Portugal	8.9 million	8.7 million
57	Belarus	8.7 million	7.6 million
58	Greece	8.5 million	8 million
59	Iraq	8.3 million	6.4 million
60	Bulgaria	8.2 million	7.6 million
61	Cuba	8.1 million	6.6 million
62	Ghana	8 million	6 million
63	Sweden	7.8 million	7.3 million
64	Mozambique	7.5 million	6.3 million
65	Austria	7.3 million	6.9 million
66	Serbia	7.1 million	6.4 million
67	Yemen	6.3 million	5.1 million
68	Cambodia	6.1 million	4.9 million
69	Madagascar	5.9 million	4.5 million
70	Switzerland	5.9 million	5 million
71	Mali	5.9 million	5.1 million
72	Cameroon	5.8 million	4.7 million
73	Angola	5.6 million	4.9 million
74	Syrian Arab Republic	5.5 million	4.1 million
75	Ecuador	5.4 million	4.1 million
76	Burkina Faso	5.2 million	4.5 million
77	Denmark	4.8 million	4.5 million
78	Guatemala	4.8 million	3.6 million
79	Azerbaijan	4.7 million	3.5 million
80	Tunisia	4.6 million	4 million
81	Finland	4.6 million	4.3 million
82	Zimbabwe	4.5 million	3.3 million
83	Côte d'Ivoire	4.5 million	3.2 million
84	Georgia	4.5 million	3.8 million
85	Slovakia	4.4 million	3.8 million
86	Croatia	4.4 million	4.1 million
87	Haiti	4.3 million	3.6 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.2 million	3.4 million
89	Malawi	4.1 million	3.3 million
90	Niger	4.1 million	3.1 million
91	China, Hong Kong SAR	4 million	2.5 million
92	Guinea	3.9 million	3.3 million
93	Senegal	3.9 million	2.9 million
94	Dominican Republic	3.9 million	2.8 million
95	Zambia	3.8 million	2.7 million
96	Norway	3.7 million	3.4 million
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.6 million	3 million
98	Rwanda	3.5 million	2.6 million
99	Republic of Moldova	3.4 million	2.8 million
100	Chad	3.4 million	2.8 million
101	Somalia	3.3 million	2.6 million
102	El Salvador	3.2 million	2.5 million
103	South Sudan	3.2 million	2.7 million
104	Burundi	3.2 million	2.5 million
105	Saudi Arabia	3 million	2.1 million
106	Lithuania	3 million	2.6 million
107	Ireland	2.9 million	2.9 million
108	Benin	2.8 million	2.4 million
109	Uruguay	2.7 million	2.4 million
110	New Zealand	2.7 million	2.2 million
111	Kyrgyzstan	2.7 million	2 million
112	Puerto Rico	2.6 million	2.3 million
113	Tajikistan	2.5 million	1.8 million
114	Sierra Leone	2.5 million	2.1 million
115	Honduras	2.4 million	1.8 million
116	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.4 million	1.9 million
117	Israel	2.4 million	1.6 million
118	Latvia	2.3 million	2 million
119	Papua New Guinea	2.3 million	1.8 million
120	Armenia	2.2 million	1.6 million
121	Paraguay	2.2 million	1.7 million
122	Lebanon	2.1 million	1.6 million
123	Nicaragua	2.1 million	1.6 million
124	Turkmenistan	1.9 million	1.4 million
125	Albania	1.9 million	1.4 million
126	Central African Republic	1.9 million	1.6 million
127	Singapore	1.9 million	1.4 million
128	Togo	1.9 million	1.5 million
129	Libya	1.8 million	1.3 million
130	Jamaica	1.8 million	1.6 million
131	Slovenia	1.7 million	1.5 million
132	Costa Rica	1.6 million	1.1 million
133	North Macedonia	1.5 million	1.4 million
134	Panama	1.3 million	992,143
135	Liberia	1.3 million	1 million
136	Estonia	1.3 million	1.2 million
137	Congo	1.2 million	945,383
138	State of Palestine	1.1 million	1 million
139	Mongolia	1.1 million	856,320
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.1 million	878,111
141	Jordan	1.1 million	646,887
142	Eritrea	1.1 million	894,569
143	Mauritania	959,639	738,954
144	Trinidad and Tobago	935,946	751,417
145	Lesotho	866,578	649,528
146	Mauritius	760,705	606,855
147	Namibia	668,847	550,692
148	Guyana	641,848	492,273
149	Cyprus	620,446	538,342
150	Oman	591,788	492,379
151	Botswana	576,308	468,839
152	Guinea-Bissau	568,936	565,559
153	Gabon	550,256	490,725
154	Kuwait	545,938	196,354
155	Timor-Leste	511,292	439,848
156	Montenegro	505,822	443,656
157	Fiji	479,742	353,943
158	Gambia	462,170	353,340
159	Réunion	424,253	305,916
160	Eswatini	393,407	310,891
161	Luxembourg	331,417	306,200
162	Malta	326,611	320,335
163	Suriname	325,465	228,567
164	Martinique	314,967	263,572
165	Guadeloupe	306,543	247,980
166	Equatorial Guinea	301,469	249,350
167	Bhutan	265,406	197,456
168	China, Macao SAR	264,220	194,076
169	Cabo Verde	248,840	196,702
170	Barbados	243,674	223,970
171	Comoros	216,570	181,293
172	Bahrain	204,231	139,412
173	Iceland	193,937	159,465
174	United Arab Emirates	170,742	104,087
175	Solomon Islands	158,512	123,777
176	Bahamas	151,292	95,594
177	Curaçao	143,411	117,685
178	Samoa	129,522	100,132
179	Brunei Darussalam	113,325	67,298
180	Djibouti	112,132	74,172
181	Maldives	106,325	82,431
182	Belize	106,253	80,957
183	Grenada	98,157	84,646
184	Saint Lucia	97,982	93,632
185	French Polynesia	97,645	75,050
186	New Caledonia	94,457	69,783
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91,500	72,804
188	Guam	79,896	64,504
189	Tonga	76,960	58,152
190	Vanuatu	75,449	57,258
191	Sao Tome and Principe	72,102	64,908
192	Qatar	67,844	29,008
193	Jersey	67,222	60,898
194	Dominica	63,987	53,428
195	Antigua and Barbuda	60,438	50,878
196	Aruba	58,463	49,415
197	Kiribati	54,130	42,508
198	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	51,454	37,518
199	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,529	52,550
200	Isle of Man	50,317	52,429
201	Guernsey	50,307	46,431
202	United States Virgin Islands	50,133	29,893
203	Seychelles	48,851	40,326
204	Bermuda	47,993	40,103
205	Western Sahara	44,994	21,075
206	French Guiana	39,568	25,932
207	Greenland	39,237	26,664
208	Faroe Islands	36,611	32,136
209	Mayotte	30,675	23,100
210	Gibraltar	24,158	21,816
211	American Samoa	23,774	19,907
212	Monaco	23,054	20,519
213	Cook Islands	18,885	16,310
214	Liechtenstein	18,834	15,104
215	Marshall Islands	17,675	13,530
216	San Marino	17,440	13,884
217	Andorra	14,075	6,455
218	Montserrat	11,608	12,439
219	Palau	10,674	8,514
220	Northern Mariana Islands	10,435	7,819
221	Cayman Islands	9,458	7,766
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	8,759	7,605
223	British Virgin Islands	8,315	7,510
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,275	9,583
225	Anguilla	6,040	5,769
226	Nauru	5,995	3,946
227	Tuvalu	5,703	5,364
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,654	5,194
229	Saint Helena	5,483	5,298
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,270	4,797
231	Niue	5,231	4,647
232	Saint Martin (French part)	5,088	3,657
233	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4,470	2,013
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,345	2,127
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,294	2,187
236	Tokelau	1,900	1,593
237	Holy See	850	914

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