Population by country, 1968

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1968

#	Country / area	Population	1958
1	China	770.3 million	637.9 million
2	India	517.2 million	410.8 million
3	United States of America	201.9 million	172.8 million
4	Russian Federation	128.7 million	115.7 million
5	Indonesia	107.9 million	82.5 million
6	Japan	103.6 million	94.5 million
7	Brazil	89.6 million	67 million
8	Germany	77.1 million	71.4 million
9	Bangladesh	64.5 million	48.6 million
10	Pakistan	56 million	42.7 million
11	United Kingdom	55.1 million	51.8 million
12	Nigeria	52.8 million	42.9 million
13	Italy	52.5 million	48.8 million
14	France	49.8 million	45.3 million
15	Mexico	46.9 million	34.1 million
16	Ukraine	46.4 million	41.3 million
17	Viet Nam	39.3 million	30.2 million
18	Philippines	35.1 million	25.3 million
19	Türkiye	34.5 million	26.3 million
20	Thailand	33.5 million	25 million
21	Spain	33 million	29.7 million
22	Egypt	32.6 million	25.3 million
23	Poland	32 million	28.4 million
24	Republic of Korea	30.8 million	24.1 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	27 million	20 million
26	Ethiopia	26 million	20.3 million
27	Myanmar	25.7 million	20.6 million
28	Argentina	23 million	19.5 million
29	South Africa	20.6 million	15.4 million
30	Canada	20.6 million	16.9 million
31	Colombia	19.5 million	14.5 million
32	Romania	19.2 million	18 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.7 million	14.4 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	14.2 million	11 million
35	Morocco	14.2 million	10.9 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	14.1 million	10 million
37	Algeria	13 million	10.8 million
38	Netherlands	12.7 million	11.1 million
39	Peru	12.6 million	9.5 million
40	United Republic of Tanzania	12.4 million	9.2 million
41	Australia	11.9 million	9.7 million
42	Nepal	11.8 million	9.7 million
43	Kazakhstan	11.7 million	8.7 million
44	Sri Lanka	11.6 million	9.1 million
45	Uzbekistan	10.8 million	7.6 million
46	Sudan	10.7 million	7.7 million
47	Afghanistan	10.6 million	8.7 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	10.5 million	7.4 million
49	Kenya	10.3 million	7.1 million
50	Hungary	10.2 million	9.8 million
51	Czechia	9.8 million	9.4 million
52	Malaysia	9.6 million	7.5 million
53	Uganda	9.6 million	7.1 million
54	Belgium	9.5 million	9 million
55	Chile	9.4 million	7.7 million
56	Iraq	8.9 million	6.7 million
57	Belarus	8.9 million	7.9 million
58	Portugal	8.8 million	8.8 million
59	Greece	8.7 million	8.2 million
60	Cuba	8.4 million	6.9 million
61	Ghana	8.4 million	6.4 million
62	Bulgaria	8.3 million	7.7 million
63	Sweden	7.9 million	7.4 million
64	Mozambique	7.8 million	6.5 million
65	Austria	7.4 million	7 million
66	Serbia	7.2 million	6.5 million
67	Yemen	6.6 million	5.3 million
68	Cambodia	6.4 million	5.2 million
69	Madagascar	6.2 million	4.8 million
70	Cameroon	6 million	4.9 million
71	Mali	6 million	5.2 million
72	Switzerland	6 million	5.2 million
73	Syrian Arab Republic	5.9 million	4.3 million
74	Ecuador	5.7 million	4.3 million
75	Angola	5.7 million	5 million
76	Burkina Faso	5.4 million	4.6 million
77	Guatemala	5 million	3.8 million
78	Azerbaijan	4.9 million	3.7 million
79	Côte d'Ivoire	4.9 million	3.4 million
80	Denmark	4.9 million	4.5 million
81	Zimbabwe	4.8 million	3.5 million
82	Tunisia	4.8 million	4.2 million
83	Georgia	4.6 million	3.9 million
84	Finland	4.6 million	4.3 million
85	Slovakia	4.5 million	4 million
86	Haiti	4.4 million	3.7 million
87	Croatia	4.4 million	4.1 million
88	Malawi	4.4 million	3.4 million
89	Niger	4.3 million	3.3 million
90	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.3 million	3.5 million
91	Senegal	4.1 million	3.1 million
92	Dominican Republic	4.1 million	3 million
93	Guinea	4.1 million	3.4 million
94	Zambia	4 million	2.9 million
95	Norway	3.8 million	3.5 million
96	Rwanda	3.7 million	2.8 million
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.7 million	3.1 million
98	Chad	3.5 million	2.9 million
99	Republic of Moldova	3.5 million	2.9 million
100	Somalia	3.5 million	2.7 million
101	El Salvador	3.4 million	2.6 million
102	Burundi	3.3 million	2.6 million
103	South Sudan	3.3 million	2.8 million
104	Saudi Arabia	3.2 million	2.2 million
105	Lithuania	3.1 million	2.7 million
106	Ireland	2.9 million	2.9 million
107	China, Hong Kong SAR	2.9 million	2.8 million
108	Benin	2.9 million	2.4 million
109	Kyrgyzstan	2.8 million	2.1 million
110	Uruguay	2.7 million	2.4 million
111	New Zealand	2.7 million	2.3 million
112	Tajikistan	2.7 million	2 million
113	Puerto Rico	2.6 million	2.3 million
114	Israel	2.6 million	1.8 million
115	Sierra Leone	2.6 million	2.2 million
116	Honduras	2.6 million	1.9 million
117	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.5 million	2 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.4 million	1.9 million
119	Armenia	2.3 million	1.7 million
120	Latvia	2.3 million	2.1 million
121	Paraguay	2.3 million	1.8 million
122	Nicaragua	2.2 million	1.7 million
123	Lebanon	2.2 million	1.7 million
124	Turkmenistan	2.1 million	1.5 million
125	Albania	2 million	1.5 million
126	Togo	2 million	1.6 million
127	Singapore	2 million	1.5 million
128	Central African Republic	2 million	1.6 million
129	Libya	1.9 million	1.4 million
130	Jamaica	1.8 million	1.6 million
131	Costa Rica	1.7 million	1.2 million
132	Slovenia	1.7 million	1.6 million
133	North Macedonia	1.6 million	1.4 million
134	Panama	1.4 million	1 million
135	Liberia	1.4 million	1.1 million
136	Estonia	1.3 million	1.2 million
137	Jordan	1.3 million	737,395
138	Congo	1.3 million	992,132
139	Mongolia	1.2 million	905,824
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.2 million	921,602
141	Eritrea	1.2 million	925,351
142	State of Palestine	1.1 million	1 million
143	Mauritania	1 million	774,435
144	Trinidad and Tobago	962,906	793,044
145	Lesotho	930,804	684,244
146	Mauritius	791,919	638,548
147	Namibia	705,625	566,759
148	Guyana	669,177	526,128
149	Kuwait	656,937	236,007
150	Cyprus	632,172	557,860
151	Oman	620,817	507,996
152	Botswana	582,440	488,852
153	Guinea-Bissau	573,143	571,103
154	Gabon	567,544	499,293
155	Timor-Leste	529,195	451,572
156	Montenegro	516,747	455,759
157	Fiji	504,512	375,350
158	Gambia	488,314	372,371
159	Réunion	445,416	329,191
160	Eswatini	413,936	325,909
161	Suriname	348,553	243,253
162	Luxembourg	336,297	309,163
163	Malta	322,888	328,809
164	Martinique	322,661	274,449
165	Equatorial Guinea	315,361	258,124
166	Guadeloupe	313,837	261,354
167	Bhutan	283,468	208,787
168	Cabo Verde	265,698	201,578
169	China, Macao SAR	259,185	186,095
170	Barbados	247,865	226,536
171	Comoros	226,963	188,510
172	Bahrain	217,522	149,867
173	Iceland	200,312	166,815
174	United Arab Emirates	182,189	115,730
175	Solomon Islands	166,215	130,442
176	Bahamas	166,078	103,659
177	Curaçao	146,970	124,262
178	Samoa	134,904	105,283
179	Djibouti	124,891	79,134
180	Brunei Darussalam	123,611	76,530
181	Maldives	114,367	86,057
182	Belize	112,986	85,497
183	French Polynesia	104,515	79,282
184	Saint Lucia	100,064	92,895
185	New Caledonia	99,991	73,664
186	Grenada	98,046	89,332
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	93,645	77,931
188	Qatar	86,339	31,235
189	Guam	83,648	66,450
190	Tonga	80,582	61,716
191	Vanuatu	80,111	60,160
192	Sao Tome and Principe	74,143	66,199
193	Jersey	68,432	62,059
194	Dominica	66,142	55,849
195	Antigua and Barbuda	62,314	52,923
196	Aruba	59,055	52,018
197	United States Virgin Islands	56,421	30,852
198	Kiribati	55,272	44,475
199	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	54,632	39,796
200	Western Sahara	53,199	24,873
201	Isle of Man	52,303	50,920
202	Guernsey	51,734	46,751
203	Seychelles	51,276	41,482
204	Bermuda	49,953	40,998
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,941	54,243
206	French Guiana	43,088	28,095
207	Greenland	42,098	28,826
208	Faroe Islands	37,381	32,940
209	Mayotte	32,801	24,294
210	Gibraltar	25,300	21,888
211	American Samoa	25,230	19,950
212	Monaco	23,255	21,264
213	Liechtenstein	19,810	15,697
214	Cook Islands	19,508	16,817
215	Marshall Islands	19,132	13,666
216	San Marino	17,771	14,554
217	Andorra	16,497	7,725
218	Montserrat	11,468	12,258
219	Palau	11,041	8,822
220	Northern Mariana Islands	10,708	8,178
221	Cayman Islands	9,875	8,064
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	9,227	7,649
223	British Virgin Islands	8,782	7,623
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,441	9,245
225	Nauru	6,177	4,220
226	Anguilla	6,157	5,800
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,662	5,409
228	Tuvalu	5,637	5,463
229	Saint Martin (French part)	5,607	3,905
230	Saint Helena	5,585	5,317
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,432	4,859
232	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	5,283	2,291
233	Niue	5,232	4,741
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,386	2,129
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,284	2,206
236	Tokelau	1,851	1,658
237	Holy See	780	919

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