Population by country, 1969

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1969

#	Country / area	Population	1959
1	China	791.7 million	650.5 million
2	India	528.2 million	420.8 million
3	United States of America	204.1 million	175.6 million
4	Russian Federation	129.4 million	117.5 million
5	Indonesia	111 million	84.7 million
6	Japan	104.9 million	95.2 million
7	Brazil	91.9 million	69.1 million
8	Germany	77.6 million	72 million
9	Bangladesh	66.4 million	49.8 million
10	Pakistan	57.6 million	43.9 million
11	United Kingdom	55.4 million	52.1 million
12	Nigeria	54 million	43.7 million
13	Italy	52.9 million	49.1 million
14	France	50.1 million	45.7 million
15	Mexico	48.4 million	35.1 million
16	Ukraine	46.8 million	42 million
17	Viet Nam	40.1 million	31.1 million
18	Philippines	36.1 million	26.4 million
19	Türkiye	35.4 million	27.1 million
20	Thailand	34.5 million	25.7 million
21	Egypt	33.4 million	25.9 million
22	Spain	33.3 million	30 million
23	Poland	32.2 million	28.9 million
24	Republic of Korea	31.5 million	24.9 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	27.8 million	20.5 million
26	Ethiopia	26.7 million	20.6 million
27	Myanmar	26.3 million	21 million
28	Argentina	23.3 million	19.9 million
29	South Africa	21.3 million	15.8 million
30	Canada	20.9 million	17.3 million
31	Colombia	20 million	14.9 million
32	Romania	19.5 million	18.1 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19.3 million	14.7 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	14.6 million	11.3 million
35	Morocco	14.5 million	11.2 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	14.4 million	10.4 million
37	Algeria	13.3 million	11.1 million
38	Peru	13 million	9.7 million
39	United Republic of Tanzania	12.8 million	9.5 million
40	Netherlands	12.8 million	11.3 million
41	Australia	12.1 million	10 million
42	Nepal	12 million	9.8 million
43	Kazakhstan	12 million	9 million
44	Sri Lanka	11.9 million	9.3 million
45	Uzbekistan	11.2 million	7.8 million
46	Sudan	11.1 million	8 million
47	Afghanistan	10.9 million	8.8 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	10.9 million	7.7 million
49	Kenya	10.7 million	7.3 million
50	Hungary	10.3 million	9.9 million
51	Uganda	9.9 million	7.3 million
52	Malaysia	9.8 million	7.7 million
53	Czechia	9.8 million	9.5 million
54	Chile	9.6 million	7.9 million
55	Belgium	9.6 million	9 million
56	Iraq	9.2 million	6.8 million
57	Belarus	8.9 million	8 million
58	Portugal	8.8 million	8.8 million
59	Greece	8.8 million	8.3 million
60	Cuba	8.6 million	7 million
61	Ghana	8.6 million	6.6 million
62	Bulgaria	8.4 million	7.8 million
63	Mozambique	8 million	6.6 million
64	Sweden	7.9 million	7.4 million
65	Austria	7.4 million	7 million
66	Serbia	7.2 million	6.6 million
67	Yemen	6.8 million	5.4 million
68	Cambodia	6.5 million	5.3 million
69	Madagascar	6.4 million	4.9 million
70	Cameroon	6.2 million	5 million
71	Mali	6.1 million	5.3 million
72	Switzerland	6.1 million	5.2 million
73	Syrian Arab Republic	6.1 million	4.5 million
74	Ecuador	5.9 million	4.4 million
75	Angola	5.7 million	5.1 million
76	Burkina Faso	5.5 million	4.7 million
77	Guatemala	5.2 million	3.9 million
78	Côte d'Ivoire	5.1 million	3.5 million
79	Azerbaijan	5 million	3.8 million
80	Zimbabwe	5 million	3.6 million
81	Tunisia	4.9 million	4.2 million
82	Denmark	4.9 million	4.5 million
83	Georgia	4.7 million	3.9 million
84	Finland	4.6 million	4.4 million
85	Haiti	4.5 million	3.8 million
86	Slovakia	4.5 million	4 million
87	Malawi	4.5 million	3.5 million
88	Niger	4.5 million	3.4 million
89	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.4 million	3.6 million
90	Croatia	4.4 million	4.2 million
91	Senegal	4.3 million	3.2 million
92	Dominican Republic	4.2 million	3.1 million
93	Guinea	4.2 million	3.5 million
94	Zambia	4.1 million	3 million
95	Norway	3.8 million	3.5 million
96	Rwanda	3.8 million	2.9 million
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.7 million	3.2 million
98	Chad	3.6 million	3 million
99	Somalia	3.6 million	2.8 million
100	Republic of Moldova	3.6 million	3 million
101	El Salvador	3.5 million	2.7 million
102	Burundi	3.4 million	2.7 million
103	Saudi Arabia	3.3 million	2.3 million
104	South Sudan	3.3 million	2.9 million
105	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.2 million	2.9 million
106	Lithuania	3.1 million	2.7 million
107	Benin	3 million	2.5 million
108	Ireland	2.9 million	2.8 million
109	Kyrgyzstan	2.9 million	2.1 million
110	Tajikistan	2.8 million	2 million
111	New Zealand	2.8 million	2.3 million
112	Uruguay	2.8 million	2.5 million
113	Israel	2.7 million	1.8 million
114	Puerto Rico	2.7 million	2.3 million
115	Sierra Leone	2.6 million	2.2 million
116	Honduras	2.6 million	2 million
117	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.6 million	2.1 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.4 million	1.9 million
119	Armenia	2.4 million	1.8 million
120	Latvia	2.3 million	2.1 million
121	Nicaragua	2.3 million	1.7 million
122	Paraguay	2.3 million	1.8 million
123	Lebanon	2.3 million	1.7 million
124	Togo	2.1 million	1.6 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.1 million	1.6 million
126	Albania	2.1 million	1.6 million
127	Singapore	2 million	1.5 million
128	Central African Republic	2 million	1.7 million
129	Libya	2 million	1.4 million
130	Jamaica	1.8 million	1.6 million
131	Costa Rica	1.8 million	1.3 million
132	Slovenia	1.7 million	1.6 million
133	North Macedonia	1.6 million	1.4 million
134	Panama	1.5 million	1.1 million
135	Jordan	1.4 million	784,249
136	Liberia	1.4 million	1.1 million
137	Estonia	1.3 million	1.2 million
138	Congo	1.3 million	1 million
139	Mongolia	1.2 million	932,756
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.2 million	945,635
141	Eritrea	1.2 million	939,815
142	State of Palestine	1.1 million	1 million
143	Mauritania	1.1 million	793,557
144	Trinidad and Tobago	975,096	814,630
145	Lesotho	965,397	704,378
146	Mauritius	806,640	655,759
147	Namibia	725,456	575,911
148	Kuwait	718,494	264,399
149	Guyana	683,130	544,004
150	Cyprus	638,122	568,705
151	Oman	636,779	516,671
152	Botswana	585,489	499,359
153	Guinea-Bissau	583,197	573,743
154	Gabon	576,961	504,160
155	Timor-Leste	538,555	457,924
156	Montenegro	521,860	461,844
157	Fiji	515,486	386,794
158	Gambia	502,224	382,377
159	Réunion	455,340	340,935
160	Eswatini	424,357	333,612
161	Suriname	360,678	251,215
162	Luxembourg	337,715	310,914
163	Martinique	324,391	279,994
164	Malta	324,136	330,003
165	Equatorial Guinea	322,336	262,650
166	Guadeloupe	315,946	268,387
167	Bhutan	293,147	214,728
168	Cabo Verde	274,630	204,600
169	China, Macao SAR	256,675	181,241
170	Barbados	249,214	227,981
171	Comoros	233,526	192,616
172	Bahrain	221,151	155,752
173	United Arab Emirates	216,642	121,794
174	Iceland	202,689	170,134
175	Bahamas	174,098	108,338
176	Solomon Islands	170,349	134,166
177	Curaçao	148,621	127,699
178	Samoa	137,135	108,114
179	Djibouti	131,610	81,740
180	Brunei Darussalam	128,834	81,415
181	Maldives	117,782	88,029
182	Belize	116,441	87,822
183	French Polynesia	108,192	81,018
184	New Caledonia	102,890	76,017
185	Saint Lucia	101,287	92,535
186	Grenada	98,109	91,498
187	Qatar	97,159	32,702
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	94,600	80,691
189	Guam	85,478	67,529
190	Vanuatu	82,517	61,803
191	Tonga	82,123	63,455
192	Sao Tome and Principe	75,387	66,916
193	Jersey	68,937	62,690
194	Dominica	67,322	57,317
195	Antigua and Barbuda	63,304	53,991
196	United States Virgin Islands	59,237	31,404
197	Aruba	59,084	53,318
198	Western Sahara	58,765	26,959
199	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	56,282	41,019
200	Kiribati	55,786	45,498
201	Isle of Man	53,477	50,130
202	Seychelles	52,493	42,116
203	Guernsey	52,478	46,895
204	Bermuda	50,855	41,424
205	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,548	55,045
206	French Guiana	44,278	29,253
207	Greenland	43,463	30,055
208	Faroe Islands	37,739	33,407
209	Mayotte	33,684	24,947
210	American Samoa	25,998	19,911
211	Gibraltar	25,855	21,883
212	Monaco	23,619	21,544
213	Marshall Islands	20,592	13,944
214	Liechtenstein	20,351	16,014
215	Cook Islands	19,878	17,119
216	San Marino	17,951	14,899
217	Andorra	17,855	8,410
218	Montserrat	11,410	12,155
219	Palau	11,119	8,982
220	Northern Mariana Islands	10,228	8,383
221	Cayman Islands	10,067	8,196
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	9,474	7,704
223	British Virgin Islands	9,218	7,744
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,566	9,025
225	Nauru	6,479	4,374
226	Anguilla	6,209	5,789
227	Saint Martin (French part)	5,779	4,039
228	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	5,718	2,441
229	Saint Helena	5,659	5,331
230	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,650	5,482
231	Tuvalu	5,610	5,531
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,504	4,940
233	Niue	5,190	4,788
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,398	2,153
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,276	2,229
236	Tokelau	1,803	1,705
237	Holy See	758	920

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