Population by country, 1970

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1970

#	Country / area	Population	1960
1	China	812.5 million	654.9 million
2	India	539.5 million	430.8 million
3	United States of America	206.4 million	178.7 million
4	Russian Federation	130.1 million	119.1 million
5	Indonesia	114.1 million	87.1 million
6	Japan	106.1 million	96 million
7	Brazil	94.2 million	71.3 million
8	Germany	78.3 million	72.5 million
9	Bangladesh	68.2 million	51.1 million
10	Pakistan	59.3 million	45.1 million
11	United Kingdom	55.6 million	52.4 million
12	Nigeria	55.2 million	44.6 million
13	Italy	53.2 million	49.4 million
14	France	50.6 million	46.2 million
15	Mexico	50 million	36.2 million
16	Ukraine	47.1 million	42.5 million
17	Viet Nam	41 million	32.1 million
18	Philippines	37.2 million	27.5 million
19	Türkiye	36.2 million	27.9 million
20	Thailand	35.5 million	26.5 million
21	Egypt	34.2 million	26.6 million
22	Spain	33.7 million	30.3 million
23	Poland	32.4 million	29.4 million
24	Republic of Korea	32.2 million	25.7 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	28.7 million	21.2 million
26	Ethiopia	27.4 million	21.1 million
27	Myanmar	26.9 million	21.5 million
28	Argentina	23.7 million	20.2 million
29	South Africa	21.9 million	16.2 million
30	Canada	21.2 million	17.7 million
31	Colombia	20.6 million	15.4 million
32	Romania	19.9 million	18.3 million
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19.9 million	15.1 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	15 million	11.6 million
35	Morocco	14.9 million	11.5 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	14.7 million	10.8 million
37	Algeria	13.6 million	11.3 million
38	Peru	13.3 million	10 million
39	United Republic of Tanzania	13.3 million	9.8 million
40	Netherlands	13 million	11.4 million
41	Australia	12.4 million	10.2 million
42	Nepal	12.3 million	10 million
43	Kazakhstan	12.3 million	9.3 million
44	Sri Lanka	12.2 million	9.5 million
45	Uzbekistan	11.6 million	8.1 million
46	Sudan	11.5 million	8.2 million
47	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	11.2 million	8 million
48	Kenya	11.2 million	7.6 million
49	Afghanistan	11.2 million	8.9 million
50	Hungary	10.3 million	10 million
51	Uganda	10.2 million	7.5 million
52	Malaysia	10.1 million	7.9 million
53	Czechia	9.8 million	9.5 million
54	Chile	9.8 million	8.1 million
55	Belgium	9.6 million	9.1 million
56	Iraq	9.6 million	6.9 million
57	Belarus	9 million	8.2 million
58	Ghana	8.8 million	6.8 million
59	Cuba	8.7 million	7.2 million
60	Greece	8.7 million	8.3 million
61	Portugal	8.7 million	8.9 million
62	Bulgaria	8.5 million	7.8 million
63	Mozambique	8.2 million	6.7 million
64	Sweden	8 million	7.5 million
65	Austria	7.5 million	7 million
66	Serbia	7.3 million	6.7 million
67	Yemen	7 million	5.5 million
68	Cambodia	6.7 million	5.4 million
69	Madagascar	6.6 million	5 million
70	Cameroon	6.4 million	5.1 million
71	Syrian Arab Republic	6.3 million	4.6 million
72	Mali	6.2 million	5.4 million
73	Switzerland	6.2 million	5.3 million
74	Ecuador	6.1 million	4.5 million
75	Angola	5.8 million	5.2 million
76	Burkina Faso	5.6 million	4.7 million
77	Guatemala	5.3 million	4 million
78	Côte d'Ivoire	5.3 million	3.6 million
79	Zimbabwe	5.1 million	3.8 million
80	Azerbaijan	5.1 million	3.9 million
81	Tunisia	5.1 million	4.2 million
82	Denmark	4.9 million	4.6 million
83	Georgia	4.8 million	4 million
84	Finland	4.6 million	4.4 million
85	Haiti	4.6 million	3.8 million
86	Niger	4.6 million	3.5 million
87	Malawi	4.6 million	3.6 million
88	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.5 million	3.7 million
89	Slovakia	4.5 million	4.1 million
90	Croatia	4.5 million	4.2 million
91	Senegal	4.4 million	3.3 million
92	Dominican Republic	4.3 million	3.2 million
93	Zambia	4.3 million	3.1 million
94	Guinea	4.2 million	3.5 million
95	Rwanda	3.9 million	3 million
96	Norway	3.9 million	3.6 million
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.8 million	3.2 million
98	Somalia	3.7 million	2.8 million
99	Chad	3.7 million	3 million
100	Republic of Moldova	3.6 million	3 million
101	El Salvador	3.6 million	2.8 million
102	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.6 million	3 million
103	Burundi	3.5 million	2.7 million
104	Saudi Arabia	3.5 million	2.4 million
105	South Sudan	3.4 million	2.9 million
106	Lithuania	3.1 million	2.7 million
107	Benin	3 million	2.5 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3 million	2.2 million
109	Ireland	3 million	2.8 million
110	Tajikistan	2.9 million	2.1 million
111	Israel	2.8 million	1.9 million
112	New Zealand	2.8 million	2.4 million
113	Uruguay	2.8 million	2.5 million
114	Puerto Rico	2.7 million	2.3 million
115	Honduras	2.7 million	2 million
116	Sierra Leone	2.7 million	2.3 million
117	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.6 million	2.1 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.5 million	2 million
119	Armenia	2.5 million	1.8 million
120	Nicaragua	2.4 million	1.8 million
121	Paraguay	2.4 million	1.9 million
122	Lebanon	2.4 million	1.8 million
123	Latvia	2.3 million	2.1 million
124	Togo	2.2 million	1.7 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.2 million	1.6 million
126	Albania	2.2 million	1.6 million
127	Central African Republic	2.1 million	1.7 million
128	Singapore	2.1 million	1.6 million
129	Libya	2 million	1.5 million
130	Jamaica	1.9 million	1.6 million
131	Costa Rica	1.8 million	1.3 million
132	Slovenia	1.7 million	1.6 million
133	North Macedonia	1.7 million	1.4 million
134	Jordan	1.5 million	830,969
135	Panama	1.5 million	1.1 million
136	Liberia	1.4 million	1.1 million
137	Congo	1.4 million	1 million
138	Estonia	1.4 million	1.2 million
139	Mongolia	1.3 million	962,066
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.2 million	971,187
141	Eritrea	1.2 million	961,312
142	State of Palestine	1.1 million	1.1 million
143	Mauritania	1.1 million	813,656
144	Lesotho	1 million	725,508
145	Trinidad and Tobago	986,298	835,402
146	Mauritius	820,840	673,910
147	Kuwait	780,411	294,651
148	Namibia	746,781	585,928
149	Guyana	697,302	562,122
150	Oman	653,731	525,962
151	Cyprus	644,242	580,403
152	Gabon	589,581	509,447
153	Botswana	588,641	510,396
154	Guinea-Bissau	580,023	576,325
155	Timor-Leste	548,156	464,613
156	Montenegro	527,021	467,945
157	Fiji	526,101	398,725
158	Gambia	516,657	392,711
159	Réunion	464,777	353,162
160	Eswatini	435,392	341,406
161	Suriname	373,132	259,556
162	Luxembourg	338,809	313,155
163	Malta	325,370	330,700
164	Martinique	325,288	285,785
165	Equatorial Guinea	322,697	267,342
166	Guadeloupe	317,529	275,674
167	Bhutan	303,273	220,902
168	Cabo Verde	283,865	208,108
169	United Arab Emirates	262,678	128,080
170	China, Macao SAR	253,932	175,609
171	Barbados	249,673	229,580
172	Comoros	240,476	195,955
173	Bahrain	223,786	162,089
174	Iceland	204,060	173,845
175	Bahamas	181,862	113,496
176	Solomon Islands	174,604	138,085
177	Curaçao	150,168	131,187
178	Djibouti	140,547	84,433
179	Samoa	139,330	111,007
180	Brunei Darussalam	134,057	86,269
181	Maldives	121,345	90,085
182	Belize	119,639	90,157
183	French Polynesia	112,030	82,780
184	Qatar	108,892	34,609
185	New Caledonia	106,808	78,503
186	Saint Lucia	102,472	92,168
187	Grenada	98,300	93,348
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95,517	83,605
189	Guam	87,331	68,674
190	Vanuatu	84,994	63,536
191	Tonga	83,646	65,244
192	Sao Tome and Principe	76,779	67,666
193	Jersey	69,418	63,322
194	Dominica	68,547	58,898
195	Western Sahara	64,517	29,166
196	Antigua and Barbuda	64,334	55,060
197	United States Virgin Islands	61,837	31,976
198	Aruba	59,020	54,645
199	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	58,009	42,299
200	Kiribati	56,934	46,589
201	Isle of Man	54,667	49,296
202	Seychelles	53,670	42,810
203	Guernsey	53,240	47,062
204	Bermuda	51,758	41,861
205	French Guiana	45,578	30,450
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,914	55,893
207	Greenland	44,811	31,400
208	Faroe Islands	38,074	33,896
209	Mayotte	34,612	25,629
210	American Samoa	26,751	19,906
211	Gibraltar	26,386	21,854
212	Monaco	24,043	21,748
213	Marshall Islands	22,017	14,449
214	Liechtenstein	20,893	16,326
215	Cook Islands	20,285	17,466
216	Andorra	19,255	9,131
217	San Marino	18,102	15,247
218	Montserrat	11,334	12,068
219	Palau	11,199	9,220
220	Cayman Islands	10,264	8,342
221	British Virgin Islands	9,848	7,883
222	Northern Mariana Islands	9,749	8,611
223	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	9,737	7,773
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,742	8,775
225	Nauru	6,683	4,533
226	Anguilla	6,267	5,765
227	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6,178	2,600
228	Saint Martin (French part)	5,957	4,185
229	Saint Helena	5,733	5,348
230	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,655	5,586
231	Tuvalu	5,652	5,574
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,595	4,990
233	Niue	5,133	4,824
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,400	2,173
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,277	2,249
236	Tokelau	1,750	1,754
237	Holy See	748	920

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