Population by country, 1971

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1971

#	Country / area	Population	1961
1	China	834.1 million	654.7 million
2	India	552.2 million	441.2 million
3	United States of America	209.1 million	181.8 million
4	Russian Federation	130.6 million	120.8 million
5	Indonesia	117.2 million	89.5 million
6	Japan	107.3 million	96.8 million
7	Brazil	96.5 million	73.5 million
8	Germany	78.1 million	73.1 million
9	Bangladesh	69.9 million	52.5 million
10	Pakistan	61 million	46.3 million
11	Nigeria	56.5 million	45.5 million
12	United Kingdom	55.8 million	52.7 million
13	Italy	53.5 million	49.7 million
14	Mexico	51.6 million	37.3 million
15	France	51.1 million	46.7 million
16	Ukraine	47.4 million	43.1 million
17	Viet Nam	41.9 million	33 million
18	Philippines	38.1 million	28.3 million
19	Türkiye	37.1 million	28.7 million
20	Thailand	36.4 million	27.2 million
21	Egypt	35 million	27.2 million
22	Spain	34 million	30.5 million
23	Republic of Korea	32.9 million	26.5 million
24	Poland	32.6 million	29.8 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	29.6 million	21.8 million
26	Ethiopia	28.2 million	21.6 million
27	Myanmar	27.5 million	22 million
28	Argentina	24.1 million	20.6 million
29	South Africa	22.6 million	16.7 million
30	Canada	21.7 million	18.1 million
31	Colombia	21.1 million	15.8 million
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20.4 million	15.5 million
33	Romania	20.2 million	18.4 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	15.4 million	11.9 million
35	Morocco	15.3 million	11.8 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	15 million	11.2 million
37	Algeria	13.9 million	11.5 million
38	United Republic of Tanzania	13.7 million	10 million
39	Peru	13.7 million	10.3 million
40	Netherlands	13.1 million	11.6 million
41	Australia	12.8 million	10.4 million
42	Nepal	12.6 million	10.2 million
43	Kazakhstan	12.6 million	9.6 million
44	Sri Lanka	12.4 million	9.8 million
45	Uzbekistan	11.9 million	8.4 million
46	Sudan	11.9 million	8.5 million
47	Kenya	11.6 million	7.8 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	11.6 million	8.3 million
49	Afghanistan	11.4 million	9.1 million
50	Uganda	10.5 million	7.7 million
51	Hungary	10.3 million	10 million
52	Malaysia	10.3 million	8.1 million
53	Chile	9.9 million	8.2 million
54	Iraq	9.9 million	7.1 million
55	Czechia	9.8 million	9.6 million
56	Belgium	9.7 million	9.1 million
57	Ghana	9 million	7.1 million
58	Belarus	9 million	8.3 million
59	Cuba	8.9 million	7.3 million
60	Greece	8.8 million	8.4 million
61	Portugal	8.6 million	8.9 million
62	Bulgaria	8.5 million	7.9 million
63	Mozambique	8.3 million	6.8 million
64	Sweden	8.1 million	7.5 million
65	Austria	7.5 million	7.1 million
66	Serbia	7.3 million	6.7 million
67	Yemen	7.2 million	5.6 million
68	Madagascar	6.8 million	5.2 million
69	Cambodia	6.6 million	5.5 million
70	Cameroon	6.5 million	5.2 million
71	Syrian Arab Republic	6.5 million	4.7 million
72	Mali	6.3 million	5.4 million
73	Ecuador	6.2 million	4.7 million
74	Switzerland	6.2 million	5.4 million
75	Angola	5.9 million	5.3 million
76	Burkina Faso	5.7 million	4.8 million
77	Côte d'Ivoire	5.5 million	3.7 million
78	Guatemala	5.5 million	4.1 million
79	Zimbabwe	5.3 million	3.9 million
80	Azerbaijan	5.2 million	4 million
81	Tunisia	5.2 million	4.3 million
82	Denmark	5 million	4.6 million
83	Georgia	4.8 million	4.1 million
84	Niger	4.7 million	3.6 million
85	Malawi	4.7 million	3.7 million
86	Haiti	4.7 million	3.9 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.6 million	3.7 million
88	Finland	4.6 million	4.4 million
89	Slovakia	4.5 million	4.2 million
90	Senegal	4.5 million	3.4 million
91	Croatia	4.5 million	4.2 million
92	Dominican Republic	4.5 million	3.3 million
93	Zambia	4.4 million	3.2 million
94	Guinea	4.3 million	3.6 million
95	Rwanda	4 million	3.1 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	3.9 million	3.2 million
97	Norway	3.9 million	3.6 million
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.8 million	3.3 million
99	Somalia	3.8 million	2.9 million
100	Chad	3.8 million	3.1 million
101	El Salvador	3.7 million	2.8 million
102	Republic of Moldova	3.7 million	3.1 million
103	Saudi Arabia	3.6 million	2.5 million
104	Burundi	3.6 million	2.8 million
105	South Sudan	3.4 million	3 million
106	Lithuania	3.2 million	2.8 million
107	Benin	3.1 million	2.5 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.1 million	2.3 million
109	Tajikistan	3 million	2.1 million
110	Ireland	3 million	2.8 million
111	Israel	2.9 million	1.9 million
112	New Zealand	2.8 million	2.4 million
113	Uruguay	2.8 million	2.5 million
114	Honduras	2.8 million	2.1 million
115	Puerto Rico	2.8 million	2.4 million
116	Sierra Leone	2.7 million	2.3 million
117	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.7 million	2.1 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.5 million	2 million
119	Armenia	2.5 million	1.9 million
120	Nicaragua	2.5 million	1.8 million
121	Paraguay	2.4 million	1.9 million
122	Lebanon	2.4 million	1.8 million
123	Latvia	2.4 million	2.1 million
124	Togo	2.3 million	1.7 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.2 million	1.7 million
126	Albania	2.2 million	1.7 million
127	Central African Republic	2.1 million	1.7 million
128	Libya	2.1 million	1.5 million
129	Singapore	2.1 million	1.6 million
130	Jamaica	1.9 million	1.7 million
131	Costa Rica	1.9 million	1.4 million
132	Slovenia	1.7 million	1.6 million
133	North Macedonia	1.7 million	1.4 million
134	Jordan	1.6 million	875,973
135	Panama	1.5 million	1.1 million
136	Liberia	1.5 million	1.2 million
137	Congo	1.4 million	1.1 million
138	Estonia	1.4 million	1.2 million
139	Mongolia	1.3 million	993,124
140	Eritrea	1.3 million	983,781
141	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.3 million	998,472
142	State of Palestine	1.1 million	1.1 million
143	Mauritania	1.1 million	834,939
144	Lesotho	1 million	747,484
145	Trinidad and Tobago	996,616	854,483
146	Kuwait	837,817	327,469
147	Mauritius	834,549	686,752
148	Namibia	768,953	597,001
149	Guyana	708,090	576,158
150	Oman	671,629	535,007
151	Cyprus	650,644	592,554
152	Gabon	602,100	515,183
153	Botswana	592,024	521,934
154	Guinea-Bissau	588,782	578,940
155	Timor-Leste	557,983	471,624
156	Fiji	536,268	411,050
157	Montenegro	532,311	474,441
158	Gambia	531,553	403,408
159	Réunion	473,395	365,950
160	Eswatini	447,039	349,268
161	Suriname	385,752	268,280
162	Luxembourg	339,852	314,600
163	Malta	326,652	330,939
164	Martinique	325,746	291,756
165	Equatorial Guinea	318,909	272,271
166	Guadeloupe	318,685	283,178
167	Bhutan	313,775	227,266
168	United Arab Emirates	310,393	134,589
169	Cabo Verde	291,905	211,941
170	China, Macao SAR	260,857	171,022
171	Barbados	249,101	232,205
172	Comoros	247,893	199,445
173	Bahrain	225,831	168,866
174	Iceland	204,892	177,266
175	Bahamas	188,099	119,138
176	Solomon Islands	178,553	141,291
177	Curaçao	151,562	133,184
178	Djibouti	149,803	87,615
179	Samoa	141,471	113,974
180	Brunei Darussalam	136,220	90,424
181	Maldives	125,092	92,294
182	Qatar	123,807	37,411
183	Belize	121,832	92,479
184	French Polynesia	115,991	84,562
185	New Caledonia	111,867	81,134
186	Saint Lucia	103,857	93,003
187	Grenada	98,528	94,767
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96,411	85,167
189	Guam	89,399	70,377
190	Vanuatu	87,539	65,326
191	Tonga	85,157	67,096
192	Western Sahara	78,934	31,490
193	Sao Tome and Principe	78,474	68,358
194	Jersey	69,887	63,965
195	Dominica	69,269	59,846
196	United States Virgin Islands	65,876	34,069
197	Antigua and Barbuda	64,721	56,146
198	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	59,835	43,823
199	Aruba	58,881	55,199
200	Kiribati	58,086	47,724
201	Isle of Man	55,928	48,438
202	Seychelles	54,834	43,646
203	Guernsey	54,026	47,266
204	Bermuda	52,491	42,554
205	French Guiana	46,980	31,717
206	Greenland	46,119	32,809
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,299	55,727
208	Faroe Islands	38,463	34,359
209	Mayotte	35,580	26,356
210	American Samoa	27,300	20,359
211	Gibraltar	26,882	21,824
212	Monaco	24,413	21,868
213	Marshall Islands	23,043	14,956
214	Liechtenstein	21,394	16,655
215	Andorra	20,698	9,889
216	Cook Islands	20,692	17,857
217	San Marino	18,233	15,609
218	Palau	11,538	9,435
219	Montserrat	11,331	12,001
220	Cayman Islands	10,770	8,513
221	Northern Mariana Islands	10,591	8,862
222	British Virgin Islands	10,018	8,018
223	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	9,995	7,895
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8,923	8,474
225	Nauru	6,736	4,682
226	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6,650	2,829
227	Anguilla	6,330	5,798
228	Saint Martin (French part)	6,137	4,316
229	Saint Helena	5,819	5,376
230	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,678	5,613
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,677	4,993
232	Tuvalu	5,674	5,623
233	Niue	5,086	4,827
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,411	2,204
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,273	2,275
236	Tokelau	1,691	1,814
237	Holy See	741	916

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