Population by country, 1972

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1972

#	Country / area	Population	1962
1	China	854.1 million	656.9 million
2	India	564 million	451.9 million
3	United States of America	211.7 million	185.1 million
4	Russian Federation	131.3 million	122.4 million
5	Indonesia	120.4 million	92.1 million
6	Japan	108.6 million	97.6 million
7	Brazil	98.9 million	75.7 million
8	Germany	78.6 million	73.6 million
9	Bangladesh	70.7 million	54.1 million
10	Pakistan	62.7 million	47.5 million
11	Nigeria	57.9 million	46.5 million
12	United Kingdom	56 million	53.1 million
13	Italy	53.9 million	50 million
14	Mexico	53.2 million	38.5 million
15	France	51.5 million	47.1 million
16	Ukraine	47.8 million	43.7 million
17	Viet Nam	43 million	33.8 million
18	Philippines	39 million	29.3 million
19	Türkiye	38 million	29.5 million
20	Thailand	37.4 million	28.1 million
21	Egypt	35.8 million	28 million
22	Spain	34.3 million	30.9 million
23	Republic of Korea	33.6 million	27.2 million
24	Poland	32.9 million	30.2 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	30.5 million	22.5 million
26	Ethiopia	29 million	22.2 million
27	Myanmar	28.1 million	22.5 million
28	Argentina	24.4 million	20.9 million
29	South Africa	23.3 million	17.2 million
30	Canada	22.1 million	18.4 million
31	Colombia	21.6 million	16.3 million
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21 million	15.9 million
33	Romania	20.4 million	18.5 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	15.8 million	12.1 million
35	Morocco	15.7 million	12.1 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	15.3 million	11.7 million
37	Algeria	14.3 million	11.7 million
38	United Republic of Tanzania	14.2 million	10.3 million
39	Peru	14 million	10.6 million
40	Netherlands	13.3 million	11.7 million
41	Australia	13.2 million	10.6 million
42	Nepal	12.8 million	10.4 million
43	Kazakhstan	12.8 million	9.9 million
44	Sri Lanka	12.7 million	10 million
45	Sudan	12.3 million	8.8 million
46	Uzbekistan	12.3 million	8.7 million
47	Kenya	12 million	8.1 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	11.9 million	8.6 million
49	Afghanistan	11.7 million	9.3 million
50	Uganda	10.8 million	8 million
51	Malaysia	10.5 million	8.3 million
52	Hungary	10.4 million	10 million
53	Iraq	10.3 million	7.3 million
54	Chile	10.1 million	8.4 million
55	Czechia	9.8 million	9.6 million
56	Belgium	9.7 million	9.2 million
57	Ghana	9.3 million	7.2 million
58	Belarus	9.1 million	8.4 million
59	Cuba	9.1 million	7.5 million
60	Greece	8.8 million	8.5 million
61	Portugal	8.8 million	8.9 million
62	Mozambique	8.6 million	6.9 million
63	Bulgaria	8.6 million	8 million
64	Sweden	8.1 million	7.5 million
65	Austria	7.5 million	7.1 million
66	Serbia	7.4 million	6.8 million
67	Yemen	7.4 million	5.7 million
68	Madagascar	7 million	5.3 million
69	Cameroon	6.7 million	5.3 million
70	Syrian Arab Republic	6.7 million	4.9 million
71	Cambodia	6.6 million	5.6 million
72	Ecuador	6.4 million	4.8 million
73	Mali	6.4 million	5.5 million
74	Switzerland	6.2 million	5.5 million
75	Angola	6.1 million	5.3 million
76	Côte d'Ivoire	5.8 million	3.9 million
77	Burkina Faso	5.8 million	4.9 million
78	Guatemala	5.6 million	4.2 million
79	Zimbabwe	5.5 million	4 million
80	Azerbaijan	5.3 million	4.2 million
81	Tunisia	5.3 million	4.3 million
82	Denmark	5 million	4.6 million
83	Georgia	4.9 million	4.2 million
84	Niger	4.8 million	3.7 million
85	Malawi	4.8 million	3.8 million
86	Haiti	4.8 million	4 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.7 million	3.8 million
88	Senegal	4.7 million	3.5 million
89	Finland	4.6 million	4.5 million
90	Dominican Republic	4.6 million	3.4 million
91	Slovakia	4.6 million	4.2 million
92	Zambia	4.5 million	3.3 million
93	Croatia	4.5 million	4.2 million
94	Guinea	4.4 million	3.7 million
95	Rwanda	4.2 million	3.1 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.1 million	3 million
97	Norway	3.9 million	3.6 million
98	Somalia	3.9 million	3 million
99	Chad	3.8 million	3.1 million
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.8 million	3.4 million
101	Saudi Arabia	3.8 million	2.6 million
102	El Salvador	3.8 million	2.9 million
103	Republic of Moldova	3.7 million	3.2 million
104	Burundi	3.7 million	2.9 million
105	South Sudan	3.5 million	3 million
106	Lithuania	3.2 million	2.8 million
107	Benin	3.2 million	2.6 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.1 million	2.3 million
109	Tajikistan	3.1 million	2.2 million
110	Israel	3 million	2 million
111	Ireland	3 million	2.8 million
112	New Zealand	2.9 million	2.5 million
113	Honduras	2.9 million	2.2 million
114	Uruguay	2.8 million	2.6 million
115	Puerto Rico	2.8 million	2.4 million
116	Sierra Leone	2.8 million	2.3 million
117	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.8 million	2.2 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.6 million	2.1 million
119	Armenia	2.6 million	2 million
120	Nicaragua	2.5 million	1.9 million
121	Lebanon	2.5 million	1.9 million
122	Paraguay	2.5 million	1.9 million
123	Latvia	2.4 million	2.2 million
124	Togo	2.4 million	1.7 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.3 million	1.7 million
126	Albania	2.3 million	1.7 million
127	Libya	2.2 million	1.6 million
128	Central African Republic	2.2 million	1.8 million
129	Singapore	2.1 million	1.7 million
130	Jamaica	1.9 million	1.7 million
131	Costa Rica	1.9 million	1.4 million
132	Slovenia	1.8 million	1.6 million
133	North Macedonia	1.7 million	1.5 million
134	Jordan	1.7 million	919,208
135	Panama	1.6 million	1.2 million
136	Liberia	1.5 million	1.2 million
137	Congo	1.5 million	1.1 million
138	Estonia	1.4 million	1.2 million
139	Mongolia	1.3 million	1 million
140	Eritrea	1.3 million	1 million
141	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.3 million	1 million
142	Mauritania	1.2 million	857,394
143	State of Palestine	1.1 million	1.1 million
144	Lesotho	1.1 million	770,156
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1 million	871,802
146	Kuwait	892,335	364,420
147	Mauritius	847,662	698,306
148	Namibia	792,213	609,132
149	Guyana	717,215	588,971
150	Oman	690,608	544,700
151	Cyprus	657,455	598,440
152	Gabon	614,587	521,346
153	Botswana	608,934	533,949
154	Guinea-Bissau	583,659	586,123
155	Timor-Leste	567,950	478,959
156	Gambia	547,223	414,452
157	Fiji	545,968	423,761
158	Montenegro	537,896	481,205
159	Réunion	481,803	378,201
160	Eswatini	459,326	357,260
161	Suriname	398,112	277,301
162	United Arab Emirates	359,661	141,389
163	Luxembourg	344,056	318,084
164	Malta	327,933	330,758
165	Martinique	326,217	297,404
166	Bhutan	324,638	233,939
167	Guadeloupe	319,461	289,589
168	Equatorial Guinea	312,970	277,520
169	Cabo Verde	296,188	218,233
170	China, Macao SAR	266,061	175,621
171	Comoros	255,837	202,957
172	Barbados	249,234	234,091
173	Bahrain	235,636	175,827
174	Iceland	207,424	180,719
175	Bahamas	193,613	125,256
176	Solomon Islands	182,718	144,533
177	Djibouti	160,469	91,165
178	Curaçao	152,802	135,407
179	Samoa	143,535	117,017
180	Brunei Darussalam	139,622	94,611
181	Qatar	138,885	41,949
182	Maldives	128,978	94,605
183	Belize	123,779	94,786
184	French Polynesia	119,900	86,307
185	New Caledonia	117,162	83,908
186	Saint Lucia	105,270	93,978
187	Grenada	98,768	95,904
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97,333	86,570
189	Guam	91,534	72,244
190	Vanuatu	90,184	67,203
191	Tonga	86,635	68,978
192	Sao Tome and Principe	80,186	69,055
193	Western Sahara	78,505	33,961
194	Jersey	70,913	64,631
195	United States Virgin Islands	69,944	36,797
196	Dominica	69,795	60,571
197	Antigua and Barbuda	64,737	56,934
198	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	61,438	45,397
199	Kiribati	59,218	48,922
200	Aruba	58,680	55,958
201	Isle of Man	56,922	48,463
202	Seychelles	56,187	44,566
203	Guernsey	54,280	47,703
204	Bermuda	52,723	43,691
205	French Guiana	48,458	33,031
206	Greenland	46,881	34,025
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,113	54,940
208	Faroe Islands	38,943	34,756
209	Mayotte	36,645	27,111
210	American Samoa	27,766	20,972
211	Gibraltar	27,159	21,919
212	Monaco	24,738	21,934
213	Marshall Islands	23,690	15,482
214	Andorra	22,185	10,676
215	Liechtenstein	21,794	17,064
216	Cook Islands	21,046	18,220
217	San Marino	18,605	15,988
218	Palau	11,980	9,675
219	Northern Mariana Islands	11,950	9,128
220	Cayman Islands	11,425	8,690
221	Montserrat	11,344	11,924
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10,252	8,028
223	British Virgin Islands	10,172	8,051
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	9,066	8,135
225	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7,126	3,110
226	Nauru	6,788	4,865
227	Anguilla	6,380	5,847
228	Saint Martin (French part)	6,318	4,456
229	Saint Helena	5,896	5,402
230	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,830	5,630
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,770	4,969
232	Tuvalu	5,696	5,673
233	Niue	4,990	4,872
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,442	2,216
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,272	2,301
236	Tokelau	1,640	1,863
237	Holy See	737	917

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