Population by country, 1973

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1973

#	Country / area	Population	1963
1	China	873.3 million	673.3 million
2	India	577 million	462.6 million
3	United States of America	214 million	188.3 million
4	Russian Federation	132.1 million	123.8 million
5	Indonesia	123.7 million	94.7 million
6	Japan	109.9 million	98.5 million
7	Brazil	101.4 million	78 million
8	Germany	78.9 million	74.4 million
9	Bangladesh	72.6 million	55.7 million
10	Pakistan	64.5 million	48.8 million
11	Nigeria	59.3 million	47.5 million
12	United Kingdom	56.2 million	53.5 million
13	Mexico	54.8 million	39.8 million
14	Italy	54.3 million	50.4 million
15	France	52 million	47.6 million
16	Ukraine	48.1 million	44.2 million
17	Viet Nam	43.9 million	34.8 million
18	Philippines	39.9 million	30.2 million
19	Türkiye	38.9 million	30.3 million
20	Thailand	38.4 million	28.9 million
21	Egypt	36.7 million	28.7 million
22	Spain	34.7 million	31.2 million
23	Republic of Korea	34.3 million	27.8 million
24	Poland	33.2 million	30.5 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	31.4 million	23.2 million
26	Ethiopia	29.8 million	22.8 million
27	Myanmar	28.7 million	23 million
28	Argentina	24.8 million	21.2 million
29	South Africa	23.9 million	17.7 million
30	Canada	22.4 million	18.8 million
31	Colombia	22.1 million	16.9 million
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.5 million	16.3 million
33	Romania	20.7 million	18.6 million
34	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	16.2 million	12.4 million
35	Morocco	16.1 million	12.4 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	15.6 million	12.1 million
37	United Republic of Tanzania	14.7 million	10.6 million
38	Algeria	14.6 million	11.9 million
39	Peru	14.4 million	10.9 million
40	Australia	13.4 million	10.8 million
41	Netherlands	13.4 million	11.9 million
42	Nepal	13.1 million	10.6 million
43	Kazakhstan	13.1 million	10.2 million
44	Sri Lanka	12.9 million	10.3 million
45	Sudan	12.7 million	9.1 million
46	Uzbekistan	12.6 million	9 million
47	Kenya	12.4 million	8.5 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	12.3 million	8.9 million
49	Afghanistan	12 million	9.5 million
50	Uganda	11 million	8.2 million
51	Malaysia	10.8 million	8.5 million
52	Iraq	10.6 million	7.5 million
53	Hungary	10.4 million	10.1 million
54	Chile	10.3 million	8.6 million
55	Czechia	9.9 million	9.6 million
56	Belgium	9.7 million	9.2 million
57	Ghana	9.6 million	7.4 million
58	Cuba	9.2 million	7.6 million
59	Belarus	9.2 million	8.5 million
60	Greece	8.9 million	8.5 million
61	Portugal	8.9 million	8.9 million
62	Mozambique	8.8 million	7 million
63	Bulgaria	8.6 million	8 million
64	Sweden	8.1 million	7.6 million
65	Austria	7.6 million	7.2 million
66	Yemen	7.6 million	5.8 million
67	Serbia	7.4 million	6.9 million
68	Madagascar	7.2 million	5.5 million
69	Syrian Arab Republic	6.9 million	5 million
70	Cameroon	6.9 million	5.4 million
71	Cambodia	6.7 million	5.8 million
72	Ecuador	6.6 million	4.9 million
73	Mali	6.5 million	5.6 million
74	Switzerland	6.3 million	5.6 million
75	Angola	6.3 million	5.4 million
76	Côte d'Ivoire	6 million	4 million
77	Burkina Faso	5.9 million	5 million
78	Guatemala	5.8 million	4.4 million
79	Zimbabwe	5.6 million	4.1 million
80	Tunisia	5.5 million	4.4 million
81	Azerbaijan	5.4 million	4.3 million
82	Denmark	5 million	4.7 million
83	Niger	5 million	3.8 million
84	Malawi	4.9 million	3.9 million
85	Georgia	4.9 million	4.2 million
86	Haiti	4.9 million	4 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.9 million	3.9 million
88	Senegal	4.8 million	3.6 million
89	Dominican Republic	4.7 million	3.5 million
90	Finland	4.7 million	4.5 million
91	Zambia	4.6 million	3.4 million
92	Slovakia	4.6 million	4.3 million
93	Croatia	4.5 million	4.3 million
94	Guinea	4.5 million	3.7 million
95	Rwanda	4.3 million	3.2 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.2 million	2.8 million
97	Saudi Arabia	4 million	2.7 million
98	Somalia	4 million	3.1 million
99	Norway	3.9 million	3.7 million
100	Chad	3.9 million	3.2 million
101	El Salvador	3.9 million	3 million
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.9 million	3.4 million
103	Republic of Moldova	3.7 million	3.2 million
104	South Sudan	3.6 million	3 million
105	Burundi	3.6 million	2.9 million
106	Benin	3.2 million	2.6 million
107	Lithuania	3.2 million	2.9 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.2 million	2.4 million
109	Tajikistan	3.2 million	2.3 million
110	Israel	3.1 million	2.1 million
111	Ireland	3.1 million	2.8 million
112	Honduras	3 million	2.2 million
113	New Zealand	2.9 million	2.5 million
114	Puerto Rico	2.8 million	2.5 million
115	Sierra Leone	2.8 million	2.4 million
116	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.8 million	2.2 million
117	Uruguay	2.8 million	2.6 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.7 million	2.1 million
119	Nicaragua	2.6 million	1.9 million
120	Armenia	2.6 million	2 million
121	Lebanon	2.5 million	1.9 million
122	Paraguay	2.5 million	2 million
123	Togo	2.4 million	1.7 million
124	Latvia	2.4 million	2.2 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.3 million	1.8 million
126	Albania	2.3 million	1.8 million
127	Libya	2.3 million	1.7 million
128	Central African Republic	2.2 million	1.8 million
129	Singapore	2.2 million	1.7 million
130	Costa Rica	2 million	1.5 million
131	Jamaica	1.9 million	1.7 million
132	Slovenia	1.8 million	1.6 million
133	Jordan	1.7 million	961,901
134	North Macedonia	1.7 million	1.5 million
135	Panama	1.6 million	1.2 million
136	Liberia	1.6 million	1.2 million
137	Congo	1.5 million	1.1 million
138	Estonia	1.4 million	1.3 million
139	Mongolia	1.4 million	1.1 million
140	Eritrea	1.3 million	1 million
141	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.3 million	1 million
142	Mauritania	1.2 million	880,975
143	State of Palestine	1.2 million	1.1 million
144	Lesotho	1.1 million	793,465
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1 million	888,585
146	Kuwait	948,370	405,570
147	Mauritius	859,543	712,243
148	Namibia	816,581	622,386
149	Guyana	725,999	601,943
150	Oman	710,578	555,182
151	Cyprus	664,668	604,453
152	Botswana	635,876	546,420
153	Gabon	627,323	527,947
154	Guinea-Bissau	589,580	592,823
155	Timor-Leste	577,975	486,588
156	Gambia	563,517	425,873
157	Fiji	555,022	437,311
158	Montenegro	543,490	487,670
159	Réunion	490,252	389,486
160	Eswatini	472,249	365,471
161	United Arab Emirates	410,366	148,503
162	Suriname	396,713	290,523
163	Luxembourg	348,084	321,219
164	Bhutan	335,882	241,332
165	Malta	329,285	330,219
166	Martinique	326,462	302,109
167	Guadeloupe	319,878	294,413
168	Equatorial Guinea	305,966	283,052
169	Cabo Verde	298,584	225,605
170	China, Macao SAR	280,301	179,994
171	Comoros	264,316	206,446
172	Barbados	250,080	236,357
173	Bahrain	248,589	182,871
174	Iceland	210,979	183,953
175	Bahamas	198,495	131,729
176	Solomon Islands	187,269	147,869
177	Djibouti	172,044	95,401
178	Qatar	154,128	47,312
179	Curaçao	153,762	137,507
180	Samoa	145,541	120,174
181	Brunei Darussalam	144,756	98,827
182	Maldives	132,958	96,999
183	Belize	125,573	97,298
184	French Polynesia	123,873	88,216
185	New Caledonia	122,700	86,759
186	Saint Lucia	106,734	95,032
187	Grenada	98,786	96,846
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98,247	87,900
189	Guam	93,704	74,141
190	Vanuatu	92,940	69,144
191	Tonga	88,077	70,902
192	Sao Tome and Principe	81,896	69,750
193	Western Sahara	77,993	36,545
194	United States Virgin Islands	73,883	39,833
195	Jersey	72,045	65,290
196	Dominica	70,325	61,325
197	Antigua and Barbuda	64,493	57,737
198	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	63,117	47,038
199	Kiribati	60,338	50,155
200	Aruba	59,111	56,682
201	Isle of Man	57,807	48,912
202	Seychelles	57,591	45,555
203	Guernsey	54,286	48,283
204	Bermuda	52,882	44,788
205	French Guiana	49,980	34,525
206	Greenland	47,635	35,265
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,953	53,980
208	Faroe Islands	39,402	35,170
209	Mayotte	37,787	27,914
210	American Samoa	28,225	21,624
211	Gibraltar	27,420	22,475
212	Monaco	24,984	22,223
213	Marshall Islands	24,295	16,028
214	Andorra	23,729	11,496
215	Liechtenstein	22,191	17,482
216	Cook Islands	20,493	18,348
217	San Marino	18,968	16,377
218	Northern Mariana Islands	13,323	9,431
219	Palau	12,408	9,911
220	Cayman Islands	12,102	8,872
221	Montserrat	11,356	11,843
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10,463	8,177
223	British Virgin Islands	10,297	8,089
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	9,204	8,170
225	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7,635	3,418
226	Nauru	6,836	5,092
227	Saint Martin (French part)	6,499	4,598
228	Anguilla	6,426	5,903
229	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,000	5,641
230	Saint Helena	5,969	5,425
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,852	5,023
232	Tuvalu	5,689	5,726
233	Niue	4,798	4,980
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,464	2,247
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,282	2,307
236	Tokelau	1,641	1,876
237	Holy See	736	917

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