Population by country, 1974

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1974

#	Country / area	Population	1964
1	China	891.9 million	695.8 million
2	India	590 million	473.7 million
3	United States of America	216 million	191.3 million
4	Russian Federation	132.8 million	125.1 million
5	Indonesia	126.9 million	97.4 million
6	Japan	111.3 million	99.4 million
7	Brazil	103.8 million	80.3 million
8	Germany	79.1 million	75 million
9	Bangladesh	74.8 million	57.3 million
10	Pakistan	66.4 million	50.1 million
11	Nigeria	60.8 million	48.5 million
12	Mexico	56.5 million	41.1 million
13	United Kingdom	56.2 million	53.8 million
14	Italy	54.6 million	50.8 million
15	France	52.4 million	48.1 million
16	Ukraine	48.4 million	44.7 million
17	Viet Nam	44.9 million	35.7 million
18	Philippines	40.7 million	31.2 million
19	Türkiye	39.8 million	31.1 million
20	Thailand	39.5 million	29.8 million
21	Egypt	37.5 million	29.5 million
22	Spain	35.1 million	31.6 million
23	Republic of Korea	35 million	28.5 million
24	Poland	33.5 million	30.8 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	32.3 million	23.9 million
26	Ethiopia	30.6 million	23.4 million
27	Myanmar	29.3 million	23.5 million
28	Argentina	25.3 million	21.6 million
29	South Africa	24.6 million	18.2 million
30	Canada	22.7 million	19.1 million
31	Colombia	22.6 million	17.4 million
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.1 million	16.7 million
33	Romania	20.9 million	18.6 million
34	Morocco	16.5 million	12.7 million
35	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	16.5 million	12.7 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	15.9 million	12.5 million
37	United Republic of Tanzania	15.3 million	11 million
38	Algeria	14.9 million	12.1 million
39	Peru	14.8 million	11.3 million
40	Australia	13.6 million	11 million
41	Netherlands	13.5 million	12 million
42	Nepal	13.4 million	10.8 million
43	Sudan	13.4 million	9.4 million
44	Kazakhstan	13.3 million	10.5 million
45	Sri Lanka	13.2 million	10.5 million
46	Uzbekistan	13 million	9.4 million
47	Kenya	12.9 million	8.8 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	12.6 million	9.2 million
49	Afghanistan	12.3 million	9.7 million
50	Uganda	11.3 million	8.5 million
51	Malaysia	11.1 million	8.7 million
52	Iraq	11 million	7.8 million
53	Hungary	10.4 million	10.1 million
54	Chile	10.4 million	8.8 million
55	Czechia	9.9 million	9.6 million
56	Ghana	9.9 million	7.6 million
57	Belgium	9.7 million	9.3 million
58	Cuba	9.3 million	7.8 million
59	Belarus	9.2 million	8.6 million
60	Mozambique	9.1 million	7.2 million
61	Portugal	9 million	8.9 million
62	Greece	8.9 million	8.5 million
63	Bulgaria	8.7 million	8.1 million
64	Sweden	8.1 million	7.6 million
65	Yemen	7.8 million	6 million
66	Austria	7.6 million	7.2 million
67	Serbia	7.5 million	6.9 million
68	Madagascar	7.4 million	5.6 million
69	Syrian Arab Republic	7.2 million	5.2 million
70	Cameroon	7.1 million	5.5 million
71	Ecuador	6.8 million	5.1 million
72	Cambodia	6.8 million	5.9 million
73	Mali	6.7 million	5.7 million
74	Angola	6.5 million	5.4 million
75	Switzerland	6.3 million	5.7 million
76	Côte d'Ivoire	6.3 million	4.2 million
77	Burkina Faso	6 million	5 million
78	Guatemala	5.9 million	4.5 million
79	Zimbabwe	5.8 million	4.3 million
80	Tunisia	5.6 million	4.5 million
81	Azerbaijan	5.5 million	4.4 million
82	Niger	5.1 million	3.9 million
83	Malawi	5.1 million	3.9 million
84	Denmark	5 million	4.7 million
85	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5 million	4 million
86	Senegal	5 million	3.7 million
87	Haiti	5 million	4.1 million
88	Georgia	4.9 million	4.3 million
89	Dominican Republic	4.8 million	3.6 million
90	Zambia	4.8 million	3.5 million
91	Finland	4.7 million	4.5 million
92	Slovakia	4.7 million	4.3 million
93	Guinea	4.5 million	3.8 million
94	Croatia	4.5 million	4.3 million
95	Rwanda	4.4 million	3.3 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.3 million	2.5 million
97	Saudi Arabia	4.2 million	2.8 million
98	Somalia	4.1 million	3.2 million
99	Chad	4 million	3.3 million
100	El Salvador	4 million	3.1 million
101	Norway	4 million	3.7 million
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.9 million	3.5 million
103	Republic of Moldova	3.8 million	3.3 million
104	South Sudan	3.7 million	3.1 million
105	Burundi	3.7 million	3 million
106	Benin	3.3 million	2.7 million
107	Kyrgyzstan	3.3 million	2.5 million
108	Tajikistan	3.3 million	2.4 million
109	Lithuania	3.3 million	2.9 million
110	Israel	3.2 million	2.2 million
111	Ireland	3.1 million	2.8 million
112	Honduras	3.1 million	2.3 million
113	New Zealand	3 million	2.6 million
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.9 million	2.3 million
115	Puerto Rico	2.9 million	2.5 million
116	Sierra Leone	2.9 million	2.4 million
117	Uruguay	2.8 million	2.6 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.7 million	2.2 million
119	Nicaragua	2.7 million	2 million
120	Armenia	2.7 million	2.1 million
121	Lebanon	2.6 million	2 million
122	Paraguay	2.6 million	2 million
123	Togo	2.5 million	1.8 million
124	Latvia	2.4 million	2.2 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.4 million	1.8 million
126	Albania	2.4 million	1.8 million
127	Libya	2.4 million	1.7 million
128	Central African Republic	2.2 million	1.8 million
129	Singapore	2.2 million	1.8 million
130	Costa Rica	2 million	1.5 million
131	Jamaica	2 million	1.7 million
132	Jordan	1.8 million	1 million
133	Slovenia	1.8 million	1.7 million
134	North Macedonia	1.8 million	1.5 million
135	Panama	1.7 million	1.3 million
136	Liberia	1.6 million	1.2 million
137	Congo	1.6 million	1.2 million
138	Mongolia	1.4 million	1.1 million
139	Estonia	1.4 million	1.3 million
140	Eritrea	1.4 million	1.1 million
141	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.3 million	1.1 million
142	Mauritania	1.2 million	905,872
143	State of Palestine	1.2 million	1.1 million
144	Lesotho	1.2 million	817,273
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1 million	905,022
146	Kuwait	1 million	449,818
147	Mauritius	870,743	728,458
148	Namibia	841,271	636,792
149	Guyana	734,253	615,122
150	Oman	731,779	566,472
151	Botswana	668,936	559,511
152	Cyprus	667,197	610,013
153	Gabon	640,658	534,953
154	Guinea-Bissau	596,035	596,010
155	Timor-Leste	587,734	494,540
156	Gambia	580,466	437,641
157	Fiji	563,414	451,240
158	Montenegro	549,024	493,899
159	Réunion	498,659	401,165
160	Eswatini	485,827	374,047
161	United Arab Emirates	462,431	155,919
162	Suriname	394,832	303,545
163	Luxembourg	350,312	324,477
164	Bhutan	347,520	248,980
165	Malta	330,820	329,392
166	Martinique	326,262	306,344
167	Guadeloupe	320,108	298,649
168	Cabo Verde	301,178	233,140
169	Equatorial Guinea	298,597	288,878
170	Comoros	273,323	209,925
171	Bahrain	262,051	190,131
172	Barbados	250,563	238,757
173	China, Macao SAR	220,345	184,273
174	Iceland	213,778	187,323
175	Bahamas	203,085	138,445
176	Solomon Islands	192,278	151,309
177	Djibouti	184,854	100,343
178	Qatar	169,555	53,449
179	Curaçao	154,398	139,542
180	Brunei Darussalam	149,983	103,492
181	Samoa	147,491	123,352
182	Maldives	136,947	99,445
183	New Caledonia	128,471	89,341
184	French Polynesia	127,921	91,257
185	Belize	127,316	100,109
186	Saint Lucia	108,262	96,007
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,134	89,146
188	Grenada	98,631	97,544
189	Guam	95,859	76,049
190	Vanuatu	95,783	71,173
191	Tonga	89,532	72,868
192	Sao Tome and Principe	83,700	70,473
193	United States Virgin Islands	77,555	43,041
194	Western Sahara	77,299	39,247
195	Jersey	73,085	65,948
196	Dominica	70,844	62,153
197	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	64,855	48,450
198	Antigua and Barbuda	64,191	58,539
199	Kiribati	61,309	51,428
200	Aruba	59,760	57,321
201	Seychelles	59,010	46,591
202	Isle of Man	58,701	49,389
203	Guernsey	54,325	48,947
204	Bermuda	53,009	45,892
205	French Guiana	51,485	36,102
206	Greenland	48,319	36,543
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,806	52,902
208	Faroe Islands	39,871	35,612
209	Mayotte	39,003	28,766
210	American Samoa	28,648	22,309
211	Gibraltar	27,653	23,032
212	Andorra	25,317	12,334
213	Monaco	25,158	22,547
214	Marshall Islands	24,867	16,575
215	Liechtenstein	22,603	17,918
216	Cook Islands	19,883	18,497
217	San Marino	19,017	16,783
218	Northern Mariana Islands	14,438	9,759
219	Cayman Islands	12,775	9,068
220	Palau	12,696	10,163
221	Montserrat	11,375	11,765
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10,612	8,350
223	British Virgin Islands	10,438	8,138
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	9,322	8,221
225	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	8,198	3,750
226	Nauru	6,896	5,361
227	Saint Martin (French part)	6,694	4,749
228	Anguilla	6,468	5,944
229	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,179	5,653
230	Saint Helena	6,035	5,453
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,949	5,111
232	Tuvalu	5,674	5,776
233	Niue	4,588	5,081
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,483	2,281
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,283	2,303
236	Tokelau	1,644	1,888
237	Holy See	733	919

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