Population by country, 1975

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1975

#	Country / area	Population	1965
1	China	908.7 million	713.8 million
2	India	604.1 million	484.8 million
3	United States of America	218.1 million	194.3 million
4	Russian Federation	133.7 million	126.2 million
5	Indonesia	130.2 million	100.3 million
6	Japan	112.7 million	100.4 million
7	Brazil	106.3 million	82.7 million
8	Germany	78.9 million	75.6 million
9	Bangladesh	76.9 million	59 million
10	Pakistan	68.4 million	51.5 million
11	Nigeria	62.5 million	49.5 million
12	Mexico	58.2 million	42.5 million
13	United Kingdom	56.2 million	54.2 million
14	Italy	55 million	51.3 million
15	France	52.6 million	48.6 million
16	Ukraine	48.7 million	45.2 million
17	Viet Nam	45.9 million	36.7 million
18	Philippines	41.6 million	32.1 million
19	Türkiye	40.6 million	31.9 million
20	Thailand	40.5 million	30.7 million
21	Egypt	38.4 million	30.2 million
22	Republic of Korea	35.6 million	29 million
23	Spain	35.6 million	31.9 million
24	Poland	33.8 million	31.1 million
25	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	33.3 million	24.6 million
26	Ethiopia	31.3 million	24 million
27	Myanmar	29.9 million	24 million
28	Argentina	25.7 million	21.9 million
29	South Africa	25.3 million	18.8 million
30	Colombia	23.1 million	17.9 million
31	Canada	23 million	19.5 million
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.7 million	17.2 million
33	Romania	21.2 million	18.7 million
34	Morocco	16.9 million	13.1 million
35	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	16.8 million	13.1 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	16.2 million	12.9 million
37	United Republic of Tanzania	15.8 million	11.3 million
38	Algeria	15.3 million	12.3 million
39	Peru	15.1 million	11.6 million
40	Australia	13.8 million	11.2 million
41	Sudan	13.8 million	9.7 million
42	Nepal	13.7 million	11.1 million
43	Netherlands	13.6 million	12.2 million
44	Kazakhstan	13.6 million	10.8 million
45	Sri Lanka	13.4 million	10.8 million
46	Uzbekistan	13.4 million	9.7 million
47	Kenya	13.3 million	9.2 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	13 million	9.5 million
49	Afghanistan	12.6 million	9.9 million
50	Uganda	11.6 million	8.7 million
51	Iraq	11.4 million	8.1 million
52	Malaysia	11.3 million	8.9 million
53	Chile	10.6 million	8.9 million
54	Hungary	10.5 million	10.1 million
55	Ghana	10.1 million	7.8 million
56	Czechia	10 million	9.7 million
57	Belgium	9.7 million	9.4 million
58	Cuba	9.4 million	7.9 million
59	Mozambique	9.4 million	7.3 million
60	Belarus	9.3 million	8.6 million
61	Portugal	9.1 million	8.9 million
62	Greece	9 million	8.5 million
63	Bulgaria	8.7 million	8.2 million
64	Sweden	8.2 million	7.7 million
65	Yemen	8 million	6.1 million
66	Madagascar	7.6 million	5.7 million
67	Austria	7.6 million	7.2 million
68	Serbia	7.5 million	7 million
69	Syrian Arab Republic	7.4 million	5.4 million
70	Cameroon	7.3 million	5.6 million
71	Ecuador	7 million	5.2 million
72	Cambodia	6.8 million	6 million
73	Mali	6.8 million	5.8 million
74	Angola	6.7 million	5.5 million
75	Côte d'Ivoire	6.6 million	4.4 million
76	Switzerland	6.4 million	5.8 million
77	Burkina Faso	6.1 million	5.1 million
78	Guatemala	6.1 million	4.6 million
79	Zimbabwe	6 million	4.4 million
80	Tunisia	5.8 million	4.5 million
81	Azerbaijan	5.6 million	4.6 million
82	Niger	5.2 million	4 million
83	Malawi	5.2 million	4 million
84	Senegal	5.1 million	3.8 million
85	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.1 million	4.1 million
86	Denmark	5.1 million	4.7 million
87	Haiti	5 million	4.2 million
88	Dominican Republic	5 million	3.8 million
89	Georgia	5 million	4.4 million
90	Zambia	4.9 million	3.6 million
91	Slovakia	4.7 million	4.3 million
92	Finland	4.7 million	4.6 million
93	Guinea	4.6 million	3.9 million
94	Croatia	4.5 million	4.3 million
95	Rwanda	4.5 million	3.4 million
96	Saudi Arabia	4.4 million	2.9 million
97	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.4 million	3.7 million
98	Somalia	4.2 million	3.2 million
99	Chad	4.1 million	3.3 million
100	El Salvador	4.1 million	3.2 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	3.4 million
104	South Sudan	3.8 million	3.2 million
105	Burundi	3.8 million	3.1 million
106	Benin	3.4 million	2.7 million
107	Tajikistan	3.4 million	2.5 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.3 million	2.6 million
109	Lithuania	3.3 million	2.9 million
110	Israel	3.3 million	2.3 million
111	Ireland	3.2 million	2.9 million
112	Honduras	3.1 million	2.3 million
113	New Zealand	3.1 million	2.6 million
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3 million	2.3 million
115	Sierra Leone	2.9 million	2.4 million
116	Puerto Rico	2.9 million	2.5 million
117	Uruguay	2.9 million	2.7 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.8 million	2.2 million
119	Nicaragua	2.8 million	2 million
120	Armenia	2.7 million	2.2 million
121	Lebanon	2.7 million	2.1 million
122	Paraguay	2.7 million	2.1 million
123	Togo	2.5 million	1.8 million
124	Libya	2.5 million	1.8 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.5 million	1.9 million
126	Latvia	2.4 million	2.2 million
127	Albania	2.4 million	1.9 million
128	Central African Republic	2.3 million	1.9 million
129	Singapore	2.3 million	1.8 million
130	Costa Rica	2.1 million	1.6 million
131	Jamaica	2 million	1.8 million
132	Jordan	1.9 million	1.1 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	1.3 million
137	Congo	1.6 million	1.2 million
138	Mongolia	1.5 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)	1.4 million	1.1 million
142	State of Palestine	1.3 million	1.1 million
143	Mauritania	1.3 million	932,038
144	Lesotho	1.2 million	841,593
145	Kuwait	1.1 million	496,411
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1 million	920,902
147	Mauritius	882,178	744,614
148	Namibia	867,364	652,269
149	Oman	762,195	578,683
150	Guyana	741,836	628,395
151	Botswana	701,956	573,019
152	Cyprus	659,299	614,993
153	Gabon	654,713	542,357
154	Guinea-Bissau	630,642	581,074
155	Gambia	597,704	449,733
156	Timor-Leste	593,919	502,777
157	Fiji	571,555	465,405
158	Montenegro	554,430	499,954
159	United Arab Emirates	515,742	163,465
160	Réunion	506,988	413,167
161	Eswatini	500,148	383,264
162	Suriname	392,520	314,536
163	Bhutan	359,547	256,994
164	Luxembourg	352,533	327,988
165	Malta	332,538	328,185
166	Martinique	326,478	310,548
167	Guadeloupe	321,023	302,576
168	Cabo Verde	303,962	240,872
169	Equatorial Guinea	291,309	295,007
170	Comoros	282,827	213,364
171	Bahrain	276,026	197,501
172	Barbados	250,989	241,159
173	China, Macao SAR	222,424	267,033
174	Iceland	216,748	190,719
175	Bahamas	207,596	144,611
176	Djibouti	200,373	106,052
177	Solomon Islands	197,801	154,861
178	Qatar	185,169	60,286
179	Brunei Darussalam	155,329	108,352
180	Curaçao	154,956	141,518
181	Samoa	151,372	126,433
182	Maldives	141,010	101,879
183	New Caledonia	134,432	91,862
184	French Polynesia	131,999	94,390
185	Belize	129,055	103,098
186	Saint Lucia	109,889	97,003
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,979	90,353
188	Vanuatu	98,736	73,266
189	Grenada	98,340	97,976
190	Guam	98,020	77,968
191	Tonga	91,835	74,889
192	Sao Tome and Principe	85,644	71,258
193	United States Virgin Islands	81,046	46,637
194	Western Sahara	75,656	42,070
195	Jersey	74,051	66,596
196	Dominica	71,337	63,022
197	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	66,642	49,913
198	Antigua and Barbuda	63,926	59,502
199	Kiribati	61,130	52,748
200	Aruba	60,484	57,917
201	Seychelles	60,469	47,687
202	Isle of Man	59,572	49,861
203	Guernsey	54,317	49,630
204	French Guiana	53,335	37,794
205	Bermuda	53,104	46,929
206	Greenland	48,925	37,876
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,670	51,750
208	Faroe Islands	40,341	36,083
209	Mayotte	40,297	29,684
210	American Samoa	29,102	23,037
211	Gibraltar	27,856	23,598
212	Andorra	26,942	13,193
213	Marshall Islands	25,725	17,130
214	Monaco	25,309	22,826
215	Liechtenstein	23,002	18,371
216	Cook Islands	19,233	18,674
217	San Marino	19,043	17,171
218	Northern Mariana Islands	14,871	10,092
219	Cayman Islands	13,453	9,265
220	Palau	12,677	10,421
221	Montserrat	11,402	11,684
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10,771	8,552
223	British Virgin Islands	10,550	8,199
224	Wallis and Futuna Islands	9,392	8,283
225	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	8,787	4,095
226	Nauru	6,951	5,668
227	Saint Martin (French part)	6,908	4,904
228	Anguilla	6,489	5,995
229	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,367	5,662
230	Saint Helena	6,099	5,468
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,013	5,202
232	Tuvalu	5,970	5,728
233	Niue	4,356	5,171
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,534	2,318
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,291	2,303
236	Tokelau	1,639	1,897
237	Holy See	733	924

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