Population by country, 1976

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1976

#	Country / area	Population	1966
1	China	923.5 million	733 million
2	India	618.5 million	495.5 million
3	United States of America	220.1 million	197 million
4	Russian Federation	134.6 million	127.1 million
5	Indonesia	133.5 million	102.5 million
6	Japan	113.9 million	101.5 million
7	Brazil	108.9 million	85 million
8	Bangladesh	78.9 million	60.8 million
9	Germany	78.5 million	76.3 million
10	Pakistan	70.5 million	52.9 million
11	Nigeria	64.3 million	50.6 million
12	Mexico	59.8 million	43.9 million
13	United Kingdom	56.2 million	54.5 million
14	Italy	55.3 million	51.7 million
15	France	52.8 million	49 million
16	Ukraine	49 million	45.6 million
17	Viet Nam	47.1 million	37.6 million
18	Philippines	42.6 million	33.1 million
19	Türkiye	41.5 million	32.7 million
20	Thailand	41.4 million	31.6 million
21	Egypt	39.3 million	31 million
22	Republic of Korea	36.1 million	29.5 million
23	Spain	36 million	32.3 million
24	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	34.3 million	25.4 million
25	Poland	34.1 million	31.4 million
26	Ethiopia	32.1 million	24.6 million
27	Myanmar	30.5 million	24.6 million
28	Argentina	26.1 million	22.3 million
29	South Africa	26 million	19.4 million
30	Colombia	23.6 million	18.4 million
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.3 million	17.7 million
32	Canada	23.3 million	19.9 million
33	Romania	21.4 million	18.7 million
34	Morocco	17.4 million	13.4 million
35	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	17.1 million	13.4 million
36	China, Taiwan Province of China	16.5 million	13.3 million
37	United Republic of Tanzania	16.4 million	11.6 million
38	Algeria	16 million	12.5 million
39	Peru	15.5 million	11.9 million
40	Sudan	14.3 million	10 million
41	Nepal	14 million	11.3 million
42	Australia	14 million	11.5 million
43	Kazakhstan	13.8 million	11.1 million
44	Uzbekistan	13.8 million	10.1 million
45	Netherlands	13.7 million	12.4 million
46	Kenya	13.7 million	9.5 million
47	Sri Lanka	13.7 million	11 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	13.4 million	9.9 million
49	Afghanistan	12.9 million	10.2 million
50	Uganda	11.9 million	9 million
51	Iraq	11.7 million	8.3 million
52	Malaysia	11.6 million	9.2 million
53	Chile	10.8 million	9.1 million
54	Hungary	10.5 million	10.2 million
55	Ghana	10.4 million	8 million
56	Czechia	10.1 million	9.7 million
57	Belgium	9.8 million	9.4 million
58	Mozambique	9.7 million	7.5 million
59	Cuba	9.5 million	8.1 million
60	Belarus	9.4 million	8.7 million
61	Portugal	9.2 million	8.9 million
62	Greece	9.1 million	8.5 million
63	Bulgaria	8.7 million	8.2 million
64	Yemen	8.3 million	6.3 million
65	Sweden	8.2 million	7.8 million
66	Madagascar	7.9 million	5.9 million
67	Syrian Arab Republic	7.7 million	5.5 million
68	Serbia	7.6 million	7.1 million
69	Austria	7.6 million	7.3 million
70	Cameroon	7.5 million	5.8 million
71	Ecuador	7.2 million	5.4 million
72	Angola	7 million	5.6 million
73	Côte d'Ivoire	6.9 million	4.5 million
74	Mali	6.9 million	5.9 million
75	Cambodia	6.4 million	6.1 million
76	Switzerland	6.3 million	5.9 million
77	Burkina Faso	6.2 million	5.2 million
78	Guatemala	6.2 million	4.8 million
79	Zimbabwe	6.2 million	4.5 million
80	Tunisia	5.9 million	4.6 million
81	Azerbaijan	5.7 million	4.7 million
82	Niger	5.4 million	4.1 million
83	Malawi	5.4 million	4.1 million
84	Senegal	5.2 million	3.9 million
85	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.2 million	4.2 million
86	Haiti	5.1 million	4.3 million
87	Dominican Republic	5.1 million	3.9 million
88	Zambia	5.1 million	3.8 million
89	Denmark	5.1 million	4.8 million
90	Georgia	5 million	4.5 million
91	Slovakia	4.8 million	4.4 million
92	Finland	4.7 million	4.6 million
93	Guinea	4.7 million	3.9 million
94	Saudi Arabia	4.7 million	3 million
95	Rwanda	4.7 million	3.5 million
96	Croatia	4.6 million	4.4 million
97	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.5 million	4 million
98	Somalia	4.3 million	3.3 million
99	Chad	4.2 million	3.4 million
100	El Salvador	4.2 million	3.2 million
101	Norway	4 million	3.7 million
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 million	3.6 million
103	South Sudan	3.9 million	3.2 million
104	Republic of Moldova	3.9 million	3.4 million
105	Burundi	3.8 million	3.2 million
106	Benin	3.5 million	2.8 million
107	Tajikistan	3.5 million	2.5 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.4 million	2.7 million
109	Israel	3.4 million	2.4 million
110	Lithuania	3.3 million	3 million
111	Honduras	3.2 million	2.4 million
112	Ireland	3.2 million	2.9 million
113	New Zealand	3.1 million	2.7 million
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3 million	2.4 million
115	Sierra Leone	3 million	2.5 million
116	Puerto Rico	3 million	2.6 million
117	Uruguay	2.9 million	2.7 million
118	Nicaragua	2.9 million	2.1 million
119	Papua New Guinea	2.8 million	2.3 million
120	Armenia	2.8 million	2.2 million
121	Paraguay	2.7 million	2.2 million
122	Lebanon	2.7 million	2.1 million
123	Libya	2.6 million	1.8 million
124	Togo	2.6 million	1.9 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.5 million	1.9 million
126	Albania	2.5 million	1.9 million
127	Latvia	2.5 million	2.3 million
128	Central African Republic	2.3 million	1.9 million
129	Singapore	2.3 million	1.9 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	1.8 million	1.3 million
136	Liberia	1.7 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	959,639
144	Lesotho	1.2 million	866,578
145	Kuwait	1.1 million	545,938
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1 million	935,946
147	Namibia	894,694	668,847
148	Mauritius	893,861	760,705
149	Oman	795,531	591,788
150	Guyana	748,926	641,848
151	Botswana	738,799	576,308
152	Guinea-Bissau	671,290	568,936
153	Gabon	669,670	550,256
154	Cyprus	659,501	620,446
155	Gambia	615,937	462,170
156	Timor-Leste	602,397	511,292
157	Fiji	580,249	479,742
158	United Arab Emirates	569,971	170,742
159	Montenegro	559,862	505,822
160	Réunion	515,607	424,253
161	Eswatini	515,197	393,407
162	Suriname	389,817	325,465
163	Bhutan	372,026	265,406
164	Luxembourg	354,822	331,417
165	Malta	334,363	326,611
166	Martinique	328,192	314,967
167	Guadeloupe	323,877	306,543
168	Cabo Verde	307,732	248,840
169	Comoros	292,558	216,570
170	Bahrain	290,460	204,231
171	Equatorial Guinea	284,494	301,469
172	Barbados	251,360	243,674
173	China, Macao SAR	225,449	264,220
174	Djibouti	219,443	112,132
175	Iceland	219,301	193,937
176	Bahamas	212,171	151,292
177	Solomon Islands	203,687	158,512
178	Qatar	201,005	67,844
179	Brunei Darussalam	160,811	113,325
180	Curaçao	155,434	143,411
181	Samoa	155,316	129,522
182	Maldives	145,306	106,325
183	New Caledonia	140,491	94,457
184	French Polynesia	136,091	97,645
185	Belize	131,718	106,253
186	Saint Lucia	111,561	97,982
187	Vanuatu	101,801	75,449
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,795	91,500
189	Guam	100,094	79,896
190	Grenada	97,912	98,157
191	Tonga	94,200	76,960
192	Sao Tome and Principe	87,772	72,102
193	United States Virgin Islands	84,176	50,133
194	Jersey	74,957	67,222
195	Dominica	71,804	63,987
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	68,215	51,454
197	Antigua and Barbuda	63,752	60,438
198	Seychelles	61,966	48,851
199	Aruba	61,141	58,463
200	Kiribati	60,844	54,130
201	Isle of Man	60,342	50,317
202	Western Sahara	58,123	44,994
203	French Guiana	55,591	39,568
204	Guernsey	54,228	50,307
205	Bermuda	53,153	47,993
206	Greenland	49,418	39,237
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,543	50,529
208	Mayotte	41,638	30,675
209	Faroe Islands	40,794	36,611
210	American Samoa	29,677	23,774
211	Andorra	28,605	14,075
212	Gibraltar	28,046	24,158
213	Marshall Islands	26,582	17,675
214	Monaco	25,690	23,054
215	Liechtenstein	23,393	18,834
216	San Marino	19,049	17,440
217	Cook Islands	18,560	18,885
218	Northern Mariana Islands	15,259	10,435
219	Cayman Islands	14,123	9,458
220	Palau	12,633	10,674
221	Montserrat	11,415	11,608
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	10,939	8,759
223	British Virgin Islands	10,662	8,315
224	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	9,400	4,470
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	9,275	8,275
226	Saint Martin (French part)	7,168	5,088
227	Nauru	7,024	5,995
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,559	5,654
229	Anguilla	6,509	6,040
230	Tuvalu	6,263	5,703
231	Saint Helena	6,157	5,483
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,049	5,270
233	Niue	4,103	5,231
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,597	2,345
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,296	2,294
236	Tokelau	1,638	1,900
237	Holy See	733	850

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