Population by country, 1977

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1977

#	Country / area	Population	1967
1	China	937.3 million	751.8 million
2	India	633.2 million	506 million
3	United States of America	222.2 million	199.5 million
4	Indonesia	136.8 million	105.1 million
5	Russian Federation	135.6 million	128 million
6	Japan	115.1 million	102.3 million
7	Brazil	111.5 million	87.3 million
8	Bangladesh	80.9 million	62.6 million
9	Germany	78.2 million	76.9 million
10	Pakistan	72.7 million	54.4 million
11	Nigeria	66.2 million	51.7 million
12	Mexico	61.5 million	45.4 million
13	United Kingdom	56.2 million	54.8 million
14	Italy	55.6 million	52.1 million
15	France	53.1 million	49.4 million
16	Ukraine	49.2 million	46 million
17	Viet Nam	48.3 million	38.5 million
18	Philippines	43.8 million	34.1 million
19	Thailand	42.4 million	32.6 million
20	Türkiye	42.3 million	33.6 million
21	Egypt	40.3 million	31.8 million
22	Republic of Korea	36.6 million	30.2 million
23	Spain	36.4 million	32.6 million
24	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	35.4 million	26.2 million
25	Poland	34.5 million	31.7 million
26	Ethiopia	33 million	25.3 million
27	Myanmar	31 million	25.1 million
28	South Africa	26.7 million	20 million
29	Argentina	26.5 million	22.6 million
30	Colombia	24.1 million	19 million
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23.9 million	18.2 million
32	Canada	23.6 million	20.2 million
33	Romania	21.6 million	18.8 million
34	Morocco	17.8 million	13.8 million
35	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	17.4 million	13.8 million
36	United Republic of Tanzania	17 million	12 million
37	China, Taiwan Province of China	16.8 million	13.7 million
38	Algeria	16.8 million	12.7 million
39	Peru	15.9 million	12.3 million
40	Sudan	14.8 million	10.4 million
41	Nepal	14.3 million	11.5 million
42	Uzbekistan	14.2 million	10.5 million
43	Kenya	14.2 million	9.9 million
44	Kazakhstan	14.2 million	11.4 million
45	Australia	14.1 million	11.7 million
46	Sri Lanka	13.9 million	11.3 million
47	Netherlands	13.8 million	12.5 million
48	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	13.8 million	10.2 million
49	Afghanistan	13.2 million	10.4 million
50	Uganda	12.2 million	9.3 million
51	Iraq	12.1 million	8.6 million
52	Malaysia	11.9 million	9.4 million
53	Chile	10.9 million	9.3 million
54	Ghana	10.7 million	8.2 million
55	Hungary	10.6 million	10.2 million
56	Czechia	10.1 million	9.7 million
57	Mozambique	10 million	7.6 million
58	Belgium	9.8 million	9.5 million
59	Cuba	9.6 million	8.3 million
60	Belarus	9.4 million	8.8 million
61	Portugal	9.4 million	8.9 million
62	Greece	9.2 million	8.6 million
63	Bulgaria	8.8 million	8.3 million
64	Yemen	8.5 million	6.4 million
65	Sweden	8.2 million	7.8 million
66	Madagascar	8.1 million	6.1 million
67	Syrian Arab Republic	8 million	5.7 million
68	Cameroon	7.7 million	5.9 million
69	Serbia	7.6 million	7.1 million
70	Austria	7.6 million	7.3 million
71	Ecuador	7.4 million	5.5 million
72	Angola	7.2 million	5.6 million
73	Côte d'Ivoire	7.2 million	4.7 million
74	Mali	7 million	5.9 million
75	Zimbabwe	6.4 million	4.7 million
76	Burkina Faso	6.4 million	5.3 million
77	Guatemala	6.3 million	4.9 million
78	Switzerland	6.3 million	6 million
79	Tunisia	6.1 million	4.7 million
80	Cambodia	5.9 million	6.3 million
81	Azerbaijan	5.9 million	4.8 million
82	Niger	5.5 million	4.2 million
83	Malawi	5.5 million	4.2 million
84	Senegal	5.4 million	4 million
85	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.3 million	4.2 million
86	Haiti	5.2 million	4.3 million
87	Dominican Republic	5.2 million	4 million
88	Zambia	5.2 million	3.9 million
89	Denmark	5.1 million	4.8 million
90	Georgia	5 million	4.5 million
91	Saudi Arabia	4.9 million	3.1 million
92	Rwanda	4.8 million	3.6 million
93	Slovakia	4.8 million	4.4 million
94	Guinea	4.8 million	4 million
95	Finland	4.7 million	4.6 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.6 million	4 million
97	Croatia	4.6 million	4.4 million
98	Somalia	4.4 million	3.4 million
99	Chad	4.3 million	3.5 million
100	El Salvador	4.3 million	3.3 million
101	Norway	4 million	3.8 million
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 million	3.6 million
103	South Sudan	4 million	3.3 million
104	Burundi	3.9 million	3.3 million
105	Republic of Moldova	3.9 million	3.5 million
106	Tajikistan	3.6 million	2.6 million
107	Benin	3.6 million	2.8 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.5 million	2.7 million
109	Israel	3.4 million	2.5 million
110	Honduras	3.3 million	2.5 million
111	Lithuania	3.3 million	3 million
112	Ireland	3.3 million	2.9 million
113	New Zealand	3.1 million	2.7 million
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.1 million	2.5 million
115	Sierra Leone	3.1 million	2.5 million
116	Puerto Rico	3 million	2.6 million
117	Nicaragua	2.9 million	2.2 million
118	Papua New Guinea	2.9 million	2.3 million
119	Uruguay	2.9 million	2.7 million
120	Armenia	2.9 million	2.3 million
121	Libya	2.8 million	1.9 million
122	Paraguay	2.8 million	2.2 million
123	Lebanon	2.7 million	2.2 million
124	Togo	2.7 million	2 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.6 million	2 million
126	Albania	2.5 million	2 million
127	Latvia	2.5 million	2.3 million
128	Central African Republic	2.4 million	1.9 million
129	Singapore	2.3 million	1.9 million
130	Costa Rica	2.2 million	1.7 million
131	Jamaica	2.1 million	1.8 million
132	Jordan	2 million	1.2 million
133	Slovenia	1.8 million	1.7 million
134	North Macedonia	1.8 million	1.6 million
135	Panama	1.8 million	1.4 million
136	Liberia	1.7 million	1.3 million
137	Congo	1.7 million	1.3 million
138	Mongolia	1.6 million	1.2 million
139	Eritrea	1.5 million	1.1 million
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.5 million	1.2 million
141	Estonia	1.4 million	1.3 million
142	State of Palestine	1.3 million	1.1 million
143	Mauritania	1.3 million	988,675
144	Lesotho	1.3 million	897,153
145	Kuwait	1.2 million	599,241
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1 million	949,923
147	Namibia	918,432	686,464
148	Mauritius	905,835	776,593
149	Oman	833,868	605,820
150	Botswana	778,211	579,423
151	Guyana	755,556	655,431
152	Guinea-Bissau	717,091	564,879
153	Gabon	685,572	558,664
154	Cyprus	664,554	626,306
155	United Arab Emirates	661,761	177,211
156	Gambia	635,396	474,862
157	Timor-Leste	612,842	520,100
158	Fiji	590,810	493,230
159	Montenegro	565,387	511,437
160	Eswatini	531,463	404,125
161	Réunion	524,254	435,204
162	Suriname	386,757	336,805
163	Bhutan	384,947	274,230
164	Luxembourg	356,915	334,736
165	Malta	336,209	324,738
166	Martinique	329,736	319,180
167	Guadeloupe	326,711	310,448
168	Cabo Verde	311,178	257,111
169	Bahrain	305,266	210,855
170	Comoros	302,518	220,756
171	Equatorial Guinea	277,567	308,249
172	Barbados	251,523	246,318
173	Djibouti	242,031	118,407
174	China, Macao SAR	229,293	261,653
175	Iceland	221,070	197,246
176	Qatar	217,098	76,540
177	Bahamas	216,828	158,456
178	Solomon Islands	210,700	162,275
179	Brunei Darussalam	166,402	118,424
180	Samoa	158,911	132,622
181	Curaçao	155,808	145,226
182	Maldives	149,745	110,688
183	New Caledonia	143,692	97,183
184	French Polynesia	140,138	100,994
185	Belize	134,479	109,558
186	Saint Lucia	113,289	98,945
187	Vanuatu	104,976	77,730
188	Guam	102,238	81,791
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101,598	92,603
190	Grenada	97,351	98,086
191	Tonga	96,450	79,045
192	Sao Tome and Principe	90,073	73,049
193	United States Virgin Islands	87,229	53,398
194	Jersey	75,427	67,845
195	Dominica	72,230	65,027
196	Western Sahara	70,855	48,048
197	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	69,882	53,061
198	Antigua and Barbuda	63,772	61,361
199	Seychelles	63,520	50,059
200	Aruba	61,401	58,926
201	Isle of Man	61,154	51,179
202	Kiribati	60,479	54,720
203	French Guiana	57,871	41,387
204	Guernsey	54,161	50,993
205	Bermuda	53,267	49,075
206	Greenland	49,764	40,697
207	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,421	49,268
208	Mayotte	43,033	31,729
209	Faroe Islands	41,245	37,022
210	Andorra	30,266	15,177
211	American Samoa	30,241	24,497
212	Gibraltar	28,223	24,729
213	Marshall Islands	27,460	18,178
214	Monaco	26,097	23,205
215	Liechtenstein	23,781	19,298
216	San Marino	19,170	17,605
217	Cook Islands	17,936	19,145
218	Northern Mariana Islands	15,616	10,789
219	Cayman Islands	14,784	9,663
220	Palau	12,564	10,935
221	Montserrat	11,428	11,536
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11,122	8,987
223	British Virgin Islands	10,756	8,511
224	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10,031	4,858
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	9,540	8,331
226	Saint Martin (French part)	7,439	5,337
227	Nauru	7,105	6,092
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,761	5,653
229	Tuvalu	6,546	5,668
230	Anguilla	6,532	6,103
231	Saint Helena	6,188	5,518
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,086	5,356
233	Niue	3,887	5,245
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,668	2,385
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,301	2,296
236	Tokelau	1,647	1,896
237	Holy See	736	831

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