Population by country, 1978

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1978

#	Country / area	Population	1968
1	China	949.8 million	770.3 million
2	India	648.4 million	517.2 million
3	United States of America	224.3 million	201.9 million
4	Indonesia	140.2 million	107.9 million
5	Russian Federation	136.5 million	128.7 million
6	Japan	116.1 million	103.6 million
7	Brazil	114.2 million	89.6 million
8	Bangladesh	82.9 million	64.5 million
9	Germany	78.1 million	77.1 million
10	Pakistan	75.1 million	56 million
11	Nigeria	68.3 million	52.8 million
12	Mexico	63.1 million	46.9 million
13	United Kingdom	56.2 million	55.1 million
14	Italy	55.8 million	52.5 million
15	France	53.3 million	49.8 million
16	Viet Nam	49.6 million	39.3 million
17	Ukraine	49.4 million	46.4 million
18	Philippines	45 million	35.1 million
19	Thailand	43.3 million	33.5 million
20	Türkiye	43.2 million	34.5 million
21	Egypt	41.2 million	32.6 million
22	Republic of Korea	37.1 million	30.8 million
23	Spain	36.7 million	33 million
24	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	36.5 million	27 million
25	Poland	34.8 million	32 million
26	Ethiopia	33.4 million	26 million
27	Myanmar	31.7 million	25.7 million
28	South Africa	27.5 million	20.6 million
29	Argentina	26.9 million	23 million
30	Colombia	24.7 million	19.5 million
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	24.5 million	18.7 million
32	Canada	23.9 million	20.6 million
33	Romania	21.8 million	19.2 million
34	Morocco	18.2 million	14.2 million
35	United Republic of Tanzania	17.7 million	12.4 million
36	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	17.6 million	14.2 million
37	Algeria	17.3 million	13 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	17.2 million	14.1 million
39	Peru	16.3 million	12.6 million
40	Sudan	15.4 million	10.7 million
41	Kenya	14.7 million	10.3 million
42	Nepal	14.7 million	11.8 million
43	Uzbekistan	14.6 million	10.8 million
44	Kazakhstan	14.5 million	11.7 million
45	Australia	14.3 million	11.9 million
46	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	14.2 million	10.5 million
47	Sri Lanka	14.2 million	11.6 million
48	Netherlands	13.9 million	12.7 million
49	Afghanistan	13.5 million	10.6 million
50	Iraq	12.5 million	8.9 million
51	Uganda	12.5 million	9.6 million
52	Malaysia	12.2 million	9.6 million
53	Chile	11.1 million	9.4 million
54	Ghana	11.1 million	8.4 million
55	Hungary	10.6 million	10.2 million
56	Mozambique	10.4 million	7.8 million
57	Czechia	10.2 million	9.8 million
58	Belgium	9.8 million	9.5 million
59	Cuba	9.7 million	8.4 million
60	Portugal	9.5 million	8.8 million
61	Belarus	9.5 million	8.9 million
62	Greece	9.3 million	8.7 million
63	Bulgaria	8.8 million	8.3 million
64	Yemen	8.8 million	6.6 million
65	Madagascar	8.3 million	6.2 million
66	Sweden	8.3 million	7.9 million
67	Syrian Arab Republic	8.2 million	5.9 million
68	Cameroon	7.9 million	6 million
69	Serbia	7.7 million	7.2 million
70	Ecuador	7.6 million	5.7 million
71	Austria	7.6 million	7.4 million
72	Côte d'Ivoire	7.5 million	4.9 million
73	Angola	7.4 million	5.7 million
74	Mali	7.2 million	6 million
75	Zimbabwe	6.5 million	4.8 million
76	Burkina Faso	6.5 million	5.4 million
77	Guatemala	6.5 million	5 million
78	Switzerland	6.3 million	6 million
79	Tunisia	6.2 million	4.8 million
80	Azerbaijan	6 million	4.9 million
81	Malawi	5.7 million	4.4 million
82	Niger	5.7 million	4.3 million
83	Senegal	5.5 million	4.1 million
84	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.4 million	4.3 million
85	Cambodia	5.4 million	6.4 million
86	Dominican Republic	5.4 million	4.1 million
87	Zambia	5.4 million	4 million
88	Haiti	5.4 million	4.4 million
89	Saudi Arabia	5.2 million	3.2 million
90	Denmark	5.1 million	4.9 million
91	Georgia	5.1 million	4.6 million
92	Rwanda	5 million	3.7 million
93	Slovakia	4.9 million	4.5 million
94	Guinea	4.8 million	4.1 million
95	Finland	4.7 million	4.6 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.7 million	2.9 million
97	Croatia	4.6 million	4.4 million
98	Somalia	4.5 million	3.5 million
99	Chad	4.4 million	3.5 million
100	El Salvador	4.3 million	3.4 million
101	South Sudan	4.1 million	3.3 million
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	3.7 million
103	Norway	4.1 million	3.8 million
104	Burundi	4 million	3.3 million
105	Republic of Moldova	3.9 million	3.5 million
106	Tajikistan	3.7 million	2.7 million
107	Benin	3.7 million	2.9 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.5 million	2.8 million
109	Israel	3.5 million	2.6 million
110	Honduras	3.5 million	2.6 million
111	Lithuania	3.4 million	3.1 million
112	Ireland	3.3 million	2.9 million
113	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.1 million	2.5 million
114	New Zealand	3.1 million	2.7 million
115	Sierra Leone	3.1 million	2.6 million
116	Puerto Rico	3.1 million	2.6 million
117	Nicaragua	3 million	2.2 million
118	Papua New Guinea	3 million	2.4 million
119	Libya	3 million	1.9 million
120	Armenia	3 million	2.3 million
121	Uruguay	2.9 million	2.7 million
122	Paraguay	2.9 million	2.3 million
123	Lebanon	2.8 million	2.2 million
124	Togo	2.7 million	2 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.7 million	2.1 million
126	Albania	2.6 million	2 million
127	Latvia	2.5 million	2.3 million
128	Central African Republic	2.4 million	2 million
129	Singapore	2.3 million	2 million
130	Costa Rica	2.2 million	1.7 million
131	Jamaica	2.1 million	1.8 million
132	Jordan	2.1 million	1.3 million
133	North Macedonia	1.9 million	1.6 million
134	Slovenia	1.9 million	1.7 million
135	Panama	1.8 million	1.4 million
136	Liberia	1.8 million	1.4 million
137	Congo	1.7 million	1.3 million
138	Mongolia	1.6 million	1.2 million
139	Eritrea	1.5 million	1.2 million
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.5 million	1.2 million
141	Estonia	1.5 million	1.3 million
142	Mauritania	1.4 million	1 million
143	State of Palestine	1.4 million	1.1 million
144	Lesotho	1.3 million	930,804
145	Kuwait	1.3 million	656,937
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1 million	962,906
147	Namibia	943,769	705,625
148	Mauritius	918,451	791,919
149	Oman	876,759	620,817
150	Botswana	820,930	582,440
151	Guinea-Bissau	766,487	573,143
152	Guyana	761,728	669,177
153	United Arab Emirates	758,657	182,189
154	Gabon	702,379	567,544
155	Cyprus	669,640	632,172
156	Gambia	656,144	488,314
157	Timor-Leste	623,788	529,195
158	Fiji	604,791	504,512
159	Montenegro	570,789	516,747
160	Eswatini	549,234	413,936
161	Réunion	532,856	445,416
162	Bhutan	398,324	283,468
163	Suriname	383,372	348,553
164	Luxembourg	359,568	336,297
165	Malta	338,112	322,888
166	Martinique	330,792	322,661
167	Guadeloupe	328,688	313,837
168	Bahrain	320,380	217,522
169	Cabo Verde	314,489	265,698
170	Comoros	312,639	226,963
171	Equatorial Guinea	275,991	315,361
172	Djibouti	267,195	124,891
173	Barbados	251,727	247,865
174	China, Macao SAR	233,770	259,185
175	Qatar	233,472	86,339
176	Iceland	222,588	200,312
177	Bahamas	221,482	166,078
178	Solomon Islands	218,137	166,215
179	Brunei Darussalam	172,152	123,611
180	Samoa	160,595	134,904
181	Curaçao	156,128	146,970
182	Maldives	154,115	114,367
183	New Caledonia	145,506	99,991
184	French Polynesia	144,488	104,515
185	Belize	137,295	112,986
186	Saint Lucia	114,980	100,064
187	Vanuatu	108,260	80,111
188	Guam	104,358	83,648
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102,400	93,645
190	Tonga	97,000	80,582
191	Grenada	96,684	98,046
192	Sao Tome and Principe	92,529	74,143
193	United States Virgin Islands	90,203	56,421
194	Western Sahara	83,919	53,199
195	Jersey	75,741	68,432
196	Dominica	72,583	66,142
197	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	71,624	54,632
198	Seychelles	64,688	51,276
199	Antigua and Barbuda	63,953	62,314
200	Isle of Man	61,975	52,303
201	Aruba	61,621	59,055
202	French Guiana	60,205	43,088
203	Kiribati	60,055	55,272
204	Guernsey	54,115	51,734
205	Bermuda	53,376	49,953
206	Greenland	49,746	42,098
207	Mayotte	44,482	32,801
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,294	47,941
209	Faroe Islands	41,692	37,381
210	Andorra	31,928	16,497
211	American Samoa	30,801	25,230
212	Gibraltar	28,377	25,300
213	Marshall Islands	28,351	19,132
214	Monaco	26,448	23,255
215	Liechtenstein	24,162	19,810
216	San Marino	20,865	17,771
217	Cook Islands	17,885	19,508
218	Northern Mariana Islands	15,957	10,708
219	Cayman Islands	15,426	9,875
220	Palau	12,487	11,041
221	Montserrat	11,440	11,468
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11,318	9,227
223	British Virgin Islands	10,843	8,782
224	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10,698	5,283
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	9,954	8,441
226	Saint Martin (French part)	7,700	5,607
227	Nauru	7,221	6,177
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,967	5,662
229	Tuvalu	6,825	5,637
230	Anguilla	6,553	6,157
231	Saint Helena	6,259	5,585
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,124	5,432
233	Niue	3,806	5,232
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,766	2,386
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,287	2,284
236	Tokelau	1,658	1,851
237	Holy See	739	780

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