Population by country, 1979

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1979

#	Country / area	Population	1969
1	China	962.5 million	791.7 million
2	India	663.1 million	528.2 million
3	United States of America	226.4 million	204.1 million
4	Indonesia	143.7 million	111 million
5	Russian Federation	137.4 million	129.4 million
6	Japan	117.1 million	104.9 million
7	Brazil	117 million	91.9 million
8	Bangladesh	84.9 million	66.4 million
9	Germany	78.1 million	77.6 million
10	Pakistan	77.5 million	57.6 million
11	Nigeria	70.4 million	54 million
12	Mexico	64.8 million	48.4 million
13	United Kingdom	56.2 million	55.4 million
14	Italy	56 million	52.9 million
15	France	53.5 million	50.1 million
16	Viet Nam	50.9 million	40.1 million
17	Ukraine	49.6 million	46.8 million
18	Philippines	46.2 million	36.1 million
19	Thailand	44.3 million	34.5 million
20	Türkiye	44.1 million	35.4 million
21	Egypt	42.3 million	33.4 million
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	37.7 million	27.8 million
23	Republic of Korea	37.5 million	31.5 million
24	Spain	37.1 million	33.3 million
25	Poland	35.1 million	32.2 million
26	Ethiopia	34.1 million	26.7 million
27	Myanmar	32.3 million	26.3 million
28	South Africa	28.2 million	21.3 million
29	Argentina	27.3 million	23.3 million
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	25.5 million	19.3 million
31	Colombia	25.2 million	20 million
32	Canada	24.1 million	20.9 million
33	Romania	21.9 million	19.5 million
34	Morocco	18.7 million	14.5 million
35	United Republic of Tanzania	18.3 million	12.8 million
36	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	17.9 million	14.6 million
37	Algeria	17.8 million	13.3 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	17.6 million	14.4 million
39	Peru	16.7 million	13 million
40	Sudan	16 million	11.1 million
41	Kenya	15.2 million	10.7 million
42	Uzbekistan	15 million	11.2 million
43	Nepal	15 million	12 million
44	Kazakhstan	14.9 million	12 million
45	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	14.6 million	10.9 million
46	Australia	14.4 million	12.1 million
47	Sri Lanka	14.4 million	11.9 million
48	Netherlands	14 million	12.8 million
49	Afghanistan	13.7 million	10.9 million
50	Iraq	13 million	9.2 million
51	Uganda	12.9 million	9.9 million
52	Malaysia	12.5 million	9.8 million
53	Ghana	11.4 million	8.6 million
54	Chile	11.3 million	9.6 million
55	Mozambique	10.8 million	8 million
56	Hungary	10.7 million	10.3 million
57	Czechia	10.2 million	9.8 million
58	Belgium	9.8 million	9.6 million
59	Cuba	9.7 million	8.6 million
60	Portugal	9.6 million	8.8 million
61	Belarus	9.5 million	8.9 million
62	Greece	9.5 million	8.8 million
63	Yemen	9.1 million	6.8 million
64	Bulgaria	8.8 million	8.4 million
65	Madagascar	8.6 million	6.4 million
66	Syrian Arab Republic	8.5 million	6.1 million
67	Sweden	8.3 million	7.9 million
68	Cameroon	8.1 million	6.2 million
69	Ecuador	7.8 million	5.9 million
70	Côte d'Ivoire	7.7 million	5.1 million
71	Serbia	7.7 million	7.2 million
72	Angola	7.7 million	5.7 million
73	Austria	7.6 million	7.4 million
74	Mali	7.3 million	6.1 million
75	Burkina Faso	6.7 million	5.5 million
76	Guatemala	6.6 million	5.2 million
77	Zimbabwe	6.6 million	5 million
78	Tunisia	6.4 million	4.9 million
79	Switzerland	6.3 million	6.1 million
80	Azerbaijan	6.1 million	5 million
81	Malawi	5.9 million	4.5 million
82	Niger	5.9 million	4.5 million
83	Senegal	5.6 million	4.3 million
84	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.6 million	4.4 million
85	Zambia	5.5 million	4.1 million
86	Saudi Arabia	5.5 million	3.3 million
87	Dominican Republic	5.5 million	4.2 million
88	Haiti	5.5 million	4.5 million
89	Denmark	5.1 million	4.9 million
90	Georgia	5.1 million	4.7 million
91	Rwanda	5.1 million	3.8 million
92	Somalia	5.1 million	3.6 million
93	Cambodia	5 million	6.5 million
94	Guinea	4.9 million	4.2 million
95	Slovakia	4.9 million	4.5 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.8 million	3.2 million
97	Finland	4.8 million	4.6 million
98	Croatia	4.6 million	4.4 million
99	Chad	4.5 million	3.6 million
100	El Salvador	4.4 million	3.5 million
101	South Sudan	4.2 million	3.3 million
102	Burundi	4.2 million	3.4 million
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	3.7 million
104	Norway	4.1 million	3.8 million
105	Republic of Moldova	4 million	3.6 million
106	Tajikistan	3.8 million	2.8 million
107	Benin	3.8 million	3 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.6 million	2.9 million
109	Israel	3.6 million	2.7 million
110	Honduras	3.6 million	2.6 million
111	Lithuania	3.4 million	3.1 million
112	Ireland	3.4 million	2.9 million
113	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.2 million	2.6 million
114	Sierra Leone	3.2 million	2.6 million
115	New Zealand	3.1 million	2.8 million
116	Libya	3.1 million	2 million
117	Puerto Rico	3.1 million	2.7 million
118	Nicaragua	3.1 million	2.3 million
119	Armenia	3.1 million	2.4 million
120	Papua New Guinea	3 million	2.4 million
121	Paraguay	2.9 million	2.3 million
122	Uruguay	2.9 million	2.8 million
123	Lebanon	2.9 million	2.3 million
124	Togo	2.8 million	2.1 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.7 million	2.1 million
126	Albania	2.7 million	2.1 million
127	Latvia	2.5 million	2.3 million
128	Central African Republic	2.4 million	2 million
129	Singapore	2.4 million	2 million
130	Costa Rica	2.3 million	1.8 million
131	Jordan	2.1 million	1.4 million
132	Jamaica	2.1 million	1.8 million
133	North Macedonia	1.9 million	1.6 million
134	Panama	1.9 million	1.5 million
135	Slovenia	1.9 million	1.7 million
136	Liberia	1.8 million	1.4 million
137	Congo	1.8 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	1.1 million
143	State of Palestine	1.4 million	1.1 million
144	Kuwait	1.4 million	718,494
145	Lesotho	1.3 million	965,397
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1 million	975,096
147	Namibia	950,760	725,456
148	Mauritius	932,094	806,640
149	Oman	923,847	636,779
150	Botswana	877,540	585,489
151	United Arab Emirates	859,891	216,642
152	Guinea-Bissau	816,900	583,197
153	Guyana	767,420	683,130
154	Gabon	720,093	576,961
155	Gambia	678,062	502,224
156	Cyprus	674,845	638,122
157	Timor-Leste	633,763	538,555
158	Fiji	619,380	515,486
159	Montenegro	576,233	521,860
160	Eswatini	567,657	424,357
161	Réunion	541,299	455,340
162	Bhutan	412,154	293,147
163	Suriname	379,628	360,678
164	Luxembourg	362,519	337,715
165	Malta	340,010	324,136
166	Bahrain	335,712	221,151
167	Martinique	331,504	324,391
168	Guadeloupe	329,904	315,946
169	Comoros	322,737	233,526
170	Cabo Verde	317,806	274,630
171	Djibouti	292,868	131,610
172	Equatorial Guinea	277,070	322,336
173	Barbados	251,373	249,214
174	Qatar	250,143	97,159
175	China, Macao SAR	238,627	256,675
176	Bahamas	226,035	174,098
177	Solomon Islands	225,921	170,349
178	Iceland	224,545	202,689
179	Brunei Darussalam	177,616	128,834
180	Samoa	162,155	137,135
181	Maldives	158,202	117,782
182	Curaçao	156,379	148,621
183	French Polynesia	149,155	108,192
184	New Caledonia	147,277	102,890
185	Belize	140,131	116,441
186	Saint Lucia	116,688	101,287
187	Vanuatu	111,666	82,517
188	Guam	106,489	85,478
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,149	94,600
190	Western Sahara	97,852	58,765
191	Tonga	97,409	82,123
192	Grenada	95,925	98,109
193	Sao Tome and Principe	95,059	75,387
194	United States Virgin Islands	93,027	59,237
195	Jersey	76,041	68,937
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	73,885	56,282
197	Dominica	72,864	67,322
198	Seychelles	65,285	52,493
199	Antigua and Barbuda	64,124	63,304
200	Isle of Man	62,818	53,477
201	French Guiana	62,601	44,278
202	Aruba	61,817	59,084
203	Kiribati	59,674	55,786
204	Guernsey	54,057	52,478
205	Bermuda	53,486	50,855
206	Greenland	49,755	43,463
207	Mayotte	46,358	33,684
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,140	46,548
209	Faroe Islands	42,244	37,739
210	Andorra	33,542	17,855
211	American Samoa	31,350	25,998
212	Marshall Islands	29,268	20,592
213	Gibraltar	28,515	25,855
214	Monaco	26,760	23,619
215	Liechtenstein	24,534	20,351
216	San Marino	21,186	17,951
217	Cook Islands	17,814	19,878
218	Northern Mariana Islands	16,303	10,228
219	Cayman Islands	16,029	10,067
220	Palau	12,392	11,119
221	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11,505	9,474
222	Montserrat	11,433	11,410
223	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	11,379	5,718
224	British Virgin Islands	10,928	9,218
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	10,403	8,566
226	Saint Martin (French part)	7,945	5,779
227	Nauru	7,375	6,479
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,200	5,650
229	Tuvalu	7,090	5,610
230	Anguilla	6,569	6,209
231	Saint Helena	6,313	5,659
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,154	5,504
233	Niue	3,708	5,190
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,859	2,398
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,274	2,276
236	Tokelau	1,667	1,803
237	Holy See	740	758

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