World Countries by Population 1955

This quiz lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1955. All data is based on the 2024 edition of the UN World Population prospects (included on this site). Historical records are based on the current territory of the country: ie. in 1955 some of today's countries would have actually formed part of USSR
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Population
2024
Population
1955
Answer
1,423,103,777
599,378,000
China
1,468,224,216
383,140,000
India
351,418,660
167,310,000
United States
143,700,801
110,305,000
Russia
122,878,647
91,927,000
Japan
286,465,898
76,294,000
Indonesia
83,848,611
70,207,000
Germany
213,076,342
61,151,000
Brazil
70,231,241
51,337,000
United Kingdom
59,075,507
47,983,000
Italy
176,412,246
45,239,000
Bangladesh
69,260,635
44,834,000
France
239,181,828
40,551,000
Nigeria
256,586,439
39,604,000
Pakistan
39,455,840
39,585,000
Ukraine
132,308,269
31,191,000
Mexico
47,879,833
28,971,000
Spain
101,800,986
27,797,000
Vietnam
37,987,808
26,824,000
Poland
87,759,559
23,974,000
Turkey
118,954,334
23,502,000
Egypt
71,601,699
23,022,000
Thailand
117,106,246
22,420,000
Philippines
51,646,665
21,760,000
South Korea
54,966,907
19,350,000
Myanmar
136,629,685
19,225,000
Ethiopia
45,903,193
18,551,000
Argentina
92,687,090
18,456,000
Iran
18,872,120
17,371,000
Romania
40,249,010
15,531,000
Canada
64,991,692
14,364,000
South Africa
114,050,017
13,484,000
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
53,603,589
13,283,000
Colombia
18,568,246
10,738,000
Netherlands
26,594,220
10,310,000
North Korea
47,641,059
10,130,000
Algeria
39,149,944
10,042,000
Morocco
9,611,510
9,765,000
Hungary
10,560,508
9,254,000
Czech Republic
29,611,171
9,173,000
Nepal
27,062,100
9,095,000
Australia
23,078,170
8,930,000
Taiwan
11,764,464
8,813,000
Belgium
34,696,301
8,699,000
Peru
10,406,536
8,638,000
Portugal
71,226,524
8,533,000
Tanzania
23,270,660
8,533,000
Sri Lanka
44,246,632
8,265,000
Afghanistan
9,925,340
7,946,000
Greece
20,928,003
7,866,000
Kazakhstan
6,699,291
7,505,000
Bulgaria
8,977,510
7,502,000
Belarus
19,890,733
7,255,000
Chile
10,672,709
7,235,000
Sweden
52,213,070
7,074,000
Sudan
37,284,144
6,958,000
Uzbekistan
9,111,268
6,944,000
Austria
36,118,313
6,864,000
Malaysia
28,555,928
6,623,000
Venezuela
51,850,665
6,520,000
Uganda
10,921,974
6,477,000
Cuba
57,906,156
6,435,000
Kenya
6,671,925
6,307,000
Serbia
47,355,847
6,298,000
Iraq
35,968,889
6,235,000
Mozambique
35,279,555
5,820,000
Ghana
25,447,592
5,007,000
Mali
8,982,026
4,970,000
Switzerland
42,177,310
4,964,000
Yemen
17,918,345
4,836,000
Cambodia
39,433,822
4,798,000
Angola
30,138,516
4,657,000
Cameroon
6,122,515
4,482,000
Denmark
24,254,615
4,441,000
Burkina Faso
33,004,683
4,433,000
Madagascar
5,623,683
4,212,000
Finland
3,839,118
4,065,000
Croatia
25,927,325
3,997,000
Syria
12,372,229
3,961,000
Tunisia
18,342,588
3,953,000
Ecuador
5,462,019
3,762,000
Slovakia
3,806,317
3,707,000
Georgia
11,951,077
3,504,000
Haiti
18,783,614
3,485,000
Guatemala
10,417,807
3,422,000
Azerbaijan
5,636,664
3,411,000
Norway
12,639,369
3,327,000
Bolivia
15,216,787
3,241,000
Guinea
22,408,592
3,213,000
Malawi
17,060,274
3,213,000
Zimbabwe
32,976,362
3,091,000
Cote d'Ivoire
28,221,909
2,991,000
Niger
3,131,118
2,921,000
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
5,325,080
2,908,000
Ireland
19,079,519
2,869,000
Senegal
2,982,336
2,748,000
Moldova
21,192,495
2,738,000
Chad
11,551,417
2,732,000
Dominican Republic
12,272,323
2,680,000
South Sudan
22,119,568
2,662,000
Zambia
2,815,652
2,560,000
Lithuania
14,680,324
2,525,000
Rwanda
19,874,912
2,500,000
Somalia
14,505,422
2,479,000
Burundi
6,374,879
2,427,000
El Salvador
3,384,317
2,352,000
Uruguay
14,934,885
2,341,000
Benin
5,279,298
2,139,000
New Zealand
8,880,105
2,108,000
Sierra Leone
34,770,709
1,996,000
Saudi Arabia
1,846,484
1,991,000
Latvia
7,485,637
1,923,000
Kyrgyzstan
7,907,833
1,871,000
Laos
10,852,567
1,783,000
Tajikistan
11,067,469
1,764,000
Honduras
10,826,518
1,716,000
Papua New Guinea
7,041,686
1,663,000
Paraguay
9,561,395
1,569,000
Israel
2,944,485
1,558,000
Armenia
5,575,854
1,546,000
Central African
Republic
2,836,317
1,544,000
Jamaica
5,865,397
1,532,000
Lebanon
2,116,317
1,524,000
Slovenia
9,792,349
1,516,000
Togo
7,038,736
1,514,000
Nicaragua
2,764,485
1,400,000
Albania
7,659,980
1,399,000
Turkmenistan
1,810,584
1,348,000
North Macedonia
5,883,297
1,286,000
Singapore
7,485,637
1,222,000
Libya
1,337,851
1,161,000
Estonia
5,160,515
1,083,000
Costa Rica
5,771,308
1,005,000
Liberia
4,590,130
966,000
Panama
6,536,592
923,000
Republic of
the Congo
3,632,962
878,000
Eritrea
1,671,267
858,000
Kosovo
3,530,664
841,000
Mongolia
1,512,366
731,000
Trinidad and
Tobago
5,364,873
722,000
Mauritania
2,371,882
635,000
Lesotho
11,484,119
604,000
Jordan
1,267,317
592,000
Mauritius
2,266,397
563,000
Guinea-Bissau
3,114,180
543,000
Namibia
1,375,099
529,000
Cyprus
2,611,447
487,000
Gabon
5,560,587
485,000
Oman
837,366
476,000
Guyana
2,576,348
459,000
Botswana
629,584
438,000
Montenegro
1,424,466
434,000
East Timor
2,843,180
344,000
Gambia
934,366
344,000
Fiji
547,050
316,000
Malta
1,260,783
304,000
Eswatini
682,733
304,000
Luxembourg
1,953,714
245,000
Equatorial Guinea
283,000
223,000
Barbados
642,050
222,000
Suriname
528,366
195,000
Cape Verde
682,733
192,000
Bhutan
888,466
178,000
Comoros
5,054,011
176,000
Kuwait
399,367
156,000
Iceland
1,654,615
135,000
Bahrain
845,149
121,000
Solomon Islands
11,435,471
98,000
United Arab
Emirates
219,683
98,000
Samoa
180,000
94,000
Saint Lucia
403,683
92,000
Bahamas
117,000
83,000
Grenada
530,683
81,000
Maldives
425,050
79,000
Belize
1,189,466
72,000
Djibouti
100,000
70,000
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
242,050
64,000
São Tomé
and Príncipe
467,366
63,000
Brunei
104,000
56,000
Tonga
337,733
56,000
Vanuatu
66,000
52,000
Dominica
47,000
52,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis
94,000
50,000
Antigua and Barbuda
136,683
42,000
Kiribati
133,683
40,000
Seychelles
114,000
36,000
Federated States
of Micronesia
3,137,180
28,000
Qatar
38,000
21,000
Monaco
40,000
15,000
Liechtenstein
34,000
14,000
San Marino
38,000
13,000
Marshall Islands
18,000
8,000
Palau
83,000
6,000
Andorra
9,000
5,000
Tuvalu
12,000
4,000
Nauru
1,000
1,000
Vatican City
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