Countries by Population in the Year 1950

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1950. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,471,424,000
1	China	541,318,000
2	India	342,592,000
3	United States	155,393,000
4	Russia	102,666,000
5	Japan	85,697,000
6	Germany	69,918,000
7	Indonesia	68,081,000
8	Brazil	52,620,000
9	United Kingdom	50,188,000
10	Italy	46,175,000
11	France	42,456,000
12	Bangladesh	40,816,000
13	Ukraine	37,063,000
14	Nigeria	36,932,000
15	Pakistan	35,500,000
16	Spain	28,016,000
17	Mexico	27,232,000
18	Vietnam	24,832,000
19	Poland	24,564,000
20	Egypt	20,929,000
21	Turkey	20,715,000
22	Thailand	20,167,000
23	South Korea	19,757,000
24	Philippines	18,501,000
25	Myanmar	17,573,000
26	Ethiopia	17,517,000
27	Argentina	16,850,000
28	Iran	16,308,000
29	Romania	16,282,000
30	Canada	13,594,000
31	South Africa	12,908,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12,174,000
33	Colombia	11,615,000
34	North Korea	11,395,000
35	Netherlands	10,077,000
36	Hungary	9,292,000
37	Algeria	8,893,000
38	Czech Republic	8,876,000
39	Morocco	8,839,000
40	Belgium	8,597,000
41	Portugal	8,386,000
42	Nepal	8,309,000
43	Australia	8,049,000
44	Sri Lanka	7,741,000
45	Afghanistan	7,727,000
46	Greece	7,620,000
47	Peru	7,571,000
48	Tanzania	7,533,000
49	Taiwan	7,468,000
50	Bulgaria	7,207,000
51	Belarus	7,100,000
52	Sweden	6,986,000
53	Austria	6,938,000
54	Kazakhstan	6,672,000
55	Chile	6,567,000
56	Uzbekistan	6,168,000
57	Sudan	6,099,000
58	Malaysia	6,020,000
59	Serbia	5,980,000
60	Mozambique	5,878,000
61	Cuba	5,866,000
62	Kenya	5,712,000
63	Uganda	5,672,000
64	Iraq	5,597,000
65	Venezuela	5,368,000
66	Ghana	5,009,000
67	Switzerland	4,668,000
68	Mali	4,662,000
69	Yemen	4,585,000
70	Angola	4,524,000
71	Cambodia	4,325,000
72	Denmark	4,307,000
73	Cameroon	4,298,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,190,000
75	Finland	3,987,000
76	Madagascar	3,906,000
77	Croatia	3,840,000
78	Syria	3,578,000
79	Tunisia	3,573,000
80	Georgia	3,476,000
81	Ecuador	3,472,000
82	Slovakia	3,438,000
83	Norway	3,250,000
84	Haiti	3,242,000
85	Azerbaijan	3,105,000
86	Bolivia	3,067,000
87	Guatemala	3,058,000
88	Guinea	2,989,000
89	Malawi	2,925,000
90	Ireland	2,899,000
91	Zimbabwe	2,746,000
92	Ivory Coast	2,699,000
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,671,000
94	Niger	2,554,000
95	Senegal	2,524,000
96	Moldova	2,507,000
97	Chad	2,503,000
98	South Sudan	2,476,000
99	Lithuania	2,421,000
100	Dominican Republic	2,346,000
101	Zambia	2,286,000
102	Benin	2,242,000
103	Burundi	2,229,000
104	Uruguay	2,224,000
105	Somalia	2,181,000
106	El Salvador	2,157,000
107	Rwanda	2,118,000
108	Sierra Leone	1,988,000
109	Latvia	1,911,000
110	New Zealand	1,911,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	1,733,000
112	Saudi Arabia	1,674,000
113	Laos	1,664,000
114	Honduras	1,538,000
115	Papua New Guinea	1,527,000
116	Tajikistan	1,498,000
117	Paraguay	1,488,000
118	Slovenia	1,438,000
119	Central African Republic	1,427,000
120	Togo	1,387,000
121	Jamaica	1,385,000
122	Armenia	1,366,000
123	Lebanon	1,331,000
124	Nicaragua	1,313,000
125	Israel	1,258,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,257,000
127	North Macedonia	1,237,000
128	Albania	1,234,000
129	Libya	1,125,000
130	Estonia	1,095,000
131	Singapore	987,000
	Palestine	941,000
132	Costa Rica	911,000
133	Liberia	910,000
134	Panama	851,000
135	Republic of the Congo	826,000
136	Eritrea	809,000
137	Mongolia	775,000
138	Kosovo	771,000
139	Mauritania	651,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	640,000
141	Lesotho	574,000
142	Guinea-Bissau	540,000
143	Mauritius	518,000
144	Namibia	512,000
145	Cyprus	490,000
146	Gabon	471,000
147	Oman	454,000
148	Jordan	423,000
149	Guyana	413,000
150	East Timor	413,000
151	Botswana	409,000
152	Montenegro	399,000
153	Fiji	306,000
154	Gambia	303,000
155	Luxembourg	296,000
156	Malta	291,000
157	Eswatini	268,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	225,000
159	Barbados	208,000
160	Suriname	194,000
161	Cape Verde	184,000
162	Bhutan	168,000
163	Comoros	160,000
164	Kuwait	152,000
165	Iceland	141,000
166	Bahrain	116,000
167	Solomon Islands	108,000
168	Saint Lucia	92,000
169	Samoa	87,000
170	Bahamas	83,000
171	Grenada	77,000
172	Maldives	74,000
173	United Arab Emirates	72,000
174	Belize	68,000
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61,000
176	Djibouti	61,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	60,000
178	Vanuatu	51,000
179	Dominica	50,000
180	Tonga	49,000
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,000
182	Brunei	47,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	45,000
184	Seychelles	38,000
185	Kiribati	37,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	32,000
187	Qatar	24,000
188	Monaco	19,000
189	Liechtenstein	14,000
190	San Marino	13,000
191	Marshall Islands	13,000
192	Palau	7,000
193	Andorra	6,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	3,000
196	Vatican City	1,000