Countries by Population in the Year 1951

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1951. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,514,762,000
1	China	551,122,000
2	India	349,965,000
3	United States	157,685,000
4	Russia	104,118,000
5	Japan	87,190,000
6	Germany	69,778,000
7	Indonesia	69,517,000
8	Brazil	54,197,000
9	United Kingdom	50,572,000
10	Italy	46,608,000
11	France	42,941,000
12	Bangladesh	41,598,000
13	Nigeria	37,634,000
14	Ukraine	37,559,000
15	Pakistan	36,199,000
16	Spain	28,139,000
17	Mexico	27,944,000
18	Vietnam	25,370,000
19	Poland	24,997,000
20	Egypt	21,368,000
21	Turkey	21,327,000
22	Thailand	20,689,000
23	South Korea	19,758,000
24	Philippines	19,198,000
25	Myanmar	17,901,000
26	Ethiopia	17,824,000
27	Argentina	17,186,000
28	Iran	16,713,000
29	Romania	16,513,000
30	Canada	13,890,000
31	South Africa	13,169,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12,415,000
33	Colombia	11,919,000
34	North Korea	10,839,000
35	Netherlands	10,252,000
36	Hungary	9,383,000
37	Algeria	9,144,000
38	Morocco	9,058,000
39	Czech Republic	8,957,000
40	Belgium	8,638,000
41	Nepal	8,485,000
42	Portugal	8,451,000
43	Australia	8,305,000
44	Sri Lanka	7,881,000
45	Afghanistan	7,826,000
46	Peru	7,784,000
47	Taiwan	7,725,000
48	Tanzania	7,717,000
49	Greece	7,682,000
50	Bulgaria	7,290,000
51	Belarus	7,155,000
52	Sweden	7,047,000
53	Austria	6,935,000
54	Kazakhstan	6,903,000
55	Chile	6,691,000
56	Uzbekistan	6,312,000
57	Sudan	6,281,000
58	Malaysia	6,176,000
59	Serbia	6,038,000
60	Cuba	5,983,000
61	Mozambique	5,942,000
62	Uganda	5,830,000
63	Kenya	5,827,000
64	Iraq	5,710,000
65	Venezuela	5,609,000
66	Ghana	5,152,000
67	Mali	4,732,000
68	Switzerland	4,717,000
69	Yemen	4,648,000
70	Angola	4,579,000
71	Cambodia	4,425,000
72	Cameroon	4,362,000
73	Denmark	4,340,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,236,000
75	Finland	4,030,000
76	Madagascar	4,006,000
77	Croatia	3,890,000
78	Syria	3,646,000
79	Tunisia	3,645,000
80	Ecuador	3,561,000
81	Georgia	3,519,000
82	Slovakia	3,493,000
83	Haiti	3,290,000
84	Norway	3,280,000
85	Azerbaijan	3,159,000
86	Guatemala	3,136,000
87	Bolivia	3,113,000
88	Guinea	3,037,000
89	Malawi	2,976,000
90	Ireland	2,927,000
91	Zimbabwe	2,835,000
92	Ivory Coast	2,772,000
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,710,000
94	Niger	2,641,000
95	Senegal	2,587,000
96	Moldova	2,550,000
97	Chad	2,548,000
98	South Sudan	2,511,000
99	Lithuania	2,445,000
100	Dominican Republic	2,414,000
101	Zambia	2,357,000
102	Burundi	2,281,000
103	Benin	2,259,000
104	Somalia	2,245,000
105	Uruguay	2,245,000
106	El Salvador	2,210,000
107	Rwanda	2,196,000
108	Sierra Leone	2,011,000
109	New Zealand	1,950,000
110	Latvia	1,926,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	1,769,000
112	Saudi Arabia	1,733,000
113	Laos	1,705,000
114	Honduras	1,580,000
115	Papua New Guinea	1,560,000
116	Tajikistan	1,559,000
117	Paraguay	1,521,000
118	Slovenia	1,454,000
119	Central African Republic	1,450,000
120	Jamaica	1,429,000
121	Togo	1,412,000
122	Armenia	1,399,000
123	Lebanon	1,368,000
124	Nicaragua	1,350,000
125	Israel	1,321,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,281,000
127	Albania	1,261,000
128	North Macedonia	1,260,000
129	Libya	1,138,000
130	Estonia	1,109,000
131	Singapore	1,040,000
	Palestine	949,000
132	Costa Rica	942,000
133	Liberia	927,000
134	Panama	871,000
135	Republic of the Congo	844,000
136	Eritrea	821,000
137	Mongolia	788,000
138	Kosovo	786,000
139	Mauritania	664,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	657,000
141	Lesotho	585,000
142	Guinea-Bissau	548,000
143	Mauritius	533,000
144	Namibia	517,000
145	Cyprus	497,000
146	Gabon	474,000
147	Oman	460,000
148	Jordan	454,000
149	Guyana	423,000
150	Botswana	419,000
151	East Timor	416,000
152	Montenegro	406,000
153	Fiji	313,000
154	Gambia	310,000
155	Malta	298,000
156	Luxembourg	297,000
157	Eswatini	275,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	229,000
159	Barbados	212,000
160	Suriname	198,000
161	Cape Verde	186,000
162	Bhutan	172,000
163	Comoros	164,000
164	Kuwait	156,000
165	Iceland	144,000
166	Bahrain	119,000
167	Solomon Islands	110,000
168	Saint Lucia	94,000
169	Samoa	89,000
170	Bahamas	84,000
171	Grenada	78,000
172	United Arab Emirates	77,000
173	Maldives	75,000
174	Belize	70,000
175	Djibouti	63,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	62,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	61,000
178	Vanuatu	52,000
179	Tonga	50,000
180	Brunei	50,000
181	Dominica	50,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	46,000
184	Seychelles	39,000
185	Kiribati	38,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	33,000
187	Qatar	25,000
188	Monaco	20,000
189	Liechtenstein	14,000
190	Marshall Islands	13,000
191	San Marino	13,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	6,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	3,000
196	Vatican City	1,000