Countries by Population in the Year 1952

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1952. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,559,092,000
1	China	560,935,000
2	India	357,775,000
3	United States	159,990,000
4	Russia	105,571,000
5	Japan	88,510,000
6	Indonesia	71,055,000
7	Germany	69,786,000
8	Brazil	55,841,000
9	United Kingdom	50,643,000
10	Italy	46,896,000
11	France	43,401,000
12	Bangladesh	42,447,000
13	Nigeria	38,354,000
14	Ukraine	38,057,000
15	Pakistan	36,965,000
16	Mexico	28,697,000
17	Spain	28,291,000
18	Vietnam	25,831,000
19	Poland	25,449,000
20	Turkey	21,961,000
21	Egypt	21,844,000
22	Thailand	21,241,000
23	South Korea	19,980,000
24	Philippines	19,938,000
25	Myanmar	18,240,000
26	Ethiopia	18,154,000
27	Argentina	17,527,000
28	Iran	17,129,000
29	Romania	16,739,000
30	Canada	14,277,000
31	South Africa	13,449,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12,671,000
33	Colombia	12,238,000
34	Netherlands	10,382,000
35	North Korea	10,328,000
36	Hungary	9,463,000
37	Algeria	9,396,000
38	Morocco	9,289,000
39	Czech Republic	9,037,000
40	Belgium	8,674,000
41	Nepal	8,661,000
42	Australia	8,533,000
43	Portugal	8,497,000
44	Sri Lanka	8,032,000
45	Peru	8,004,000
46	Taiwan	8,001,000
47	Afghanistan	7,933,000
48	Tanzania	7,909,000
49	Greece	7,744,000
50	Bulgaria	7,339,000
51	Belarus	7,224,000
52	Kazakhstan	7,139,000
53	Sweden	7,099,000
54	Austria	6,926,000
55	Chile	6,823,000
56	Sudan	6,471,000
57	Uzbekistan	6,458,000
58	Malaysia	6,339,000
59	Cuba	6,101,000
60	Serbia	6,096,000
61	Mozambique	6,014,000
62	Uganda	5,992,000
63	Kenya	5,960,000
64	Venezuela	5,856,000
65	Iraq	5,838,000
66	Ghana	5,306,000
67	Mali	4,802,000
68	Switzerland	4,779,000
69	Yemen	4,720,000
70	Angola	4,626,000
71	Cambodia	4,526,000
72	Cameroon	4,429,000
73	Denmark	4,371,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,285,000
75	Madagascar	4,108,000
76	Finland	4,065,000
77	Croatia	3,933,000
78	Syria	3,723,000
79	Tunisia	3,719,000
80	Ecuador	3,654,000
81	Georgia	3,564,000
82	Slovakia	3,558,000
83	Haiti	3,340,000
84	Norway	3,312,000
85	Guatemala	3,219,000
86	Azerbaijan	3,216,000
87	Bolivia	3,162,000
88	Guinea	3,087,000
89	Malawi	3,030,000
90	Ireland	2,947,000
91	Zimbabwe	2,926,000
92	Ivory Coast	2,847,000
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,751,000
94	Niger	2,728,000
95	Senegal	2,653,000
96	Moldova	2,596,000
97	Chad	2,593,000
98	South Sudan	2,549,000
99	Dominican Republic	2,486,000
100	Lithuania	2,472,000
101	Zambia	2,430,000
102	Burundi	2,331,000
103	Somalia	2,308,000
104	Rwanda	2,276,000
105	Benin	2,276,000
106	Uruguay	2,268,000
107	El Salvador	2,261,000
108	Sierra Leone	2,035,000
109	New Zealand	1,993,000
110	Latvia	1,942,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	1,806,000
112	Saudi Arabia	1,794,000
113	Laos	1,746,000
114	Honduras	1,623,000
115	Tajikistan	1,618,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,590,000
117	Paraguay	1,555,000
118	Central African Republic	1,473,000
119	Slovenia	1,471,000
120	Jamaica	1,466,000
121	Togo	1,437,000
122	Armenia	1,435,000
123	Lebanon	1,407,000
124	Nicaragua	1,389,000
125	Israel	1,383,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,307,000
127	Albania	1,292,000
128	North Macedonia	1,282,000
129	Libya	1,153,000
130	Estonia	1,123,000
131	Singapore	1,096,000
132	Costa Rica	975,000
	Palestine	957,000
133	Liberia	945,000
134	Panama	893,000
135	Republic of the Congo	863,000
136	Eritrea	833,000
137	Kosovo	802,000
138	Mongolia	801,000
139	Mauritania	678,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	674,000
141	Lesotho	596,000
142	Guinea-Bissau	552,000
143	Mauritius	549,000
144	Namibia	523,000
145	Cyprus	505,000
146	Jordan	488,000
147	Gabon	477,000
148	Oman	466,000
149	Guyana	435,000
150	Botswana	429,000
151	East Timor	420,000
152	Montenegro	414,000
153	Fiji	320,000
154	Gambia	318,000
155	Malta	303,000
156	Luxembourg	299,000
157	Eswatini	282,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	233,000
159	Barbados	215,000
160	Suriname	203,000
161	Cape Verde	188,000
162	Bhutan	177,000
163	Comoros	167,000
164	Kuwait	161,000
165	Iceland	147,000
166	Bahrain	123,000
167	Solomon Islands	112,000
168	Saint Lucia	94,000
169	Samoa	92,000
170	Bahamas	85,000
171	United Arab Emirates	82,000
172	Grenada	78,000
173	Maldives	76,000
174	Belize	72,000
175	Djibouti	65,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	64,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	62,000
178	Vanuatu	53,000
179	Brunei	53,000
180	Tonga	52,000
181	Dominica	51,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	47,000
184	Kiribati	39,000
185	Seychelles	39,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	33,000
187	Qatar	25,000
188	Monaco	20,000
189	Liechtenstein	14,000
190	San Marino	13,000
191	Marshall Islands	13,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	6,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000