Countries by Population in the Year 1953

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1953. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,609,080,000
1	China	574,058,000
2	India	365,975,000
3	United States	162,345,000
4	Russia	107,082,000
5	Japan	89,760,000
6	Indonesia	72,698,000
7	Germany	69,868,000
8	Brazil	57,549,000
9	United Kingdom	50,872,000
10	Italy	47,141,000
11	France	43,881,000
12	Bangladesh	43,339,000
13	Nigeria	39,078,000
14	Ukraine	38,557,000
15	Pakistan	37,789,000
16	Mexico	29,484,000
17	Spain	28,521,000
18	Vietnam	26,457,000
19	Poland	25,896,000
20	Turkey	22,619,000
21	Egypt	22,366,000
22	Thailand	21,814,000
23	Philippines	20,720,000
24	South Korea	20,479,000
25	Myanmar	18,596,000
26	Ethiopia	18,498,000
27	Argentina	17,871,000
28	Iran	17,559,000
29	Romania	16,953,000
30	Canada	14,689,000
31	South Africa	13,742,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12,937,000
33	Colombia	12,573,000
34	Netherlands	10,491,000
35	North Korea	10,179,000
36	Algeria	9,647,000
37	Hungary	9,545,000
38	Morocco	9,531,000
39	Czech Republic	9,117,000
40	Nepal	8,834,000
41	Australia	8,729,000
42	Belgium	8,720,000
43	Portugal	8,550,000
44	Taiwan	8,297,000
45	Peru	8,230,000
46	Sri Lanka	8,191,000
47	Tanzania	8,109,000
48	Afghanistan	8,043,000
49	Greece	7,807,000
50	Bulgaria	7,385,000
51	Kazakhstan	7,378,000
52	Belarus	7,305,000
53	Sweden	7,151,000
54	Chile	6,961,000
55	Austria	6,929,000
56	Sudan	6,666,000
57	Uzbekistan	6,615,000
58	Malaysia	6,507,000
59	Cuba	6,223,000
60	Uganda	6,162,000
61	Serbia	6,158,000
62	Venezuela	6,107,000
63	Kenya	6,106,000
64	Mozambique	6,087,000
65	Iraq	5,988,000
66	Ghana	5,469,000
67	Mali	4,871,000
68	Switzerland	4,844,000
69	Yemen	4,797,000
70	Angola	4,678,000
71	Cambodia	4,630,000
72	Cameroon	4,500,000
73	Denmark	4,405,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,336,000
75	Madagascar	4,213,000
76	Finland	4,117,000
77	Croatia	3,981,000
78	Syria	3,807,000
79	Tunisia	3,797,000
80	Ecuador	3,751,000
81	Slovakia	3,626,000
82	Georgia	3,610,000
83	Haiti	3,392,000
84	Norway	3,344,000
85	Guatemala	3,305,000
86	Azerbaijan	3,278,000
87	Bolivia	3,213,000
88	Guinea	3,137,000
89	Malawi	3,089,000
90	Zimbabwe	3,019,000
91	Ireland	2,936,000
92	Ivory Coast	2,925,000
93	Niger	2,815,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,799,000
95	Senegal	2,721,000
96	Moldova	2,644,000
97	Chad	2,640,000
98	South Sudan	2,590,000
99	Dominican Republic	2,564,000
100	Zambia	2,505,000
101	Lithuania	2,501,000
102	Burundi	2,381,000
103	Somalia	2,372,000
104	Rwanda	2,357,000
105	El Salvador	2,315,000
106	Benin	2,295,000
107	Uruguay	2,294,000
108	Sierra Leone	2,059,000
109	New Zealand	2,043,000
110	Latvia	1,957,000
111	Saudi Arabia	1,859,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	1,843,000
113	Laos	1,787,000
114	Tajikistan	1,674,000
115	Honduras	1,668,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,629,000
117	Paraguay	1,590,000
118	Jamaica	1,497,000
119	Central African Republic	1,497,000
120	Slovenia	1,488,000
121	Armenia	1,473,000
122	Togo	1,463,000
123	Lebanon	1,447,000
124	Israel	1,445,000
125	Nicaragua	1,429,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,334,000
127	Albania	1,325,000
128	North Macedonia	1,307,000
129	Libya	1,172,000
130	Singapore	1,156,000
131	Estonia	1,137,000
132	Costa Rica	1,009,000
	Palestine	967,000
133	Liberia	965,000
134	Panama	916,000
135	Republic of the Congo	882,000
136	Eritrea	847,000
137	Kosovo	820,000
138	Mongolia	814,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	692,000
140	Mauritania	692,000
141	Lesotho	608,000
142	Mauritius	565,000
143	Guinea-Bissau	556,000
144	Namibia	530,000
145	Jordan	525,000
146	Cyprus	513,000
147	Gabon	480,000
148	Oman	472,000
149	Guyana	448,000
150	Botswana	439,000
151	East Timor	425,000
152	Montenegro	424,000
153	Fiji	327,000
154	Gambia	327,000
155	Malta	307,000
156	Luxembourg	301,000
157	Eswatini	289,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	237,000
159	Barbados	218,000
160	Suriname	209,000
161	Cape Verde	191,000
162	Bhutan	182,000
163	Comoros	171,000
164	Kuwait	166,000
165	Iceland	149,000
166	Bahrain	126,000
167	Solomon Islands	115,000
168	Saint Lucia	94,000
169	Samoa	94,000
170	United Arab Emirates	87,000
171	Bahamas	87,000
172	Grenada	80,000
173	Maldives	78,000
174	Belize	74,000
175	Djibouti	67,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	63,000
178	Brunei	56,000
179	Vanuatu	54,000
180	Tonga	53,000
181	Dominica	51,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	48,000
184	Kiribati	40,000
185	Seychelles	39,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	34,000
187	Qatar	26,000
188	Monaco	21,000
189	Liechtenstein	14,000
190	Marshall Islands	13,000
191	San Marino	13,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	5,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000