Countries by Population in the Year 1954

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1954. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,659,132,000
1	China	585,983,000
2	India	374,234,000
3	United States	164,770,000
4	Russia	108,622,000
5	Japan	90,888,000
6	Indonesia	74,441,000
7	Germany	70,002,000
8	Brazil	59,319,000
9	United Kingdom	51,108,000
10	Italy	47,681,000
11	France	44,345,000
12	Bangladesh	44,244,000
13	Nigeria	39,802,000
14	Ukraine	39,056,000
15	Pakistan	38,670,000
16	Mexico	30,315,000
17	Spain	28,744,000
18	Vietnam	27,059,000
19	Poland	26,357,000
20	Turkey	23,298,000
21	Egypt	22,923,000
22	Thailand	22,404,000
23	Philippines	21,545,000
24	South Korea	21,071,000
25	Myanmar	18,964,000
26	Ethiopia	18,851,000
27	Argentina	18,211,000
28	Iran	17,997,000
29	Romania	17,162,000
30	Canada	15,107,000
31	South Africa	14,044,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13,202,000
33	Colombia	12,919,000
34	Netherlands	10,607,000
35	North Korea	10,176,000
36	Algeria	9,899,000
37	Morocco	9,782,000
38	Hungary	9,644,000
39	Czech Republic	9,188,000
40	Nepal	9,003,000
41	Australia	8,903,000
42	Belgium	8,764,000
43	Taiwan	8,606,000
44	Portugal	8,596,000
45	Peru	8,460,000
46	Sri Lanka	8,359,000
47	Tanzania	8,317,000
48	Afghanistan	8,151,000
49	Greece	7,875,000
50	Kazakhstan	7,619,000
51	Bulgaria	7,447,000
52	Belarus	7,396,000
53	Sweden	7,192,000
54	Chile	7,106,000
55	Austria	6,936,000
56	Sudan	6,866,000
57	Uzbekistan	6,781,000
58	Malaysia	6,681,000
59	Venezuela	6,363,000
60	Cuba	6,348,000
61	Uganda	6,337,000
62	Kenya	6,262,000
63	Serbia	6,226,000
64	Mozambique	6,159,000
65	Iraq	6,141,000
66	Ghana	5,639,000
67	Mali	4,939,000
68	Switzerland	4,907,000
69	Yemen	4,878,000
70	Angola	4,735,000
71	Cambodia	4,731,000
72	Cameroon	4,576,000
73	Denmark	4,446,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,387,000
75	Madagascar	4,322,000
76	Finland	4,163,000
77	Croatia	4,031,000
78	Syria	3,898,000
79	Tunisia	3,878,000
80	Ecuador	3,850,000
81	Slovakia	3,694,000
82	Georgia	3,658,000
83	Haiti	3,447,000
84	Guatemala	3,393,000
85	Norway	3,378,000
86	Azerbaijan	3,347,000
87	Bolivia	3,269,000
88	Guinea	3,188,000
89	Malawi	3,150,000
90	Zimbabwe	3,115,000
91	Ivory Coast	3,006,000
92	Ireland	2,922,000
93	Niger	2,903,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,860,000
95	Senegal	2,794,000
96	Moldova	2,695,000
97	Chad	2,688,000
98	Dominican Republic	2,646,000
99	South Sudan	2,634,000
100	Zambia	2,582,000
101	Lithuania	2,530,000
102	Rwanda	2,440,000
103	Somalia	2,435,000
104	Burundi	2,430,000
105	El Salvador	2,369,000
106	Uruguay	2,322,000
107	Benin	2,317,000
108	New Zealand	2,094,000
109	Sierra Leone	2,082,000
110	Latvia	1,973,000
111	Saudi Arabia	1,926,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	1,882,000
113	Laos	1,829,000
114	Tajikistan	1,728,000
115	Honduras	1,715,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,671,000
117	Paraguay	1,626,000
118	Jamaica	1,523,000
119	Central African Republic	1,521,000
120	Armenia	1,514,000
121	Slovenia	1,507,000
122	Israel	1,507,000
123	Lebanon	1,489,000
124	Togo	1,489,000
125	Nicaragua	1,471,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,365,000
127	Albania	1,362,000
128	North Macedonia	1,332,000
129	Singapore	1,219,000
130	Libya	1,195,000
131	Estonia	1,149,000
132	Costa Rica	1,045,000
133	Liberia	984,000
	Palestine	978,000
134	Panama	940,000
135	Republic of the Congo	903,000
136	Eritrea	862,000
137	Kosovo	838,000
138	Mongolia	827,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	711,000
140	Mauritania	707,000
141	Lesotho	621,000
142	Mauritius	579,000
143	Jordan	563,000
144	Guinea-Bissau	559,000
145	Namibia	537,000
146	Cyprus	521,000
147	Gabon	483,000
148	Oman	478,000
149	Guyana	461,000
150	Botswana	449,000
151	Montenegro	431,000
152	East Timor	429,000
153	Gambia	335,000
154	Fiji	335,000
155	Malta	312,000
156	Luxembourg	303,000
157	Eswatini	296,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	241,000
159	Barbados	220,000
160	Suriname	215,000
161	Cape Verde	193,000
162	Bhutan	187,000
163	Comoros	174,000
164	Kuwait	171,000
165	Iceland	153,000
166	Bahrain	130,000
167	Solomon Islands	118,000
168	Samoa	96,000
169	Saint Lucia	94,000
170	United Arab Emirates	93,000
171	Bahamas	89,000
172	Grenada	81,000
173	Maldives	79,000
174	Belize	77,000
175	Djibouti	70,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	64,000
178	Brunei	59,000
179	Vanuatu	55,000
180	Tonga	55,000
181	Dominica	52,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	49,000
184	Kiribati	41,000
185	Seychelles	39,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	35,000
187	Qatar	27,000
188	Monaco	21,000
189	Liechtenstein	15,000
190	San Marino	14,000
191	Marshall Islands	13,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	5,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000