Countries by Population in the Year 1955

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1955. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,712,658,000
1	China	599,378,000
2	India	383,140,000
3	United States	167,310,000
4	Russia	110,305,000
5	Japan	91,927,000
6	Indonesia	76,294,000
7	Germany	70,207,000
8	Brazil	61,151,000
9	United Kingdom	51,337,000
10	Italy	47,983,000
11	Bangladesh	45,239,000
12	France	44,834,000
13	Nigeria	40,551,000
14	Pakistan	39,604,000
15	Ukraine	39,585,000
16	Mexico	31,191,000
17	Spain	28,971,000
18	Vietnam	27,797,000
19	Poland	26,824,000
20	Turkey	23,974,000
21	Egypt	23,502,000
22	Thailand	23,022,000
23	Philippines	22,420,000
24	South Korea	21,760,000
25	Myanmar	19,350,000
26	Ethiopia	19,225,000
27	Argentina	18,551,000
28	Iran	18,456,000
29	Romania	17,371,000
30	Canada	15,531,000
31	South Africa	14,364,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13,484,000
33	Colombia	13,283,000
34	Netherlands	10,738,000
35	North Korea	10,310,000
36	Algeria	10,130,000
37	Morocco	10,042,000
38	Hungary	9,765,000
39	Czech Republic	9,254,000
40	Nepal	9,173,000
41	Australia	9,095,000
42	Taiwan	8,930,000
43	Belgium	8,813,000
44	Peru	8,699,000
45	Portugal	8,638,000
46	Tanzania	8,533,000
47	Sri Lanka	8,533,000
48	Afghanistan	8,265,000
49	Greece	7,946,000
50	Kazakhstan	7,866,000
51	Bulgaria	7,505,000
52	Belarus	7,502,000
53	Chile	7,255,000
54	Sweden	7,235,000
55	Sudan	7,074,000
56	Uzbekistan	6,958,000
57	Austria	6,944,000
58	Malaysia	6,864,000
59	Venezuela	6,623,000
60	Uganda	6,520,000
61	Cuba	6,477,000
62	Kenya	6,435,000
63	Serbia	6,307,000
64	Iraq	6,298,000
65	Mozambique	6,235,000
66	Ghana	5,820,000
67	Mali	5,007,000
68	Switzerland	4,970,000
69	Yemen	4,964,000
70	Cambodia	4,836,000
71	Angola	4,798,000
72	Cameroon	4,657,000
73	Denmark	4,482,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,441,000
75	Madagascar	4,433,000
76	Finland	4,212,000
77	Croatia	4,065,000
78	Syria	3,997,000
79	Tunisia	3,961,000
80	Ecuador	3,953,000
81	Slovakia	3,762,000
82	Georgia	3,707,000
83	Haiti	3,504,000
84	Guatemala	3,485,000
85	Azerbaijan	3,422,000
86	Norway	3,411,000
87	Bolivia	3,327,000
88	Guinea	3,241,000
89	Malawi	3,213,000
90	Zimbabwe	3,213,000
91	Ivory Coast	3,091,000
92	Niger	2,991,000
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,921,000
94	Ireland	2,908,000
95	Senegal	2,869,000
96	Moldova	2,748,000
97	Chad	2,738,000
98	Dominican Republic	2,732,000
99	South Sudan	2,680,000
100	Zambia	2,662,000
101	Lithuania	2,560,000
102	Rwanda	2,525,000
103	Somalia	2,500,000
104	Burundi	2,479,000
105	El Salvador	2,427,000
106	Uruguay	2,352,000
107	Benin	2,341,000
108	New Zealand	2,139,000
109	Sierra Leone	2,108,000
110	Saudi Arabia	1,996,000
111	Latvia	1,991,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	1,923,000
113	Laos	1,871,000
114	Tajikistan	1,783,000
115	Honduras	1,764,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,716,000
117	Paraguay	1,663,000
118	Israel	1,569,000
119	Armenia	1,558,000
120	Central African Republic	1,546,000
121	Jamaica	1,544,000
122	Lebanon	1,532,000
123	Slovenia	1,524,000
124	Togo	1,516,000
125	Nicaragua	1,514,000
126	Albania	1,400,000
127	Turkmenistan	1,399,000
128	North Macedonia	1,348,000
129	Singapore	1,286,000
130	Libya	1,222,000
131	Estonia	1,161,000
132	Costa Rica	1,083,000
133	Liberia	1,005,000
	Palestine	990,000
134	Panama	966,000
135	Republic of the Congo	923,000
136	Eritrea	878,000
137	Kosovo	858,000
138	Mongolia	841,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	731,000
140	Mauritania	722,000
141	Lesotho	635,000
142	Jordan	604,000
143	Mauritius	592,000
144	Guinea-Bissau	563,000
145	Namibia	543,000
146	Cyprus	529,000
147	Gabon	487,000
148	Oman	485,000
149	Guyana	476,000
150	Botswana	459,000
151	Montenegro	438,000
152	East Timor	434,000
153	Gambia	344,000
154	Fiji	344,000
155	Malta	316,000
156	Eswatini	304,000
157	Luxembourg	304,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	245,000
159	Barbados	223,000
160	Suriname	222,000
161	Cape Verde	195,000
162	Bhutan	192,000
163	Comoros	178,000
164	Kuwait	176,000
165	Iceland	156,000
166	Bahrain	135,000
167	Solomon Islands	121,000
168	United Arab Emirates	98,000
169	Samoa	98,000
170	Saint Lucia	94,000
171	Bahamas	92,000
172	Grenada	83,000
173	Maldives	81,000
174	Belize	79,000
175	Djibouti	72,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	70,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	64,000
178	Brunei	63,000
179	Tonga	56,000
180	Vanuatu	56,000
181	Dominica	52,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	50,000
184	Kiribati	42,000
185	Seychelles	40,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	36,000
187	Qatar	28,000
188	Monaco	21,000
189	Liechtenstein	15,000
190	San Marino	14,000
191	Marshall Islands	13,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	6,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000