Countries by Population in the Year 1956

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1956. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 2,767,770,000
1 China 613,063,000
2 India 392,262,000
3 United States 169,924,000
4 Russia 112,017,000
5 Japan 92,924,000
6 Indonesia 78,253,000
7 Germany 70,461,000
8 Brazil 63,051,000
9 United Kingdom 51,546,000
10 Italy 48,278,000
11 Bangladesh 46,297,000
12 France 45,319,000
13 Nigeria 41,320,000
14 Pakistan 40,592,000
15 Ukraine 40,135,000
16 Mexico 32,110,000
17 Spain 29,208,000
18 Vietnam 28,536,000
19 Poland 27,303,000
20 Turkey 24,647,000
21 Egypt 24,088,000
22 Thailand 23,664,000
23 Philippines 23,341,000
24 South Korea 22,490,000
25 Myanmar 19,751,000
26 Ethiopia 19,615,000
27 Iran 18,946,000
28 Argentina 18,881,000
29 Romania 17,579,000
30 Canada 15,925,000
31 South Africa 14,703,000
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,777,000
33 Colombia 13,663,000
34 Netherlands 10,881,000
35 North Korea 10,497,000
36 Algeria 10,365,000
37 Morocco 10,314,000
38 Hungary 9,881,000
39 Nepal 9,343,000
40 Czech Republic 9,325,000
41 Australia 9,315,000
42 Taiwan 9,278,000
43 Peru 8,945,000
44 Belgium 8,858,000
45 Tanzania 8,757,000
46 Sri Lanka 8,714,000
47 Portugal 8,687,000
48 Afghanistan 8,389,000
49 Kazakhstan 8,122,000
50 Greece 8,023,000
51 Belarus 7,619,000
52 Bulgaria 7,562,000
53 Chile 7,409,000
54 Sweden 7,290,000
55 Sudan 7,290,000
56 Uzbekistan 7,150,000
57 Malaysia 7,056,000
58 Austria 6,949,000
59 Venezuela 6,889,000
60 Uganda 6,708,000
61 Kenya 6,624,000
62 Cuba 6,609,000
63 Iraq 6,434,000
64 Serbia 6,385,000
65 Mozambique 6,314,000
66 Ghana 6,010,000
67 Mali 5,077,000
68 Yemen 5,055,000
69 Switzerland 5,034,000
70 Cambodia 4,944,000
71 Angola 4,867,000
72 Cameroon 4,743,000
73 Madagascar 4,547,000
74 Denmark 4,513,000
75 Burkina Faso 4,497,000
76 Finland 4,259,000
77 Syria 4,104,000
78 Croatia 4,096,000
79 Ecuador 4,059,000
80 Tunisia 4,049,000
81 Slovakia 3,833,000
82 Georgia 3,761,000
83 Guatemala 3,581,000
84 Haiti 3,564,000
85 Azerbaijan 3,506,000
86 Norway 3,446,000
87 Bolivia 3,389,000
88 Zimbabwe 3,314,000
89 Guinea 3,295,000
90 Malawi 3,280,000
91 Ivory Coast 3,182,000
92 Niger 3,080,000
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,984,000
94 Senegal 2,948,000
95 Ireland 2,891,000
96 Dominican Republic 2,823,000
97 Moldova 2,803,000
98 Chad 2,790,000
99 Zambia 2,745,000
100 South Sudan 2,730,000
101 Rwanda 2,612,000
102 Lithuania 2,591,000
103 Somalia 2,565,000
104 Burundi 2,530,000
105 El Salvador 2,487,000
106 Uruguay 2,382,000
107 Benin 2,367,000
108 New Zealand 2,183,000
109 Sierra Leone 2,134,000
110 Saudi Arabia 2,068,000
111 Latvia 2,010,000
112 Kyrgyzstan 1,966,000
113 Laos 1,915,000
114 Tajikistan 1,838,000
115 Honduras 1,815,000
116 Papua New Guinea 1,763,000
117 Paraguay 1,701,000
118 Israel 1,630,000
119 Armenia 1,605,000
120 Lebanon 1,576,000
121 Central African Republic 1,572,000
122 Jamaica 1,563,000
123 Nicaragua 1,559,000
124 Togo 1,544,000
125 Slovenia 1,541,000
126 Turkmenistan 1,437,000
127 Albania 1,437,000
128 North Macedonia 1,363,000
129 Singapore 1,355,000
130 Libya 1,261,000
131 Estonia 1,173,000
132 Costa Rica 1,123,000
133 Liberia 1,027,000
Palestine 1,003,000
134 Panama 992,000
135 Republic of the Congo 945,000
136 Eritrea 895,000
137 Kosovo 878,000
138 Mongolia 856,000
139 Trinidad and Tobago 751,000
140 Mauritania 739,000
141 Lesotho 650,000
142 Jordan 647,000
143 Mauritius 607,000
144 Guinea-Bissau 566,000
145 Namibia 551,000
146 Cyprus 538,000
147 Guyana 492,000
148 Oman 492,000
149 Gabon 491,000
150 Botswana 469,000
151 Montenegro 444,000
152 East Timor 440,000
153 Fiji 354,000
154 Gambia 353,000
155 Malta 320,000
156 Eswatini 311,000
157 Luxembourg 306,000
158 Equatorial Guinea 249,000
159 Suriname 229,000
160 Barbados 224,000
161 Cape Verde 197,000
162 Bhutan 197,000
163 Kuwait 196,000
164 Comoros 181,000
165 Iceland 159,000
166 Bahrain 139,000
167 Solomon Islands 124,000
168 United Arab Emirates 104,000
169 Samoa 100,000
170 Bahamas 96,000
171 Saint Lucia 94,000
172 Grenada 85,000
173 Maldives 82,000
174 Belize 81,000
175 Djibouti 74,000
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73,000
177 Brunei 67,000
178 São Tomé and Príncipe 65,000
179 Tonga 58,000
180 Vanuatu 57,000
181 Saint Kitts and Nevis 53,000
182 Dominica 53,000
183 Antigua and Barbuda 51,000
184 Kiribati 43,000
185 Seychelles 40,000
186 Federated States of Micronesia 38,000
187 Qatar 29,000
188 Monaco 21,000
189 Liechtenstein 15,000
190 Marshall Islands 14,000
191 San Marino 14,000
192 Palau 9,000
193 Andorra 6,000
194 Tuvalu 5,000
195 Nauru 4,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2024 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
  • Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
  • Years after 2023 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
  • Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
  • Morocco includes Western Sahara.
  • Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.
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