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.

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