Countries by Population in the Year 1957

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1957. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,823,050,000
1	China	625,626,000
2	India	401,716,000
3	United States	172,585,000
4	Russia	113,801,000
5	Japan	93,760,000
6	Indonesia	80,312,000
7	Germany	70,766,000
8	Brazil	65,017,000
9	United Kingdom	51,787,000
10	Italy	48,526,000
11	Bangladesh	47,412,000
12	France	45,792,000
13	Nigeria	42,112,000
14	Pakistan	41,636,000
15	Ukraine	40,703,000
16	Mexico	33,066,000
17	Spain	29,439,000
18	Vietnam	29,309,000
19	Poland	27,768,000
20	Turkey	25,469,000
21	Egypt	24,687,000
22	Thailand	24,330,000
23	Philippines	24,310,000
24	South Korea	23,258,000
25	Myanmar	20,167,000
26	Ethiopia	20,023,000
27	Iran	19,463,000
28	Argentina	19,219,000
29	Romania	17,804,000
30	Canada	16,394,000
31	South Africa	15,059,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14,083,000
33	Colombia	14,060,000
34	Netherlands	11,018,000
35	North Korea	10,704,000
36	Algeria	10,600,000
37	Morocco	10,598,000
38	Hungary	9,827,000
39	Taiwan	9,653,000
40	Australia	9,534,000
41	Nepal	9,513,000
42	Czech Republic	9,391,000
43	Peru	9,201,000
44	Tanzania	8,992,000
45	Belgium	8,906,000
46	Sri Lanka	8,901,000
47	Portugal	8,721,000
48	Afghanistan	8,520,000
49	Kazakhstan	8,392,000
50	Greece	8,099,000
51	Belarus	7,746,000
52	Bulgaria	7,612,000
53	Chile	7,570,000
54	Sudan	7,514,000
55	Uzbekistan	7,354,000
56	Sweden	7,341,000
57	Malaysia	7,257,000
58	Venezuela	7,160,000
59	Austria	6,955,000
60	Uganda	6,903,000
61	Kenya	6,831,000
62	Cuba	6,743,000
63	Iraq	6,581,000
64	Serbia	6,460,000
65	Mozambique	6,396,000
66	Ghana	6,209,000
67	Yemen	5,151,000
68	Mali	5,147,000
69	Switzerland	5,097,000
70	Cambodia	5,055,000
71	Angola	4,941,000
72	Cameroon	4,833,000
73	Madagascar	4,666,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,556,000
75	Denmark	4,540,000
76	Finland	4,305,000
77	Syria	4,217,000
78	Ecuador	4,170,000
79	Croatia	4,124,000
80	Tunisia	4,116,000
81	Slovakia	3,904,000
82	Georgia	3,818,000
83	Guatemala	3,681,000
84	Haiti	3,626,000
85	Azerbaijan	3,597,000
86	Norway	3,476,000
87	Bolivia	3,454,000
88	Zimbabwe	3,418,000
89	Malawi	3,351,000
90	Guinea	3,350,000
91	Ivory Coast	3,278,000
92	Niger	3,170,000
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,048,000
94	Senegal	3,030,000
95	Dominican Republic	2,917,000
96	Ireland	2,876,000
97	Moldova	2,859,000
98	Chad	2,845,000
99	Zambia	2,830,000
100	South Sudan	2,779,000
101	Rwanda	2,702,000
102	Somalia	2,632,000
103	Lithuania	2,624,000
104	Burundi	2,581,000
105	El Salvador	2,550,000
106	Uruguay	2,414,000
107	Benin	2,395,000
108	New Zealand	2,230,000
109	Sierra Leone	2,162,000
110	Saudi Arabia	2,144,000
111	Latvia	2,029,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	2,013,000
113	Laos	1,959,000
114	Tajikistan	1,893,000
115	Honduras	1,867,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,812,000
117	Paraguay	1,740,000
118	Israel	1,691,000
119	Armenia	1,657,000
120	Lebanon	1,622,000
121	Nicaragua	1,605,000
122	Central African Republic	1,599,000
123	Jamaica	1,581,000
124	Togo	1,572,000
125	Slovenia	1,557,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,478,000
127	Albania	1,476,000
128	Singapore	1,427,000
129	North Macedonia	1,379,000
130	Libya	1,305,000
131	Estonia	1,184,000
132	Costa Rica	1,165,000
133	Liberia	1,051,000
134	Panama	1,020,000
	Palestine	1,017,000
135	Republic of the Congo	968,000
136	Eritrea	912,000
137	Kosovo	899,000
138	Mongolia	881,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	772,000
140	Mauritania	756,000
141	Jordan	691,000
142	Lesotho	665,000
143	Mauritius	622,000
144	Guinea-Bissau	568,000
145	Namibia	558,000
146	Cyprus	548,000
147	Guyana	509,000
148	Oman	500,000
149	Gabon	495,000
150	Botswana	479,000
151	Montenegro	450,000
152	East Timor	446,000
153	Fiji	364,000
154	Gambia	363,000
155	Malta	325,000
156	Eswatini	318,000
157	Luxembourg	308,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	254,000
159	Suriname	236,000
160	Barbados	225,000
161	Kuwait	218,000
162	Bhutan	203,000
163	Cape Verde	199,000
164	Comoros	185,000
165	Iceland	163,000
166	Bahrain	144,000
167	Solomon Islands	127,000
168	United Arab Emirates	110,000
169	Samoa	103,000
170	Bahamas	99,000
171	Saint Lucia	93,000
172	Grenada	87,000
173	Maldives	84,000
174	Belize	83,000
175	Djibouti	77,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75,000
177	Brunei	72,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	66,000
179	Tonga	60,000
180	Vanuatu	59,000
181	Dominica	55,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	52,000
184	Kiribati	43,000
185	Seychelles	41,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	39,000
187	Qatar	30,000
188	Monaco	21,000
189	Liechtenstein	15,000
190	Marshall Islands	14,000
191	San Marino	14,000
192	Palau	9,000
193	Andorra	7,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000