Countries by Population in the Year 1958

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1958. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,882,187,000
1	China	640,897,000
2	India	410,792,000
3	United States	175,295,000
4	Russia	115,660,000
5	Japan	94,457,000
6	Indonesia	82,470,000
7	Germany	71,410,000
8	Brazil	67,046,000
9	United Kingdom	52,059,000
10	Italy	48,788,000
11	Bangladesh	48,597,000
12	France	46,268,000
13	Nigeria	42,923,000
14	Pakistan	42,735,000
15	Ukraine	41,294,000
16	Mexico	34,060,000
17	Vietnam	30,200,000
18	Spain	29,701,000
19	Poland	28,385,000
20	Turkey	26,293,000
21	Philippines	25,321,000
22	Egypt	25,302,000
23	Thailand	25,019,000
24	South Korea	24,063,000
25	Myanmar	20,598,000
26	Ethiopia	20,324,000
27	Iran	19,991,000
28	Argentina	19,547,000
29	Romania	17,971,000
30	Canada	16,889,000
31	South Africa	15,431,000
32	Colombia	14,480,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14,402,000
34	Netherlands	11,158,000
35	North Korea	11,006,000
36	Morocco	10,891,000
37	Algeria	10,835,000
38	Taiwan	10,048,000
39	Hungary	9,849,000
40	Australia	9,743,000
41	Nepal	9,683,000
42	Peru	9,466,000
43	Czech Republic	9,446,000
44	Tanzania	9,239,000
45	Sri Lanka	9,101,000
46	Belgium	8,958,000
47	Portugal	8,766,000
48	Kazakhstan	8,676,000
49	Afghanistan	8,657,000
50	Greece	8,175,000
51	Belarus	7,876,000
52	Sudan	7,745,000
53	Chile	7,733,000
54	Bulgaria	7,687,000
55	Uzbekistan	7,572,000
56	Malaysia	7,468,000
57	Venezuela	7,439,000
58	Sweden	7,393,000
59	Uganda	7,105,000
60	Kenya	7,058,000
61	Austria	6,976,000
62	Cuba	6,880,000
63	Iraq	6,686,000
64	Serbia	6,533,000
65	Mozambique	6,480,000
66	Ghana	6,416,000
67	Yemen	5,252,000
68	Mali	5,219,000
69	Cambodia	5,166,000
70	Switzerland	5,163,000
71	Angola	5,020,000
72	Cameroon	4,924,000
73	Madagascar	4,788,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,617,000
75	Denmark	4,562,000
76	Finland	4,343,000
77	Syria	4,338,000
78	Ecuador	4,284,000
79	Tunisia	4,157,000
80	Croatia	4,149,000
81	Slovakia	3,970,000
82	Georgia	3,881,000
83	Guatemala	3,784,000
84	Azerbaijan	3,697,000
85	Haiti	3,690,000
86	Zimbabwe	3,525,000
87	Bolivia	3,521,000
88	Norway	3,508,000
89	Malawi	3,425,000
90	Guinea	3,407,000
91	Ivory Coast	3,380,000
92	Niger	3,262,000
93	Senegal	3,115,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,112,000
95	Dominican Republic	3,014,000
96	Zambia	2,918,000
97	Moldova	2,917,000
98	Chad	2,901,000
99	Ireland	2,862,000
100	South Sudan	2,829,000
101	Rwanda	2,794,000
102	Somalia	2,700,000
103	Lithuania	2,660,000
104	Burundi	2,632,000
105	El Salvador	2,615,000
106	Uruguay	2,447,000
107	Benin	2,426,000
108	New Zealand	2,281,000
109	Saudi Arabia	2,223,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,191,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,064,000
112	Latvia	2,051,000
113	Laos	2,005,000
114	Tajikistan	1,951,000
115	Honduras	1,920,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,863,000
117	Paraguay	1,779,000
118	Israel	1,750,000
119	Armenia	1,712,000
120	Lebanon	1,670,000
121	Nicaragua	1,654,000
122	Central African Republic	1,627,000
123	Togo	1,600,000
124	Jamaica	1,599,000
125	Slovenia	1,572,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,522,000
127	Albania	1,520,000
128	Singapore	1,490,000
129	North Macedonia	1,392,000
130	Libya	1,353,000
131	Costa Rica	1,209,000
132	Estonia	1,194,000
133	Liberia	1,075,000
134	Panama	1,048,000
	Palestine	1,032,000
135	Republic of the Congo	992,000
136	Eritrea	925,000
137	Kosovo	922,000
138	Mongolia	906,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	793,000
140	Mauritania	774,000
141	Jordan	737,000
142	Lesotho	684,000
143	Mauritius	639,000
144	Guinea-Bissau	571,000
145	Namibia	567,000
146	Cyprus	558,000
147	Guyana	526,000
148	Oman	508,000
149	Gabon	499,000
150	Botswana	489,000
151	Montenegro	456,000
152	East Timor	452,000
153	Fiji	375,000
154	Gambia	372,000
155	Malta	329,000
156	Eswatini	326,000
157	Luxembourg	309,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	258,000
159	Suriname	243,000
160	Kuwait	236,000
161	Barbados	227,000
162	Bhutan	209,000
163	Cape Verde	202,000
164	Comoros	189,000
165	Iceland	167,000
166	Bahrain	150,000
167	Solomon Islands	130,000
168	United Arab Emirates	116,000
169	Samoa	105,000
170	Bahamas	104,000
171	Saint Lucia	93,000
172	Grenada	89,000
173	Maldives	86,000
174	Belize	85,000
175	Djibouti	79,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	78,000
177	Brunei	77,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	66,000
179	Tonga	62,000
180	Vanuatu	60,000
181	Dominica	56,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	53,000
184	Kiribati	44,000
185	Seychelles	41,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	40,000
187	Qatar	31,000
188	Monaco	21,000
189	Liechtenstein	16,000
190	San Marino	15,000
191	Marshall Islands	14,000
192	Palau	9,000
193	Andorra	8,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000