Countries by Population in the Year 1959

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1959. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,940,313,000
1	China	653,600,000
2	India	420,763,000
3	United States	178,038,000
4	Russia	117,518,000
5	Japan	95,236,000
6	Indonesia	84,716,000
7	Germany	71,979,000
8	Brazil	69,138,000
9	United Kingdom	52,346,000
10	Bangladesh	49,771,000
11	Italy	49,066,000
12	France	46,760,000
13	Pakistan	43,890,000
14	Nigeria	43,726,000
15	Ukraine	41,960,000
16	Mexico	35,091,000
17	Vietnam	31,117,000
18	Spain	29,998,000
19	Poland	28,902,000
20	Turkey	27,117,000
21	Philippines	26,364,000
22	Egypt	25,898,000
23	Thailand	25,715,000
24	South Korea	24,885,000
25	Myanmar	21,035,000
26	Ethiopia	20,636,000
27	Iran	20,542,000
28	Argentina	19,881,000
29	Romania	18,122,000
30	Canada	17,319,000
31	South Africa	15,810,000
32	Colombia	14,906,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14,714,000
34	Netherlands	11,341,000
35	North Korea	11,322,000
36	Morocco	11,188,000
37	Algeria	11,072,000
38	Taiwan	10,444,000
39	Australia	9,952,000
40	Hungary	9,912,000
41	Nepal	9,849,000
42	Peru	9,741,000
43	Tanzania	9,496,000
44	Czech Republic	9,493,000
45	Sri Lanka	9,316,000
46	Belgium	9,014,000
47	Kazakhstan	8,969,000
48	Portugal	8,820,000
49	Afghanistan	8,790,000
50	Greece	8,255,000
51	Belarus	8,012,000
52	Sudan	7,981,000
53	Chile	7,899,000
54	Uzbekistan	7,806,000
55	Bulgaria	7,763,000
56	Venezuela	7,725,000
57	Malaysia	7,657,000
58	Sweden	7,436,000
59	Uganda	7,315,000
60	Kenya	7,291,000
61	Cuba	7,020,000
62	Austria	6,998,000
63	Iraq	6,797,000
64	Ghana	6,625,000
65	Serbia	6,602,000
66	Mozambique	6,563,000
67	Yemen	5,359,000
68	Mali	5,288,000
69	Cambodia	5,275,000
70	Switzerland	5,230,000
71	Angola	5,102,000
72	Cameroon	5,020,000
73	Madagascar	4,914,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,677,000
75	Denmark	4,595,000
76	Syria	4,466,000
77	Ecuador	4,403,000
78	Finland	4,376,000
79	Tunisia	4,198,000
80	Croatia	4,172,000
81	Slovakia	4,036,000
82	Georgia	3,947,000
83	Guatemala	3,890,000
84	Azerbaijan	3,805,000
85	Haiti	3,756,000
86	Zimbabwe	3,636,000
87	Bolivia	3,592,000
88	Norway	3,538,000
89	Malawi	3,503,000
90	Ivory Coast	3,490,000
91	Guinea	3,466,000
92	Niger	3,357,000
93	Senegal	3,203,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,179,000
95	Dominican Republic	3,114,000
96	Zambia	3,010,000
97	Moldova	2,973,000
98	Chad	2,959,000
99	Rwanda	2,886,000
100	South Sudan	2,868,000
101	Ireland	2,846,000
102	Somalia	2,767,000
103	Lithuania	2,698,000
104	Burundi	2,683,000
105	El Salvador	2,682,000
106	Uruguay	2,481,000
107	Benin	2,460,000
108	New Zealand	2,333,000
109	Saudi Arabia	2,305,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,219,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,118,000
112	Latvia	2,076,000
113	Laos	2,051,000
114	Tajikistan	2,012,000
115	Honduras	1,976,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,915,000
117	Paraguay	1,820,000
118	Israel	1,808,000
119	Armenia	1,770,000
120	Lebanon	1,717,000
121	Nicaragua	1,704,000
122	Central African Republic	1,656,000
123	Togo	1,629,000
124	Jamaica	1,618,000
125	Slovenia	1,585,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,569,000
127	Albania	1,568,000
128	Singapore	1,542,000
129	North Macedonia	1,408,000
130	Libya	1,406,000
131	Costa Rica	1,255,000
132	Estonia	1,207,000
133	Liberia	1,099,000
134	Panama	1,078,000
	Palestine	1,047,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,017,000
136	Kosovo	946,000
137	Eritrea	940,000
138	Mongolia	933,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	815,000
140	Mauritania	794,000
141	Jordan	784,000
142	Lesotho	704,000
143	Mauritius	656,000
144	Namibia	576,000
145	Guinea-Bissau	574,000
146	Cyprus	569,000
147	Guyana	544,000
148	Oman	517,000
149	Gabon	504,000
150	Botswana	499,000
151	Montenegro	462,000
152	East Timor	458,000
153	Fiji	387,000
154	Gambia	382,000
155	Eswatini	334,000
156	Malta	330,000
157	Luxembourg	311,000
158	Kuwait	264,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	263,000
160	Suriname	251,000
161	Barbados	228,000
162	Bhutan	215,000
163	Cape Verde	205,000
164	Comoros	193,000
165	Iceland	170,000
166	Bahrain	156,000
167	Solomon Islands	134,000
168	United Arab Emirates	122,000
169	Samoa	108,000
170	Bahamas	108,000
171	Saint Lucia	93,000
172	Grenada	91,000
173	Belize	88,000
174	Maldives	88,000
175	Djibouti	82,000
176	Brunei	81,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	81,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	67,000
179	Tonga	63,000
180	Vanuatu	62,000
181	Dominica	57,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	55,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	54,000
184	Kiribati	45,000
185	Seychelles	42,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	41,000
187	Qatar	33,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	16,000
190	San Marino	15,000
191	Marshall Islands	14,000
192	Palau	9,000
193	Andorra	8,000
194	Tuvalu	6,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000