Countries by Population in the Year 1960

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1960. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,991,588,000
1	China	658,122,000
2	India	430,798,000
3	United States	181,178,000
4	Russia	119,070,000
5	Japan	96,010,000
6	Indonesia	87,070,000
7	Germany	72,504,000
8	Brazil	71,291,000
9	United Kingdom	52,642,000
10	Bangladesh	51,112,000
11	Italy	49,373,000
12	France	47,268,000
13	Pakistan	45,101,000
14	Nigeria	44,597,000
15	Ukraine	42,529,000
16	Mexico	36,164,000
17	Vietnam	32,054,000
18	Spain	30,283,000
19	Poland	29,363,000
20	Turkey	27,936,000
21	Philippines	27,452,000
22	Egypt	26,555,000
23	Thailand	26,461,000
24	South Korea	25,712,000
25	Myanmar	21,493,000
26	Iran	21,151,000
27	Ethiopia	21,120,000
28	Argentina	20,218,000
29	Romania	18,254,000
30	Canada	17,712,000
31	South Africa	16,220,000
32	Colombia	15,366,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,069,000
34	North Korea	11,584,000
35	Morocco	11,502,000
36	Netherlands	11,484,000
37	Algeria	11,307,000
38	Taiwan	10,844,000
39	Australia	10,168,000
40	Nepal	10,029,000
41	Peru	10,026,000
42	Hungary	9,962,000
43	Tanzania	9,763,000
44	Sri Lanka	9,544,000
45	Czech Republic	9,524,000
46	Kazakhstan	9,275,000
47	Belgium	9,077,000
48	Afghanistan	8,949,000
49	Portugal	8,861,000
50	Greece	8,340,000
51	Sudan	8,232,000
52	Belarus	8,151,000
53	Chile	8,068,000
54	Uzbekistan	8,065,000
55	Venezuela	8,013,000
56	Malaysia	7,854,000
57	Bulgaria	7,825,000
58	Kenya	7,554,000
59	Uganda	7,532,000
60	Sweden	7,471,000
61	Cuba	7,164,000
62	Austria	7,030,000
63	Iraq	6,943,000
64	Ghana	6,847,000
65	Serbia	6,669,000
66	Mozambique	6,658,000
67	Yemen	5,473,000
68	Cambodia	5,391,000
69	Mali	5,363,000
70	Switzerland	5,296,000
71	Angola	5,188,000
72	Cameroon	5,120,000
73	Madagascar	5,044,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,744,000
75	Denmark	4,630,000
76	Syria	4,602,000
77	Ecuador	4,527,000
78	Finland	4,413,000
79	Tunisia	4,243,000
80	Croatia	4,192,000
81	Slovakia	4,094,000
82	Georgia	4,017,000
83	Guatemala	4,003,000
84	Azerbaijan	3,921,000
85	Haiti	3,824,000
86	Zimbabwe	3,750,000
87	Bolivia	3,665,000
88	Ivory Coast	3,608,000
89	Malawi	3,585,000
90	Norway	3,568,000
91	Guinea	3,526,000
92	Niger	3,454,000
93	Senegal	3,294,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,246,000
95	Dominican Republic	3,216,000
96	Zambia	3,105,000
97	Moldova	3,042,000
98	Chad	3,019,000
99	Rwanda	2,979,000
100	South Sudan	2,910,000
101	Somalia	2,839,000
102	Ireland	2,832,000
103	El Salvador	2,753,000
104	Lithuania	2,747,000
105	Burundi	2,737,000
106	Uruguay	2,514,000
107	Benin	2,497,000
108	Saudi Arabia	2,391,000
109	New Zealand	2,378,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,251,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,181,000
112	Latvia	2,118,000
113	Laos	2,098,000
114	Tajikistan	2,078,000
115	Honduras	2,033,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,968,000
117	Israel	1,865,000
118	Paraguay	1,862,000
119	Armenia	1,832,000
120	Lebanon	1,768,000
121	Nicaragua	1,756,000
122	Central African Republic	1,687,000
123	Togo	1,658,000
124	Jamaica	1,639,000
125	Albania	1,622,000
126	Turkmenistan	1,618,000
127	Slovenia	1,599,000
128	Singapore	1,594,000
129	Libya	1,462,000
130	North Macedonia	1,426,000
131	Costa Rica	1,303,000
132	Estonia	1,213,000
133	Liberia	1,126,000
134	Panama	1,109,000
	Palestine	1,064,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,043,000
136	Kosovo	971,000
137	Mongolia	962,000
138	Eritrea	961,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	835,000
140	Jordan	831,000
141	Mauritania	814,000
142	Lesotho	726,000
143	Mauritius	674,000
144	Namibia	586,000
145	Cyprus	580,000
146	Guinea-Bissau	576,000
147	Guyana	562,000
148	Oman	526,000
149	Botswana	510,000
150	Gabon	509,000
151	Montenegro	468,000
152	East Timor	465,000
153	Fiji	399,000
154	Gambia	393,000
155	Eswatini	341,000
156	Malta	331,000
157	Luxembourg	313,000
158	Kuwait	295,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	267,000
160	Suriname	260,000
161	Barbados	230,000
162	Bhutan	221,000
163	Cape Verde	208,000
164	Comoros	196,000
165	Iceland	174,000
166	Bahrain	162,000
167	Solomon Islands	138,000
168	United Arab Emirates	128,000
169	Bahamas	113,000
170	Samoa	111,000
171	Grenada	93,000
172	Saint Lucia	92,000
173	Maldives	90,000
174	Belize	90,000
175	Brunei	86,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	84,000
177	Djibouti	84,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	68,000
179	Tonga	65,000
180	Vanuatu	64,000
181	Dominica	59,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	56,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	55,000
184	Kiribati	47,000
185	Seychelles	43,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	42,000
187	Qatar	35,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	16,000
190	San Marino	15,000
191	Marshall Islands	14,000
192	Palau	9,000
193	Andorra	9,000
194	Tuvalu	6,000
195	Nauru	5,000
196	Vatican City	1,000