Countries by Population in the Year 1961

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1961. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,039,354,000
1	China	658,018,000
2	India	441,183,000
3	United States	184,344,000
4	Russia	120,798,000
5	Japan	96,790,000
6	Indonesia	89,522,000
7	Brazil	73,485,000
8	Germany	73,119,000
9	United Kingdom	52,973,000
10	Bangladesh	52,545,000
11	Italy	49,656,000
12	France	47,749,000
13	Pakistan	46,318,000
14	Nigeria	45,511,000
15	Ukraine	43,120,000
16	Mexico	37,285,000
17	Vietnam	33,010,000
18	Spain	30,527,000
19	Poland	29,789,000
20	Turkey	28,724,000
21	Philippines	28,332,000
22	Thailand	27,242,000
23	Egypt	27,238,000
24	South Korea	26,519,000
25	Myanmar	21,967,000
26	Iran	21,789,000
27	Ethiopia	21,633,000
28	Argentina	20,554,000
29	Romania	18,373,000
30	Canada	18,086,000
31	South Africa	16,660,000
32	Colombia	15,846,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,460,000
34	North Korea	11,862,000
35	Morocco	11,808,000
36	Netherlands	11,622,000
37	Algeria	11,543,000
38	Taiwan	11,248,000
39	Australia	10,394,000
40	Peru	10,322,000
41	Nepal	10,219,000
42	Tanzania	10,040,000
43	Hungary	10,005,000
44	Sri Lanka	9,779,000
45	Kazakhstan	9,585,000
46	Czech Republic	9,559,000
47	Belgium	9,127,000
48	Afghanistan	9,121,000
49	Portugal	8,885,000
50	Sudan	8,497,000
51	Greece	8,429,000
52	Uzbekistan	8,354,000
53	Venezuela	8,307,000
54	Belarus	8,265,000
55	Chile	8,239,000
56	Malaysia	8,058,000
57	Bulgaria	7,901,000
58	Kenya	7,836,000
59	Uganda	7,750,000
60	Sweden	7,498,000
61	Cuba	7,312,000
62	Iraq	7,101,000
63	Ghana	7,076,000
64	Austria	7,064,000
65	Mozambique	6,769,000
66	Serbia	6,737,000
67	Yemen	5,592,000
68	Cambodia	5,509,000
69	Mali	5,442,000
70	Switzerland	5,360,000
71	Angola	5,275,000
72	Cameroon	5,198,000
73	Madagascar	5,178,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,813,000
75	Syria	4,745,000
76	Denmark	4,660,000
77	Ecuador	4,655,000
78	Finland	4,446,000
79	Tunisia	4,291,000
80	Croatia	4,208,000
81	Slovakia	4,155,000
82	Guatemala	4,124,000
83	Georgia	4,091,000
84	Azerbaijan	4,044,000
85	Haiti	3,893,000
86	Zimbabwe	3,869,000
87	Bolivia	3,740,000
88	Ivory Coast	3,739,000
89	Malawi	3,671,000
90	Norway	3,595,000
91	Guinea	3,588,000
92	Niger	3,556,000
93	Senegal	3,388,000
94	Dominican Republic	3,320,000
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,317,000
96	Zambia	3,203,000
97	Moldova	3,110,000
98	Chad	3,081,000
99	Rwanda	3,066,000
100	South Sudan	2,954,000
101	Somalia	2,914,000
102	El Salvador	2,830,000
103	Ireland	2,823,000
104	Burundi	2,792,000
105	Lithuania	2,791,000
106	Uruguay	2,546,000
107	Benin	2,537,000
108	Saudi Arabia	2,480,000
109	New Zealand	2,426,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,286,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,250,000
112	Tajikistan	2,146,000
113	Laos	2,145,000
114	Latvia	2,144,000
115	Honduras	2,091,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,022,000
117	Israel	1,919,000
118	Paraguay	1,905,000
119	Armenia	1,895,000
120	Lebanon	1,821,000
121	Nicaragua	1,809,000
122	Central African Republic	1,718,000
123	Togo	1,688,000
124	Albania	1,677,000
125	Turkmenistan	1,669,000
126	Jamaica	1,661,000
127	Singapore	1,645,000
128	Slovenia	1,611,000
129	Libya	1,523,000
130	North Macedonia	1,444,000
131	Costa Rica	1,352,000
132	Estonia	1,228,000
133	Liberia	1,153,000
134	Panama	1,143,000
	Palestine	1,082,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,070,000
136	Kosovo	998,000
137	Mongolia	993,000
138	Eritrea	984,000
139	Jordan	876,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	854,000
141	Mauritania	835,000
142	Lesotho	747,000
143	Mauritius	687,000
144	Namibia	597,000
145	Cyprus	593,000
146	Guinea-Bissau	579,000
147	Guyana	576,000
148	Oman	535,000
149	Botswana	522,000
150	Gabon	515,000
151	Montenegro	474,000
152	East Timor	472,000
153	Fiji	411,000
154	Gambia	403,000
155	Eswatini	349,000
156	Malta	331,000
157	Kuwait	327,000
158	Luxembourg	315,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	272,000
160	Suriname	268,000
161	Barbados	232,000
162	Bhutan	227,000
163	Cape Verde	212,000
164	Comoros	199,000
165	Iceland	177,000
166	Bahrain	169,000
167	Solomon Islands	141,000
168	United Arab Emirates	135,000
169	Bahamas	119,000
170	Samoa	114,000
171	Grenada	95,000
172	Saint Lucia	93,000
173	Maldives	92,000
174	Belize	92,000
175	Brunei	90,000
176	Djibouti	88,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	85,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	68,000
179	Tonga	67,000
180	Vanuatu	65,000
181	Dominica	60,000
182	Antigua and Barbuda	56,000
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	56,000
184	Kiribati	48,000
185	Seychelles	44,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	44,000
187	Qatar	37,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	17,000
190	San Marino	16,000
191	Marshall Islands	15,000
192	Andorra	10,000
193	Palau	9,000
194	Tuvalu	6,000
195	Nauru	5,000
196	Vatican City	1,000