Countries by Population in the Year 1962

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1962. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,090,386,000
1	China	660,029,000
2	India	451,947,000
3	United States	187,691,000
4	Russia	122,410,000
5	Japan	97,645,000
6	Indonesia	92,060,000
7	Brazil	75,726,000
8	Germany	73,633,000
9	Bangladesh	54,076,000
10	United Kingdom	53,340,000
11	Italy	49,974,000
12	France	48,256,000
13	Pakistan	47,525,000
14	Nigeria	46,468,000
15	Ukraine	43,680,000
16	Mexico	38,495,000
17	Vietnam	33,809,000
18	Spain	30,872,000
19	Poland	30,170,000
20	Turkey	29,515,000
21	Philippines	29,253,000
22	Thailand	28,058,000
23	Egypt	27,964,000
24	South Korea	27,187,000
25	Iran	22,462,000
26	Myanmar	22,454,000
27	Ethiopia	22,179,000
28	Argentina	20,898,000
29	Romania	18,472,000
30	Canada	18,440,000
31	South Africa	17,156,000
32	Colombia	16,344,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,864,000
34	North Korea	12,120,000
35	Morocco	12,119,000
36	Netherlands	11,790,000
37	Algeria	11,715,000
38	Taiwan	11,659,000
39	Peru	10,628,000
40	Australia	10,607,000
41	Nepal	10,418,000
42	Tanzania	10,335,000
43	Hungary	10,048,000
44	Sri Lanka	10,020,000
45	Kazakhstan	9,899,000
46	Czech Republic	9,587,000
47	Afghanistan	9,307,000
48	Belgium	9,189,000
49	Portugal	8,891,000
50	Sudan	8,773,000
51	Uzbekistan	8,682,000
52	Venezuela	8,605,000
53	Greece	8,465,000
54	Chile	8,411,000
55	Belarus	8,376,000
56	Malaysia	8,271,000
57	Kenya	8,139,000
58	Bulgaria	7,976,000
59	Uganda	7,975,000
60	Sweden	7,542,000
61	Cuba	7,462,000
62	Iraq	7,288,000
63	Ghana	7,249,000
64	Austria	7,108,000
65	Mozambique	6,900,000
66	Serbia	6,806,000
67	Yemen	5,718,000
68	Cambodia	5,633,000
69	Mali	5,523,000
70	Switzerland	5,508,000
71	Angola	5,328,000
72	Madagascar	5,314,000
73	Cameroon	5,281,000
74	Syria	4,886,000
75	Burkina Faso	4,883,000
76	Ecuador	4,789,000
77	Denmark	4,698,000
78	Finland	4,476,000
79	Tunisia	4,341,000
80	Guatemala	4,248,000
81	Croatia	4,238,000
82	Slovakia	4,216,000
83	Azerbaijan	4,173,000
84	Georgia	4,167,000
85	Zimbabwe	3,992,000
86	Haiti	3,965,000
87	Ivory Coast	3,881,000
88	Bolivia	3,817,000
89	Malawi	3,760,000
90	Niger	3,661,000
91	Guinea	3,651,000
92	Norway	3,625,000
93	Senegal	3,485,000
94	Dominican Republic	3,426,000
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,380,000
96	Zambia	3,305,000
97	Moldova	3,178,000
98	Rwanda	3,148,000
99	Chad	3,143,000
100	South Sudan	3,000,000
101	Somalia	2,990,000
102	El Salvador	2,910,000
103	Burundi	2,878,000
104	Lithuania	2,834,000
105	Ireland	2,826,000
106	Benin	2,581,000
107	Uruguay	2,578,000
108	Saudi Arabia	2,573,000
109	New Zealand	2,480,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	2,327,000
111	Sierra Leone	2,323,000
112	Tajikistan	2,218,000
113	Laos	2,194,000
114	Latvia	2,170,000
115	Honduras	2,151,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,070,000
117	Israel	1,995,000
118	Armenia	1,960,000
119	Paraguay	1,950,000
120	Lebanon	1,880,000
121	Nicaragua	1,864,000
122	Central African Republic	1,751,000
123	Turkmenistan	1,722,000
124	Albania	1,721,000
125	Togo	1,718,000
126	Singapore	1,696,000
127	Jamaica	1,685,000
128	Slovenia	1,626,000
129	Libya	1,588,000
130	North Macedonia	1,466,000
131	Costa Rica	1,403,000
132	Estonia	1,243,000
133	Liberia	1,182,000
134	Panama	1,177,000
	Palestine	1,100,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,099,000
136	Mongolia	1,025,000
137	Kosovo	1,024,000
138	Eritrea	1,007,000
139	Jordan	919,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	872,000
141	Mauritania	857,000
142	Lesotho	770,000
143	Mauritius	698,000
144	Namibia	609,000
145	Cyprus	598,000
146	Guyana	589,000
147	Guinea-Bissau	586,000
148	Oman	545,000
149	Botswana	534,000
150	Gabon	521,000
151	Montenegro	481,000
152	East Timor	479,000
153	Fiji	424,000
154	Gambia	414,000
155	Kuwait	364,000
156	Eswatini	357,000
157	Malta	331,000
158	Luxembourg	318,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	278,000
160	Suriname	277,000
161	Barbados	234,000
162	Bhutan	234,000
163	Cape Verde	218,000
164	Comoros	203,000
165	Iceland	181,000
166	Bahrain	176,000
167	Solomon Islands	145,000
168	United Arab Emirates	141,000
169	Bahamas	125,000
170	Samoa	117,000
171	Grenada	96,000
172	Maldives	95,000
173	Belize	95,000
174	Brunei	95,000
175	Saint Lucia	94,000
176	Djibouti	91,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	87,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	69,000
179	Tonga	69,000
180	Vanuatu	67,000
181	Dominica	61,000
182	Antigua and Barbuda	57,000
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	55,000
184	Kiribati	49,000
185	Seychelles	45,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	45,000
187	Qatar	42,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	17,000
190	San Marino	16,000
191	Marshall Islands	15,000
192	Andorra	11,000
193	Palau	10,000
194	Tuvalu	6,000
195	Nauru	5,000
196	Vatican City	1,000