Countries by Population in the Year 1965

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1965. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,299,722,000
1	China	717,778,000
2	India	484,801,000
3	United States	196,983,000
4	Russia	126,174,000
5	Japan	100,371,000
6	Indonesia	100,256,000
7	Brazil	82,654,000
8	Germany	75,592,000
9	Bangladesh	59,034,000
10	United Kingdom	54,475,000
11	Pakistan	51,492,000
12	Italy	51,264,000
13	France	49,775,000
14	Nigeria	49,539,000
15	Ukraine	45,185,000
16	Mexico	42,459,000
17	Vietnam	36,673,000
18	Philippines	32,131,000
19	Turkey	31,950,000
20	Spain	31,931,000
21	Poland	31,144,000
22	Thailand	30,683,000
23	Egypt	30,244,000
24	South Korea	29,031,000
25	Iran	24,642,000
26	Myanmar	24,003,000
27	Ethiopia	23,981,000
28	Argentina	21,942,000
29	Canada	19,502,000
30	South Africa	18,795,000
31	Romania	18,687,000
32	Colombia	17,901,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17,183,000
34	Morocco	13,106,000
35	North Korea	13,052,000
36	Taiwan	12,917,000
37	Netherlands	12,289,000
38	Algeria	12,282,000
39	Peru	11,593,000
40	Tanzania	11,297,000
41	Australia	11,237,000
42	Nepal	11,057,000
43	Kazakhstan	10,844,000
44	Sri Lanka	10,784,000
45	Hungary	10,129,000
46	Afghanistan	9,922,000
47	Uzbekistan	9,738,000
48	Sudan	9,691,000
49	Czech Republic	9,690,000
50	Venezuela	9,536,000
51	Belgium	9,371,000
52	Kenya	9,151,000
53	Malaysia	8,942,000
54	Chile	8,928,000
55	Portugal	8,895,000
56	Uganda	8,715,000
57	Belarus	8,644,000
58	Greece	8,513,000
59	Bulgaria	8,173,000
60	Iraq	8,063,000
61	Cuba	7,948,000
62	Ghana	7,787,000
63	Sweden	7,695,000
64	Mozambique	7,329,000
65	Austria	7,247,000
66	Serbia	7,000,000
67	Yemen	6,120,000
68	Cambodia	6,009,000
69	Switzerland	5,829,000
70	Mali	5,772,000
71	Madagascar	5,743,000
72	Cameroon	5,640,000
73	Angola	5,493,000
74	Syria	5,350,000
75	Ecuador	5,225,000
76	Burkina Faso	5,111,000
77	Denmark	4,815,000
78	Guatemala	4,637,000
79	Azerbaijan	4,569,000
80	Finland	4,558,000
81	Tunisia	4,522,000
82	Georgia	4,395,000
83	Zimbabwe	4,388,000
84	Ivory Coast	4,357,000
85	Slovakia	4,346,000
86	Croatia	4,333,000
87	Haiti	4,185,000
88	Bolivia	4,066,000
89	Malawi	4,046,000
90	Niger	3,992,000
91	Guinea	3,855,000
92	Senegal	3,794,000
93	Dominican Republic	3,754,000
94	Norway	3,709,000
95	Zambia	3,633,000
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,539,000
97	Rwanda	3,376,000
98	Moldova	3,358,000
99	Chad	3,341,000
100	Somalia	3,235,000
101	South Sudan	3,163,000
102	El Salvador	3,155,000
103	Burundi	3,109,000
104	Lithuania	2,948,000
105	Saudi Arabia	2,874,000
106	Ireland	2,865,000
107	Benin	2,730,000
108	Uruguay	2,668,000
109	New Zealand	2,637,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	2,574,000
111	Tajikistan	2,452,000
112	Sierra Leone	2,446,000
113	Laos	2,349,000
114	Honduras	2,343,000
115	Israel	2,281,000
116	Latvia	2,242,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,212,000
118	Armenia	2,152,000
119	Paraguay	2,099,000
120	Lebanon	2,060,000
121	Nicaragua	2,041,000
122	Turkmenistan	1,888,000
123	Albania	1,867,000
124	Central African Republic	1,858,000
125	Singapore	1,846,000
126	Togo	1,825,000
127	Libya	1,782,000
128	Jamaica	1,758,000
129	Slovenia	1,668,000
130	Costa Rica	1,560,000
131	North Macedonia	1,522,000
132	Panama	1,289,000
133	Estonia	1,286,000
134	Liberia	1,275,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,191,000
	Palestine	1,145,000
136	Mongolia	1,115,000
137	Kosovo	1,105,000
138	Eritrea	1,085,000
139	Jordan	1,064,000
140	Mauritania	932,000
141	Trinidad and Tobago	921,000
142	Lesotho	842,000
143	Mauritius	745,000
144	Namibia	652,000
145	Guyana	628,000
146	Cyprus	615,000
147	Guinea-Bissau	581,000
148	Oman	579,000
149	Botswana	573,000
150	Gabon	542,000
151	East Timor	503,000
152	Montenegro	500,000
153	Kuwait	496,000
154	Fiji	465,000
155	Gambia	450,000
156	Eswatini	383,000
157	Malta	328,000
158	Luxembourg	328,000
159	Suriname	315,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	295,000
161	Bhutan	257,000
162	Cape Verde	241,000
163	Barbados	241,000
164	Comoros	213,000
165	Bahrain	198,000
166	Iceland	191,000
167	United Arab Emirates	163,000
168	Solomon Islands	155,000
169	Bahamas	145,000
170	Samoa	126,000
171	Brunei	108,000
172	Djibouti	106,000
173	Belize	103,000
174	Maldives	102,000
175	Grenada	98,000
176	Saint Lucia	97,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	90,000
178	Tonga	75,000
179	Vanuatu	73,000
180	São Tomé and Príncipe	71,000
181	Dominica	63,000
182	Qatar	60,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	60,000
184	Kiribati	53,000
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	50,000
187	Seychelles	48,000
188	Monaco	23,000
189	Liechtenstein	18,000
190	Marshall Islands	17,000
191	San Marino	17,000
192	Andorra	13,000
193	Palau	10,000
194	Nauru	6,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000