Countries by Population in the Year 1966

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1966. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,369,345,000
1	China	737,296,000
2	India	495,479,000
3	United States	199,739,000
4	Russia	127,094,000
5	Indonesia	102,474,000
6	Japan	101,461,000
7	Brazil	84,981,000
8	Germany	76,342,000
9	Bangladesh	60,771,000
10	United Kingdom	54,812,000
11	Pakistan	52,926,000
12	Italy	51,697,000
13	Nigeria	50,634,000
14	France	50,199,000
15	Ukraine	45,589,000
16	Mexico	43,890,000
17	Vietnam	37,586,000
18	Philippines	33,120,000
19	Turkey	32,740,000
20	Spain	32,290,000
21	Thailand	31,615,000
22	Poland	31,432,000
23	Egypt	31,014,000
24	South Korea	29,538,000
25	Iran	25,432,000
26	Ethiopia	24,640,000
27	Myanmar	24,556,000
28	Argentina	22,283,000
29	Canada	19,869,000
30	South Africa	19,384,000
31	Romania	18,739,000
32	Colombia	18,437,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17,673,000
34	Morocco	13,460,000
35	North Korea	13,387,000
36	Taiwan	13,333,000
37	Netherlands	12,455,000
38	Algeria	12,450,000
39	Peru	11,929,000
40	Tanzania	11,645,000
41	Australia	11,478,000
42	Nepal	11,290,000
43	Kazakhstan	11,142,000
44	Sri Lanka	11,050,000
45	Hungary	10,153,000
46	Afghanistan	10,150,000
47	Uzbekistan	10,106,000
48	Sudan	10,025,000
49	Venezuela	9,859,000
50	Czech Republic	9,723,000
51	Kenya	9,526,000
52	Belgium	9,429,000
53	Malaysia	9,171,000
54	Chile	9,098,000
55	Uganda	8,983,000
56	Portugal	8,884,000
57	Belarus	8,716,000
58	Greece	8,530,000
59	Iraq	8,342,000
60	Bulgaria	8,231,000
61	Cuba	8,113,000
62	Ghana	7,978,000
63	Sweden	7,771,000
64	Mozambique	7,484,000
65	Austria	7,293,000
66	Serbia	7,062,000
67	Yemen	6,271,000
68	Cambodia	6,136,000
69	Madagascar	5,895,000
70	Switzerland	5,884,000
71	Mali	5,859,000
72	Cameroon	5,769,000
73	Angola	5,551,000
74	Syria	5,520,000
75	Ecuador	5,382,000
76	Burkina Faso	5,195,000
77	Denmark	4,853,000
78	Guatemala	4,773,000
79	Azerbaijan	4,692,000
80	Tunisia	4,600,000
81	Finland	4,570,000
82	Zimbabwe	4,529,000
83	Ivory Coast	4,528,000
84	Georgia	4,463,000
85	Slovakia	4,384,000
86	Croatia	4,361,000
87	Haiti	4,263,000
88	Bolivia	4,154,000
89	Malawi	4,146,000
90	Niger	4,107,000
91	Guinea	3,927,000
92	Senegal	3,906,000
93	Dominican Republic	3,864,000
94	Zambia	3,751,000
95	Norway	3,738,000
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,587,000
97	Rwanda	3,470,000
98	Moldova	3,414,000
99	Chad	3,407,000
100	Somalia	3,321,000
101	El Salvador	3,244,000
102	South Sudan	3,216,000
103	Burundi	3,174,000
104	Lithuania	2,983,000
105	Saudi Arabia	2,983,000
106	Ireland	2,881,000
107	Benin	2,786,000
108	Uruguay	2,695,000
109	New Zealand	2,684,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	2,657,000
111	Tajikistan	2,534,000
112	Sierra Leone	2,491,000
113	Honduras	2,411,000
114	Laos	2,403,000
115	Israel	2,382,000
116	Latvia	2,263,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,260,000
118	Armenia	2,215,000
119	Paraguay	2,151,000
120	Lebanon	2,118,000
121	Nicaragua	2,105,000
122	Turkmenistan	1,944,000
123	Albania	1,921,000
124	Central African Republic	1,897,000
125	Singapore	1,895,000
126	Togo	1,882,000
127	Libya	1,826,000
128	Jamaica	1,781,000
129	Slovenia	1,682,000
130	Costa Rica	1,612,000
131	North Macedonia	1,545,000
132	Panama	1,328,000
133	Liberia	1,308,000
134	Estonia	1,300,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,225,000
	Palestine	1,150,000
136	Mongolia	1,147,000
137	Kosovo	1,136,000
138	Jordan	1,135,000
139	Eritrea	1,112,000
140	Mauritania	960,000
141	Trinidad and Tobago	936,000
142	Lesotho	867,000
143	Mauritius	761,000
144	Namibia	669,000
145	Guyana	642,000
146	Cyprus	620,000
147	Oman	592,000
148	Botswana	576,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	569,000
150	Gabon	550,000
151	Kuwait	546,000
152	East Timor	511,000
153	Montenegro	506,000
154	Fiji	480,000
155	Gambia	462,000
156	Eswatini	393,000
157	Luxembourg	331,000
158	Malta	327,000
159	Suriname	325,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	301,000
161	Bhutan	265,000
162	Cape Verde	249,000
163	Barbados	244,000
164	Comoros	217,000
165	Bahrain	204,000
166	Iceland	194,000
167	United Arab Emirates	171,000
168	Solomon Islands	159,000
169	Bahamas	151,000
170	Samoa	130,000
171	Brunei	113,000
172	Djibouti	112,000
173	Belize	106,000
174	Maldives	106,000
175	Grenada	98,000
176	Saint Lucia	98,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	92,000
178	Tonga	77,000
179	Vanuatu	75,000
180	São Tomé and Príncipe	72,000
181	Qatar	68,000
182	Dominica	64,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	60,000
184	Kiribati	54,000
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	51,000
187	Seychelles	49,000
188	Monaco	23,000
189	Liechtenstein	19,000
190	Marshall Islands	18,000
191	San Marino	17,000
192	Andorra	14,000
193	Palau	11,000
194	Nauru	6,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000