Countries by Population in the Year 1970

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1970. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,656,698,000
1	China	816,370,000
2	India	539,538,000
3	United States	209,347,000
4	Russia	130,107,000
5	Indonesia	114,077,000
6	Japan	106,091,000
7	Brazil	94,204,000
8	Germany	78,307,000
9	Bangladesh	68,225,000
10	Pakistan	59,299,000
11	United Kingdom	55,856,000
12	Nigeria	55,242,000
13	Italy	53,232,000
14	France	51,883,000
15	Mexico	50,020,000
16	Ukraine	47,140,000
17	Vietnam	41,021,000
18	Philippines	37,173,000
19	Turkey	36,218,000
20	Thailand	35,461,000
21	Egypt	34,221,000
22	Spain	33,653,000
23	Poland	32,442,000
24	South Korea	32,193,000
25	Iran	28,703,000
26	Ethiopia	27,444,000
27	Myanmar	26,886,000
28	Argentina	23,690,000
29	South Africa	21,947,000
30	Canada	21,186,000
31	Colombia	20,553,000
32	Romania	19,865,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19,851,000
34	Morocco	14,995,000
35	North Korea	14,970,000
36	Taiwan	14,677,000
37	Algeria	13,629,000
38	Peru	13,350,000
39	Tanzania	13,259,000
40	Netherlands	13,046,000
41	Australia	12,399,000
42	Nepal	12,299,000
43	Kazakhstan	12,287,000
44	Sri Lanka	12,152,000
45	Uzbekistan	11,587,000
46	Sudan	11,493,000
47	Venezuela	11,212,000
48	Kenya	11,154,000
49	Afghanistan	11,150,000
50	Hungary	10,300,000
51	Uganda	10,168,000
52	Malaysia	10,060,000
53	Czech Republic	9,794,000
54	Chile	9,763,000
55	Belgium	9,609,000
56	Iraq	9,566,000
57	Belarus	8,983,000
58	Ghana	8,802,000
59	Cuba	8,746,000
60	Greece	8,739,000
61	Portugal	8,720,000
62	Bulgaria	8,465,000
63	Mozambique	8,156,000
64	Sweden	8,004,000
65	Austria	7,454,000
66	Serbia	7,299,000
67	Yemen	6,972,000
68	Cambodia	6,674,000
69	Madagascar	6,576,000
70	Cameroon	6,365,000
71	Syria	6,275,000
72	Mali	6,226,000
73	Switzerland	6,169,000
74	Ecuador	6,064,000
75	Angola	5,794,000
76	Burkina Faso	5,561,000
77	Guatemala	5,326,000
78	Ivory Coast	5,297,000
79	Zimbabwe	5,138,000
80	Azerbaijan	5,133,000
81	Tunisia	5,067,000
82	Denmark	4,990,000
83	Georgia	4,782,000
84	Finland	4,614,000
85	Haiti	4,592,000
86	Niger	4,587,000
87	Malawi	4,577,000
88	Bolivia	4,539,000
89	Slovakia	4,509,000
90	Croatia	4,454,000
91	Senegal	4,400,000
92	Dominican Republic	4,337,000
93	Zambia	4,263,000
94	Guinea	4,238,000
95	Rwanda	3,920,000
96	Norway	3,863,000
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,756,000
98	Somalia	3,689,000
99	Chad	3,688,000
100	Moldova	3,627,000
101	El Salvador	3,624,000
102	Saudi Arabia	3,487,000
103	Burundi	3,487,000
104	South Sudan	3,387,000
105	Lithuania	3,119,000
106	Benin	3,031,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	2,986,000
108	Ireland	2,950,000
109	Tajikistan	2,891,000
110	New Zealand	2,826,000
111	Israel	2,809,000
112	Uruguay	2,783,000
113	Honduras	2,710,000
114	Sierra Leone	2,687,000
115	Laos	2,638,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,476,000
117	Armenia	2,451,000
118	Nicaragua	2,385,000
119	Paraguay	2,361,000
120	Lebanon	2,358,000
121	Latvia	2,348,000
122	Togo	2,206,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,167,000
124	Albania	2,154,000
125	Central African Republic	2,075,000
126	Singapore	2,073,000
127	Libya	2,047,000
128	Jamaica	1,866,000
129	Costa Rica	1,814,000
130	Slovenia	1,734,000
131	North Macedonia	1,650,000
132	Jordan	1,522,000
133	Panama	1,492,000
134	Liberia	1,448,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,376,000
136	Estonia	1,356,000
137	Mongolia	1,278,000
138	Kosovo	1,240,000
139	Eritrea	1,227,000
	Palestine	1,111,000
140	Mauritania	1,083,000
141	Lesotho	1,001,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	986,000
143	Mauritius	821,000
144	Kuwait	780,000
145	Namibia	747,000
146	Guyana	697,000
147	Oman	654,000
148	Cyprus	644,000
149	Gabon	590,000
150	Botswana	589,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	580,000
152	East Timor	548,000
153	Montenegro	527,000
154	Fiji	526,000
155	Gambia	517,000
156	Eswatini	435,000
157	Suriname	373,000
158	Luxembourg	339,000
159	Malta	325,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	323,000
161	Bhutan	303,000
162	Cape Verde	284,000
163	United Arab Emirates	263,000
164	Barbados	250,000
165	Comoros	240,000
166	Bahrain	224,000
167	Iceland	204,000
168	Bahamas	182,000
169	Solomon Islands	175,000
170	Djibouti	141,000
171	Samoa	139,000
172	Brunei	134,000
173	Maldives	121,000
174	Belize	120,000
175	Qatar	109,000
176	Saint Lucia	102,000
177	Grenada	98,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96,000
179	Vanuatu	85,000
180	Tonga	84,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	77,000
182	Dominica	69,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	58,000
185	Kiribati	57,000
186	Seychelles	54,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,000
188	Monaco	24,000
189	Marshall Islands	22,000
190	Liechtenstein	21,000
191	Andorra	19,000
192	San Marino	18,000
193	Palau	11,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000