Countries by Population in the Year 1971

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1971. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,732,670,000
1	China	838,243,000
2	India	552,190,000
3	United States	212,073,000
4	Russia	130,628,000
5	Indonesia	117,238,000
6	Japan	107,333,000
7	Brazil	96,547,000
8	Germany	78,103,000
9	Bangladesh	69,893,000
10	Pakistan	61,034,000
11	Nigeria	56,546,000
12	United Kingdom	56,084,000
13	Italy	53,548,000
14	France	52,389,000
15	Mexico	51,610,000
16	Ukraine	47,383,000
17	Vietnam	41,929,000
18	Philippines	38,071,000
19	Turkey	37,059,000
20	Thailand	36,448,000
21	Egypt	35,027,000
22	Spain	33,972,000
23	South Korea	32,892,000
24	Poland	32,643,000
25	Iran	29,587,000
26	Ethiopia	28,214,000
27	Myanmar	27,500,000
28	Argentina	24,067,000
29	South Africa	22,613,000
30	Canada	21,694,000
31	Colombia	21,070,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20,424,000
33	Romania	20,158,000
34	Morocco	15,408,000
35	North Korea	15,376,000
36	Taiwan	14,955,000
37	Algeria	13,938,000
38	Tanzania	13,726,000
39	Peru	13,652,000
40	Netherlands	13,209,000
41	Australia	12,800,000
42	Nepal	12,573,000
43	Kazakhstan	12,551,000
44	Sri Lanka	12,422,000
45	Uzbekistan	11,938,000
46	Sudan	11,899,000
47	Kenya	11,584,000
48	Venezuela	11,563,000
49	Afghanistan	11,430,000
50	Uganda	10,475,000
51	Hungary	10,331,000
52	Malaysia	10,298,000
53	Chile	9,928,000
54	Iraq	9,905,000
55	Czech Republic	9,808,000
56	Belgium	9,652,000
57	Ghana	9,050,000
58	Belarus	9,046,000
59	Cuba	8,903,000
60	Greece	8,757,000
61	Portugal	8,619,000
62	Bulgaria	8,516,000
63	Mozambique	8,345,000
64	Sweden	8,081,000
65	Austria	7,478,000
66	Serbia	7,350,000
67	Yemen	7,159,000
68	Madagascar	6,768,000
69	Cambodia	6,604,000
70	Cameroon	6,535,000
71	Syria	6,486,000
72	Mali	6,327,000
73	Ecuador	6,247,000
74	Switzerland	6,193,000
75	Angola	5,911,000
76	Burkina Faso	5,660,000
77	Ivory Coast	5,526,000
78	Guatemala	5,468,000
79	Zimbabwe	5,293,000
80	Azerbaijan	5,234,000
81	Tunisia	5,195,000
82	Denmark	5,034,000
83	Georgia	4,826,000
84	Niger	4,713,000
85	Malawi	4,691,000
86	Haiti	4,679,000
87	Bolivia	4,642,000
88	Finland	4,598,000
89	Slovakia	4,542,000
90	Senegal	4,533,000
91	Croatia	4,471,000
92	Dominican Republic	4,461,000
93	Zambia	4,381,000
94	Guinea	4,317,000
95	Rwanda	4,041,000
96	Norway	3,888,000
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,790,000
98	Somalia	3,788,000
99	Chad	3,767,000
100	El Salvador	3,713,000
101	Moldova	3,660,000
102	Saudi Arabia	3,638,000
103	Burundi	3,573,000
104	South Sudan	3,432,000
105	Lithuania	3,153,000
106	Benin	3,099,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,065,000
108	Tajikistan	2,982,000
109	Ireland	2,972,000
110	Israel	2,921,000
111	New Zealand	2,869,000
112	Uruguay	2,799,000
113	Honduras	2,792,000
114	Sierra Leone	2,738,000
115	Laos	2,702,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,536,000
117	Armenia	2,500,000
118	Nicaragua	2,461,000
119	Paraguay	2,415,000
120	Lebanon	2,414,000
121	Latvia	2,367,000
122	Togo	2,283,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,224,000
124	Albania	2,208,000
125	Central African Republic	2,120,000
126	Libya	2,118,000
127	Singapore	2,111,000
128	Jamaica	1,890,000
129	Costa Rica	1,864,000
130	Slovenia	1,745,000
131	North Macedonia	1,678,000
132	Jordan	1,608,000
133	Panama	1,534,000
134	Liberia	1,485,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,419,000
136	Estonia	1,368,000
137	Mongolia	1,312,000
138	Eritrea	1,260,000
139	Kosovo	1,259,000
	Palestine	1,121,000
140	Mauritania	1,117,000
141	Lesotho	1,038,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	997,000
143	Kuwait	838,000
144	Mauritius	835,000
145	Namibia	769,000
146	Guyana	708,000
147	Oman	672,000
148	Cyprus	651,000
149	Gabon	602,000
150	Botswana	592,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	589,000
152	East Timor	558,000
153	Fiji	536,000
154	Gambia	532,000
155	Montenegro	532,000
156	Eswatini	447,000
157	Suriname	386,000
158	Luxembourg	340,000
159	Malta	327,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	319,000
161	Bhutan	314,000
162	United Arab Emirates	310,000
163	Cape Verde	292,000
164	Barbados	249,000
165	Comoros	248,000
166	Bahrain	226,000
167	Iceland	205,000
168	Bahamas	188,000
169	Solomon Islands	179,000
170	Djibouti	150,000
171	Samoa	141,000
172	Brunei	136,000
173	Maldives	125,000
174	Qatar	124,000
175	Belize	122,000
176	Saint Lucia	104,000
177	Grenada	99,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	96,000
179	Vanuatu	88,000
180	Tonga	85,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	78,000
182	Dominica	69,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	60,000
185	Kiribati	58,000
186	Seychelles	55,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Monaco	24,000
189	Marshall Islands	23,000
190	Liechtenstein	21,000
191	Andorra	21,000
192	San Marino	18,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000