Countries by Population in the Year 1972

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1972. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,807,026,000
1	China	858,402,000
2	India	564,003,000
3	United States	214,708,000
4	Russia	131,347,000
5	Indonesia	120,429,000
6	Japan	108,571,000
7	Brazil	98,931,000
8	Germany	78,589,000
9	Bangladesh	70,660,000
10	Pakistan	62,661,000
11	Nigeria	57,884,000
12	United Kingdom	56,317,000
13	Italy	53,867,000
14	Mexico	53,216,000
15	France	52,874,000
16	Ukraine	47,764,000
17	Vietnam	42,969,000
18	Philippines	38,966,000
19	Turkey	37,978,000
20	Thailand	37,427,000
21	Egypt	35,839,000
22	Spain	34,343,000
23	South Korea	33,588,000
24	Poland	32,899,000
25	Iran	30,471,000
26	Ethiopia	28,986,000
27	Myanmar	28,115,000
28	Argentina	24,447,000
29	South Africa	23,271,000
30	Canada	22,098,000
31	Colombia	21,568,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20,967,000
33	Romania	20,429,000
34	Morocco	15,804,000
35	North Korea	15,769,000
36	Taiwan	15,287,000
37	Algeria	14,259,000
38	Tanzania	14,217,000
39	Peru	14,024,000
40	Netherlands	13,360,000
41	Australia	13,196,000
42	Nepal	12,847,000
43	Kazakhstan	12,819,000
44	Sri Lanka	12,681,000
45	Sudan	12,313,000
46	Uzbekistan	12,285,000
47	Kenya	11,994,000
48	Venezuela	11,919,000
49	Afghanistan	11,705,000
50	Uganda	10,761,000
51	Malaysia	10,549,000
52	Hungary	10,357,000
53	Iraq	10,250,000
54	Chile	10,092,000
55	Czech Republic	9,837,000
56	Belgium	9,681,000
57	Ghana	9,303,000
58	Belarus	9,113,000
59	Cuba	9,055,000
60	Greece	8,817,000
61	Portugal	8,752,000
62	Mozambique	8,568,000
63	Bulgaria	8,562,000
64	Sweden	8,115,000
65	Austria	7,521,000
66	Serbia	7,400,000
67	Yemen	7,356,000
68	Madagascar	6,970,000
69	Cameroon	6,714,000
70	Syria	6,710,000
71	Cambodia	6,638,000
72	Ecuador	6,434,000
73	Mali	6,429,000
74	Switzerland	6,234,000
75	Angola	6,071,000
76	Ivory Coast	5,776,000
77	Burkina Faso	5,756,000
78	Guatemala	5,609,000
79	Zimbabwe	5,456,000
80	Azerbaijan	5,333,000
81	Tunisia	5,328,000
82	Denmark	5,062,000
83	Georgia	4,860,000
84	Niger	4,839,000
85	Malawi	4,812,000
86	Haiti	4,768,000
87	Bolivia	4,747,000
88	Senegal	4,671,000
89	Finland	4,626,000
90	Dominican Republic	4,587,000
91	Slovakia	4,579,000
92	Zambia	4,504,000
93	Croatia	4,489,000
94	Guinea	4,394,000
95	Rwanda	4,159,000
96	Norway	3,918,000
97	Somalia	3,887,000
98	Chad	3,847,000
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,829,000
100	Saudi Arabia	3,810,000
101	El Salvador	3,802,000
102	Moldova	3,695,000
103	Burundi	3,661,000
104	South Sudan	3,505,000
105	Lithuania	3,189,000
106	Benin	3,170,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,138,000
108	Tajikistan	3,075,000
109	Israel	3,034,000
110	Ireland	3,014,000
111	New Zealand	2,917,000
112	Honduras	2,877,000
113	Uruguay	2,814,000
114	Sierra Leone	2,788,000
115	Laos	2,768,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,597,000
117	Armenia	2,551,000
118	Nicaragua	2,539,000
119	Lebanon	2,478,000
120	Paraguay	2,470,000
121	Latvia	2,387,000
122	Togo	2,353,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,282,000
124	Albania	2,262,000
125	Libya	2,189,000
126	Central African Republic	2,163,000
127	Singapore	2,146,000
128	Jamaica	1,917,000
129	Costa Rica	1,913,000
130	Slovenia	1,760,000
131	North Macedonia	1,704,000
132	Jordan	1,682,000
133	Panama	1,578,000
134	Liberia	1,523,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,463,000
136	Estonia	1,381,000
137	Mongolia	1,348,000
138	Eritrea	1,293,000
139	Kosovo	1,287,000
140	Mauritania	1,151,000
	Palestine	1,147,000
141	Lesotho	1,075,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1,009,000
143	Kuwait	892,000
144	Mauritius	848,000
145	Namibia	792,000
146	Guyana	717,000
147	Oman	691,000
148	Cyprus	657,000
149	Gabon	615,000
150	Botswana	609,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	584,000
152	East Timor	568,000
153	Gambia	547,000
154	Fiji	546,000
155	Montenegro	538,000
156	Eswatini	459,000
157	Suriname	398,000
158	United Arab Emirates	360,000
159	Luxembourg	344,000
160	Malta	328,000
161	Bhutan	325,000
162	Equatorial Guinea	313,000
163	Cape Verde	296,000
164	Comoros	256,000
165	Barbados	249,000
166	Bahrain	236,000
167	Iceland	207,000
168	Bahamas	194,000
169	Solomon Islands	183,000
170	Djibouti	160,000
171	Samoa	144,000
172	Brunei	140,000
173	Qatar	139,000
174	Maldives	129,000
175	Belize	124,000
176	Saint Lucia	105,000
177	Grenada	99,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97,000
179	Vanuatu	90,000
180	Tonga	87,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	80,000
182	Dominica	70,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	61,000
185	Kiribati	59,000
186	Seychelles	56,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Monaco	25,000
189	Marshall Islands	24,000
190	Liechtenstein	22,000
191	Andorra	22,000
192	San Marino	19,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000