Countries by Population in the Year 1973

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1973. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,882,810,000
1	China	877,734,000
2	India	576,962,000
3	United States	217,012,000
4	Russia	132,106,000
5	Indonesia	123,651,000
6	Japan	109,907,000
7	Brazil	101,362,000
8	Germany	78,851,000
9	Bangladesh	72,623,000
10	Pakistan	64,505,000
11	Nigeria	59,320,000
12	United Kingdom	56,468,000
13	Mexico	54,845,000
14	Italy	54,268,000
15	France	53,321,000
16	Ukraine	48,130,000
17	Vietnam	43,889,000
18	Philippines	39,851,000
19	Turkey	38,882,000
20	Thailand	38,441,000
21	Egypt	36,677,000
22	Spain	34,737,000
23	South Korea	34,285,000
24	Poland	33,185,000
25	Iran	31,372,000
26	Ethiopia	29,763,000
27	Myanmar	28,742,000
28	Argentina	24,841,000
29	South Africa	23,948,000
30	Canada	22,364,000
31	Colombia	22,071,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21,535,000
33	Romania	20,683,000
34	Morocco	16,202,000
35	North Korea	16,181,000
36	Taiwan	15,614,000
37	Tanzania	14,742,000
38	Algeria	14,595,000
39	Peru	14,397,000
40	Netherlands	13,479,000
41	Australia	13,414,000
42	Nepal	13,131,000
43	Kazakhstan	13,085,000
44	Sri Lanka	12,937,000
45	Sudan	12,743,000
46	Uzbekistan	12,645,000
47	Kenya	12,418,000
48	Venezuela	12,280,000
49	Afghanistan	12,002,000
50	Uganda	11,011,000
51	Malaysia	10,804,000
52	Iraq	10,610,000
53	Hungary	10,391,000
54	Chile	10,257,000
55	Czech Republic	9,879,000
56	Belgium	9,708,000
57	Ghana	9,574,000
58	Cuba	9,193,000
59	Belarus	9,176,000
60	Greece	8,881,000
61	Portugal	8,879,000
62	Mozambique	8,818,000
63	Bulgaria	8,598,000
64	Sweden	8,130,000
65	Austria	7,565,000
66	Yemen	7,564,000
67	Serbia	7,449,000
68	Madagascar	7,179,000
69	Syria	6,942,000
70	Cameroon	6,900,000
71	Cambodia	6,710,000
72	Ecuador	6,625,000
73	Mali	6,539,000
74	Switzerland	6,288,000
75	Angola	6,278,000
76	Ivory Coast	6,044,000
77	Burkina Faso	5,858,000
78	Guatemala	5,757,000
79	Zimbabwe	5,629,000
80	Tunisia	5,465,000
81	Azerbaijan	5,429,000
82	Denmark	5,095,000
83	Niger	4,970,000
84	Malawi	4,937,000
85	Georgia	4,894,000
86	Haiti	4,860,000
87	Bolivia	4,855,000
88	Senegal	4,813,000
89	Dominican Republic	4,716,000
90	Finland	4,653,000
91	Zambia	4,634,000
92	Slovakia	4,621,000
93	Croatia	4,507,000
94	Guinea	4,469,000
95	Rwanda	4,281,000
96	Saudi Arabia	4,002,000
97	Somalia	3,992,000
98	Norway	3,948,000
99	Chad	3,939,000
100	El Salvador	3,892,000
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,868,000
102	Moldova	3,733,000
103	South Sudan	3,580,000
104	Burundi	3,573,000
105	Benin	3,245,000
106	Lithuania	3,221,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,210,000
108	Tajikistan	3,172,000
109	Israel	3,125,000
110	Ireland	3,061,000
111	New Zealand	2,972,000
112	Honduras	2,967,000
113	Sierra Leone	2,840,000
114	Laos	2,836,000
115	Uruguay	2,829,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,660,000
117	Nicaragua	2,608,000
118	Armenia	2,603,000
119	Lebanon	2,541,000
120	Paraguay	2,529,000
121	Togo	2,417,000
122	Latvia	2,405,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,341,000
124	Albania	2,317,000
125	Libya	2,263,000
126	Central African Republic	2,205,000
127	Singapore	2,182,000
128	Costa Rica	1,963,000
129	Jamaica	1,946,000
130	Slovenia	1,776,000
131	Jordan	1,747,000
132	North Macedonia	1,731,000
133	Panama	1,622,000
134	Liberia	1,563,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,510,000
136	Estonia	1,393,000
137	Mongolia	1,386,000
138	Eritrea	1,326,000
139	Kosovo	1,316,000
140	Mauritania	1,186,000
	Palestine	1,183,000
141	Lesotho	1,113,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1,021,000
143	Kuwait	948,000
144	Mauritius	860,000
145	Namibia	817,000
146	Guyana	726,000
147	Oman	711,000
148	Cyprus	665,000
149	Botswana	636,000
150	Gabon	627,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	590,000
152	East Timor	578,000
153	Gambia	564,000
154	Fiji	555,000
155	Montenegro	543,000
156	Eswatini	472,000
157	United Arab Emirates	410,000
158	Suriname	397,000
159	Luxembourg	348,000
160	Bhutan	336,000
161	Malta	329,000
162	Equatorial Guinea	306,000
163	Cape Verde	299,000
164	Comoros	264,000
165	Barbados	250,000
166	Bahrain	249,000
167	Iceland	211,000
168	Bahamas	198,000
169	Solomon Islands	187,000
170	Djibouti	172,000
171	Qatar	154,000
172	Samoa	146,000
173	Brunei	145,000
174	Maldives	133,000
175	Belize	126,000
176	Saint Lucia	107,000
177	Grenada	99,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98,000
179	Vanuatu	93,000
180	Tonga	88,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	82,000
182	Dominica	70,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	63,000
185	Kiribati	60,000
186	Seychelles	58,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Monaco	25,000
189	Andorra	24,000
190	Marshall Islands	24,000
191	Liechtenstein	22,000
192	San Marino	19,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000