Countries by Population in the Year 1974

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1974. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,958,800,000
1	China	896,367,000
2	India	589,970,000
3	United States	219,143,000
4	Russia	132,844,000
5	Indonesia	126,926,000
6	Japan	111,322,000
7	Brazil	103,840,000
8	Germany	79,083,000
9	Bangladesh	74,822,000
10	Pakistan	66,419,000
11	Nigeria	60,845,000
12	United Kingdom	56,544,000
13	Mexico	56,490,000
14	Italy	54,633,000
15	France	53,743,000
16	Ukraine	48,424,000
17	Vietnam	44,931,000
18	Philippines	40,737,000
19	Turkey	39,777,000
20	Thailand	39,455,000
21	Egypt	37,527,000
22	Spain	35,116,000
23	South Korea	34,967,000
24	Poland	33,482,000
25	Iran	32,308,000
26	Ethiopia	30,571,000
27	Myanmar	29,311,000
28	Argentina	25,251,000
29	South Africa	24,641,000
30	Canada	22,660,000
31	Colombia	22,579,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22,121,000
33	Romania	20,914,000
34	Morocco	16,605,000
35	North Korea	16,520,000
36	Taiwan	15,931,000
37	Tanzania	15,278,000
38	Algeria	14,948,000
39	Peru	14,769,000
40	Australia	13,623,000
41	Netherlands	13,585,000
42	Nepal	13,419,000
43	Sudan	13,355,000
44	Kazakhstan	13,331,000
45	Sri Lanka	13,185,000
46	Uzbekistan	13,017,000
47	Kenya	12,852,000
48	Venezuela	12,647,000
49	Afghanistan	12,314,000
50	Uganda	11,278,000
51	Malaysia	11,067,000
52	Iraq	10,982,000
53	Hungary	10,424,000
54	Chile	10,423,000
55	Czech Republic	9,934,000
56	Ghana	9,856,000
57	Belgium	9,728,000
58	Cuba	9,318,000
59	Belarus	9,235,000
60	Mozambique	9,090,000
61	Portugal	8,999,000
62	Greece	8,905,000
63	Bulgaria	8,651,000
64	Sweden	8,145,000
65	Yemen	7,782,000
66	Austria	7,605,000
67	Serbia	7,498,000
68	Madagascar	7,397,000
69	Syria	7,179,000
70	Cameroon	7,093,000
71	Ecuador	6,820,000
72	Cambodia	6,769,000
73	Mali	6,655,000
74	Angola	6,499,000
75	Switzerland	6,327,000
76	Ivory Coast	6,326,000
77	Burkina Faso	5,966,000
78	Guatemala	5,907,000
79	Zimbabwe	5,812,000
80	Tunisia	5,609,000
81	Azerbaijan	5,524,000
82	Denmark	5,124,000
83	Niger	5,105,000
84	Malawi	5,071,000
85	Bolivia	4,966,000
86	Senegal	4,958,000
87	Haiti	4,954,000
88	Georgia	4,928,000
89	Dominican Republic	4,848,000
90	Zambia	4,771,000
91	Finland	4,679,000
92	Slovakia	4,666,000
93	Guinea	4,544,000
94	Croatia	4,525,000
95	Rwanda	4,409,000
96	Saudi Arabia	4,211,000
97	Somalia	4,100,000
98	Chad	4,033,000
99	El Salvador	3,984,000
100	Norway	3,973,000
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,907,000
102	Moldova	3,773,000
103	South Sudan	3,675,000
104	Burundi	3,651,000
105	Benin	3,322,000
106	Kyrgyzstan	3,280,000
107	Tajikistan	3,272,000
108	Lithuania	3,251,000
109	Israel	3,201,000
110	Ireland	3,108,000
111	Honduras	3,056,000
112	New Zealand	3,036,000
113	Laos	2,905,000
114	Sierra Leone	2,894,000
115	Uruguay	2,845,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,722,000
117	Nicaragua	2,690,000
118	Armenia	2,658,000
119	Lebanon	2,605,000
120	Paraguay	2,593,000
121	Togo	2,480,000
122	Latvia	2,427,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,401,000
124	Albania	2,372,000
125	Libya	2,365,000
126	Central African Republic	2,247,000
127	Singapore	2,218,000
128	Costa Rica	2,014,000
129	Jamaica	1,977,000
130	Jordan	1,809,000
131	Slovenia	1,793,000
132	North Macedonia	1,757,000
133	Panama	1,666,000
134	Liberia	1,605,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,558,000
136	Mongolia	1,425,000
137	Estonia	1,405,000
138	Eritrea	1,360,000
139	Kosovo	1,347,000
140	Mauritania	1,222,000
	Palestine	1,222,000
141	Lesotho	1,152,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1,034,000
143	Kuwait	1,007,000
144	Mauritius	871,000
145	Namibia	841,000
146	Guyana	734,000
147	Oman	732,000
148	Botswana	669,000
149	Cyprus	667,000
150	Gabon	641,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	596,000
152	East Timor	588,000
153	Gambia	580,000
154	Fiji	563,000
155	Montenegro	549,000
156	Eswatini	486,000
157	United Arab Emirates	462,000
158	Suriname	395,000
159	Luxembourg	350,000
160	Bhutan	348,000
161	Malta	331,000
162	Cape Verde	301,000
163	Equatorial Guinea	299,000
164	Comoros	273,000
165	Bahrain	262,000
166	Barbados	251,000
167	Iceland	214,000
168	Bahamas	203,000
169	Solomon Islands	192,000
170	Djibouti	185,000
171	Qatar	170,000
172	Brunei	150,000
173	Samoa	147,000
174	Maldives	137,000
175	Belize	127,000
176	Saint Lucia	108,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,000
178	Grenada	99,000
179	Vanuatu	96,000
180	Tonga	90,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	84,000
182	Dominica	71,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	65,000
184	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
185	Kiribati	61,000
186	Seychelles	59,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Monaco	25,000
189	Andorra	25,000
190	Marshall Islands	25,000
191	Liechtenstein	23,000
192	San Marino	19,000
193	Palau	13,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000