Countries by Population in the Year 1976

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1976. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,107,439,000
1	China	928,206,000
2	India	618,506,000
3	United States	223,355,000
4	Russia	134,598,000
5	Indonesia	133,504,000
6	Japan	113,945,000
7	Brazil	108,899,000
8	Bangladesh	78,852,000
9	Germany	78,493,000
10	Pakistan	70,510,000
11	Nigeria	64,308,000
12	Mexico	59,814,000
13	United Kingdom	56,542,000
14	Italy	55,323,000
15	France	54,266,000
16	Ukraine	49,001,000
17	Vietnam	47,069,000
18	Philippines	42,630,000
19	Turkey	41,463,000
20	Thailand	41,429,000
21	Egypt	39,338,000
22	South Korea	36,143,000
23	Spain	35,984,000
24	Iran	34,321,000
25	Poland	34,126,000
26	Ethiopia	32,103,000
27	Myanmar	30,468,000
28	Argentina	26,076,000
29	South Africa	26,044,000
30	Colombia	23,602,000
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23,325,000
32	Canada	23,310,000
33	Romania	21,383,000
34	Morocco	17,420,000
35	North Korea	17,116,000
36	Taiwan	16,497,000
37	Tanzania	16,432,000
38	Algeria	16,038,000
39	Peru	15,524,000
40	Sudan	14,324,000
41	Nepal	14,024,000
42	Australia	13,972,000
43	Netherlands	13,827,000
44	Kazakhstan	13,824,000
45	Uzbekistan	13,796,000
46	Kenya	13,735,000
47	Sri Lanka	13,671,000
48	Venezuela	13,409,000
49	Afghanistan	12,924,000
50	Uganda	11,879,000
51	Iraq	11,733,000
52	Malaysia	11,609,000
53	Chile	10,755,000
54	Hungary	10,547,000
55	Ghana	10,443,000
56	Czech Republic	10,063,000
57	Belgium	9,753,000
58	Mozambique	9,700,000
59	Cuba	9,529,000
60	Belarus	9,352,000
61	Portugal	9,246,000
62	Greece	9,081,000
63	Bulgaria	8,732,000
64	Yemen	8,255,000
65	Sweden	8,209,000
66	Madagascar	7,856,000
67	Syria	7,683,000
68	Serbia	7,598,000
69	Austria	7,564,000
70	Cameroon	7,501,000
71	Ecuador	7,219,000
72	Angola	6,958,000
73	Ivory Coast	6,931,000
74	Mali	6,899,000
75	Cambodia	6,366,000
76	Switzerland	6,321,000
77	Burkina Faso	6,211,000
78	Guatemala	6,202,000
79	Zimbabwe	6,193,000
80	Tunisia	5,918,000
81	Azerbaijan	5,718,000
82	Niger	5,389,000
83	Malawi	5,363,000
84	Senegal	5,241,000
85	Bolivia	5,196,000
86	Denmark	5,156,000
87	Haiti	5,148,000
88	Dominican Republic	5,113,000
89	Zambia	5,066,000
90	Georgia	4,997,000
91	Slovakia	4,763,000
92	Finland	4,720,000
93	Guinea	4,690,000
94	Rwanda	4,676,000
95	Saudi Arabia	4,676,000
96	Croatia	4,562,000
97	Somalia	4,311,000
98	Chad	4,211,000
99	El Salvador	4,166,000
100	Norway	4,017,000
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,985,000
102	South Sudan	3,871,000
103	Moldova	3,859,000
104	Burundi	3,837,000
105	Benin	3,488,000
106	Tajikistan	3,484,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,415,000
108	Israel	3,358,000
109	Lithuania	3,310,000
110	Honduras	3,243,000
111	Ireland	3,204,000
112	New Zealand	3,139,000
113	Laos	3,037,000
114	Sierra Leone	3,002,000
115	Uruguay	2,882,000
116	Nicaragua	2,860,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,846,000
118	Armenia	2,773,000
119	Paraguay	2,725,000
120	Lebanon	2,721,000
121	Libya	2,644,000
122	Togo	2,606,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,526,000
124	Albania	2,483,000
125	Latvia	2,464,000
126	Central African Republic	2,337,000
127	Singapore	2,285,000
128	Costa Rica	2,120,000
129	Jamaica	2,033,000
130	Jordan	1,929,000
131	Slovenia	1,826,000
132	North Macedonia	1,812,000
133	Panama	1,755,000
134	Liberia	1,694,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,647,000
136	Mongolia	1,510,000
137	Estonia	1,429,000
138	Eritrea	1,425,000
139	Kosovo	1,416,000
	Palestine	1,298,000
140	Mauritania	1,296,000
141	Lesotho	1,235,000
142	Kuwait	1,140,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,060,000
144	Namibia	895,000
145	Mauritius	894,000
146	Oman	796,000
147	Guyana	749,000
148	Botswana	739,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	671,000
150	Gabon	670,000
151	Cyprus	660,000
152	Gambia	616,000
153	East Timor	602,000
154	Fiji	580,000
155	United Arab Emirates	570,000
156	Montenegro	560,000
157	Eswatini	515,000
158	Suriname	390,000
159	Bhutan	372,000
160	Luxembourg	355,000
161	Malta	334,000
162	Cape Verde	308,000
163	Comoros	293,000
164	Bahrain	290,000
165	Equatorial Guinea	284,000
166	Barbados	251,000
167	Iceland	219,000
168	Djibouti	219,000
169	Bahamas	212,000
170	Solomon Islands	204,000
171	Qatar	201,000
172	Brunei	161,000
173	Samoa	155,000
174	Maldives	145,000
175	Belize	132,000
176	Saint Lucia	112,000
177	Vanuatu	102,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101,000
179	Grenada	98,000
180	Tonga	94,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	88,000
182	Dominica	72,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	68,000
184	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
185	Seychelles	62,000
186	Kiribati	61,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Andorra	29,000
189	Marshall Islands	27,000
190	Monaco	26,000
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