Countries by Population in the Year 1977

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1977. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,181,054,000
1	China	942,083,000
2	India	633,218,000
3	United States	225,446,000
4	Indonesia	136,843,000
5	Russia	135,563,000
6	Japan	115,060,000
7	Brazil	111,527,000
8	Bangladesh	80,859,000
9	Germany	78,236,000
10	Pakistan	72,730,000
11	Nigeria	66,208,000
12	Mexico	61,477,000
13	United Kingdom	56,515,000
14	Italy	55,596,000
15	France	54,508,000
16	Ukraine	49,240,000
17	Vietnam	48,300,000
18	Philippines	43,773,000
19	Thailand	42,364,000
20	Turkey	42,337,000
21	Egypt	40,253,000
22	South Korea	36,617,000
23	Spain	36,368,000
24	Iran	35,353,000
25	Poland	34,468,000
26	Ethiopia	32,966,000
27	Myanmar	31,050,000
28	South Africa	26,747,000
29	Argentina	26,488,000
30	Colombia	24,116,000
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23,923,000
32	Canada	23,601,000
33	Romania	21,612,000
34	Morocco	17,857,000
35	North Korea	17,371,000
36	Tanzania	17,040,000
37	Taiwan	16,846,000
38	Algeria	16,781,000
39	Peru	15,910,000
40	Sudan	14,816,000
41	Nepal	14,332,000
42	Uzbekistan	14,201,000
43	Kenya	14,180,000
44	Kazakhstan	14,174,000
45	Australia	14,121,000
46	Sri Lanka	13,922,000
47	Netherlands	13,909,000
48	Venezuela	13,804,000
49	Afghanistan	13,196,000
50	Uganda	12,196,000
51	Iraq	12,122,000
52	Malaysia	11,891,000
53	Chile	10,922,000
54	Ghana	10,747,000
55	Hungary	10,600,000
56	Czech Republic	10,123,000
57	Mozambique	10,035,000
58	Belgium	9,765,000
59	Cuba	9,613,000
60	Belarus	9,408,000
61	Portugal	9,375,000
62	Greece	9,239,000
63	Bulgaria	8,787,000
64	Yemen	8,513,000
65	Sweden	8,236,000
66	Madagascar	8,098,000
67	Syria	7,951,000
68	Cameroon	7,695,000
69	Serbia	7,648,000
70	Austria	7,564,000
71	Ecuador	7,423,000
72	Angola	7,191,000
73	Ivory Coast	7,185,000
74	Mali	7,023,000
75	Zimbabwe	6,382,000
76	Burkina Faso	6,350,000
77	Guatemala	6,323,000
78	Switzerland	6,284,000
79	Tunisia	6,076,000
80	Cambodia	5,904,000
81	Azerbaijan	5,864,000
82	Niger	5,541,000
83	Malawi	5,524,000
84	Senegal	5,377,000
85	Bolivia	5,317,000
86	Haiti	5,248,000
87	Dominican Republic	5,248,000
88	Zambia	5,222,000
89	Denmark	5,171,000
90	Georgia	5,035,000
91	Saudi Arabia	4,939,000
92	Rwanda	4,816,000
93	Slovakia	4,814,000
94	Guinea	4,764,000
95	Finland	4,730,000
96	Croatia	4,581,000
97	Somalia	4,421,000
98	Chad	4,292,000
99	El Salvador	4,255,000
100	Norway	4,035,000
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,024,000
102	South Sudan	3,973,000
103	Burundi	3,928,000
104	Moldova	3,903,000
105	Tajikistan	3,596,000
106	Benin	3,577,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,479,000
108	Israel	3,439,000
109	Honduras	3,346,000
110	Lithuania	3,339,000
111	Ireland	3,253,000
112	New Zealand	3,159,000
113	Laos	3,093,000
114	Sierra Leone	3,056,000
115	Nicaragua	2,948,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,909,000
117	Uruguay	2,901,000
118	Armenia	2,864,000
119	Libya	2,799,000
120	Paraguay	2,793,000
121	Lebanon	2,732,000
122	Togo	2,670,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,591,000
124	Albania	2,539,000
125	Latvia	2,477,000
126	Central African Republic	2,361,000
127	Singapore	2,317,000
128	Costa Rica	2,176,000
129	Jamaica	2,058,000
130	Jordan	1,988,000
131	Slovenia	1,843,000
132	North Macedonia	1,840,000
133	Panama	1,799,000
134	Liberia	1,740,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,687,000
136	Mongolia	1,554,000
137	Eritrea	1,463,000
138	Kosovo	1,454,000
139	Estonia	1,441,000
	Palestine	1,335,000
140	Mauritania	1,335,000
141	Lesotho	1,272,000
142	Kuwait	1,217,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,073,000
144	Namibia	918,000
145	Mauritius	906,000
146	Oman	834,000
147	Botswana	778,000
148	Guyana	756,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	717,000
150	Gabon	686,000
151	Cyprus	665,000
152	United Arab Emirates	662,000
153	Gambia	635,000
154	East Timor	613,000
155	Fiji	591,000
156	Montenegro	565,000
157	Eswatini	531,000
158	Suriname	387,000
159	Bhutan	385,000
160	Luxembourg	357,000
161	Malta	336,000
162	Cape Verde	311,000
163	Bahrain	305,000
164	Comoros	303,000
165	Equatorial Guinea	278,000
166	Barbados	252,000
167	Djibouti	242,000
168	Iceland	221,000
169	Bahamas	217,000
170	Qatar	217,000
171	Solomon Islands	211,000
172	Brunei	166,000
173	Samoa	159,000
174	Maldives	150,000
175	Belize	134,000
176	Saint Lucia	113,000
177	Vanuatu	105,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102,000
179	Grenada	97,000
180	Tonga	96,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	90,000
182	Dominica	72,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	70,000
184	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
185	Seychelles	64,000
186	Kiribati	60,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	30,000
189	Marshall Islands	27,000
190	Monaco	26,000
191	Liechtenstein	24,000
192	San Marino	19,000
193	Palau	13,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	7,000
196	Vatican City	1,000