Countries by Population in the Year 1978

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1978. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,254,674,000
1	China	954,774,000
2	India	648,384,000
3	United States	227,646,000
4	Indonesia	140,224,000
5	Russia	136,518,000
6	Japan	116,088,000
7	Brazil	114,223,000
8	Bangladesh	82,876,000
9	Germany	78,135,000
10	Pakistan	75,073,000
11	Nigeria	68,261,000
12	Mexico	63,140,000
13	United Kingdom	56,495,000
14	Italy	55,833,000
15	France	54,782,000
16	Vietnam	49,609,000
17	Ukraine	49,433,000
18	Philippines	44,963,000
19	Thailand	43,324,000
20	Turkey	43,209,000
21	Egypt	41,245,000
22	South Korea	37,070,000
23	Spain	36,734,000
24	Iran	36,513,000
25	Poland	34,789,000
26	Ethiopia	33,368,000
27	Myanmar	31,662,000
28	South Africa	27,491,000
29	Argentina	26,915,000
30	Colombia	24,671,000
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	24,535,000
32	Canada	23,859,000
33	Romania	21,788,000
34	Morocco	18,327,000
35	Tanzania	17,665,000
36	North Korea	17,614,000
37	Algeria	17,251,000
38	Taiwan	17,195,000
39	Peru	16,310,000
40	Sudan	15,357,000
41	Kenya	14,677,000
42	Nepal	14,667,000
43	Uzbekistan	14,616,000
44	Kazakhstan	14,533,000
45	Australia	14,286,000
46	Venezuela	14,210,000
47	Sri Lanka	14,177,000
48	Netherlands	13,994,000
49	Afghanistan	13,485,000
50	Iraq	12,540,000
51	Uganda	12,523,000
52	Malaysia	12,180,000
53	Chile	11,089,000
54	Ghana	11,077,000
55	Hungary	10,646,000
56	Mozambique	10,415,000
57	Czech Republic	10,176,000
58	Belgium	9,783,000
59	Cuba	9,683,000
60	Portugal	9,501,000
61	Belarus	9,462,000
62	Greece	9,325,000
63	Bulgaria	8,823,000
64	Yemen	8,784,000
65	Madagascar	8,347,000
66	Sweden	8,267,000
67	Syria	8,230,000
68	Cameroon	7,898,000
69	Serbia	7,695,000
70	Ecuador	7,631,000
71	Austria	7,570,000
72	Ivory Coast	7,459,000
73	Angola	7,445,000
74	Mali	7,159,000
75	Zimbabwe	6,517,000
76	Burkina Faso	6,507,000
77	Guatemala	6,480,000
78	Switzerland	6,279,000
79	Tunisia	6,236,000
80	Azerbaijan	6,011,000
81	Malawi	5,706,000
82	Niger	5,699,000
83	Senegal	5,503,000
84	Bolivia	5,441,000
85	Cambodia	5,433,000
86	Dominican Republic	5,383,000
87	Zambia	5,383,000
88	Haiti	5,351,000
89	Saudi Arabia	5,227,000
90	Denmark	5,189,000
91	Georgia	5,073,000
92	Rwanda	4,960,000
93	Slovakia	4,862,000
94	Guinea	4,839,000
95	Finland	4,747,000
96	Croatia	4,600,000
97	Somalia	4,548,000
98	Chad	4,371,000
99	El Salvador	4,348,000
100	South Sudan	4,075,000
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,061,000
102	Norway	4,051,000
103	Burundi	4,039,000
104	Moldova	3,948,000
105	Tajikistan	3,711,000
106	Benin	3,670,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,549,000
108	Israel	3,520,000
109	Honduras	3,451,000
110	Lithuania	3,367,000
111	Ireland	3,303,000
112	New Zealand	3,165,000
113	Laos	3,145,000
114	Sierra Leone	3,115,000
115	Nicaragua	3,037,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,972,000
117	Libya	2,964,000
118	Armenia	2,962,000
119	Uruguay	2,918,000
120	Paraguay	2,863,000
121	Lebanon	2,792,000
122	Togo	2,734,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,657,000
124	Albania	2,595,000
125	Latvia	2,492,000
126	Central African Republic	2,385,000
127	Singapore	2,346,000
128	Costa Rica	2,234,000
129	Jamaica	2,083,000
130	Jordan	2,050,000
131	North Macedonia	1,867,000
132	Slovenia	1,860,000
133	Panama	1,844,000
134	Liberia	1,792,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,728,000
136	Mongolia	1,598,000
137	Eritrea	1,502,000
138	Kosovo	1,495,000
139	Estonia	1,453,000
140	Mauritania	1,373,000
	Palestine	1,371,000
141	Lesotho	1,308,000
142	Kuwait	1,299,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,086,000
144	Namibia	944,000
145	Mauritius	918,000
146	Oman	877,000
147	Botswana	821,000
148	Guinea-Bissau	766,000
149	Guyana	762,000
150	United Arab Emirates	759,000
151	Gabon	702,000
152	Cyprus	670,000
153	Gambia	656,000
154	East Timor	624,000
155	Fiji	605,000
156	Montenegro	571,000
157	Eswatini	549,000
158	Bhutan	398,000
159	Suriname	383,000
160	Luxembourg	360,000
161	Malta	338,000
162	Bahrain	320,000
163	Cape Verde	314,000
164	Comoros	313,000
165	Equatorial Guinea	276,000
166	Djibouti	267,000
167	Barbados	252,000
168	Qatar	233,000
169	Iceland	223,000
170	Bahamas	221,000
171	Solomon Islands	218,000
172	Brunei	172,000
173	Samoa	161,000
174	Maldives	154,000
175	Belize	137,000
176	Saint Lucia	115,000
177	Vanuatu	108,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102,000
179	Grenada	97,000
180	Tonga	97,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	93,000
182	Dominica	73,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	72,000
184	Seychelles	65,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
186	Kiribati	60,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	32,000
189	Marshall Islands	28,000
190	Monaco	26,000
191	Liechtenstein	24,000
192	San Marino	21,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	7,000
196	Vatican City	1,000