Countries by Population in the Year 1979

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1979. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,329,521,000
1	China	967,530,000
2	India	663,072,000
3	United States	229,829,000
4	Indonesia	143,683,000
5	Russia	137,440,000
6	Japan	117,066,000
7	Brazil	116,979,000
8	Bangladesh	84,904,000
9	Germany	78,096,000
10	Pakistan	77,541,000
11	Nigeria	70,392,000
12	Mexico	64,818,000
13	United Kingdom	56,519,000
14	Italy	56,045,000
15	France	55,013,000
16	Vietnam	50,890,000
17	Ukraine	49,610,000
18	Philippines	46,187,000
19	Thailand	44,254,000
20	Turkey	44,081,000
21	Egypt	42,278,000
22	Iran	37,740,000
23	South Korea	37,494,000
24	Spain	37,076,000
25	Poland	35,079,000
26	Ethiopia	34,101,000
27	Myanmar	32,284,000
28	South Africa	28,248,000
29	Argentina	27,349,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	25,450,000
31	Colombia	25,230,000
32	Canada	24,098,000
33	Romania	21,948,000
34	Morocco	18,810,000
35	Tanzania	18,288,000
36	North Korea	17,858,000
37	Algeria	17,763,000
38	Taiwan	17,553,000
39	Peru	16,722,000
40	Sudan	16,033,000
41	Kenya	15,191,000
42	Uzbekistan	15,016,000
43	Nepal	15,013,000
44	Kazakhstan	14,890,000
45	Venezuela	14,624,000
46	Australia	14,448,000
47	Sri Lanka	14,444,000
48	Netherlands	14,083,000
49	Afghanistan	13,737,000
50	Iraq	12,966,000
51	Uganda	12,861,000
52	Malaysia	12,476,000
53	Ghana	11,420,000
54	Chile	11,256,000
55	Mozambique	10,821,000
56	Hungary	10,674,000
57	Czech Republic	10,225,000
58	Belgium	9,800,000
59	Cuba	9,740,000
60	Portugal	9,611,000
61	Belarus	9,509,000
62	Greece	9,455,000
63	Yemen	9,070,000
64	Bulgaria	8,805,000
65	Madagascar	8,605,000
66	Syria	8,516,000
67	Sweden	8,284,000
68	Cameroon	8,126,000
69	Ecuador	7,842,000
70	Ivory Coast	7,748,000
71	Serbia	7,739,000
72	Angola	7,709,000
73	Austria	7,552,000
74	Mali	7,300,000
75	Burkina Faso	6,675,000
76	Guatemala	6,643,000
77	Zimbabwe	6,570,000
78	Tunisia	6,383,000
79	Switzerland	6,285,000
80	Azerbaijan	6,139,000
81	Malawi	5,914,000
82	Niger	5,867,000
83	Senegal	5,634,000
84	Bolivia	5,567,000
85	Zambia	5,548,000
86	Saudi Arabia	5,537,000
87	Dominican Republic	5,520,000
88	Haiti	5,455,000
89	Denmark	5,204,000
90	Georgia	5,111,000
91	Rwanda	5,110,000
92	Somalia	5,082,000
93	Cambodia	4,991,000
94	Guinea	4,917,000
95	Slovakia	4,910,000
96	Finland	4,758,000
97	Croatia	4,618,000
98	Chad	4,451,000
99	El Salvador	4,441,000
100	South Sudan	4,180,000
101	Burundi	4,162,000
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,096,000
103	Norway	4,066,000
104	Moldova	3,993,000
105	Tajikistan	3,826,000
106	Benin	3,767,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,620,000
108	Israel	3,601,000
109	Honduras	3,559,000
110	Lithuania	3,393,000
111	Ireland	3,355,000
112	Laos	3,198,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,176,000
114	New Zealand	3,163,000
115	Libya	3,141,000
116	Nicaragua	3,123,000
117	Armenia	3,064,000
118	Papua New Guinea	3,035,000
119	Paraguay	2,936,000
120	Uruguay	2,933,000
121	Lebanon	2,853,000
122	Togo	2,802,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,725,000
124	Albania	2,655,000
125	Latvia	2,502,000
126	Central African Republic	2,411,000
127	Singapore	2,375,000
128	Costa Rica	2,295,000
129	Jordan	2,117,000
130	Jamaica	2,107,000
131	North Macedonia	1,893,000
132	Panama	1,889,000
133	Slovenia	1,877,000
134	Liberia	1,845,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,768,000
136	Mongolia	1,641,000
137	Eritrea	1,543,000
138	Kosovo	1,538,000
139	Estonia	1,464,000
140	Mauritania	1,412,000
	Palestine	1,408,000
141	Kuwait	1,382,000
142	Lesotho	1,346,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,100,000
144	Namibia	951,000
145	Mauritius	932,000
146	Oman	924,000
147	Botswana	878,000
148	United Arab Emirates	860,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	817,000
150	Guyana	767,000
151	Gabon	720,000
152	Gambia	678,000
153	Cyprus	675,000
154	East Timor	634,000
155	Fiji	619,000
156	Montenegro	576,000
157	Eswatini	568,000
158	Bhutan	412,000
159	Suriname	380,000
160	Luxembourg	363,000
161	Malta	340,000
162	Bahrain	336,000
163	Comoros	323,000
164	Cape Verde	318,000
165	Djibouti	293,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	277,000
167	Barbados	251,000
168	Qatar	250,000
169	Bahamas	226,000
170	Solomon Islands	226,000
171	Iceland	225,000
172	Brunei	178,000
173	Samoa	162,000
174	Maldives	158,000
175	Belize	140,000
176	Saint Lucia	117,000
177	Vanuatu	112,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,000
179	Tonga	97,000
180	Grenada	96,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	95,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	74,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Seychelles	65,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
186	Kiribati	60,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	34,000
189	Marshall Islands	29,000
190	Monaco	27,000
191	Liechtenstein	25,000
192	San Marino	21,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	7,000
196	Vatican City	1,000