Countries by Population in the Year 1951

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1951. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 2,520,970,000
1 China 550,995,000
2 India 360,938,000
3 United States 151,814,000
4 Russia 103,360,000
5 Japan 85,050,000
6 Germany 70,850,000
7 Indonesia 70,272,000
8 Brazil 54,759,000
9 United Kingdom 50,436,000
10 Italy 46,609,000
11 France 42,857,000
12 Bangladesh 40,121,000
13 Pakistan 37,934,000
14 Nigeria 37,543,000
15 Ukraine 37,543,000
16 Spain 28,124,000
17 Mexico 27,969,000
18 Vietnam 25,388,000
19 Poland 25,009,000
20 Egypt 21,371,000
21 Turkey 21,240,000
22 Thailand 20,656,000
23 South Korea 20,048,000
24 Philippines 18,878,000
25 Ethiopia 17,903,000
26 Myanmar 17,891,000
27 Argentina 17,186,000
28 Iran 17,025,000
29 Romania 16,504,000
30 Canada 13,893,000
31 South Africa 13,180,000
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,417,000
33 Colombia 11,925,000
34 North Korea 10,812,000
35 Netherlands 10,208,000
36 Hungary 9,383,000
37 Algeria 9,147,000
38 Morocco 9,080,000
39 Czech Republic 8,957,000
40 Belgium 8,638,000
41 Nepal 8,489,000
42 Portugal 8,448,000
43 Australia 8,305,000
44 Sri Lanka 8,016,000
45 Belarus 7,887,000
46 Peru 7,787,000
47 Taiwan 7,778,000
48 Tanzania 7,731,000
49 Greece 7,718,000
50 Afghanistan 7,524,000
51 Bulgaria 7,195,000
52 Sweden 7,043,000
53 Austria 6,935,000
54 Kazakhstan 6,771,000
55 Chile 6,683,000
56 Uzbekistan 6,327,000
57 Sudan 6,284,000
58 Serbia 6,055,000
59 Malaysia 6,044,000
60 Cuba 5,987,000
61 Mozambique 5,962,000
62 Kenya 5,836,000
63 Uganda 5,829,000
64 Iraq 5,716,000
65 Venezuela 5,609,000
66 Ghana 5,146,000
67 Yemen 4,747,000
68 Mali 4,728,000
69 Switzerland 4,717,000
70 Angola 4,523,000
71 Cambodia 4,432,000
72 Cameroon 4,349,000
73 Denmark 4,339,000
74 Burkina Faso 4,237,000
75 Finland 4,030,000
76 Madagascar 4,002,000
77 Croatia 3,883,000
78 Tunisia 3,639,000
79 Syria 3,581,000
80 Ecuador 3,565,000
81 Georgia 3,537,000
82 Slovakia 3,493,000
83 Norway 3,281,000
84 Haiti 3,274,000
85 Azerbaijan 3,191,000
86 Guatemala 3,141,000
87 Saudi Arabia 3,136,000
88 Bolivia 3,113,000
89 Guinea 3,008,000
90 Malawi 2,974,000
91 Ireland 2,914,000
92 Zimbabwe 2,836,000
93 Ivory Coast 2,775,000
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,715,000
95 Niger 2,615,000
96 Lithuania 2,577,000
97 Chad 2,537,000
98 Senegal 2,528,000
99 South Sudan 2,508,000
100 Dominican Republic 2,418,000
101 Moldova 2,400,000
102 Zambia 2,351,000
103 Burundi 2,279,000
104 Benin 2,272,000
105 Somalia 2,245,000
106 Uruguay 2,244,000
107 El Salvador 2,207,000
108 Rwanda 2,190,000
109 Sierra Leone 2,014,000
110 New Zealand 1,951,000
111 Latvia 1,934,000
112 Kyrgyzstan 1,769,000
113 Laos 1,705,000
114 Honduras 1,580,000
115 Papua New Guinea 1,559,000
116 Tajikistan 1,555,000
117 Paraguay 1,522,000
118 Slovenia 1,452,000
119 Central African Republic 1,447,000
120 Jamaica 1,430,000
121 Togo 1,410,000
122 Armenia 1,404,000
123 Lebanon 1,369,000
124 Nicaragua 1,350,000
125 Israel 1,310,000
126 Albania 1,271,000
127 North Macedonia 1,268,000
128 Turkmenistan 1,225,000
129 Libya 1,136,000
130 Estonia 1,109,000
131 Singapore 1,027,000
132 Costa Rica 964,000
Palestine 949,000
133 Liberia 924,000
134 Panama 872,000
135 Republic of the Congo 844,000
136 Eritrea 828,000
137 Mongolia 787,000
138 Kosovo 778,000
139 Mauritania 666,000
140 Trinidad and Tobago 657,000
141 Lesotho 584,000
142 Guinea-Bissau 547,000
143 Mauritius 533,000
144 Namibia 518,000
145 Cyprus 498,000
146 Gabon 474,000
147 Oman 460,000
148 Jordan 453,000
149 Guyana 423,000
150 Botswana 418,000
151 East Timor 416,000
152 Montenegro 406,000
153 Gambia 311,000
154 Fiji 310,000
155 Luxembourg 297,000
156 Malta 295,000
157 Eswatini 275,000
158 Equatorial Guinea 228,000
159 Barbados 213,000
160 Suriname 198,000
161 Cape Verde 186,000
162 Bhutan 178,000
163 Comoros 164,000
164 Kuwait 156,000
165 Iceland 144,000
166 Bahrain 119,000
167 Solomon Islands 106,000
168 Samoa 89,000
169 Saint Lucia 87,000
170 Bahamas 82,000
171 United Arab Emirates 77,000
172 Grenada 77,000
173 Maldives 75,000
174 Belize 70,000
175 Djibouti 63,000
176 São Tomé and Príncipe 62,000
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 62,000
178 Vanuatu 52,000
179 Tonga 51,000
180 Brunei 50,000
181 Dominica 50,000
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48,000
183 Antigua and Barbuda 46,000
184 Seychelles 38,000
185 Kiribati 38,000
186 Federated States of Micronesia 32,000
187 Qatar 25,000
188 Monaco 20,000
189 Liechtenstein 14,000
190 San Marino 13,000
191 Marshall Islands 13,000
192 Palau 7,000
193 Andorra 6,000
194 Tuvalu 5,000
195 Nauru 3,000
196 Vatican City 1,000
Caveats and explanations
  • All data is based on the 2022 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
  • Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
  • Years after 2021 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
  • Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
  • Morocco includes Western Sahara.
  • Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.
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