Countries by Population in the Year 1959

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1959. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,944,995,000
1	China	653,170,000
2	India	430,973,000
3	United States	174,374,000
4	Russia	117,280,000
5	Japan	93,128,000
6	Indonesia	84,906,000
7	Germany	72,341,000
8	Brazil	69,785,000
9	United Kingdom	52,366,000
10	Italy	49,069,000
11	Bangladesh	48,332,000
12	France	46,012,000
13	Pakistan	44,304,000
14	Nigeria	43,613,000
15	Ukraine	41,847,000
16	Mexico	34,654,000
17	Vietnam	31,271,000
18	Spain	30,006,000
19	Poland	28,839,000
20	Philippines	26,871,000
21	Turkey	26,387,000
22	Egypt	26,008,000
23	Thailand	25,474,000
24	South Korea	24,644,000
25	Myanmar	21,021,000
26	Ethiopia	20,978,000
27	Iran	20,545,000
28	Argentina	19,861,000
29	Romania	18,191,000
30	Canada	17,329,000
31	South Africa	15,892,000
32	Colombia	14,978,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	14,726,000
34	Netherlands	11,327,000
35	Morocco	11,321,000
36	North Korea	11,263,000
37	Algeria	11,049,000
38	Taiwan	10,432,000
39	Australia	9,958,000
40	Hungary	9,911,000
41	Nepal	9,890,000
42	Peru	9,736,000
43	Tanzania	9,621,000
44	Czech Republic	9,492,000
45	Sri Lanka	9,437,000
46	Belgium	9,017,000
47	Kazakhstan	8,847,000
48	Portugal	8,826,000
49	Greece	8,418,000
50	Afghanistan	8,395,000
51	Belarus	8,241,000
52	Sudan	7,970,000
53	Uzbekistan	7,949,000
54	Chile	7,891,000
55	Bulgaria	7,789,000
56	Venezuela	7,720,000
57	Malaysia	7,490,000
58	Sweden	7,426,000
59	Kenya	7,343,000
60	Uganda	7,293,000
61	Cuba	7,046,000
62	Austria	6,998,000
63	Iraq	6,854,000
64	Mozambique	6,623,000
65	Ghana	6,581,000
66	Serbia	6,510,000
67	Yemen	5,396,000
68	Cambodia	5,358,000
69	Mali	5,240,000
70	Switzerland	5,230,000
71	Angola	5,226,000
72	Cameroon	4,978,000
73	Madagascar	4,881,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,682,000
75	Denmark	4,600,000
76	Ecuador	4,428,000
77	Syria	4,405,000
78	Finland	4,377,000
79	Croatia	4,167,000
80	Tunisia	4,140,000
81	Slovakia	4,035,000
82	Saudi Arabia	3,975,000
83	Georgia	3,945,000
84	Azerbaijan	3,935,000
85	Guatemala	3,924,000
86	Haiti	3,791,000
87	Zimbabwe	3,634,000
88	Bolivia	3,595,000
89	Norway	3,538,000
90	Ivory Coast	3,520,000
91	Malawi	3,496,000
92	Guinea	3,428,000
93	Niger	3,346,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,169,000
95	Dominican Republic	3,137,000
96	Senegal	3,137,000
97	Moldova	3,008,000
98	Zambia	2,976,000
99	Chad	2,943,000
100	South Sudan	2,849,000
101	Rwanda	2,837,000
102	Ireland	2,831,000
103	Lithuania	2,818,000
104	Somalia	2,763,000
105	El Salvador	2,670,000
106	Burundi	2,668,000
107	Uruguay	2,480,000
108	Benin	2,459,000
109	New Zealand	2,334,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,246,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,119,000
112	Latvia	2,114,000
113	Laos	2,052,000
114	Tajikistan	2,023,000
115	Honduras	1,989,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,907,000
117	Paraguay	1,828,000
118	Armenia	1,806,000
119	Israel	1,789,000
120	Lebanon	1,721,000
121	Nicaragua	1,710,000
122	Central African Republic	1,636,000
123	Albania	1,627,000
124	Jamaica	1,613,000
125	Togo	1,611,000
126	Slovenia	1,577,000
127	Turkmenistan	1,522,000
128	Singapore	1,504,000
129	North Macedonia	1,437,000
130	Libya	1,357,000
131	Costa Rica	1,274,000
132	Estonia	1,204,000
133	Liberia	1,097,000
134	Panama	1,079,000
	Palestine	1,048,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,016,000
136	Eritrea	961,000
137	Kosovo	955,000
138	Mongolia	930,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	817,000
140	Mauritania	806,000
141	Jordan	779,000
142	Lesotho	705,000
143	Mauritius	651,000
144	Namibia	575,000
145	Guinea-Bissau	574,000
146	Cyprus	568,000
147	Guyana	545,000
148	Oman	522,000
149	Gabon	505,000
150	Botswana	496,000
151	Montenegro	464,000
152	East Timor	458,000
153	Gambia	384,000
154	Fiji	383,000
155	Malta	336,000
156	Eswatini	333,000
157	Luxembourg	312,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	260,000
159	Kuwait	260,000
160	Suriname	255,000
161	Barbados	231,000
162	Bhutan	213,000
163	Cape Verde	204,000
164	Comoros	189,000
165	Iceland	170,000
166	Bahrain	152,000
167	Solomon Islands	128,000
168	United Arab Emirates	123,000
169	Samoa	108,000
170	Bahamas	107,000
171	Grenada	90,000
172	Saint Lucia	90,000
173	Belize	88,000
174	Maldives	88,000
175	Djibouti	82,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	81,000
177	Brunei	79,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	67,000
179	Tonga	65,000
180	Vanuatu	62,000
181	Dominica	57,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	56,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	54,000
184	Kiribati	45,000
185	Seychelles	42,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	41,000
187	Qatar	33,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	16,000
190	Marshall Islands	15,000
191	San Marino	15,000
192	Palau	9,000
193	Andorra	8,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000