Countries by Population in the Year 1970

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1970. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,657,599,000
1	China	815,959,000
2	India	551,306,000
3	United States	201,877,000
4	Russia	129,830,000
5	Indonesia	113,677,000
6	Japan	104,749,000
7	Brazil	95,177,000
8	Germany	78,173,000
9	Bangladesh	66,788,000
10	Pakistan	58,466,000
11	United Kingdom	55,840,000
12	Nigeria	54,945,000
13	Italy	53,171,000
14	France	51,622,000
15	Mexico	49,494,000
16	Ukraine	47,156,000
17	Vietnam	41,466,000
18	Philippines	36,943,000
19	Thailand	35,283,000
20	Turkey	35,132,000
21	Egypt	34,389,000
22	Spain	33,638,000
23	Poland	32,381,000
24	South Korea	32,257,000
25	Iran	28,040,000
26	Ethiopia	27,913,000
27	Myanmar	26,969,000
28	Argentina	23,653,000
29	South Africa	22,034,000
30	Canada	21,182,000
31	Colombia	20,650,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19,865,000
33	Romania	19,815,000
34	Morocco	15,146,000
35	North Korea	14,801,000
36	Taiwan	14,789,000
37	Algeria	13,642,000
38	Peru	13,402,000
39	Tanzania	13,387,000
40	Netherlands	13,036,000
41	Australia	12,394,000
42	Nepal	12,364,000
43	Sri Lanka	12,254,000
44	Kazakhstan	12,166,000
45	Uzbekistan	11,831,000
46	Kenya	11,256,000
47	Venezuela	11,182,000
48	Sudan	11,132,000
49	Afghanistan	10,620,000
50	Hungary	10,300,000
51	Malaysia	10,183,000
52	Uganda	10,162,000
53	Czech Republic	9,789,000
54	Chile	9,738,000
55	Iraq	9,641,000
56	Belgium	9,610,000
57	Belarus	9,139,000
58	Cuba	8,789,000
59	Ghana	8,740,000
60	Portugal	8,736,000
61	Bulgaria	8,549,000
62	Greece	8,532,000
63	Mozambique	8,311,000
64	Sweden	8,005,000
65	Austria	7,453,000
66	Serbia	7,168,000
67	Yemen	6,756,000
68	Cambodia	6,743,000
69	Madagascar	6,542,000
70	Cameroon	6,368,000
71	Syria	6,213,000
72	Switzerland	6,169,000
73	Mali	6,106,000
74	Ecuador	6,084,000
75	Saudi Arabia	5,970,000
76	Angola	5,967,000
77	Burkina Faso	5,563,000
78	Guatemala	5,380,000
79	Azerbaijan	5,373,000
80	Ivory Coast	5,361,000
81	Zimbabwe	5,125,000
82	Denmark	4,993,000
83	Tunisia	4,981,000
84	Georgia	4,780,000
85	Haiti	4,638,000
86	Finland	4,615,000
87	Niger	4,606,000
88	Malawi	4,568,000
89	Bolivia	4,535,000
90	Slovakia	4,507,000
91	Croatia	4,484,000
92	Dominican Republic	4,414,000
93	Senegal	4,303,000
94	Zambia	4,224,000
95	Guinea	4,184,000
96	Norway	3,863,000
97	Rwanda	3,836,000
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,793,000
99	Moldova	3,691,000
100	Somalia	3,672,000
101	Chad	3,630,000
102	El Salvador	3,574,000
103	Burundi	3,456,000
104	South Sudan	3,321,000
105	Lithuania	3,194,000
106	Benin	2,992,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	2,979,000
108	Tajikistan	2,947,000
109	Ireland	2,927,000
110	Israel	2,851,000
111	New Zealand	2,828,000
112	Uruguay	2,783,000
113	Sierra Leone	2,751,000
114	Honduras	2,741,000
115	Laos	2,643,000
116	Armenia	2,506,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,459,000
118	Nicaragua	2,405,000
119	Latvia	2,387,000
120	Paraguay	2,382,000
121	Lebanon	2,354,000
122	Albania	2,292,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,170,000
124	Togo	2,161,000
125	Singapore	2,045,000
126	Central African Republic	2,045,000
127	Libya	1,885,000
128	Jamaica	1,846,000
129	Costa Rica	1,831,000
130	Slovenia	1,735,000
131	North Macedonia	1,645,000
132	Jordan	1,515,000
133	Panama	1,495,000
134	Liberia	1,444,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,376,000
136	Estonia	1,356,000
137	Mongolia	1,277,000
138	Eritrea	1,256,000
139	Kosovo	1,225,000
	Palestine	1,113,000
140	Mauritania	1,105,000
141	Lesotho	1,006,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	984,000
143	Mauritius	824,000
144	Kuwait	774,000
145	Namibia	743,000
146	Guyana	701,000
147	Oman	662,000
148	Cyprus	639,000
149	Gabon	591,000
150	Botswana	589,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	587,000
152	East Timor	549,000
153	Montenegro	528,000
154	Fiji	522,000
155	Gambia	521,000
156	Eswatini	437,000
157	Suriname	374,000
158	Luxembourg	339,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	319,000
160	Malta	316,000
161	Bhutan	294,000
162	Cape Verde	283,000
163	United Arab Emirates	275,000
164	Barbados	241,000
165	Comoros	239,000
166	Bahrain	220,000
167	Iceland	204,000
168	Bahamas	176,000
169	Solomon Islands	171,000
170	Samoa	142,000
171	Djibouti	140,000
172	Brunei	131,000
173	Maldives	121,000
174	Belize	120,000
175	Qatar	111,000
176	Saint Lucia	102,000
177	Grenada	99,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	98,000
179	Tonga	86,000
180	Vanuatu	86,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	77,000
182	Dominica	69,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	58,000
185	Kiribati	57,000
186	Seychelles	54,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,000
188	Monaco	24,000
189	Marshall Islands	23,000
190	Liechtenstein	21,000
191	Andorra	19,000
192	San Marino	18,000
193	Palau	11,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000