Countries by Population in the Year 1950

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1950. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 2,477,675,000
1 China 541,318,000
2 India 353,104,000
3 United States 149,422,000
4 Russia 101,801,000
5 Japan 83,656,000
6 Germany 71,078,000
7 Indonesia 68,863,000
8 Brazil 53,152,000
9 United Kingdom 50,188,000
10 Italy 46,175,000
11 France 42,456,000
12 Bangladesh 39,336,000
13 Pakistan 37,459,000
14 Ukraine 37,063,000
15 Nigeria 36,836,000
16 Spain 28,016,000
17 Mexico 27,232,000
18 Vietnam 24,830,000
19 Poland 24,564,000
20 Egypt 20,929,000
21 Turkey 20,715,000
22 Thailand 20,167,000
23 South Korea 20,160,000
24 Philippines 18,062,000
25 Myanmar 17,573,000
26 Ethiopia 17,517,000
27 Argentina 16,850,000
28 Iran 16,641,000
29 Romania 16,282,000
30 Canada 13,594,000
31 South Africa 12,908,000
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,174,000
33 Colombia 11,615,000
34 North Korea 11,395,000
35 Netherlands 10,073,000
36 Hungary 9,292,000
37 Algeria 8,893,000
38 Czech Republic 8,876,000
39 Morocco 8,839,000
40 Belgium 8,597,000
41 Portugal 8,386,000
42 Nepal 8,309,000
43 Australia 8,049,000
44 Belarus 7,927,000
45 Sri Lanka 7,876,000
46 Greece 7,620,000
47 Peru 7,571,000
48 Tanzania 7,533,000
49 Taiwan 7,468,000
50 Afghanistan 7,437,000
51 Bulgaria 7,121,000
52 Sweden 6,986,000
53 Austria 6,938,000
54 Chile 6,564,000
55 Kazakhstan 6,541,000
56 Uzbekistan 6,168,000
57 Sudan 6,099,000
58 Serbia 5,980,000
59 Malaysia 5,902,000
60 Mozambique 5,878,000
61 Cuba 5,866,000
62 Kenya 5,712,000
63 Uganda 5,672,000
64 Iraq 5,597,000
65 Venezuela 5,368,000
66 Ghana 5,009,000
67 Yemen 4,679,000
68 Switzerland 4,668,000
69 Mali 4,662,000
70 Angola 4,433,000
71 Cambodia 4,329,000
72 Denmark 4,307,000
73 Cameroon 4,283,000
74 Burkina Faso 4,190,000
75 Finland 3,987,000
76 Madagascar 3,906,000
77 Croatia 3,846,000
78 Tunisia 3,573,000
79 Syria 3,506,000
80 Georgia 3,498,000
81 Ecuador 3,472,000
82 Slovakia 3,438,000
83 Norway 3,282,000
84 Haiti 3,220,000
85 Azerbaijan 3,127,000
86 Bolivia 3,067,000
87 Guatemala 3,058,000
88 Saudi Arabia 3,043,000
89 Guinea 2,959,000
90 Malawi 2,925,000
91 Ireland 2,899,000
92 Zimbabwe 2,746,000
93 Ivory Coast 2,699,000
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,671,000
95 Lithuania 2,553,000
96 Niger 2,524,000
97 Chad 2,489,000
98 South Sudan 2,476,000
99 Senegal 2,464,000
100 Dominican Republic 2,346,000
101 Moldova 2,341,000
102 Zambia 2,286,000
103 Benin 2,256,000
104 Burundi 2,229,000
105 Uruguay 2,224,000
106 Somalia 2,181,000
107 El Salvador 2,157,000
108 Rwanda 2,118,000
109 Sierra Leone 1,988,000
110 New Zealand 1,911,000
111 Latvia 1,911,000
112 Kyrgyzstan 1,733,000
113 Laos 1,664,000
114 Honduras 1,536,000
115 Papua New Guinea 1,527,000
116 Tajikistan 1,498,000
117 Paraguay 1,488,000
118 Slovenia 1,438,000
119 Central African Republic 1,427,000
120 Togo 1,387,000
121 Jamaica 1,385,000
122 Armenia 1,366,000
123 Lebanon 1,331,000
124 Nicaragua 1,311,000
125 Israel 1,258,000
126 North Macedonia 1,234,000
127 Albania 1,234,000
128 Turkmenistan 1,203,000
129 Libya 1,125,000
130 Estonia 1,095,000
131 Singapore 987,000
Palestine 941,000
132 Costa Rica 933,000
133 Liberia 907,000
134 Panama 851,000
135 Republic of the Congo 826,000
136 Eritrea 817,000
137 Mongolia 775,000
138 Kosovo 757,000
139 Mauritania 651,000
140 Trinidad and Tobago 640,000
141 Lesotho 574,000
142 Guinea-Bissau 540,000
143 Mauritius 518,000
144 Namibia 512,000
145 Cyprus 490,000
146 Gabon 471,000
147 Oman 454,000
148 Jordan 423,000
149 Guyana 413,000
150 East Timor 413,000
151 Botswana 409,000
152 Montenegro 399,000
153 Fiji 306,000
154 Gambia 303,000
155 Luxembourg 296,000
156 Malta 289,000
157 Eswatini 268,000
158 Equatorial Guinea 224,000
159 Barbados 208,000
160 Suriname 194,000
161 Cape Verde 184,000
162 Bhutan 175,000
163 Comoros 160,000
164 Kuwait 152,000
165 Iceland 141,000
166 Bahrain 116,000
167 Solomon Islands 104,000
168 Samoa 87,000
169 Saint Lucia 86,000
170 Bahamas 81,000
171 Grenada 77,000
172 Maldives 74,000
173 United Arab Emirates 72,000
174 Belize 68,000
175 Djibouti 61,000
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61,000
177 São Tomé and Príncipe 60,000
178 Vanuatu 51,000
179 Dominica 50,000
180 Tonga 49,000
181 Brunei 47,000
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47,000
183 Antigua and Barbuda 45,000
184 Seychelles 38,000
185 Kiribati 37,000
186 Federated States of Micronesia 31,000
187 Qatar 24,000
188 Monaco 19,000
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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