Countries by Population in the Year 1953

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1953. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,615,251,000
1	China	573,874,000
2	India	377,088,000
3	United States	156,543,000
4	Russia	106,636,000
5	Japan	87,526,000
6	Indonesia	73,375,000
7	Germany	70,827,000
8	Brazil	58,143,000
9	United Kingdom	50,863,000
10	Italy	47,140,000
11	France	43,597,000
12	Bangladesh	41,877,000
13	Pakistan	39,136,000
14	Nigeria	38,986,000
15	Ukraine	38,520,000
16	Mexico	29,436,000
17	Spain	28,519,000
18	Vietnam	26,513,000
19	Poland	25,933,000
20	Turkey	22,390,000
21	Egypt	22,375,000
22	Thailand	21,715,000
23	Philippines	20,611,000
24	South Korea	20,601,000
25	Ethiopia	18,695,000
26	Myanmar	18,567,000
27	Argentina	17,864,000
28	Iran	17,815,000
29	Romania	16,936,000
30	Canada	14,693,000
31	South Africa	13,776,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12,941,000
33	Colombia	12,590,000
34	Netherlands	10,483,000
35	North Korea	10,152,000
36	Algeria	9,647,000
37	Morocco	9,582,000
38	Hungary	9,545,000
39	Czech Republic	9,116,000
40	Nepal	8,849,000
41	Australia	8,731,000
42	Belgium	8,718,000
43	Portugal	8,550,000
44	Taiwan	8,411,000
45	Sri Lanka	8,324,000
46	Peru	8,235,000
47	Tanzania	8,152,000
48	Greece	7,913,000
49	Belarus	7,880,000
50	Afghanistan	7,716,000
51	Bulgaria	7,324,000
52	Kazakhstan	7,243,000
53	Sweden	7,145,000
54	Chile	6,952,000
55	Austria	6,928,000
56	Sudan	6,673,000
57	Uzbekistan	6,663,000
58	Malaysia	6,352,000
59	Cuba	6,233,000
60	Serbia	6,187,000
61	Uganda	6,157,000
62	Kenya	6,122,000
63	Mozambique	6,122,000
64	Venezuela	6,106,000
65	Iraq	6,009,000
66	Ghana	5,452,000
67	Yemen	4,893,000
68	Mali	4,857,000
69	Switzerland	4,844,000
70	Angola	4,712,000
71	Cambodia	4,647,000
72	Cameroon	4,484,000
73	Denmark	4,403,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,338,000
75	Madagascar	4,200,000
76	Finland	4,117,000
77	Croatia	3,954,000
78	Tunisia	3,781,000
79	Ecuador	3,760,000
80	Syria	3,746,000
81	Slovakia	3,625,000
82	Georgia	3,621,000
83	Haiti	3,388,000
84	Norway	3,345,000
85	Azerbaijan	3,334,000
86	Saudi Arabia	3,328,000
87	Guatemala	3,322,000
88	Bolivia	3,213,000
89	Guinea	3,106,000
90	Malawi	3,085,000
91	Zimbabwe	3,020,000
92	Ivory Coast	2,934,000
93	Ireland	2,924,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,813,000
95	Niger	2,794,000
96	Senegal	2,663,000
97	Chad	2,632,000
98	Lithuania	2,628,000
99	South Sudan	2,583,000
100	Dominican Republic	2,573,000
101	Moldova	2,528,000
102	Zambia	2,489,000
103	Burundi	2,375,000
104	Somalia	2,371,000
105	Rwanda	2,340,000
106	El Salvador	2,309,000
107	Benin	2,307,000
108	Uruguay	2,294,000
109	Sierra Leone	2,066,000
110	New Zealand	2,044,000
111	Latvia	1,978,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	1,844,000
113	Laos	1,787,000
114	Honduras	1,672,000
115	Tajikistan	1,665,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,627,000
117	Paraguay	1,592,000
118	Jamaica	1,497,000
119	Central African Republic	1,489,000
120	Armenia	1,486,000
121	Slovenia	1,480,000
122	Togo	1,457,000
123	Lebanon	1,448,000
124	Nicaragua	1,430,000
125	Israel	1,421,000
126	Albania	1,346,000
127	North Macedonia	1,326,000
128	Turkmenistan	1,277,000
129	Libya	1,166,000
130	Estonia	1,137,000
131	Singapore	1,121,000
132	Costa Rica	1,030,000
	Palestine	968,000
133	Liberia	961,000
134	Panama	917,000
135	Republic of the Congo	882,000
136	Eritrea	855,000
137	Kosovo	824,000
138	Mongolia	811,000
139	Mauritania	697,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	692,000
141	Lesotho	607,000
142	Mauritius	564,000
143	Guinea-Bissau	556,000
144	Namibia	530,000
145	Jordan	523,000
146	Cyprus	513,000
147	Gabon	480,000
148	Oman	474,000
149	Guyana	447,000
150	Botswana	438,000
151	East Timor	425,000
152	Montenegro	424,000
153	Gambia	327,000
154	Fiji	322,000
155	Malta	308,000
156	Luxembourg	301,000
157	Eswatini	289,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	236,000
159	Barbados	221,000
160	Suriname	210,000
161	Cape Verde	191,000
162	Bhutan	185,000
163	Comoros	170,000
164	Kuwait	164,000
165	Iceland	149,000
166	Bahrain	125,000
167	Solomon Islands	110,000
168	Samoa	93,000
169	United Arab Emirates	88,000
170	Saint Lucia	88,000
171	Bahamas	86,000
172	Grenada	79,000
173	Maldives	78,000
174	Belize	75,000
175	Djibouti	67,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	63,000
178	Brunei	56,000
179	Vanuatu	54,000
180	Tonga	54,000
181	Dominica	51,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	48,000
184	Kiribati	40,000
185	Seychelles	39,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	34,000
187	Qatar	26,000
188	Monaco	20,000
189	Marshall Islands	14,000
190	Liechtenstein	14,000
191	San Marino	13,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Tuvalu	5,000
194	Andorra	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000