Countries by Population in the Year 1954

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1954. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,665,307,000
1	China	585,834,000
2	India	385,368,000
3	United States	159,154,000
4	Russia	108,350,000
5	Japan	88,588,000
6	Indonesia	75,041,000
7	Germany	70,932,000
8	Brazil	59,908,000
9	United Kingdom	51,111,000
10	Italy	47,684,000
11	France	43,940,000
12	Bangladesh	42,781,000
13	Pakistan	39,841,000
14	Nigeria	39,710,000
15	Ukraine	39,017,000
16	Mexico	30,208,000
17	Spain	28,748,000
18	Vietnam	27,129,000
19	Poland	26,403,000
20	Turkey	22,991,000
21	Egypt	22,944,000
22	Thailand	22,275,000
23	Philippines	21,536,000
24	South Korea	21,124,000
25	Ethiopia	19,089,000
26	Myanmar	18,932,000
27	Iran	18,221,000
28	Argentina	18,201,000
29	Romania	17,147,000
30	Canada	15,110,000
31	South Africa	14,091,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13,208,000
33	Colombia	12,944,000
34	Netherlands	10,617,000
35	North Korea	10,143,000
36	Algeria	9,896,000
37	Morocco	9,845,000
38	Hungary	9,644,000
39	Czech Republic	9,187,000
40	Nepal	9,024,000
41	Australia	8,907,000
42	Belgium	8,763,000
43	Taiwan	8,734,000
44	Portugal	8,597,000
45	Sri Lanka	8,489,000
46	Peru	8,464,000
47	Tanzania	8,375,000
48	Greece	8,006,000
49	Belarus	7,907,000
50	Afghanistan	7,813,000
51	Kazakhstan	7,482,000
52	Bulgaria	7,401,000
53	Sweden	7,195,000
54	Chile	7,096,000
55	Austria	6,935,000
56	Sudan	6,874,000
57	Uzbekistan	6,846,000
58	Malaysia	6,518,000
59	Cuba	6,361,000
60	Venezuela	6,361,000
61	Uganda	6,330,000
62	Kenya	6,282,000
63	Serbia	6,258,000
64	Mozambique	6,197,000
65	Iraq	6,169,000
66	Ghana	5,618,000
67	Yemen	4,971,000
68	Mali	4,919,000
69	Switzerland	4,907,000
70	Angola	4,806,000
71	Cambodia	4,757,000
72	Cameroon	4,555,000
73	Denmark	4,436,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,390,000
75	Madagascar	4,304,000
76	Finland	4,163,000
77	Croatia	3,993,000
78	Ecuador	3,862,000
79	Tunisia	3,856,000
80	Syria	3,837,000
81	Slovakia	3,694,000
82	Georgia	3,666,000
83	Haiti	3,449,000
84	Saudi Arabia	3,426,000
85	Guatemala	3,415,000
86	Azerbaijan	3,414,000
87	Norway	3,378,000
88	Bolivia	3,268,000
89	Guinea	3,156,000
90	Malawi	3,145,000
91	Zimbabwe	3,116,000
92	Ivory Coast	3,019,000
93	Ireland	2,910,000
94	Niger	2,884,000
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,869,000
96	Senegal	2,734,000
97	Chad	2,681,000
98	Dominican Republic	2,657,000
99	Lithuania	2,656,000
100	South Sudan	2,626,000
101	Moldova	2,599,000
102	Zambia	2,562,000
103	Somalia	2,434,000
104	Burundi	2,423,000
105	Rwanda	2,417,000
106	El Salvador	2,363,000
107	Benin	2,327,000
108	Uruguay	2,321,000
109	New Zealand	2,095,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,092,000
111	Latvia	1,999,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	1,882,000
113	Laos	1,829,000
114	Honduras	1,720,000
115	Tajikistan	1,720,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,669,000
117	Paraguay	1,629,000
118	Armenia	1,531,000
119	Jamaica	1,523,000
120	Central African Republic	1,511,000
121	Slovenia	1,497,000
122	Lebanon	1,490,000
123	Togo	1,481,000
124	Israel	1,479,000
125	Nicaragua	1,473,000
126	Albania	1,387,000
127	North Macedonia	1,353,000
128	Turkmenistan	1,309,000
129	Libya	1,186,000
130	Singapore	1,176,000
131	Estonia	1,149,000
132	Costa Rica	1,066,000
133	Liberia	981,000
	Palestine	979,000
134	Panama	942,000
135	Republic of the Congo	902,000
136	Eritrea	871,000
137	Kosovo	846,000
138	Mongolia	824,000
139	Mauritania	713,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	711,000
141	Lesotho	620,000
142	Mauritius	576,000
143	Jordan	561,000
144	Guinea-Bissau	559,000
145	Namibia	537,000
146	Cyprus	521,000
147	Gabon	484,000
148	Oman	481,000
149	Guyana	460,000
150	Botswana	447,000
151	Montenegro	432,000
152	East Timor	430,000
153	Gambia	336,000
154	Fiji	330,000
155	Malta	315,000
156	Luxembourg	302,000
157	Eswatini	296,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	240,000
159	Barbados	224,000
160	Suriname	217,000
161	Cape Verde	193,000
162	Bhutan	190,000
163	Comoros	173,000
164	Kuwait	169,000
165	Iceland	153,000
166	Bahrain	129,000
167	Solomon Islands	113,000
168	Samoa	95,000
169	United Arab Emirates	93,000
170	Bahamas	88,000
171	Saint Lucia	88,000
172	Grenada	80,000
173	Maldives	79,000
174	Belize	77,000
175	Djibouti	70,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	64,000
178	Brunei	59,000
179	Tonga	55,000
180	Vanuatu	55,000
181	Dominica	51,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	49,000
184	Kiribati	41,000
185	Seychelles	39,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	35,000
187	Qatar	27,000
188	Monaco	20,000
189	Liechtenstein	15,000
190	San Marino	14,000
191	Marshall Islands	14,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	5,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000