Countries by Population in the Year 1955

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1955. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,718,652,000
1	China	599,195,000
2	India	394,095,000
3	United States	162,081,000
4	Russia	110,092,000
5	Japan	89,598,000
6	Indonesia	76,810,000
7	Germany	71,110,000
8	Brazil	61,747,000
9	United Kingdom	51,351,000
10	Italy	47,983,000
11	France	44,334,000
12	Bangladesh	43,783,000
13	Pakistan	40,607,000
14	Nigeria	40,455,000
15	Ukraine	39,559,000
16	Mexico	31,026,000
17	Spain	28,977,000
18	Vietnam	27,886,000
19	Poland	26,858,000
20	Turkey	23,545,000
21	Egypt	23,539,000
22	Thailand	22,865,000
23	Philippines	22,514,000
24	South Korea	21,742,000
25	Ethiopia	19,495,000
26	Myanmar	19,321,000
27	Iran	18,649,000
28	Argentina	18,537,000
29	Romania	17,355,000
30	Canada	15,536,000
31	South Africa	14,421,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13,491,000
33	Colombia	13,317,000
34	Netherlands	10,755,000
35	North Korea	10,269,000
36	Algeria	10,127,000
37	Morocco	10,120,000
38	Hungary	9,765,000
39	Czech Republic	9,254,000
40	Nepal	9,198,000
41	Australia	9,100,000
42	Taiwan	9,062,000
43	Belgium	8,812,000
44	Peru	8,703,000
45	Sri Lanka	8,661,000
46	Portugal	8,641,000
47	Tanzania	8,606,000
48	Greece	8,099,000
49	Belarus	7,949,000
50	Afghanistan	7,916,000
51	Kazakhstan	7,730,000
52	Bulgaria	7,478,000
53	Chile	7,247,000
54	Sweden	7,240,000
55	Sudan	7,084,000
56	Uzbekistan	7,038,000
57	Austria	6,944,000
58	Malaysia	6,693,000
59	Venezuela	6,620,000
60	Uganda	6,509,000
61	Cuba	6,492,000
62	Kenya	6,461,000
63	Iraq	6,335,000
64	Serbia	6,322,000
65	Mozambique	6,277,000
66	Ghana	5,794,000
67	Yemen	5,050,000
68	Mali	4,983,000
69	Switzerland	4,971,000
70	Angola	4,895,000
71	Cambodia	4,872,000
72	Cameroon	4,630,000
73	Denmark	4,468,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,444,000
75	Madagascar	4,412,000
76	Finland	4,212,000
77	Croatia	4,031,000
78	Ecuador	3,968,000
79	Syria	3,936,000
80	Tunisia	3,934,000
81	Slovakia	3,761,000
82	Georgia	3,713,000
83	Saudi Arabia	3,529,000
84	Haiti	3,513,000
85	Guatemala	3,511,000
86	Azerbaijan	3,502,000
87	Norway	3,411,000
88	Bolivia	3,327,000
89	Zimbabwe	3,213,000
90	Guinea	3,208,000
91	Malawi	3,207,000
92	Ivory Coast	3,107,000
93	Niger	2,973,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,929,000
95	Ireland	2,895,000
96	Senegal	2,808,000
97	Dominican Republic	2,745,000
98	Chad	2,731,000
99	Lithuania	2,684,000
100	Moldova	2,675,000
101	South Sudan	2,671,000
102	Zambia	2,638,000
103	Rwanda	2,497,000
104	Somalia	2,497,000
105	Burundi	2,471,000
106	El Salvador	2,419,000
107	Uruguay	2,351,000
108	Benin	2,348,000
109	New Zealand	2,140,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,121,000
111	Latvia	2,021,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	1,923,000
113	Laos	1,872,000
114	Tajikistan	1,776,000
115	Honduras	1,771,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,712,000
117	Paraguay	1,666,000
118	Armenia	1,579,000
119	Jamaica	1,544,000
120	Israel	1,535,000
121	Central African Republic	1,534,000
122	Lebanon	1,534,000
123	Nicaragua	1,517,000
124	Slovenia	1,514,000
125	Togo	1,506,000
126	Albania	1,431,000
127	North Macedonia	1,371,000
128	Turkmenistan	1,344,000
129	Singapore	1,236,000
130	Libya	1,210,000
131	Estonia	1,162,000
132	Costa Rica	1,104,000
133	Liberia	1,003,000
	Palestine	991,000
134	Panama	967,000
135	Republic of the Congo	923,000
136	Eritrea	887,000
137	Kosovo	867,000
138	Mongolia	838,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	732,000
140	Mauritania	730,000
141	Lesotho	634,000
142	Jordan	601,000
143	Mauritius	590,000
144	Guinea-Bissau	562,000
145	Namibia	544,000
146	Cyprus	530,000
147	Oman	488,000
148	Gabon	487,000
149	Guyana	475,000
150	Botswana	457,000
151	Montenegro	438,000
152	East Timor	435,000
153	Gambia	345,000
154	Fiji	339,000
155	Malta	321,000
156	Luxembourg	305,000
157	Eswatini	303,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	244,000
159	Barbados	226,000
160	Suriname	224,000
161	Cape Verde	194,000
162	Bhutan	194,000
163	Comoros	176,000
164	Kuwait	173,000
165	Iceland	156,000
166	Bahrain	133,000
167	Solomon Islands	116,000
168	United Arab Emirates	99,000
169	Samoa	97,000
170	Bahamas	91,000
171	Saint Lucia	88,000
172	Grenada	82,000
173	Maldives	81,000
174	Belize	79,000
175	Djibouti	72,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	65,000
178	Brunei	62,000
179	Tonga	57,000
180	Vanuatu	56,000
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,000
182	Dominica	51,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	50,000
184	Kiribati	42,000
185	Seychelles	40,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	36,000
187	Qatar	28,000
188	Monaco	20,000
189	Liechtenstein	15,000
190	San Marino	14,000
191	Marshall Islands	14,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	6,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000