Countries by Population in the Year 1956

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1956. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,773,493,000
1	China	612,817,000
2	India	403,061,000
3	United States	165,042,000
4	Russia	111,852,000
5	Japan	90,582,000
6	Indonesia	78,673,000
7	Germany	71,336,000
8	Brazil	63,655,000
9	United Kingdom	51,562,000
10	Italy	48,278,000
11	Bangladesh	44,848,000
12	France	44,732,000
13	Pakistan	41,439,000
14	Nigeria	41,223,000
15	Ukraine	40,114,000
16	Mexico	31,879,000
17	Spain	29,214,000
18	Vietnam	28,640,000
19	Poland	27,341,000
20	Egypt	24,145,000
21	Turkey	24,098,000
22	Philippines	23,541,000
23	Thailand	23,483,000
24	South Korea	22,408,000
25	Ethiopia	19,912,000
26	Myanmar	19,725,000
27	Iran	19,098,000
28	Argentina	18,864,000
29	Romania	17,555,000
30	Canada	15,932,000
31	South Africa	14,767,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13,786,000
33	Colombia	13,708,000
34	Netherlands	10,894,000
35	North Korea	10,451,000
36	Morocco	10,406,000
37	Algeria	10,358,000
38	Hungary	9,881,000
39	Taiwan	9,397,000
40	Nepal	9,372,000
41	Czech Republic	9,324,000
42	Australia	9,320,000
43	Peru	8,949,000
44	Belgium	8,858,000
45	Tanzania	8,845,000
46	Sri Lanka	8,838,000
47	Portugal	8,690,000
48	Greece	8,193,000
49	Afghanistan	8,028,000
50	Belarus	8,004,000
51	Kazakhstan	7,987,000
52	Bulgaria	7,558,000
53	Chile	7,400,000
54	Sudan	7,302,000
55	Sweden	7,288,000
56	Uzbekistan	7,246,000
57	Austria	6,949,000
58	Venezuela	6,885,000
59	Malaysia	6,879,000
60	Uganda	6,694,000
61	Kenya	6,657,000
62	Cuba	6,627,000
63	Iraq	6,477,000
64	Serbia	6,375,000
65	Mozambique	6,361,000
66	Ghana	5,980,000
67	Yemen	5,133,000
68	Mali	5,047,000
69	Switzerland	5,034,000
70	Cambodia	4,991,000
71	Angola	4,981,000
72	Cameroon	4,711,000
73	Madagascar	4,523,000
74	Denmark	4,502,000
75	Burkina Faso	4,501,000
76	Finland	4,259,000
77	Ecuador	4,077,000
78	Croatia	4,068,000
79	Syria	4,043,000
80	Tunisia	4,017,000
81	Slovakia	3,832,000
82	Georgia	3,764,000
83	Saudi Arabia	3,635,000
84	Guatemala	3,610,000
85	Azerbaijan	3,598,000
86	Haiti	3,579,000
87	Norway	3,447,000
88	Bolivia	3,389,000
89	Zimbabwe	3,314,000
90	Malawi	3,273,000
91	Guinea	3,260,000
92	Ivory Coast	3,201,000
93	Niger	3,064,000
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,988,000
95	Senegal	2,886,000
96	Ireland	2,877,000
97	Dominican Republic	2,837,000
98	Chad	2,782,000
99	Moldova	2,755,000
100	South Sudan	2,719,000
101	Zambia	2,717,000
102	Lithuania	2,714,000
103	Rwanda	2,579,000
104	Somalia	2,562,000
105	Burundi	2,520,000
106	El Salvador	2,478,000
107	Uruguay	2,381,000
108	Benin	2,372,000
109	New Zealand	2,184,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,151,000
111	Latvia	2,044,000
112	Kyrgyzstan	1,967,000
113	Laos	1,915,000
114	Tajikistan	1,834,000
115	Honduras	1,823,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,758,000
117	Paraguay	1,705,000
118	Armenia	1,630,000
119	Israel	1,595,000
120	Lebanon	1,579,000
121	Jamaica	1,562,000
122	Nicaragua	1,562,000
123	Central African Republic	1,558,000
124	Togo	1,531,000
125	Slovenia	1,530,000
126	Albania	1,477,000
127	North Macedonia	1,387,000
128	Turkmenistan	1,383,000
129	Singapore	1,299,000
130	Libya	1,242,000
131	Estonia	1,174,000
132	Costa Rica	1,144,000
133	Liberia	1,025,000
	Palestine	1,004,000
134	Panama	993,000
135	Republic of the Congo	944,000
136	Eritrea	903,000
137	Kosovo	889,000
138	Mongolia	852,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	753,000
140	Mauritania	747,000
141	Lesotho	649,000
142	Jordan	643,000
143	Mauritius	604,000
144	Guinea-Bissau	565,000
145	Namibia	551,000
146	Cyprus	539,000
147	Oman	496,000
148	Gabon	491,000
149	Guyana	491,000
150	Botswana	467,000
151	Montenegro	445,000
152	East Timor	440,000
153	Gambia	354,000
154	Fiji	349,000
155	Malta	326,000
156	Eswatini	311,000
157	Luxembourg	306,000
158	Equatorial Guinea	248,000
159	Suriname	231,000
160	Barbados	228,000
161	Bhutan	198,000
162	Cape Verde	196,000
163	Kuwait	193,000
164	Comoros	179,000
165	Iceland	159,000
166	Bahrain	137,000
167	Solomon Islands	119,000
168	United Arab Emirates	105,000
169	Samoa	99,000
170	Bahamas	94,000
171	Saint Lucia	89,000
172	Grenada	84,000
173	Maldives	83,000
174	Belize	81,000
175	Djibouti	74,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73,000
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	66,000
178	Brunei	66,000
179	Tonga	59,000
180	Vanuatu	57,000
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,000
182	Dominica	52,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	51,000
184	Kiribati	42,000
185	Seychelles	40,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	37,000
187	Qatar	29,000
188	Monaco	20,000
189	Liechtenstein	15,000
190	Marshall Islands	14,000
191	San Marino	14,000
192	Palau	8,000
193	Andorra	6,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000