Countries by Population in the Year 1957

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1957. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.
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Rank Country Population
World 2,828,513,000
1 China 625,347,000
2 India 412,252,000
3 United States 167,961,000
4 Russia 113,715,000
5 Japan 91,461,000
6 Indonesia 80,651,000
7 Germany 71,611,000
8 Brazil 65,635,000
9 United Kingdom 51,808,000
10 Italy 48,529,000
11 Bangladesh 45,967,000
12 France 45,122,000
13 Pakistan 42,331,000
14 Nigeria 42,010,000
15 Ukraine 40,683,000
16 Mexico 32,773,000
17 Spain 29,446,000
18 Vietnam 29,431,000
19 Poland 27,823,000
20 Turkey 24,849,000
21 Egypt 24,762,000
22 Philippines 24,617,000
23 Thailand 24,128,000
24 South Korea 23,119,000
25 Ethiopia 20,343,000
26 Myanmar 20,146,000
27 Iran 19,566,000
28 Argentina 19,198,000
29 Romania 17,781,000
30 Canada 16,402,000
31 South Africa 15,131,000
32 Colombia 14,115,000
33 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14,093,000
34 Netherlands 11,033,000
35 Morocco 10,703,000
36 North Korea 10,653,000
37 Algeria 10,588,000
38 Hungary 9,827,000
39 Taiwan 9,737,000
40 Nepal 9,546,000
41 Australia 9,540,000
42 Czech Republic 9,391,000
43 Peru 9,205,000
44 Tanzania 9,095,000
45 Sri Lanka 9,024,000
46 Belgium 8,905,000
47 Portugal 8,724,000
48 Greece 8,276,000
49 Kazakhstan 8,261,000
50 Afghanistan 8,147,000
51 Belarus 8,071,000
52 Bulgaria 7,634,000
53 Chile 7,561,000
54 Sudan 7,525,000
55 Uzbekistan 7,466,000
56 Sweden 7,336,000
57 Venezuela 7,155,000
58 Malaysia 7,075,000
59 Austria 6,955,000
60 Uganda 6,886,000
61 Kenya 6,871,000
62 Cuba 6,764,000
63 Iraq 6,629,000
64 Mozambique 6,448,000
65 Serbia 6,426,000
66 Ghana 6,175,000
67 Yemen 5,217,000
68 Cambodia 5,113,000
69 Mali 5,112,000
70 Switzerland 5,098,000
71 Angola 5,063,000
72 Cameroon 4,797,000
73 Madagascar 4,638,000
74 Burkina Faso 4,560,000
75 Denmark 4,537,000
76 Finland 4,305,000
77 Ecuador 4,190,000
78 Syria 4,156,000
79 Croatia 4,103,000
80 Tunisia 4,076,000
81 Slovakia 3,903,000
82 Georgia 3,820,000
83 Saudi Arabia 3,745,000
84 Guatemala 3,712,000
85 Azerbaijan 3,702,000
86 Haiti 3,649,000
87 Norway 3,476,000
88 Bolivia 3,454,000
89 Zimbabwe 3,417,000
90 Malawi 3,344,000
91 Guinea 3,315,000
92 Ivory Coast 3,301,000
93 Niger 3,156,000
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,048,000
95 Senegal 2,967,000
96 Dominican Republic 2,934,000
97 Ireland 2,862,000
98 Moldova 2,837,000
99 Chad 2,834,000
100 Zambia 2,800,000
101 South Sudan 2,767,000
102 Lithuania 2,746,000
103 Rwanda 2,663,000
104 Somalia 2,628,000
105 Burundi 2,569,000
106 El Salvador 2,540,000
107 Uruguay 2,413,000
108 Benin 2,399,000
109 New Zealand 2,232,000
110 Sierra Leone 2,182,000
111 Latvia 2,066,000
112 Kyrgyzstan 2,013,000
113 Laos 1,960,000
114 Tajikistan 1,894,000
115 Honduras 1,876,000
116 Papua New Guinea 1,806,000
117 Paraguay 1,745,000
118 Armenia 1,685,000
119 Israel 1,657,000
120 Lebanon 1,625,000
121 Nicaragua 1,610,000
122 Central African Republic 1,583,000
123 Jamaica 1,578,000
124 Togo 1,557,000
125 Slovenia 1,546,000
126 Albania 1,525,000
127 Turkmenistan 1,426,000
128 North Macedonia 1,404,000
129 Singapore 1,366,000
130 Libya 1,276,000
131 Costa Rica 1,185,000
132 Estonia 1,185,000
133 Liberia 1,048,000
134 Panama 1,020,000
Palestine 1,017,000
135 Republic of the Congo 967,000
136 Eritrea 921,000
137 Kosovo 910,000
138 Mongolia 876,000
139 Trinidad and Tobago 774,000
140 Mauritania 766,000
141 Jordan 687,000
142 Lesotho 664,000
143 Mauritius 619,000
144 Guinea-Bissau 568,000
145 Namibia 558,000
146 Cyprus 548,000
147 Guyana 508,000
148 Oman 505,000
149 Gabon 496,000
150 Botswana 476,000
151 Montenegro 451,000
152 East Timor 446,000
153 Gambia 363,000
154 Fiji 360,000
155 Malta 331,000
156 Eswatini 318,000
157 Luxembourg 308,000
158 Equatorial Guinea 252,000
159 Suriname 238,000
160 Barbados 229,000
161 Kuwait 215,000
162 Bhutan 203,000
163 Cape Verde 199,000
164 Comoros 182,000
165 Iceland 163,000
166 Bahrain 141,000
167 Solomon Islands 122,000
168 United Arab Emirates 110,000
169 Samoa 102,000
170 Bahamas 98,000
171 Saint Lucia 89,000
172 Grenada 86,000
173 Maldives 84,000
174 Belize 83,000
175 Djibouti 77,000
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 75,000
177 Brunei 70,000
178 São Tomé and Príncipe 66,000
179 Tonga 61,000
180 Vanuatu 59,000
181 Saint Kitts and Nevis 54,000
182 Dominica 54,000
183 Antigua and Barbuda 52,000
184 Kiribati 43,000
185 Seychelles 41,000
186 Federated States of Micronesia 39,000
187 Qatar 30,000
188 Monaco 21,000
189 Liechtenstein 15,000
190 Marshall Islands 14,000
191 San Marino 14,000
192 Palau 9,000
193 Andorra 7,000
194 Tuvalu 5,000
195 Nauru 4,000
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.
Population by Year