Countries by Population in the Year 1960

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1960. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	2,995,589,000
1	China	657,520,000
2	India	440,828,000
3	United States	177,207,000
4	Russia	118,873,000
5	Japan	94,024,000
6	Indonesia	87,189,000
7	Germany	72,817,000
8	Brazil	71,977,000
9	United Kingdom	52,648,000
10	Bangladesh	49,678,000
11	Italy	49,380,000
12	France	46,501,000
13	Pakistan	45,383,000
14	Nigeria	44,476,000
15	Ukraine	42,463,000
16	Mexico	35,705,000
17	Vietnam	32,230,000
18	Spain	30,295,000
19	Poland	29,297,000
20	Philippines	28,050,000
21	Turkey	27,149,000
22	Egypt	26,684,000
23	Thailand	26,207,000
24	South Korea	25,428,000
25	Myanmar	21,483,000
26	Ethiopia	21,477,000
27	Iran	21,099,000
28	Argentina	20,188,000
29	Romania	18,374,000
30	Canada	17,721,000
31	South Africa	16,301,000
32	Colombia	15,444,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,082,000
34	Morocco	11,645,000
35	North Korea	11,520,000
36	Netherlands	11,483,000
37	Algeria	11,279,000
38	Taiwan	10,794,000
39	Australia	10,174,000
40	Nepal	10,072,000
41	Peru	10,022,000
42	Hungary	9,961,000
43	Tanzania	9,899,000
44	Sri Lanka	9,665,000
45	Czech Republic	9,522,000
46	Kazakhstan	9,160,000
47	Belgium	9,082,000
48	Portugal	8,873,000
49	Afghanistan	8,542,000
50	Greece	8,476,000
51	Belarus	8,337,000
52	Uzbekistan	8,222,000
53	Sudan	8,204,000
54	Chile	8,056,000
55	Venezuela	8,010,000
56	Bulgaria	7,853,000
57	Malaysia	7,716,000
58	Kenya	7,609,000
59	Uganda	7,510,000
60	Sweden	7,472,000
61	Cuba	7,193,000
62	Austria	7,029,000
63	Iraq	7,004,000
64	Ghana	6,799,000
65	Mozambique	6,729,000
66	Serbia	6,552,000
67	Yemen	5,492,000
68	Cambodia	5,480,000
69	Angola	5,314,000
70	Mali	5,310,000
71	Switzerland	5,296,000
72	Cameroon	5,078,000
73	Madagascar	5,008,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,749,000
75	Denmark	4,631,000
76	Ecuador	4,553,000
77	Syria	4,540,000
78	Finland	4,414,000
79	Croatia	4,199,000
80	Tunisia	4,176,000
81	Saudi Arabia	4,099,000
82	Slovakia	4,094,000
83	Azerbaijan	4,064,000
84	Guatemala	4,039,000
85	Georgia	4,015,000
86	Haiti	3,864,000
87	Zimbabwe	3,747,000
88	Bolivia	3,669,000
89	Ivory Coast	3,642,000
90	Malawi	3,578,000
91	Norway	3,568,000
92	Guinea	3,486,000
93	Niger	3,446,000
94	Dominican Republic	3,243,000
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,231,000
96	Senegal	3,227,000
97	Moldova	3,092,000
98	Zambia	3,070,000
99	Chad	3,000,000
100	Rwanda	2,925,000
101	South Sudan	2,888,000
102	Lithuania	2,855,000
103	Somalia	2,834,000
104	Ireland	2,816,000
105	El Salvador	2,741,000
106	Burundi	2,720,000
107	Uruguay	2,513,000
108	Benin	2,494,000
109	New Zealand	2,380,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,282,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,181,000
112	Latvia	2,140,000
113	Laos	2,099,000
114	Tajikistan	2,095,000
115	Honduras	2,048,000
116	Papua New Guinea	1,959,000
117	Paraguay	1,872,000
118	Armenia	1,871,000
119	Israel	1,863,000
120	Lebanon	1,772,000
121	Nicaragua	1,763,000
122	Albania	1,683,000
123	Central African Republic	1,665,000
124	Togo	1,638,000
125	Jamaica	1,631,000
126	Slovenia	1,592,000
127	Turkmenistan	1,574,000
128	Singapore	1,572,000
129	North Macedonia	1,454,000
130	Libya	1,402,000
131	Costa Rica	1,322,000
132	Estonia	1,211,000
133	Liberia	1,123,000
134	Panama	1,110,000
	Palestine	1,065,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,042,000
136	Eritrea	982,000
137	Kosovo	978,000
138	Mongolia	961,000
139	Trinidad and Tobago	837,000
140	Mauritania	827,000
141	Jordan	826,000
142	Lesotho	726,000
143	Mauritius	668,000
144	Namibia	585,000
145	Cyprus	580,000
146	Guinea-Bissau	576,000
147	Guyana	564,000
148	Oman	532,000
149	Gabon	510,000
150	Botswana	507,000
151	Montenegro	470,000
152	East Timor	465,000
153	Fiji	396,000
154	Gambia	394,000
155	Eswatini	341,000
156	Malta	337,000
157	Luxembourg	313,000
158	Kuwait	289,000
159	Equatorial Guinea	265,000
160	Suriname	264,000
161	Barbados	232,000
162	Bhutan	218,000
163	Cape Verde	208,000
164	Comoros	193,000
165	Iceland	174,000
166	Bahrain	158,000
167	Solomon Islands	132,000
168	United Arab Emirates	130,000
169	Samoa	112,000
170	Bahamas	112,000
171	Grenada	93,000
172	Maldives	91,000
173	Saint Lucia	91,000
174	Belize	90,000
175	Djibouti	84,000
176	Brunei	83,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	83,000
178	São Tomé and Príncipe	68,000
179	Tonga	66,000
180	Vanuatu	64,000
181	Dominica	59,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	55,000
184	Kiribati	47,000
185	Seychelles	43,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	42,000
187	Qatar	35,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	16,000
190	Marshall Islands	15,000
191	San Marino	15,000
192	Palau	9,000
193	Andorra	9,000
194	Tuvalu	5,000
195	Nauru	4,000
196	Vatican City	1,000