Countries by Population in the Year 1961

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1961. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,042,878,000
1	China	657,405,000
2	India	451,081,000
3	United States	180,151,000
4	Russia	120,597,000
5	Japan	94,906,000
6	Indonesia	89,577,000
7	Brazil	74,208,000
8	Germany	73,310,000
9	United Kingdom	52,972,000
10	Bangladesh	51,115,000
11	Italy	49,655,000
12	France	46,991,000
13	Pakistan	46,525,000
14	Nigeria	45,381,000
15	Ukraine	43,072,000
16	Mexico	36,832,000
17	Vietnam	33,207,000
18	Spain	30,536,000
19	Poland	29,723,000
20	Philippines	28,924,000
21	Turkey	27,873,000
22	Egypt	27,385,000
23	Thailand	26,986,000
24	South Korea	26,207,000
25	Ethiopia	22,003,000
26	Myanmar	21,959,000
27	Iran	21,679,000
28	Argentina	20,512,000
29	Romania	18,542,000
30	Canada	18,098,000
31	South Africa	16,740,000
32	Colombia	15,931,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,472,000
34	Morocco	11,961,000
35	North Korea	11,791,000
36	Netherlands	11,634,000
37	Algeria	11,509,000
38	Taiwan	11,173,000
39	Australia	10,400,000
40	Peru	10,322,000
41	Nepal	10,264,000
42	Tanzania	10,186,000
43	Hungary	10,004,000
44	Sri Lanka	9,902,000
45	Czech Republic	9,557,000
46	Kazakhstan	9,479,000
47	Belgium	9,136,000
48	Portugal	8,892,000
49	Afghanistan	8,703,000
50	Uzbekistan	8,523,000
51	Greece	8,515,000
52	Sudan	8,449,000
53	Belarus	8,442,000
54	Venezuela	8,304,000
55	Chile	8,227,000
56	Malaysia	7,952,000
57	Bulgaria	7,931,000
58	Kenya	7,894,000
59	Uganda	7,726,000
60	Sweden	7,513,000
61	Cuba	7,342,000
62	Iraq	7,165,000
63	Austria	7,064,000
64	Ghana	7,024,000
65	Mozambique	6,848,000
66	Serbia	6,608,000
67	Cambodia	5,603,000
68	Yemen	5,593,000
69	Angola	5,401,000
70	Mali	5,383,000
71	Switzerland	5,360,000
72	Cameroon	5,157,000
73	Madagascar	5,139,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,818,000
75	Ecuador	4,683,000
76	Syria	4,681,000
77	Denmark	4,664,000
78	Finland	4,447,000
79	Saudi Arabia	4,233,000
80	Croatia	4,231,000
81	Tunisia	4,215,000
82	Azerbaijan	4,199,000
83	Guatemala	4,158,000
84	Slovakia	4,155,000
85	Georgia	4,088,000
86	Haiti	3,938,000
87	Zimbabwe	3,865,000
88	Ivory Coast	3,776,000
89	Bolivia	3,746,000
90	Malawi	3,664,000
91	Norway	3,595,000
92	Niger	3,549,000
93	Guinea	3,547,000
94	Dominican Republic	3,353,000
95	Senegal	3,319,000
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,294,000
97	Moldova	3,175,000
98	Zambia	3,168,000
99	Chad	3,058,000
100	Rwanda	3,008,000
101	South Sudan	2,928,000
102	Somalia	2,908,000
103	Lithuania	2,896,000
104	El Salvador	2,818,000
105	Ireland	2,806,000
106	Burundi	2,774,000
107	Uruguay	2,545,000
108	Benin	2,531,000
109	New Zealand	2,427,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,321,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,252,000
112	Tajikistan	2,169,000
113	Latvia	2,168,000
114	Laos	2,146,000
115	Honduras	2,109,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,012,000
117	Israel	1,942,000
118	Armenia	1,938,000
119	Paraguay	1,918,000
120	Lebanon	1,824,000
121	Nicaragua	1,817,000
122	Albania	1,740,000
123	Central African Republic	1,695,000
124	Togo	1,665,000
125	Jamaica	1,653,000
126	Singapore	1,630,000
127	Turkmenistan	1,630,000
128	Slovenia	1,607,000
129	North Macedonia	1,471,000
130	Libya	1,452,000
131	Costa Rica	1,371,000
132	Estonia	1,226,000
133	Liberia	1,151,000
134	Panama	1,144,000
	Palestine	1,083,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,069,000
136	Eritrea	1,005,000
137	Kosovo	1,002,000
138	Mongolia	995,000
139	Jordan	870,000
140	Trinidad and Tobago	857,000
141	Mauritania	850,000
142	Lesotho	749,000
143	Mauritius	685,000
144	Namibia	596,000
145	Cyprus	592,000
146	Guyana	580,000
147	Guinea-Bissau	579,000
148	Oman	541,000
149	Botswana	519,000
150	Gabon	516,000
151	Montenegro	476,000
152	East Timor	472,000
153	Fiji	408,000
154	Gambia	405,000
155	Eswatini	349,000
156	Malta	338,000
157	Kuwait	322,000
158	Luxembourg	315,000
159	Suriname	273,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	270,000
161	Barbados	233,000
162	Bhutan	224,000
163	Cape Verde	212,000
164	Comoros	197,000
165	Iceland	177,000
166	Bahrain	164,000
167	United Arab Emirates	137,000
168	Solomon Islands	135,000
169	Bahamas	117,000
170	Samoa	115,000
171	Grenada	95,000
172	Belize	93,000
173	Maldives	93,000
174	Saint Lucia	92,000
175	Djibouti	88,000
176	Brunei	87,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	85,000
178	Tonga	68,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	68,000
180	Vanuatu	66,000
181	Dominica	60,000
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	56,000
184	Kiribati	48,000
185	Seychelles	44,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	44,000
187	Qatar	38,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	17,000
190	Marshall Islands	16,000
191	San Marino	16,000
192	Palau	10,000
193	Andorra	10,000
194	Nauru	5,000
195	Tuvalu	5,000
196	Vatican City	1,000