Countries by Population in the Year 1962

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1962. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,093,864,000
1	China	659,937,000
2	India	461,622,000
3	United States	183,092,000
4	Russia	122,221,000
5	Japan	95,805,000
6	Indonesia	92,057,000
7	Brazil	76,452,000
8	Germany	73,899,000
9	United Kingdom	53,288,000
10	Bangladesh	52,651,000
11	Italy	49,970,000
12	Pakistan	47,597,000
13	France	47,528,000
14	Nigeria	46,330,000
15	Ukraine	43,659,000
16	Mexico	38,047,000
17	Vietnam	34,037,000
18	Spain	30,888,000
19	Poland	30,104,000
20	Philippines	29,761,000
21	Turkey	28,637,000
22	Egypt	28,111,000
23	Thailand	27,814,000
24	South Korea	26,897,000
25	Ethiopia	22,561,000
26	Myanmar	22,447,000
27	Iran	22,289,000
28	Argentina	20,849,000
29	Romania	18,704,000
30	Canada	18,450,000
31	South Africa	17,239,000
32	Colombia	16,434,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,875,000
34	Morocco	12,275,000
35	North Korea	12,042,000
36	Netherlands	11,794,000
37	Algeria	11,688,000
38	Taiwan	11,571,000
39	Peru	10,634,000
40	Australia	10,612,000
41	Tanzania	10,490,000
42	Nepal	10,466,000
43	Sri Lanka	10,144,000
44	Hungary	10,047,000
45	Kazakhstan	9,800,000
46	Czech Republic	9,584,000
47	Belgium	9,201,000
48	Portugal	8,902,000
49	Afghanistan	8,877,000
50	Uzbekistan	8,861,000
51	Sudan	8,706,000
52	Venezuela	8,603,000
53	Belarus	8,550,000
54	Greece	8,538,000
55	Chile	8,400,000
56	Kenya	8,201,000
57	Malaysia	8,198,000
58	Bulgaria	8,008,000
59	Uganda	7,951,000
60	Sweden	7,559,000
61	Cuba	7,495,000
62	Iraq	7,356,000
63	Ghana	7,194,000
64	Austria	7,107,000
65	Mozambique	6,987,000
66	Serbia	6,679,000
67	Cambodia	5,726,000
68	Yemen	5,700,000
69	Switzerland	5,509,000
70	Angola	5,482,000
71	Mali	5,457,000
72	Madagascar	5,274,000
73	Cameroon	5,243,000
74	Burkina Faso	4,888,000
75	Syria	4,822,000
76	Ecuador	4,820,000
77	Denmark	4,699,000
78	Finland	4,476,000
79	Saudi Arabia	4,380,000
80	Azerbaijan	4,340,000
81	Guatemala	4,283,000
82	Croatia	4,264,000
83	Tunisia	4,258,000
84	Slovakia	4,215,000
85	Georgia	4,163,000
86	Haiti	4,012,000
87	Zimbabwe	3,987,000
88	Ivory Coast	3,921,000
89	Bolivia	3,824,000
90	Malawi	3,753,000
91	Niger	3,656,000
92	Norway	3,625,000
93	Guinea	3,610,000
94	Dominican Republic	3,464,000
95	Senegal	3,415,000
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,357,000
97	Zambia	3,270,000
98	Moldova	3,253,000
99	Chad	3,118,000
100	Rwanda	3,085,000
101	Somalia	2,984,000
102	South Sudan	2,970,000
103	Lithuania	2,935,000
104	El Salvador	2,900,000
105	Burundi	2,858,000
106	Ireland	2,808,000
107	Uruguay	2,577,000
108	Benin	2,572,000
109	New Zealand	2,482,000
110	Sierra Leone	2,362,000
111	Kyrgyzstan	2,328,000
112	Tajikistan	2,247,000
113	Latvia	2,197,000
114	Laos	2,196,000
115	Honduras	2,171,000
116	Papua New Guinea	2,059,000
117	Israel	2,025,000
118	Armenia	2,006,000
119	Paraguay	1,965,000
120	Lebanon	1,882,000
121	Nicaragua	1,873,000
122	Albania	1,798,000
123	Central African Republic	1,726,000
124	Togo	1,693,000
125	Turkmenistan	1,687,000
126	Singapore	1,685,000
127	Jamaica	1,674,000
128	Slovenia	1,621,000
129	Libya	1,506,000
130	North Macedonia	1,491,000
131	Costa Rica	1,421,000
132	Estonia	1,241,000
133	Liberia	1,179,000
134	Panama	1,178,000
	Palestine	1,101,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,098,000
136	Eritrea	1,029,000
137	Mongolia	1,028,000
138	Kosovo	1,026,000
139	Jordan	913,000
140	Mauritania	874,000
141	Trinidad and Tobago	873,000
142	Lesotho	773,000
143	Mauritius	702,000
144	Namibia	607,000
145	Cyprus	598,000
146	Guyana	597,000
147	Guinea-Bissau	587,000
148	Oman	552,000
149	Botswana	530,000
150	Gabon	522,000
151	Montenegro	482,000
152	East Timor	479,000
153	Fiji	421,000
154	Gambia	416,000
155	Kuwait	358,000
156	Eswatini	357,000
157	Malta	336,000
158	Luxembourg	318,000
159	Suriname	283,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	275,000
161	Barbados	234,000
162	Bhutan	230,000
163	Cape Verde	218,000
164	Comoros	201,000
165	Iceland	181,000
166	Bahrain	170,000
167	United Arab Emirates	145,000
168	Solomon Islands	138,000
169	Bahamas	123,000
170	Samoa	119,000
171	Grenada	96,000
172	Belize	95,000
173	Maldives	95,000
174	Saint Lucia	93,000
175	Brunei	92,000
176	Djibouti	91,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	86,000
178	Tonga	70,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	69,000
180	Vanuatu	67,000
181	Dominica	61,000
182	Antigua and Barbuda	57,000
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	56,000
184	Kiribati	49,000
185	Federated States of Micronesia	45,000
186	Seychelles	44,000
187	Qatar	42,000
188	Monaco	22,000
189	Liechtenstein	17,000
190	Marshall Islands	16,000
191	San Marino	16,000
192	Andorra	11,000
193	Palau	10,000
194	Nauru	5,000
195	Tuvalu	5,000
196	Vatican City	1,000