Countries by Population in the Year 1965

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1965. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,302,376,000
1	China	717,903,000
2	India	494,677,000
3	United States	191,249,000
4	Russia	125,941,000
5	Indonesia	100,059,000
6	Japan	98,876,000
7	Brazil	83,441,000
8	Germany	75,744,000
9	Bangladesh	57,633,000
10	United Kingdom	54,336,000
11	Italy	51,240,000
12	Pakistan	51,182,000
13	Nigeria	49,381,000
14	France	49,127,000
15	Ukraine	45,182,000
16	Mexico	42,023,000
17	Vietnam	36,996,000
18	Philippines	32,357,000
19	Spain	31,936,000
20	Poland	31,079,000
21	Turkey	31,000,000
22	Thailand	30,470,000
23	Egypt	30,421,000
24	South Korea	28,871,000
25	Ethiopia	24,393,000
26	Iran	24,301,000
27	Myanmar	24,006,000
28	Argentina	21,880,000
29	Canada	19,506,000
30	Romania	19,067,000
31	South Africa	18,889,000
32	Colombia	18,006,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17,193,000
34	Morocco	13,257,000
35	North Korea	12,944,000
36	Taiwan	12,849,000
37	Algeria	12,288,000
38	Netherlands	12,270,000
39	Peru	11,609,000
40	Tanzania	11,458,000
41	Australia	11,240,000
42	Nepal	11,115,000
43	Sri Lanka	10,904,000
44	Kazakhstan	10,745,000
45	Hungary	10,129,000
46	Uzbekistan	9,942,000
47	Czech Republic	9,686,000
48	Sudan	9,560,000
49	Venezuela	9,528,000
50	Afghanistan	9,457,000
51	Belgium	9,384,000
52	Kenya	9,227,000
53	Malaysia	8,964,000
54	Chile	8,911,000
55	Portugal	8,905,000
56	Belarus	8,820,000
57	Uganda	8,694,000
58	Greece	8,530,000
59	Bulgaria	8,213,000
60	Iraq	8,131,000
61	Cuba	7,986,000
62	Ghana	7,732,000
63	Sweden	7,724,000
64	Mozambique	7,442,000
65	Austria	7,247,000
66	Serbia	6,871,000
67	Cambodia	6,106,000
68	Yemen	6,034,000
69	Switzerland	5,830,000
70	Angola	5,708,000
71	Madagascar	5,704,000
72	Mali	5,686,000
73	Cameroon	5,622,000
74	Syria	5,284,000
75	Ecuador	5,259,000
76	Burkina Faso	5,116,000
77	Saudi Arabia	4,884,000
78	Denmark	4,811,000
79	Azerbaijan	4,770,000
80	Guatemala	4,676,000
81	Finland	4,559,000
82	Tunisia	4,419,000
83	Ivory Coast	4,406,000
84	Georgia	4,385,000
85	Zimbabwe	4,378,000
86	Croatia	4,356,000
87	Slovakia	4,344,000
88	Haiti	4,235,000
89	Bolivia	4,072,000
90	Malawi	4,039,000
91	Niger	3,995,000
92	Dominican Republic	3,811,000
93	Guinea	3,810,000
94	Senegal	3,717,000
95	Norway	3,709,000
96	Zambia	3,599,000
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,537,000
98	Moldova	3,449,000
99	Chad	3,305,000
100	Rwanda	3,303,000
101	Somalia	3,225,000
102	El Salvador	3,136,000
103	South Sudan	3,119,000
104	Burundi	3,087,000
105	Lithuania	3,037,000
106	Ireland	2,845,000
107	Benin	2,710,000
108	Uruguay	2,667,000
109	New Zealand	2,639,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	2,574,000
111	Sierra Leone	2,496,000
112	Tajikistan	2,495,000
113	Honduras	2,368,000
114	Laos	2,352,000
115	Israel	2,308,000
116	Latvia	2,276,000
117	Armenia	2,203,000
118	Papua New Guinea	2,198,000
119	Paraguay	2,117,000
120	Lebanon	2,059,000
121	Nicaragua	2,052,000
122	Albania	1,979,000
123	Turkmenistan	1,867,000
124	Singapore	1,837,000
125	Central African Republic	1,830,000
126	Togo	1,793,000
127	Jamaica	1,736,000
128	Libya	1,679,000
129	Slovenia	1,662,000
130	Costa Rica	1,577,000
131	North Macedonia	1,539,000
132	Panama	1,291,000
133	Estonia	1,285,000
134	Liberia	1,271,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,190,000
	Palestine	1,146,000
136	Mongolia	1,119,000
137	Eritrea	1,108,000
138	Kosovo	1,100,000
139	Jordan	1,058,000
140	Mauritania	951,000
141	Trinidad and Tobago	921,000
142	Lesotho	847,000
143	Mauritius	751,000
144	Namibia	650,000
145	Guyana	643,000
146	Cyprus	615,000
147	Oman	587,000
148	Guinea-Bissau	583,000
149	Botswana	569,000
150	Gabon	544,000
151	East Timor	503,000
152	Montenegro	500,000
153	Kuwait	489,000
154	Fiji	462,000
155	Gambia	453,000
156	Eswatini	383,000
157	Malta	328,000
158	Luxembourg	328,000
159	Suriname	316,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	292,000
161	Bhutan	251,000
162	Cape Verde	240,000
163	Barbados	237,000
164	Comoros	213,000
165	Iceland	191,000
166	Bahrain	190,000
167	United Arab Emirates	169,000
168	Solomon Islands	150,000
169	Bahamas	142,000
170	Samoa	128,000
171	Djibouti	106,000
172	Brunei	105,000
173	Belize	103,000
174	Maldives	102,000
175	Grenada	98,000
176	Saint Lucia	96,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91,000
178	Tonga	77,000
179	Vanuatu	74,000
180	São Tomé and Príncipe	71,000
181	Dominica	63,000
182	Qatar	61,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	59,000
184	Kiribati	53,000
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,000
186	Federated States of Micronesia	50,000
187	Seychelles	48,000
188	Monaco	23,000
189	Marshall Islands	18,000
190	Liechtenstein	18,000
191	San Marino	17,000
192	Andorra	13,000
193	Palau	10,000
194	Tuvalu	6,000
195	Nauru	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000