Countries by Population in the Year 1966

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1966. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,371,848,000
1	China	737,412,000
2	India	505,551,000
3	United States	193,586,000
4	Russia	126,860,000
5	Indonesia	102,257,000
6	Japan	100,062,000
7	Brazil	85,806,000
8	Germany	76,331,000
9	Bangladesh	59,367,000
10	United Kingdom	54,689,000
11	Pakistan	52,501,000
12	Italy	51,666,000
13	Nigeria	50,471,000
14	France	49,660,000
15	Ukraine	45,592,000
16	Mexico	43,453,000
17	Vietnam	37,936,000
18	Philippines	33,254,000
19	Spain	32,288,000
20	Turkey	31,749,000
21	Thailand	31,411,000
22	Poland	31,369,000
23	Egypt	31,216,000
24	South Korea	29,487,000
25	Ethiopia	25,062,000
26	Iran	25,033,000
27	Myanmar	24,568,000
28	Argentina	22,227,000
29	Canada	19,872,000
30	South Africa	19,485,000
31	Romania	19,168,000
32	Colombia	18,545,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17,684,000
34	Morocco	13,609,000
35	Taiwan	13,293,000
36	North Korea	13,268,000
37	Algeria	12,475,000
38	Netherlands	12,424,000
39	Peru	11,954,000
40	Tanzania	11,803,000
41	Australia	11,479,000
42	Nepal	11,350,000
43	Sri Lanka	11,167,000
44	Kazakhstan	11,050,000
45	Uzbekistan	10,318,000
46	Hungary	10,153,000
47	Sudan	9,865,000
48	Venezuela	9,848,000
49	Czech Republic	9,719,000
50	Afghanistan	9,673,000
51	Kenya	9,608,000
52	Belgium	9,440,000
53	Malaysia	9,218,000
54	Chile	9,079,000
55	Uganda	8,964,000
56	Portugal	8,893,000
57	Belarus	8,889,000
58	Greece	8,522,000
59	Iraq	8,410,000
60	Bulgaria	8,277,000
61	Cuba	8,150,000
62	Ghana	7,923,000
63	Sweden	7,788,000
64	Mozambique	7,607,000
65	Austria	7,293,000
66	Serbia	6,935,000
67	Cambodia	6,236,000
68	Yemen	6,161,000
69	Switzerland	5,884,000
70	Madagascar	5,857,000
71	Mali	5,767,000
72	Angola	5,765,000
73	Cameroon	5,758,000
74	Syria	5,453,000
75	Ecuador	5,416,000
76	Burkina Faso	5,200,000
77	Saudi Arabia	5,073,000
78	Azerbaijan	4,905,000
79	Denmark	4,852,000
80	Guatemala	4,813,000
81	Ivory Coast	4,580,000
82	Finland	4,571,000
83	Zimbabwe	4,517,000
84	Tunisia	4,496,000
85	Georgia	4,452,000
86	Croatia	4,387,000
87	Slovakia	4,383,000
88	Haiti	4,314,000
89	Bolivia	4,159,000
90	Malawi	4,139,000
91	Niger	4,112,000
92	Dominican Republic	3,926,000
93	Guinea	3,880,000
94	Senegal	3,825,000
95	Norway	3,738,000
96	Zambia	3,717,000
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,594,000
98	Moldova	3,504,000
99	Rwanda	3,394,000
100	Chad	3,368,000
101	Somalia	3,310,000
102	El Salvador	3,223,000
103	South Sudan	3,168,000
104	Burundi	3,150,000
105	Lithuania	3,069,000
106	Ireland	2,860,000
107	Benin	2,762,000
108	Uruguay	2,694,000
109	New Zealand	2,686,000
110	Kyrgyzstan	2,656,000
111	Tajikistan	2,582,000
112	Sierra Leone	2,545,000
113	Honduras	2,439,000
114	Israel	2,414,000
115	Laos	2,407,000
116	Latvia	2,299,000
117	Armenia	2,265,000
118	Papua New Guinea	2,246,000
119	Paraguay	2,169,000
120	Lebanon	2,116,000
121	Nicaragua	2,116,000
122	Albania	2,040,000
123	Turkmenistan	1,927,000
124	Singapore	1,884,000
125	Central African Republic	1,868,000
126	Togo	1,848,000
127	Jamaica	1,758,000
128	Libya	1,721,000
129	Slovenia	1,677,000
130	Costa Rica	1,629,000
131	North Macedonia	1,557,000
132	Panama	1,330,000
133	Liberia	1,304,000
134	Estonia	1,299,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,224,000
	Palestine	1,151,000
136	Mongolia	1,150,000
137	Eritrea	1,136,000
138	Jordan	1,129,000
139	Kosovo	1,124,000
140	Mauritania	980,000
141	Trinidad and Tobago	936,000
142	Lesotho	874,000
143	Mauritius	767,000
144	Namibia	666,000
145	Guyana	657,000
146	Cyprus	620,000
147	Oman	600,000
148	Botswana	573,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	572,000
150	Gabon	552,000
151	Kuwait	539,000
152	East Timor	512,000
153	Montenegro	506,000
154	Fiji	476,000
155	Gambia	465,000
156	Eswatini	393,000
157	Luxembourg	331,000
158	Suriname	327,000
159	Malta	325,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	298,000
161	Bhutan	259,000
162	Cape Verde	248,000
163	Barbados	238,000
164	Comoros	217,000
165	Bahrain	196,000
166	Iceland	194,000
167	United Arab Emirates	178,000
168	Solomon Islands	153,000
169	Bahamas	148,000
170	Samoa	131,000
171	Djibouti	112,000
172	Brunei	110,000
173	Maldives	107,000
174	Belize	106,000
175	Grenada	99,000
176	Saint Lucia	98,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	92,000
178	Tonga	79,000
179	Vanuatu	76,000
180	São Tomé and Príncipe	72,000
181	Qatar	69,000
182	Dominica	64,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	60,000
184	Kiribati	54,000
185	Federated States of Micronesia	52,000
186	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,000
187	Seychelles	49,000
188	Monaco	23,000
189	Liechtenstein	19,000
190	Marshall Islands	18,000
191	San Marino	17,000
192	Andorra	14,000
193	Palau	11,000
194	Tuvalu	6,000
195	Nauru	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000