Countries by Population in the Year 1968

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1968. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,509,910,000
1	China	773,698,000
2	India	527,540,000
3	United States	197,570,000
4	Russia	128,496,000
5	Indonesia	107,656,000
6	Japan	102,184,000
7	Brazil	90,494,000
8	Germany	77,440,000
9	Bangladesh	63,046,000
10	Pakistan	55,362,000
11	United Kingdom	55,329,000
12	Nigeria	52,643,000
13	Italy	52,490,000
14	France	50,703,000
15	Ukraine	46,445,000
16	Mexico	46,406,000
17	Vietnam	39,725,000
18	Philippines	35,079,000
19	Turkey	33,457,000
20	Thailand	33,322,000
21	Spain	32,992,000
22	Egypt	32,807,000
23	Poland	31,891,000
24	South Korea	30,892,000
25	Iran	26,503,000
26	Ethiopia	26,410,000
27	Myanmar	25,738,000
28	Argentina	22,935,000
29	South Africa	20,727,000
30	Canada	20,578,000
31	Colombia	19,610,000
32	Romania	19,422,000
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18,744,000
34	Morocco	14,362,000
35	Taiwan	14,097,000
36	North Korea	14,023,000
37	Algeria	13,042,000
38	Netherlands	12,727,000
39	Peru	12,661,000
40	Tanzania	12,532,000
41	Australia	11,912,000
42	Nepal	11,841,000
43	Sri Lanka	11,709,000
44	Kazakhstan	11,637,000
45	Uzbekistan	11,071,000
46	Venezuela	10,504,000
47	Sudan	10,477,000
48	Kenya	10,405,000
49	Hungary	10,226,000
50	Afghanistan	10,127,000
51	Czech Republic	9,764,000
52	Malaysia	9,702,000
53	Uganda	9,541,000
54	Belgium	9,539,000
55	Chile	9,409,000
56	Belarus	9,017,000
57	Iraq	8,999,000
58	Portugal	8,843,000
59	Greece	8,517,000
60	Cuba	8,471,000
61	Bulgaria	8,399,000
62	Ghana	8,316,000
63	Mozambique	7,946,000
64	Sweden	7,913,000
65	Austria	7,402,000
66	Serbia	7,056,000
67	Cambodia	6,490,000
68	Yemen	6,440,000
69	Madagascar	6,183,000
70	Cameroon	6,049,000
71	Switzerland	6,032,000
72	Mali	5,930,000
73	Angola	5,846,000
74	Syria	5,816,000
75	Ecuador	5,741,000
76	Saudi Arabia	5,489,000
77	Burkina Faso	5,376,000
78	Azerbaijan	5,151,000
79	Guatemala	5,093,000
80	Ivory Coast	4,951,000
81	Denmark	4,932,000
82	Zimbabwe	4,809,000
83	Tunisia	4,720,000
84	Finland	4,621,000
85	Georgia	4,616,000
86	Haiti	4,473,000
87	Slovakia	4,450,000
88	Croatia	4,443,000
89	Niger	4,356,000
90	Malawi	4,349,000
91	Bolivia	4,342,000
92	Dominican Republic	4,170,000
93	Senegal	4,057,000
94	Guinea	4,028,000
95	Zambia	3,964,000
96	Norway	3,801,000
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,699,000
98	Rwanda	3,605,000
99	Moldova	3,603,000
100	Chad	3,494,000
101	Somalia	3,487,000
102	El Salvador	3,399,000
103	Burundi	3,312,000
104	South Sudan	3,241,000
105	Lithuania	3,131,000
106	Ireland	2,892,000
107	Benin	2,872,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	2,819,000
109	New Zealand	2,767,000
110	Tajikistan	2,760,000
111	Uruguay	2,744,000
112	Sierra Leone	2,646,000
113	Israel	2,630,000
114	Honduras	2,584,000
115	Laos	2,521,000
116	Armenia	2,386,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,348,000
118	Latvia	2,345,000
119	Paraguay	2,275,000
120	Nicaragua	2,254,000
121	Lebanon	2,231,000
122	Albania	2,164,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,048,000
124	Togo	1,997,000
125	Singapore	1,971,000
126	Central African Republic	1,952,000
127	Jamaica	1,801,000
128	Libya	1,798,000
129	Costa Rica	1,732,000
130	Slovenia	1,707,000
131	North Macedonia	1,599,000
132	Panama	1,412,000
133	Liberia	1,372,000
134	Estonia	1,327,000
135	Jordan	1,315,000
136	Republic of the Congo	1,297,000
137	Mongolia	1,214,000
138	Eritrea	1,194,000
139	Kosovo	1,172,000
	Palestine	1,130,000
140	Mauritania	1,040,000
141	Trinidad and Tobago	962,000
142	Lesotho	936,000
143	Mauritius	797,000
144	Namibia	703,000
145	Guyana	681,000
146	Kuwait	650,000
147	Cyprus	630,000
148	Oman	629,000
149	Botswana	581,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	578,000
151	Gabon	569,000
152	East Timor	530,000
153	Montenegro	517,000
154	Fiji	500,000
155	Gambia	492,000
156	Eswatini	415,000
157	Suriname	349,000
158	Luxembourg	336,000
159	Malta	319,000
160	Equatorial Guinea	312,000
161	Bhutan	276,000
162	Cape Verde	265,000
163	Barbados	240,000
164	Comoros	227,000
165	Bahrain	208,000
166	Iceland	200,000
167	United Arab Emirates	196,000
168	Solomon Islands	162,000
169	Bahamas	162,000
170	Samoa	137,000
171	Djibouti	124,000
172	Brunei	120,000
173	Maldives	114,000
174	Belize	113,000
175	Saint Lucia	100,000
176	Grenada	99,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95,000
178	Qatar	88,000
179	Tonga	83,000
180	Vanuatu	81,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	74,000
182	Dominica	66,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	62,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	55,000
185	Kiribati	55,000
186	Seychelles	51,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,000
188	Monaco	23,000
189	Liechtenstein	20,000
190	Marshall Islands	20,000
191	San Marino	18,000
192	Andorra	16,000
193	Palau	11,000
194	Nauru	6,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000