Countries by Population in the Year 1971

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1971. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,733,182,000
1	China	837,515,000
2	India	563,697,000
3	United States	204,612,000
4	Russia	130,356,000
5	Indonesia	116,779,000
6	Japan	106,085,000
7	Brazil	97,563,000
8	Germany	78,416,000
9	Bangladesh	68,296,000
10	Pakistan	60,116,000
11	Nigeria	56,194,000
12	United Kingdom	56,068,000
13	Italy	53,477,000
14	France	52,089,000
15	Mexico	51,085,000
16	Ukraine	47,402,000
17	Vietnam	42,391,000
18	Philippines	37,928,000
19	Thailand	36,301,000
20	Turkey	35,950,000
21	Egypt	35,175,000
22	Spain	33,947,000
23	South Korea	32,945,000
24	Poland	32,584,000
25	Iran	28,860,000
26	Ethiopia	28,703,000
27	Myanmar	27,599,000
28	Argentina	24,033,000
29	South Africa	22,702,000
30	Canada	21,688,000
31	Colombia	21,161,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20,439,000
33	Romania	20,031,000
34	Morocco	15,555,000
35	North Korea	15,193,000
36	Taiwan	15,127,000
37	Algeria	13,950,000
38	Tanzania	13,849,000
39	Peru	13,723,000
40	Netherlands	13,189,000
41	Australia	12,796,000
42	Nepal	12,638,000
43	Sri Lanka	12,523,000
44	Kazakhstan	12,364,000
45	Uzbekistan	12,192,000
46	Kenya	11,690,000
47	Venezuela	11,529,000
48	Sudan	11,479,000
49	Afghanistan	10,886,000
50	Uganda	10,473,000
51	Malaysia	10,430,000
52	Hungary	10,331,000
53	Iraq	9,982,000
54	Chile	9,903,000
55	Czech Republic	9,803,000
56	Belgium	9,648,000
57	Belarus	9,203,000
58	Ghana	8,984,000
59	Cuba	8,950,000
60	Portugal	8,631,000
61	Bulgaria	8,617,000
62	Greece	8,558,000
63	Mozambique	8,512,000
64	Sweden	8,051,000
65	Austria	7,477,000
66	Serbia	7,219,000
67	Yemen	6,931,000
68	Madagascar	6,737,000
69	Cambodia	6,674,000
70	Cameroon	6,538,000
71	Syria	6,425,000
72	Ecuador	6,261,000
73	Saudi Arabia	6,243,000
74	Mali	6,201,000
75	Switzerland	6,193,000
76	Angola	6,093,000
77	Burkina Faso	5,660,000
78	Ivory Coast	5,593,000
79	Guatemala	5,526,000
80	Azerbaijan	5,478,000
81	Zimbabwe	5,281,000
82	Tunisia	5,114,000
83	Denmark	5,021,000
84	Georgia	4,821,000
85	Niger	4,734,000
86	Haiti	4,723,000
87	Malawi	4,682,000
88	Bolivia	4,636,000
89	Finland	4,599,000
90	Slovakia	4,539,000
91	Dominican Republic	4,538,000
92	Croatia	4,501,000
93	Senegal	4,432,000
94	Zambia	4,340,000
95	Guinea	4,261,000
96	Rwanda	3,956,000
97	Norway	3,888,000
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,838,000
99	Somalia	3,770,000
100	Moldova	3,732,000
101	Chad	3,705,000
102	El Salvador	3,664,000
103	Burundi	3,540,000
104	South Sudan	3,363,000
105	Lithuania	3,227,000
106	Benin	3,055,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,054,000
108	Tajikistan	3,039,000
109	Israel	2,964,000
110	Ireland	2,949,000
111	New Zealand	2,871,000
112	Honduras	2,824,000
113	Sierra Leone	2,806,000
114	Uruguay	2,798,000
115	Laos	2,707,000
116	Armenia	2,563,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,519,000
118	Nicaragua	2,485,000
119	Paraguay	2,436,000
120	Lebanon	2,410,000
121	Latvia	2,408,000
122	Albania	2,357,000
123	Togo	2,234,000
124	Turkmenistan	2,233,000
125	Central African Republic	2,090,000
126	Singapore	2,079,000
127	Libya	1,933,000
128	Costa Rica	1,880,000
129	Jamaica	1,872,000
130	Slovenia	1,748,000
131	North Macedonia	1,668,000
132	Jordan	1,600,000
133	Panama	1,537,000
134	Liberia	1,483,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,418,000
136	Estonia	1,368,000
137	Mongolia	1,310,000
138	Eritrea	1,289,000
139	Kosovo	1,252,000
140	Mauritania	1,139,000
	Palestine	1,123,000
141	Lesotho	1,041,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	994,000
143	Mauritius	836,000
144	Kuwait	831,000
145	Namibia	765,000
146	Guyana	710,000
147	Oman	679,000
148	Cyprus	643,000
149	Gabon	603,000
150	Guinea-Bissau	597,000
151	Botswana	596,000
152	East Timor	559,000
153	Gambia	536,000
154	Montenegro	533,000
155	Fiji	533,000
156	Eswatini	449,000
157	Suriname	386,000
158	Luxembourg	340,000
159	United Arab Emirates	321,000
160	Malta	315,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	315,000
162	Bhutan	304,000
163	Cape Verde	291,000
164	Comoros	246,000
165	Barbados	242,000
166	Bahrain	225,000
167	Iceland	205,000
168	Bahamas	182,000
169	Solomon Islands	175,000
170	Djibouti	149,000
171	Samoa	144,000
172	Brunei	136,000
173	Qatar	126,000
174	Maldives	125,000
175	Belize	122,000
176	Saint Lucia	104,000
177	Grenada	99,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,000
179	Vanuatu	88,000
180	Tonga	87,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	78,000
182	Dominica	69,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	60,000
185	Kiribati	58,000
186	Seychelles	55,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,000
188	Marshall Islands	24,000
189	Monaco	24,000
190	Liechtenstein	21,000
191	Andorra	21,000
192	San Marino	18,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000