Countries by Population in the Year 1972

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1972. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,807,145,000
1	China	857,614,000
2	India	576,301,000
3	United States	207,137,000
4	Russia	131,083,000
5	Indonesia	119,915,000
6	Japan	107,494,000
7	Brazil	99,969,000
8	Germany	78,607,000
9	Bangladesh	68,457,000
10	Pakistan	61,642,000
11	Nigeria	57,481,000
12	United Kingdom	56,300,000
13	Italy	53,795,000
14	Mexico	52,711,000
15	France	52,554,000
16	Ukraine	47,794,000
17	Vietnam	43,442,000
18	Philippines	38,915,000
19	Thailand	37,315,000
20	Turkey	36,770,000
21	Egypt	35,937,000
22	Spain	34,320,000
23	South Korea	33,631,000
24	Poland	32,837,000
25	Iran	29,687,000
26	Ethiopia	29,496,000
27	Myanmar	28,231,000
28	Argentina	24,414,000
29	South Africa	23,361,000
30	Canada	22,090,000
31	Colombia	21,650,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20,987,000
33	Romania	20,260,000
34	Morocco	15,957,000
35	North Korea	15,571,000
36	Taiwan	15,457,000
37	Tanzania	14,335,000
38	Algeria	14,271,000
39	Peru	14,101,000
40	Netherlands	13,335,000
41	Australia	13,192,000
42	Nepal	12,911,000
43	Sri Lanka	12,786,000
44	Uzbekistan	12,549,000
45	Kazakhstan	12,525,000
46	Kenya	12,107,000
47	Venezuela	11,882,000
48	Sudan	11,859,000
49	Afghanistan	11,146,000
50	Uganda	10,760,000
51	Malaysia	10,675,000
52	Hungary	10,360,000
53	Iraq	10,328,000
54	Chile	10,066,000
55	Czech Republic	9,830,000
56	Belgium	9,684,000
57	Belarus	9,271,000
58	Ghana	9,233,000
59	Cuba	9,102,000
60	Portugal	8,770,000
61	Mozambique	8,734,000
62	Bulgaria	8,675,000
63	Greece	8,594,000
64	Sweden	8,097,000
65	Austria	7,520,000
66	Serbia	7,267,000
67	Yemen	7,117,000
68	Madagascar	6,944,000
69	Cambodia	6,719,000
70	Cameroon	6,717,000
71	Syria	6,652,000
72	Saudi Arabia	6,550,000
73	Ecuador	6,441,000
74	Mali	6,295,000
75	Angola	6,261,000
76	Switzerland	6,234,000
77	Ivory Coast	5,845,000
78	Burkina Faso	5,755,000
79	Guatemala	5,670,000
80	Azerbaijan	5,580,000
81	Zimbabwe	5,446,000
82	Tunisia	5,250,000
83	Denmark	5,053,000
84	Niger	4,861,000
85	Georgia	4,854,000
86	Haiti	4,810,000
87	Malawi	4,803,000
88	Bolivia	4,740,000
89	Dominican Republic	4,662,000
90	Finland	4,626,000
91	Slovakia	4,576,000
92	Senegal	4,565,000
93	Croatia	4,518,000
94	Zambia	4,460,000
95	Guinea	4,335,000
96	Rwanda	4,075,000
97	Norway	3,918,000
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,881,000
99	Somalia	3,867,000
100	Chad	3,781,000
101	Moldova	3,771,000
102	El Salvador	3,752,000
103	Burundi	3,624,000
104	South Sudan	3,430,000
105	Lithuania	3,261,000
106	Tajikistan	3,133,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,124,000
108	Benin	3,122,000
109	Israel	3,074,000
110	Ireland	2,990,000
111	New Zealand	2,919,000
112	Honduras	2,911,000
113	Sierra Leone	2,859,000
114	Uruguay	2,813,000
115	Laos	2,774,000
116	Armenia	2,619,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,580,000
118	Nicaragua	2,566,000
119	Paraguay	2,492,000
120	Lebanon	2,474,000
121	Latvia	2,429,000
122	Albania	2,422,000
123	Togo	2,300,000
124	Turkmenistan	2,296,000
125	Central African Republic	2,133,000
126	Singapore	2,113,000
127	Libya	1,984,000
128	Costa Rica	1,930,000
129	Jamaica	1,900,000
130	Slovenia	1,762,000
131	North Macedonia	1,690,000
132	Jordan	1,673,000
133	Panama	1,581,000
134	Liberia	1,521,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,462,000
136	Estonia	1,381,000
137	Mongolia	1,345,000
138	Eritrea	1,323,000
139	Kosovo	1,283,000
140	Mauritania	1,174,000
	Palestine	1,149,000
141	Lesotho	1,078,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1,006,000
143	Kuwait	886,000
144	Mauritius	848,000
145	Namibia	789,000
146	Guyana	718,000
147	Oman	698,000
148	Cyprus	646,000
149	Gabon	616,000
150	Botswana	613,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	592,000
152	East Timor	569,000
153	Gambia	552,000
154	Fiji	543,000
155	Montenegro	538,000
156	Eswatini	461,000
157	Suriname	398,000
158	United Arab Emirates	368,000
159	Luxembourg	344,000
160	Malta	315,000
161	Bhutan	314,000
162	Equatorial Guinea	309,000
163	Cape Verde	296,000
164	Comoros	253,000
165	Barbados	243,000
166	Bahrain	237,000
167	Iceland	207,000
168	Bahamas	187,000
169	Solomon Islands	179,000
170	Djibouti	159,000
171	Samoa	146,000
172	Qatar	141,000
173	Brunei	141,000
174	Maldives	129,000
175	Belize	124,000
176	Saint Lucia	106,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100,000
178	Grenada	98,000
179	Vanuatu	91,000
180	Tonga	89,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	80,000
182	Dominica	70,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	61,000
185	Kiribati	59,000
186	Seychelles	56,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Marshall Islands	25,000
189	Monaco	25,000
190	Liechtenstein	22,000
191	Andorra	22,000
192	San Marino	18,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000