Countries by Population in the Year 1973

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1973. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,882,457,000
1	China	876,821,000
2	India	589,374,000
3	United States	209,381,000
4	Russia	131,830,000
5	Indonesia	123,093,000
6	Japan	108,947,000
7	Brazil	102,419,000
8	Germany	78,680,000
9	Bangladesh	70,237,000
10	Pakistan	63,377,000
11	Nigeria	58,866,000
12	United Kingdom	56,437,000
13	Mexico	54,376,000
14	Italy	54,196,000
15	France	53,002,000
16	Ukraine	48,155,000
17	Vietnam	44,370,000
18	Philippines	39,910,000
19	Thailand	38,354,000
20	Turkey	37,606,000
21	Egypt	36,724,000
22	Spain	34,710,000
23	South Korea	34,322,000
24	Poland	33,122,000
25	Iran	30,536,000
26	Ethiopia	30,287,000
27	Myanmar	28,873,000
28	Argentina	24,811,000
29	South Africa	24,036,000
30	Canada	22,355,000
31	Colombia	22,146,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21,559,000
33	Romania	20,505,000
34	Morocco	16,362,000
35	North Korea	15,966,000
36	Taiwan	15,778,000
37	Tanzania	14,856,000
38	Algeria	14,608,000
39	Peru	14,484,000
40	Netherlands	13,465,000
41	Australia	13,409,000
42	Nepal	13,193,000
43	Sri Lanka	13,043,000
44	Uzbekistan	12,918,000
45	Kazakhstan	12,699,000
46	Kenya	12,539,000
47	Sudan	12,255,000
48	Venezuela	12,241,000
49	Afghanistan	11,427,000
50	Uganda	11,011,000
51	Malaysia	10,929,000
52	Iraq	10,687,000
53	Hungary	10,394,000
54	Chile	10,226,000
55	Czech Republic	9,872,000
56	Belgium	9,716,000
57	Ghana	9,498,000
58	Belarus	9,337,000
59	Cuba	9,237,000
60	Mozambique	8,988,000
61	Portugal	8,897,000
62	Bulgaria	8,725,000
63	Greece	8,639,000
64	Sweden	8,139,000
65	Austria	7,564,000
66	Serbia	7,325,000
67	Yemen	7,314,000
68	Madagascar	7,158,000
69	Cameroon	6,902,000
70	Saudi Arabia	6,898,000
71	Syria	6,885,000
72	Cambodia	6,814,000
73	Ecuador	6,626,000
74	Angola	6,468,000
75	Mali	6,399,000
76	Switzerland	6,288,000
77	Ivory Coast	6,115,000
78	Burkina Faso	5,855,000
79	Guatemala	5,819,000
80	Azerbaijan	5,680,000
81	Zimbabwe	5,620,000
82	Tunisia	5,390,000
83	Denmark	5,084,000
84	Niger	4,992,000
85	Malawi	4,929,000
86	Haiti	4,897,000
87	Georgia	4,887,000
88	Bolivia	4,847,000
89	Dominican Republic	4,788,000
90	Senegal	4,702,000
91	Finland	4,654,000
92	Slovakia	4,619,000
93	Zambia	4,587,000
94	Croatia	4,535,000
95	Guinea	4,409,000
96	Rwanda	4,197,000
97	Somalia	3,969,000
98	Norway	3,948,000
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,923,000
100	Chad	3,868,000
101	El Salvador	3,844,000
102	Moldova	3,811,000
103	Burundi	3,534,000
104	South Sudan	3,499,000
105	Lithuania	3,292,000
106	Tajikistan	3,228,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,192,000
108	Benin	3,191,000
109	Israel	3,168,000
110	Ireland	3,038,000
111	Honduras	3,001,000
112	New Zealand	2,974,000
113	Sierra Leone	2,914,000
114	Laos	2,843,000
115	Uruguay	2,829,000
116	Armenia	2,677,000
117	Papua New Guinea	2,642,000
118	Nicaragua	2,640,000
119	Paraguay	2,551,000
120	Lebanon	2,538,000
121	Albania	2,488,000
122	Latvia	2,448,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,361,000
124	Togo	2,361,000
125	Central African Republic	2,175,000
126	Singapore	2,150,000
127	Libya	2,042,000
128	Costa Rica	1,981,000
129	Jamaica	1,930,000
130	Slovenia	1,777,000
131	Jordan	1,737,000
132	North Macedonia	1,713,000
133	Panama	1,625,000
134	Liberia	1,561,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,508,000
136	Estonia	1,394,000
137	Mongolia	1,382,000
138	Eritrea	1,358,000
139	Kosovo	1,318,000
140	Mauritania	1,209,000
	Palestine	1,185,000
141	Lesotho	1,116,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1,020,000
143	Kuwait	942,000
144	Mauritius	860,000
145	Namibia	813,000
146	Guyana	726,000
147	Oman	718,000
148	Cyprus	649,000
149	Botswana	641,000
150	Gabon	629,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	599,000
152	East Timor	579,000
153	Gambia	569,000
154	Fiji	553,000
155	Montenegro	544,000
156	Eswatini	474,000
157	United Arab Emirates	417,000
158	Suriname	397,000
159	Luxembourg	348,000
160	Bhutan	324,000
161	Malta	316,000
162	Equatorial Guinea	302,000
163	Cape Verde	298,000
164	Comoros	260,000
165	Bahrain	250,000
166	Barbados	244,000
167	Iceland	211,000
168	Bahamas	191,000
169	Solomon Islands	184,000
170	Djibouti	171,000
171	Qatar	156,000
172	Samoa	148,000
173	Brunei	146,000
174	Maldives	133,000
175	Belize	126,000
176	Saint Lucia	107,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	101,000
178	Grenada	98,000
179	Vanuatu	94,000
180	Tonga	90,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	82,000
182	Dominica	70,000
183	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
184	Federated States of Micronesia	63,000
185	Kiribati	60,000
186	Seychelles	58,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Marshall Islands	25,000
189	Monaco	25,000
190	Andorra	24,000
191	Liechtenstein	22,000
192	San Marino	19,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000