Countries by Population in the Year 1974

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1974. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	3,958,046,000
1	China	895,447,000
2	India	602,841,000
3	United States	211,397,000
4	Russia	132,553,000
5	Indonesia	126,325,000
6	Japan	110,412,000
7	Brazil	104,914,000
8	Germany	78,655,000
9	Bangladesh	72,053,000
10	Pakistan	65,194,000
11	Nigeria	60,344,000
12	United Kingdom	56,526,000
13	Mexico	56,080,000
14	Italy	54,563,000
15	France	53,394,000
16	Ukraine	48,448,000
17	Vietnam	45,412,000
18	Philippines	40,903,000
19	Thailand	39,392,000
20	Turkey	38,451,000
21	Egypt	37,517,000
22	Spain	35,086,000
23	South Korea	34,997,000
24	Poland	33,418,000
25	Iran	31,428,000
26	Ethiopia	31,102,000
27	Myanmar	29,457,000
28	Argentina	25,230,000
29	South Africa	24,729,000
30	Canada	22,649,000
31	Colombia	22,647,000
32	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22,148,000
33	Romania	20,752,000
34	Morocco	16,771,000
35	North Korea	16,290,000
36	Taiwan	16,090,000
37	Tanzania	15,391,000
38	Algeria	14,964,000
39	Peru	14,866,000
40	Australia	13,618,000
41	Netherlands	13,584,000
42	Nepal	13,479,000
43	Uzbekistan	13,298,000
44	Sri Lanka	13,296,000
45	Kenya	12,982,000
46	Kazakhstan	12,881,000
47	Sudan	12,684,000
48	Venezuela	12,608,000
49	Afghanistan	11,723,000
50	Uganda	11,281,000
51	Malaysia	11,197,000
52	Iraq	11,057,000
53	Hungary	10,427,000
54	Chile	10,390,000
55	Czech Republic	9,929,000
56	Ghana	9,776,000
57	Belgium	9,740,000
58	Belarus	9,402,000
59	Cuba	9,359,000
60	Mozambique	9,260,000
61	Portugal	9,019,000
62	Bulgaria	8,782,000
63	Greece	8,694,000
64	Sweden	8,175,000
65	Austria	7,604,000
66	Yemen	7,521,000
67	Serbia	7,385,000
68	Madagascar	7,379,000
69	Saudi Arabia	7,279,000
70	Syria	7,121,000
71	Cameroon	7,095,000
72	Cambodia	6,891,000
73	Ecuador	6,815,000
74	Angola	6,688,000
75	Mali	6,511,000
76	Ivory Coast	6,400,000
77	Switzerland	6,326,000
78	Guatemala	5,971,000
79	Burkina Faso	5,960,000
80	Zimbabwe	5,805,000
81	Azerbaijan	5,778,000
82	Tunisia	5,537,000
83	Niger	5,127,000
84	Denmark	5,110,000
85	Malawi	5,063,000
86	Haiti	4,985,000
87	Bolivia	4,957,000
88	Georgia	4,920,000
89	Dominican Republic	4,915,000
90	Senegal	4,842,000
91	Zambia	4,720,000
92	Finland	4,679,000
93	Slovakia	4,664,000
94	Croatia	4,553,000
95	Guinea	4,481,000
96	Rwanda	4,322,000
97	Somalia	4,075,000
98	Norway	3,973,000
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,963,000
100	Chad	3,958,000
101	El Salvador	3,937,000
102	Moldova	3,852,000
103	Burundi	3,609,000
104	South Sudan	3,586,000
105	Tajikistan	3,327,000
106	Lithuania	3,322,000
107	Benin	3,264,000
108	Israel	3,260,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	3,258,000
110	Honduras	3,092,000
111	Ireland	3,086,000
112	New Zealand	3,037,000
113	Sierra Leone	2,970,000
114	Laos	2,913,000
115	Uruguay	2,845,000
116	Armenia	2,737,000
117	Nicaragua	2,726,000
118	Papua New Guinea	2,703,000
119	Paraguay	2,615,000
120	Lebanon	2,602,000
121	Albania	2,553,000
122	Latvia	2,466,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,426,000
124	Togo	2,421,000
125	Central African Republic	2,217,000
126	Singapore	2,187,000
127	Libya	2,126,000
128	Costa Rica	2,032,000
129	Jamaica	1,960,000
130	Jordan	1,798,000
131	Slovenia	1,793,000
132	North Macedonia	1,737,000
133	Panama	1,669,000
134	Liberia	1,604,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,556,000
136	Mongolia	1,422,000
137	Estonia	1,406,000
138	Eritrea	1,395,000
139	Kosovo	1,353,000
140	Mauritania	1,246,000
	Palestine	1,206,000
141	Lesotho	1,155,000
142	Trinidad and Tobago	1,033,000
143	Kuwait	999,000
144	Mauritius	871,000
145	Namibia	837,000
146	Oman	739,000
147	Guyana	734,000
148	Botswana	674,000
149	Cyprus	652,000
150	Gabon	642,000
151	Guinea-Bissau	607,000
152	East Timor	589,000
153	Gambia	586,000
154	Fiji	562,000
155	Montenegro	550,000
156	Eswatini	487,000
157	United Arab Emirates	466,000
158	Suriname	396,000
159	Luxembourg	350,000
160	Bhutan	335,000
161	Malta	317,000
162	Cape Verde	300,000
163	Equatorial Guinea	294,000
164	Comoros	268,000
165	Bahrain	263,000
166	Barbados	245,000
167	Iceland	214,000
168	Bahamas	196,000
169	Solomon Islands	189,000
170	Djibouti	184,000
171	Qatar	171,000
172	Brunei	152,000
173	Samoa	151,000
174	Maldives	137,000
175	Belize	128,000
176	Saint Lucia	109,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	102,000
178	Grenada	98,000
179	Vanuatu	97,000
180	Tonga	91,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	83,000
182	Dominica	71,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	65,000
184	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
185	Kiribati	61,000
186	Seychelles	59,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Marshall Islands	26,000
189	Monaco	25,000
190	Andorra	25,000
191	Liechtenstein	22,000
192	San Marino	19,000
193	Palau	13,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	6,000
196	Vatican City	1,000