Countries by Population in the Year 1976

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1976. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,105,886,000
1	China	927,179,000
2	India	630,445,000
3	United States	215,499,000
4	Russia	134,296,000
5	Indonesia	132,861,000
6	Japan	113,036,000
7	Brazil	109,981,000
8	Germany	78,441,000
9	Bangladesh	75,558,000
10	Pakistan	69,150,000
11	Nigeria	63,731,000
12	Mexico	59,572,000
13	United Kingdom	56,598,000
14	Italy	55,250,000
15	France	54,005,000
16	Ukraine	49,027,000
17	Vietnam	47,554,000
18	Philippines	42,915,000
19	Thailand	41,407,000
20	Turkey	40,071,000
21	Egypt	39,208,000
22	South Korea	36,220,000
23	Spain	35,947,000
24	Poland	34,060,000
25	Iran	33,351,000
26	Ethiopia	32,630,000
27	Myanmar	30,642,000
28	South Africa	26,131,000
29	Argentina	26,081,000
30	Colombia	23,659,000
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23,357,000
32	Canada	23,297,000
33	Romania	21,307,000
34	Morocco	17,598,000
35	North Korea	16,863,000
36	Taiwan	16,706,000
37	Tanzania	16,536,000
38	Algeria	16,107,000
39	Peru	15,635,000
40	Uzbekistan	14,097,000
41	Nepal	14,077,000
42	Australia	13,964,000
43	Kenya	13,878,000
44	Netherlands	13,794,000
45	Sri Lanka	13,786,000
46	Sudan	13,777,000
47	Venezuela	13,369,000
48	Kazakhstan	13,253,000
49	Afghanistan	12,298,000
50	Uganda	11,885,000
51	Iraq	11,806,000
52	Malaysia	11,762,000
53	Chile	10,724,000
54	Hungary	10,552,000
55	Ghana	10,358,000
56	Czech Republic	10,058,000
57	Mozambique	9,859,000
58	Belgium	9,768,000
59	Cuba	9,561,000
60	Belarus	9,532,000
61	Portugal	9,265,000
62	Bulgaria	8,882,000
63	Greece	8,845,000
64	Sweden	8,238,000
65	Saudi Arabia	8,108,000
66	Yemen	7,972,000
67	Madagascar	7,837,000
68	Syria	7,625,000
69	Austria	7,564,000
70	Serbia	7,512,000
71	Cameroon	7,501,000
72	Ecuador	7,204,000
73	Angola	7,149,000
74	Ivory Coast	7,010,000
75	Mali	6,747,000
76	Cambodia	6,520,000
77	Switzerland	6,321,000
78	Guatemala	6,278,000
79	Burkina Faso	6,201,000
80	Zimbabwe	6,193,000
81	Azerbaijan	5,974,000
82	Tunisia	5,849,000
83	Niger	5,413,000
84	Malawi	5,357,000
85	Bolivia	5,185,000
86	Haiti	5,173,000
87	Dominican Republic	5,171,000
88	Denmark	5,161,000
89	Senegal	5,115,000
90	Zambia	5,004,000
91	Georgia	4,988,000
92	Slovakia	4,761,000
93	Finland	4,720,000
94	Guinea	4,623,000
95	Croatia	4,588,000
96	Rwanda	4,581,000
97	Somalia	4,280,000
98	Chad	4,125,000
99	El Salvador	4,123,000
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,041,000
101	Norway	4,017,000
102	Moldova	3,934,000
103	Burundi	3,787,000
104	South Sudan	3,763,000
105	Tajikistan	3,535,000
106	Israel	3,429,000
107	Benin	3,418,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,386,000
109	Lithuania	3,383,000
110	Honduras	3,282,000
111	Ireland	3,182,000
112	New Zealand	3,140,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,085,000
114	Laos	3,044,000
115	Nicaragua	2,902,000
116	Uruguay	2,881,000
117	Armenia	2,863,000
118	Papua New Guinea	2,825,000
119	Paraguay	2,748,000
120	Lebanon	2,720,000
121	Albania	2,682,000
122	Turkmenistan	2,559,000
123	Togo	2,539,000
124	Latvia	2,501,000
125	Libya	2,351,000
126	Central African Republic	2,307,000
127	Singapore	2,247,000
128	Costa Rica	2,139,000
129	Jamaica	2,017,000
130	Jordan	1,916,000
131	Slovenia	1,825,000
132	North Macedonia	1,786,000
133	Panama	1,757,000
134	Liberia	1,695,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,645,000
136	Mongolia	1,507,000
137	Eritrea	1,470,000
138	Estonia	1,430,000
139	Kosovo	1,425,000
140	Mauritania	1,322,000
	Palestine	1,283,000
141	Lesotho	1,237,000
142	Kuwait	1,131,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,061,000
144	Mauritius	894,000
145	Namibia	890,000
146	Oman	804,000
147	Guyana	750,000
148	Botswana	747,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	679,000
150	Gabon	671,000
151	Cyprus	645,000
152	Gambia	622,000
153	East Timor	605,000
154	Fiji	581,000
155	United Arab Emirates	569,000
156	Montenegro	562,000
157	Eswatini	517,000
158	Suriname	391,000
159	Bhutan	358,000
160	Luxembourg	355,000
161	Malta	321,000
162	Cape Verde	306,000
163	Bahrain	292,000
164	Comoros	284,000
165	Equatorial Guinea	280,000
166	Barbados	248,000
167	Iceland	219,000
168	Djibouti	218,000
169	Bahamas	204,000
170	Qatar	203,000
171	Solomon Islands	201,000
172	Brunei	162,000
173	Samoa	157,000
174	Maldives	145,000
175	Belize	132,000
176	Saint Lucia	112,000
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,000
178	Vanuatu	104,000
179	Grenada	97,000
180	Tonga	94,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	87,000
182	Dominica	72,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	68,000
184	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
185	Seychelles	62,000
186	Kiribati	61,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Andorra	28,000
189	Marshall Islands	27,000
190	Monaco	26,000
191	Liechtenstein	23,000
192	San Marino	20,000
193	Palau	13,000
194	Nauru	7,000
195	Tuvalu	7,000
196	Vatican City	1,000