Countries by Population in the Year 1978

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1978. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,252,419,000
1	China	953,800,000
2	India	658,913,000
3	United States	219,943,000
4	Indonesia	139,542,000
5	Russia	136,191,000
6	Japan	115,309,000
7	Brazil	115,287,000
8	Bangladesh	79,074,000
9	Germany	78,155,000
10	Pakistan	73,590,000
11	Nigeria	67,594,000
12	Mexico	63,192,000
13	United Kingdom	56,566,000
14	Italy	55,771,000
15	France	54,525,000
16	Vietnam	50,063,000
17	Ukraine	49,453,000
18	Philippines	45,259,000
19	Thailand	43,331,000
20	Turkey	41,840,000
21	Egypt	41,064,000
22	South Korea	37,130,000
23	Spain	36,695,000
24	Iran	35,422,000
25	Poland	34,724,000
26	Ethiopia	33,896,000
27	Myanmar	31,869,000
28	South Africa	27,570,000
29	Argentina	26,928,000
30	Colombia	24,720,000
31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	24,560,000
32	Canada	23,843,000
33	Romania	21,765,000
34	Morocco	18,524,000
35	Tanzania	17,767,000
36	Algeria	17,374,000
37	North Korea	17,351,000
38	Taiwan	17,327,000
39	Peru	16,430,000
40	Sudan	14,979,000
41	Uzbekistan	14,946,000
42	Kenya	14,828,000
43	Nepal	14,717,000
44	Sri Lanka	14,283,000
45	Australia	14,275,000
46	Venezuela	14,167,000
47	Netherlands	13,988,000
48	Kazakhstan	13,648,000
49	Afghanistan	12,822,000
50	Iraq	12,608,000
51	Uganda	12,534,000
52	Malaysia	12,380,000
53	Chile	11,054,000
54	Ghana	10,991,000
55	Hungary	10,651,000
56	Mozambique	10,548,000
57	Czech Republic	10,171,000
58	Belgium	9,794,000
59	Cuba	9,705,000
60	Belarus	9,661,000
61	Portugal	9,523,000
62	Greece	9,031,000
63	Saudi Arabia	8,979,000
64	Bulgaria	8,948,000
65	Yemen	8,478,000
66	Madagascar	8,317,000
67	Sweden	8,274,000
68	Syria	8,167,000
69	Cameroon	7,898,000
70	Serbia	7,639,000
71	Angola	7,639,000
72	Ecuador	7,609,000
73	Austria	7,569,000
74	Ivory Coast	7,556,000
75	Mali	7,003,000
76	Guatemala	6,567,000
77	Zimbabwe	6,522,000
78	Burkina Faso	6,494,000
79	Switzerland	6,278,000
80	Tunisia	6,174,000
81	Azerbaijan	6,163,000
82	Cambodia	5,986,000
83	Niger	5,725,000
84	Malawi	5,704,000
85	Dominican Republic	5,430,000
86	Bolivia	5,424,000
87	Haiti	5,376,000
88	Senegal	5,369,000
89	Zambia	5,311,000
90	Denmark	5,194,000
91	Georgia	5,059,000
92	Slovakia	4,859,000
93	Rwanda	4,851,000
94	Guinea	4,767,000
95	Finland	4,747,000
96	Croatia	4,625,000
97	Somalia	4,512,000
98	El Salvador	4,302,000
99	Chad	4,276,000
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,114,000
101	Norway	4,051,000
102	Moldova	4,014,000
103	Burundi	3,980,000
104	South Sudan	3,948,000
105	Tajikistan	3,760,000
106	Benin	3,591,000
107	Israel	3,575,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,515,000
109	Honduras	3,495,000
110	Lebanon	3,494,000
111	Lithuania	3,446,000
112	Ireland	3,280,000
113	Sierra Leone	3,203,000
114	New Zealand	3,166,000
115	Laos	3,152,000
116	Nicaragua	3,085,000
117	Armenia	3,001,000
118	Papua New Guinea	2,949,000
119	Uruguay	2,918,000
120	Paraguay	2,888,000
121	Albania	2,805,000
122	Turkmenistan	2,692,000
123	Togo	2,661,000
124	Libya	2,607,000
125	Latvia	2,533,000
126	Central African Republic	2,354,000
127	Singapore	2,307,000
128	Costa Rica	2,255,000
129	Jamaica	2,068,000
130	Jordan	2,037,000
131	Slovenia	1,859,000
132	Panama	1,845,000
133	North Macedonia	1,838,000
134	Liberia	1,794,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,727,000
136	Mongolia	1,594,000
137	Eritrea	1,550,000
138	Kosovo	1,498,000
139	Estonia	1,453,000
140	Mauritania	1,401,000
	Palestine	1,355,000
141	Lesotho	1,313,000
142	Kuwait	1,287,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,089,000
144	Namibia	939,000
145	Mauritius	919,000
146	Oman	888,000
147	Botswana	828,000
148	Guinea-Bissau	770,000
149	Guyana	765,000
150	United Arab Emirates	755,000
151	Gabon	703,000
152	Gambia	662,000
153	Cyprus	660,000
154	East Timor	624,000
155	Fiji	606,000
156	Montenegro	574,000
157	Eswatini	551,000
158	Suriname	384,000
159	Bhutan	383,000
160	Luxembourg	360,000
161	Malta	326,000
162	Bahrain	323,000
163	Cape Verde	311,000
164	Comoros	303,000
165	Equatorial Guinea	270,000
166	Djibouti	266,000
167	Barbados	250,000
168	Qatar	235,000
169	Iceland	223,000
170	Solomon Islands	214,000
171	Bahamas	213,000
172	Brunei	173,000
173	Samoa	161,000
174	Maldives	154,000
175	Belize	138,000
176	Saint Lucia	116,000
177	Vanuatu	111,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,000
179	Grenada	96,000
180	Tonga	96,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	91,000
182	Dominica	72,000
183	Federated States of Micronesia	71,000
184	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
185	Seychelles	64,000
186	Kiribati	60,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,000
188	Andorra	32,000
189	Marshall Islands	29,000
190	Monaco	26,000
191	Liechtenstein	24,000
192	San Marino	21,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	8,000
195	Tuvalu	7,000
196	Vatican City	1,000