Countries by Population in the Year 1979

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1979. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,326,896,000
1	China	966,507,000
2	India	673,622,000
3	United States	222,512,000
4	Indonesia	142,960,000
5	Russia	137,127,000
6	Brazil	118,041,000
7	Japan	116,310,000
8	Bangladesh	80,942,000
9	Germany	77,988,000
10	Pakistan	75,989,000
11	Nigeria	69,673,000
12	Mexico	65,056,000
13	United Kingdom	56,575,000
14	Italy	55,983,000
15	France	54,786,000
16	Vietnam	51,340,000
17	Ukraine	49,620,000
18	Philippines	46,522,000
19	Thailand	44,283,000
20	Turkey	42,744,000
21	Egypt	42,089,000
22	South Korea	37,530,000
23	Spain	37,036,000
24	Iran	36,565,000
25	Poland	35,017,000
26	Ethiopia	34,622,000
27	Myanmar	32,503,000
28	South Africa	28,317,000
29	Argentina	27,364,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	25,471,000
31	Colombia	25,287,000
32	Canada	24,082,000
33	Romania	21,923,000
34	Morocco	19,017,000
35	Tanzania	18,393,000
36	Algeria	17,891,000
37	Taiwan	17,639,000
38	North Korea	17,593,000
39	Peru	16,847,000
40	Sudan	15,632,000
41	Uzbekistan	15,363,000
42	Kenya	15,347,000
43	Nepal	15,061,000
44	Venezuela	14,579,000
45	Sri Lanka	14,546,000
46	Australia	14,437,000
47	Netherlands	14,079,000
48	Kazakhstan	13,852,000
49	Afghanistan	13,055,000
50	Iraq	13,031,000
51	Uganda	12,870,000
52	Malaysia	12,708,000
53	Ghana	11,336,000
54	Chile	11,222,000
55	Mozambique	10,935,000
56	Hungary	10,679,000
57	Czech Republic	10,221,000
58	Belgium	9,806,000
59	Cuba	9,755,000
60	Belarus	9,725,000
61	Portugal	9,634,000
62	Saudi Arabia	9,442,000
63	Greece	9,138,000
64	Bulgaria	8,968,000
65	Yemen	8,752,000
66	Madagascar	8,565,000
67	Syria	8,454,000
68	Sweden	8,288,000
69	Cameroon	8,128,000
70	Angola	7,904,000
71	Ivory Coast	7,845,000
72	Ecuador	7,817,000
73	Serbia	7,699,000
74	Austria	7,551,000
75	Mali	7,143,000
76	Guatemala	6,730,000
77	Burkina Faso	6,661,000
78	Zimbabwe	6,577,000
79	Tunisia	6,335,000
80	Switzerland	6,285,000
81	Azerbaijan	6,255,000
82	Cambodia	5,936,000
83	Malawi	5,914,000
84	Niger	5,896,000
85	Dominican Republic	5,561,000
86	Bolivia	5,548,000
87	Senegal	5,497,000
88	Haiti	5,482,000
89	Zambia	5,471,000
90	Denmark	5,207,000
91	Georgia	5,095,000
92	Somalia	5,044,000
93	Rwanda	4,993,000
94	Slovakia	4,907,000
95	Guinea	4,843,000
96	Finland	4,758,000
97	Croatia	4,646,000
98	El Salvador	4,391,000
99	Chad	4,351,000
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,149,000
101	Burundi	4,098,000
102	Norway	4,066,000
103	Moldova	4,050,000
104	South Sudan	4,044,000
105	Tajikistan	3,876,000
106	Benin	3,683,000
107	Israel	3,642,000
108	Honduras	3,606,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	3,585,000
110	Lithuania	3,476,000
111	Ireland	3,331,000
112	Sierra Leone	3,267,000
113	Laos	3,204,000
114	Nicaragua	3,173,000
115	New Zealand	3,164,000
116	Armenia	3,075,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,011,000
118	Paraguay	2,961,000
119	Uruguay	2,934,000
120	Lebanon	2,873,000
121	Albania	2,862,000
122	Turkmenistan	2,760,000
123	Libya	2,745,000
124	Togo	2,725,000
125	Latvia	2,548,000
126	Central African Republic	2,378,000
127	Singapore	2,339,000
128	Costa Rica	2,317,000
129	Jordan	2,102,000
130	Jamaica	2,093,000
131	Panama	1,889,000
132	Slovenia	1,876,000
133	North Macedonia	1,866,000
134	Liberia	1,848,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,768,000
136	Mongolia	1,638,000
137	Eritrea	1,592,000
138	Kosovo	1,534,000
139	Estonia	1,464,000
140	Mauritania	1,442,000
	Palestine	1,393,000
141	Kuwait	1,371,000
142	Lesotho	1,350,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,104,000
144	Namibia	945,000
145	Oman	937,000
146	Mauritius	933,000
147	Botswana	871,000
148	United Arab Emirates	856,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	818,000
150	Guyana	772,000
151	Gabon	721,000
152	Gambia	684,000
153	Cyprus	668,000
154	East Timor	631,000
155	Fiji	621,000
156	Montenegro	580,000
157	Eswatini	570,000
158	Bhutan	396,000
159	Suriname	380,000
160	Luxembourg	363,000
161	Bahrain	339,000
162	Malta	329,000
163	Comoros	313,000
164	Cape Verde	313,000
165	Djibouti	291,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	271,000
167	Barbados	252,000
168	Qatar	252,000
169	Iceland	225,000
170	Solomon Islands	222,000
171	Bahamas	217,000
172	Brunei	179,000
173	Samoa	163,000
174	Maldives	158,000
175	Belize	140,000
176	Saint Lucia	118,000
177	Vanuatu	114,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	107,000
179	Grenada	96,000
180	Tonga	96,000
181	São Tomé and Príncipe	94,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	73,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
185	Seychelles	64,000
186	Kiribati	59,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	33,000
189	Marshall Islands	30,000
190	Monaco	27,000
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