Modern-Day Countries By 1970 Population

Can you name all modern-day countries in order by their estimated population in 1970?

Starting letter and continent are given as hints.

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/

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Population	Starting Letter	Continent	Country
828,000,000	C	Asia	China
555,000,000	I	Asia	India
210,000,000	U	North America	United States
130,000,000	R	Europe/Asia	Russia
115,000,000	I	Asia	Indonesia
105,000,000	J	Asia	Japan
95,100,000	B	South America	Brazil
78,600,000	G	Europe	Germany
64,200,000	B	Asia	Bangladesh
58,100,000	P	Asia	Pakistan
56,000,000	N	Africa	Nigeria
55,600,000	U	Europe	United Kingdom
53,500,000	I	Europe	Italy
51,500,000	M	North America	Mexico
50,800,000	F	Europe	France
47,100,000	U	Europe	Ukraine
43,400,000	V	Asia	Vietnam
36,900,000	T	Asia	Thailand
35,800,000	P	Asia	Philippines
34,900,000	T	Asia/Europe	Turkey
34,500,000	E	Africa/Asia	Egypt
33,900,000	S	Europe	Spain
32,600,000	P	Europe	Poland
32,200,000	S	Asia	South Korea
28,500,000	I	Asia	Iran
28,400,000	E	Africa	Ethiopia
27,300,000	M	Asia	Myanmar
23,900,000	A	South America	Argentina
22,100,000	S	Africa	South Africa
21,500,000	C	South America	Colombia
21,400,000	C	North America	Canada
20,500,000	R	Europe	Romania
20,000,000	D/C	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
16,000,000	M	Africa	Morocco
14,900,000	T	Asia	Taiwan
14,500,000	A	Africa	Algeria
14,400,000	N	Asia	North Korea
13,500,000	P	South America	Peru
13,500,000	T	Africa	Tanzania
13,000,000	N	Europe	Netherlands
13,000,000	K	Asia	Kazakhstan
12,800,000	A	Oceania	Australia
12,500,000	S	Asia	Sri Lanka
12,100,000	N	Asia	Nepal
12,100,000	U	Asia	Uzbekistan
11,400,000	V	South America	Venezuela
11,300,000	K	Africa	Kenya
11,200,000	A	Asia	Afghanistan
10,800,000	M	Asia	Malaysia
10,400,000	H	Europe	Hungary
10,300,000	S	Africa	Sudan
9,920,000	I	Asia	Iraq
9,820,000	C	Europe	Czechia
9,780,000	C	South America	Chile
9,630,000	B	Europe	Belgium
9,410,000	U	Africa	Uganda
9,020,000	M	Africa	Mozambique
8,910,000	B	Europe	Belarus
8,740,000	G	Africa	Ghana
8,710,000	C	North America	Cuba
8,660,000	G	Europe	Greece
8,650,000	P	Europe	Portugal
8,510,000	B	Europe	Bulgaria
8,050,000	S	Europe	Sweden
7,520,000	A	Europe	Austria
7,000,000	C	Asia	Cambodia
6,900,000	S	Europe	Serbia
6,580,000	M	Africa	Madagascar
6,520,000	C	Africa	Cameroon
6,350,000	S	Asia	Syria
6,190,000	Y	Asia	Yemen
6,150,000	S	Europe	Switzerland
6,070,000	E	South America	Ecuador
5,950,000	M	Africa	Mali
5,890,000	A	Africa	Angola
5,840,000	S	Asia	Saudi Arabia
5,620,000	B	Africa	Burkina Faso
5,620,000	G	North America	Guatemala
5,290,000	Z	Africa	Zimbabwe
5,180,000	A	Asia	Azerbaijan
5,100,000	I/C	Africa	Ivory Coast
5,060,000	T	Africa	Tunisia
4,930,000	D	Europe	Denmark
4,710,000	G	Asia	Georgia
4,700,000	M	Africa	Malawi
4,680,000	H	North America	Haiti
4,610,000	F	Europe	Finland
4,540,000	S	Europe	Slovakia
4,510,000	N	Africa	Niger
4,500,000	D	North America	Dominican Republic
4,480,000	B	South America	Bolivia
4,420,000	C	Europe	Croatia
4,260,000	S	Africa	Senegal
4,180,000	Z	Africa	Zambia
4,150,000	G	Africa	Guinea
3,880,000	N	Europe	Norway
3,760,000	B	Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,760,000	R	Africa	Rwanda

Population	Starting Letter	Continent	Country
3,670,000	E	North America	El Salvador
3,640,000	C	Africa	Chad
3,600,000	M	Europe	Moldova
3,490,000	S	Africa	South Sudan
3,480,000	B	Africa	Burundi
3,440,000	S	Africa	Somalia
3,140,000	L	Europe	Lithuania
2,970,000	K	Asia	Kyrgyzstan
2,930,000	T	Asia	Tajikistan
2,910,000	I	Europe	Ireland
2,910,000	B	Africa	Benin
2,820,000	N	Oceania	New Zealand
2,810,000	U	South America	Uruguay
2,810,000	I	Asia	Israel
2,780,000	P	Oceania	Papua New Guinea
2,740,000	S	Africa	Sierra Leone
2,720,000	H	North America	Honduras
2,690,000	L	Asia	Laos
2,530,000	A	Asia	Armenia
2,470,000	P	South America	Paraguay
2,410,000	N	North America	Nicaragua
2,380,000	L	Europe	Latvia
2,300,000	L	Asia	Lebanon
2,200,000	T	Asia	Turkmenistan
2,150,000	A	Europe	Albania
2,130,000	L	Africa	Libya
2,120,000	T	Africa	Togo
2,070,000	S	Asia	Singapore
1,880,000	J	North America	Jamaica
1,850,000	C	North America	Costa Rica
1,810,000	C	Africa	Central African Republic
1,720,000	N/M	Europe	North Macedonia
1,720,000	J	Asia	Jordan
1,670,000	S	Europe	Slovenia
1,520,000	P	North America	Panama
1,400,000	L	Africa	Liberia
1,360,000	E	Europe	Estonia
1,330,000	R/C	Africa	Republic of the Congo
1,310,000	E	Africa	Eritrea
1,280,000	M	Asia	Mongolia
1,220,000	K	Europe	Kosovo
1,150,000	M	Africa	Mauritania
1,030,000	L	Africa	Lesotho
945,000	T	North America	Trinidad and Tobago
826,000	M	Africa	Mauritius
817,000	N	Africa	Namibia
744,000	K	Asia	Kuwait
724,000	O	Asia	Oman
705,000	G	Africa	Guinea-Bissau
705,000	G	South America	Guyana
628,000	B	Africa	Botswana
614,000	C	Asia	Cyprus
589,000	G	Africa	Gabon
572,000	E/T	Asia	East Timor
521,000	F	Oceania	Fiji
520,000	M	Europe	Montenegro
464,000	G	Africa	Gambia
431,000	E/S	Africa	Eswatini
368,000	S	South America	Suriname
340,000	L	Europe	Luxembourg
321,000	M	Europe	Malta
304,000	E	Africa	Equatorial Guinea
297,000	B	Asia	Bhutan
269,000	C	Africa	Cape Verde
239,000	B	North America	Barbados
235,000	U	Asia	United Arab Emirates
230,000	C	Africa	Comoros
213,000	B	Asia	Bahrain
204,000	I	Europe	Iceland
169,000	B	North America	Bahamas
160,000	S	Oceania	Solomon Islands
160,000	D	Africa	Djibouti
143,000	S	Oceania	Samoa
130,000	B	Asia	Brunei
122,000	B	North America	Belize
116,000	M	Asia	Maldives
110,000	Q	Asia	Qatar
104,000	S	North America	St. Lucia
94,000	G	North America	Grenada
91,000	S	North America	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
85,000	V	Oceania	Vanuatu
84,000	T	Oceania	Tonga
75,000	S	Africa	Sao Tome and Principe
71,000	D	North America	Dominica
64,000	A	North America	Antigua and Barbuda
61,000	F/M	Oceania	Federated States of Micronesia
52,000	S	Africa	Seychelles
51,000	K	Oceania	Kiribati
45,000	S	North America	St. Kitts and Nevis
24,000	A	Europe	Andorra
23,000	M	Europe	Monaco
21,000	L	Europe	Liechtenstein
20,000	M	Oceania	Marshall Islands
19,000	S	Europe	San Marino
12,000	P	Oceania	Palau
7,000	N	Oceania	Nauru
6,000	T	Oceania	Tuvalu
600	V	Europe	Vatican City