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1955 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1955

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	607,046,049
2	India	404,267,590
3	United States	165,069,000
4	Russia	111,125,498
5	Indonesia	90,254,984
6	Japan	89,815,060
7	Germany	70,195,612
8	Brazil	61,651,450
9	United Kingdom	50,946,000
10	Bangladesh	49,588,403
11	Italy	48,633,000
12	Pakistan	45,535,711
13	France	44,242,164
14	Ukraine	39,368,099
15	Nigeria	35,954,557
16	Mexico	32,929,914
17	Spain	29,318,745
18	Vietnam	27,738,063
19	Poland	27,220,668
20	Philippines	24,335,325
21	Turkey	24,144,571
22	Egypt	23,855,527
23	Thailand	23,451,316
24	Ethiopia	21,990,323
25	South Korea	21,551,834
26	Burma	21,049,927
27	Argentina	18,927,821
28	Iran	18,738,871
29	Romania	17,325,000
30	Canada	16,050,356
31	South Africa	15,368,551
32	Congo Kinshasa	14,952,568
33	Colombia	13,588,405
34	Morocco	10,797,549
35	Netherlands	10,758,334
36	Algeria	9,841,851
37	Hungary	9,825,000
38	Taiwan	9,485,858
39	Nepal	9,479,233
40	Czechia	9,365,969
41	Australia	9,277,087
42	Tanzania	8,970,610
43	Afghanistan	8,891,209
44	Belgium	8,868,475
45	North Korea	8,863,100
46	Sri Lanka	8,693,779
47	Portugal	8,692,600
48	Peru	8,671,500
49	Kazakhstan	7,976,879
50	Greece	7,965,538
51	Belarus	7,780,565
52	Bulgaria	7,499,400
53	Sudan	7,390,764
54	Malaysia	7,311,720
55	Sweden	7,262,388
56	Uzbekistan	7,232,067
57	Kenya	7,033,999
58	Austria	6,946,885
59	Mozambique	6,781,616
60	Chile	6,743,269
61	Cuba	6,381,106
62	Uganda	6,317,454
63	Serbia	6,313,411
64	Venezuela	6,170,497
65	Ghana	6,048,606
66	Iraq	5,903,253
67	Yemen	5,265,327
68	Cameroon	5,210,832
69	Cambodia	5,048,797
70	Madagascar	5,002,657
71	Switzerland	4,980,000
72	Burkina Faso	4,614,490
73	Denmark	4,439,000
74	Angola	4,423,223
75	Saudi Arabia	4,243,218
76	Finland	4,234,900
77	Mali	4,066,154
78	Croatia	3,955,526
79	Syria	3,937,503
80	Tunisia	3,846,014
81	Ecuador	3,842,399
82	Georgia	3,827,154
83	Slovakia	3,726,601
84	Niger	3,559,494
85	Guatemala	3,487,032
86	Norway	3,427,409
87	Zimbabwe	3,409,017
88	Haiti	3,364,562
89	Azerbaijan	3,313,718
90	Côte d'Ivoire	3,164,270
91	Malawi	3,088,155
92	Bolivia	3,074,311
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,974,000
94	Senegal	2,926,863
95	Ireland	2,916,133
96	Zambia	2,869,000
97	Chad	2,818,379
98	Guinea	2,786,879
99	South Sudan	2,756,806
100	Dominican Republic	2,737,257
101	Rwanda	2,698,272
102	Somalia	2,673,425
103	Moldova	2,622,424
104	Lithuania	2,614,336
105	Burundi	2,576,249
106	Hong Kong	2,490,400
107	Uruguay	2,353,136
108	Puerto Rico	2,250,000
109	Sierra Leone	2,232,573
110	El Salvador	2,221,139
111	New Zealand	2,136,168
112	Laos	2,077,063
113	Latvia	2,002,111
114	Kyrgyzstan	1,901,498
115	Benin	1,850,718
116	Tajikistan	1,780,850
117	Israel	1,770,682
118	Paraguay	1,683,477
119	Honduras	1,662,219
120	Armenia	1,565,329
121	Lebanon	1,560,985
122	Papua New Guinea	1,545,070
123	Slovenia	1,517,499
124	Eritrea	1,498,684
125	Jamaica	1,488,805
126	Albania	1,392,164
127	Central African Republic	1,348,342
128	Turkmenistan	1,347,774
129	North Macedonia	1,340,031
130	Singapore	1,305,500
131	Togo	1,298,389
132	Nicaragua	1,277,288
133	Estonia	1,154,371
134	Libya	1,122,475
135	Mauritania	1,053,003
136	Costa Rica	1,031,782
137	Panama	1,010,655
138	Liberia	928,269
139	Congo Brazzaville	903,672
140	Kosovo	853,540
141	Mongolia	844,046
142	West Bank	788,042
143	Lesotho	786,192
144	Trinidad and Tobago	720,800
145	Jordan	688,372
146	Guinea-Bissau	591,909
147	Mauritius	571,669
148	Oman	539,924
149	Cyprus	532,750
150	Namibia	521,903
151	Guyana	491,180
152	Timor-Leste	472,195
153	Botswana	461,100
154	Montenegro	431,658
155	Gabon	428,772
156	Fiji	332,185
157	Malta	314,369
158	Eswatini	311,346
159	The Gambia	306,390
160	Luxembourg	304,777
161	Gaza Strip	265,759
162	Suriname	240,403
163	Barbados	227,255
164	Equatorial Guinea	225,899
165	Macau	192,684
166	Kuwait	186,639
167	Bhutan	186,282
168	Cabo Verde	169,146
169	Comoros	163,711
170	Iceland	158,044
171	Bahrain	130,253
172	Solomon Islands	114,495
173	Curaçao	111,936
174	Samoa	93,857
175	Djibouti	90,367
176	The Bahamas	87,138
177	Saint Lucia	85,840
178	Grenada	84,621
179	United Arab Emirates	82,715
180	Maldives	80,121
181	Belize	76,892
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75,468
183	French Polynesia	71,900
184	Guam	68,700
185	New Caledonia	64,948
186	Brunei	60,983
187	Sao Tome and Principe	60,227
188	Jersey	59,850
189	Vanuatu	58,622
190	Dominica	56,574
191	Tonga	54,465
192	Aruba	53,865
193	Antigua and Barbuda	51,046
194	Isle of Man	51,025
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,700
196	Guernsey	46,161
197	Bermuda	41,459
198	Kiribati	36,911
199	Seychelles	35,873
200	Federated States of Micronesia	35,821
201	Qatar	35,102
202	Faroe Islands	32,600
203	U.S. Virgin Islands	27,600
204	Greenland	26,600
205	Gibraltar	23,643
206	American Samoa	19,800
207	Monaco	18,284
208	Cook Islands	16,235
209	Liechtenstein	14,700
210	San Marino	13,827
211	Marshall Islands	12,840
212	Montserrat	12,766
213	Palau	8,292
214	Northern Mariana Islands	7,473
215	Wallis and Futuna	7,411
216	Cayman Islands	6,955
217	British Virgin Islands	6,603
218	Andorra	6,189
219	Anguilla	5,430
220	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,261
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,162
222	Tuvalu	4,961
223	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,686
224	Nauru	3,676
225	Saint Martin	3,503
226	Sint Maarten	2,484
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,092

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Data from US Census International Database