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1961 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1961

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	645,409,760
2	India	454,425,502
3	United States	182,992,000
4	Russia	121,324,346
5	Indonesia	102,381,963
6	Japan	94,943,293
7	Brazil	73,512,233
8	Germany	73,123,148
9	Bangladesh	55,708,888
10	Pakistan	53,100,671
11	United Kingdom	52,807,000
12	Italy	50,523,200
13	France	47,156,313
14	Ukraine	43,195,765
15	Nigeria	42,785,256
16	Mexico	39,836,230
17	Vietnam	32,701,357
18	Spain	30,903,894
19	Poland	29,978,949
20	Turkey	29,029,976
21	Philippines	28,839,740
22	Thailand	28,376,096
23	Egypt	27,522,861
24	South Korea	25,613,842
25	Ethiopia	24,648,849
26	Burma	23,232,014
27	Iran	22,239,765
28	Argentina	20,950,583
29	Canada	18,634,977
30	Romania	18,566,932
31	South Africa	17,869,991
32	Congo Kinshasa	16,964,231
33	Colombia	16,476,124
34	Morocco	12,767,526
35	Netherlands	11,646,789
36	Taiwan	11,563,348
37	Algeria	11,121,645
38	North Korea	10,714,188
39	Australia	10,598,814
40	Tanzania	10,555,397
41	Kazakhstan	10,466,809
42	Peru	10,217,500
43	Sri Lanka	10,190,590
44	Nepal	10,176,198
45	Afghanistan	10,043,473
46	Hungary	10,029,000
47	Czechia	9,587,250
48	Belgium	9,165,800
49	Portugal	9,031,200
50	Uzbekistan	8,867,714
51	Sudan	8,674,716
52	Malaysia	8,663,401
53	Kenya	8,411,966
54	Greece	8,398,050
55	Belarus	8,262,998
56	Bulgaria	7,943,118
57	Venezuela	7,847,836
58	Chile	7,773,314
59	Mozambique	7,627,642
60	Sweden	7,519,998
61	Uganda	7,471,533
62	Ghana	7,153,508
63	Cuba	7,134,000
64	Austria	7,086,299
65	Iraq	7,026,278
66	Serbia	6,728,352
67	Yemen	5,993,828
68	Cambodia	5,919,487
69	Cameroon	5,699,165
70	Madagascar	5,590,111
71	Switzerland	5,512,000
72	Burkina Faso	4,890,688
73	Saudi Arabia	4,827,708
74	Angola	4,805,453
75	Syria	4,678,688
76	Denmark	4,609,817
77	Mali	4,572,544
78	Ecuador	4,546,197
79	Finland	4,461,004
80	Guatemala	4,231,703
81	Tunisia	4,216,031
82	Georgia	4,211,113
83	Slovakia	4,191,642
84	Zimbabwe	4,140,117
85	Croatia	4,055,443
86	Azerbaijan	4,033,503
87	Niger	3,992,502
88	Haiti	3,770,962
89	Côte d'Ivoire	3,705,211
90	Norway	3,609,800
91	Malawi	3,532,056
92	Bolivia	3,512,782
93	Senegal	3,348,228
94	Dominican Republic	3,340,557
95	Zambia	3,337,000
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,299,000
97	Hong Kong	3,168,100
98	Chad	3,127,275
99	Guinea	3,072,827
100	Moldova	3,068,962
101	Rwanda	3,045,908
102	Somalia	3,016,963
103	Burundi	2,894,153
104	South Sudan	2,819,021
105	Ireland	2,818,300
106	Lithuania	2,810,271
107	El Salvador	2,664,838
108	Uruguay	2,563,794
109	New Zealand	2,432,450
110	Sierra Leone	2,431,632
111	Puerto Rico	2,402,514
112	Laos	2,358,813
113	Kyrgyzstan	2,254,930
114	Israel	2,213,337
115	Tajikistan	2,163,433
116	Latvia	2,145,744
117	Benin	2,113,243
118	Honduras	2,018,693
119	Paraguay	1,959,034
120	Armenia	1,943,799
121	Lebanon	1,835,620
122	Papua New Guinea	1,758,754
123	Singapore	1,702,400
124	Albania	1,676,635
125	Jamaica	1,647,918
126	Turkmenistan	1,644,416
127	Eritrea	1,640,231
128	Slovenia	1,571,851
129	Nicaragua	1,540,819
130	Central African Republic	1,494,850
131	Togo	1,491,264
132	Libya	1,388,517
133	North Macedonia	1,381,753
134	Costa Rica	1,296,587
135	Estonia	1,224,467
136	Panama	1,181,175
137	Mauritania	1,131,821
138	Liberia	1,083,250
139	Congo Brazzaville	1,024,609
140	Mongolia	981,849
141	Kosovo	965,510
142	Jordan	890,828
143	Lesotho	875,282
144	Trinidad and Tobago	861,387
145	West Bank	808,783
146	Mauritius	681,284
147	Guinea-Bissau	622,070
148	Oman	615,752
149	Namibia	605,831
150	Cyprus	585,326
151	Guyana	584,710
152	Timor-Leste	517,732
153	Botswana	504,585
154	Montenegro	468,013
155	Gabon	450,485
156	Fiji	407,359
157	The Gambia	362,673
158	Eswatini	360,775
159	Malta	328,854
160	Kuwait	325,342
161	Luxembourg	316,845
162	Gaza Strip	300,820
163	Suriname	294,229
164	Equatorial Guinea	248,028
165	Barbados	229,597
166	Bhutan	217,631
167	Cabo Verde	203,146
168	Macau	189,831
169	Comoros	187,209
170	Iceland	178,905
171	Bahrain	164,334
172	Solomon Islands	129,642
173	Curaçao	126,051
174	The Bahamas	117,565
175	Djibouti	116,664
176	Samoa	113,621
177	United Arab Emirates	108,989
178	Belize	94,685
179	Maldives	92,793
180	Grenada	90,865
181	Saint Lucia	88,588
182	Brunei	87,067
183	French Polynesia	82,600
184	New Caledonia	81,774
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	81,413
186	Vanuatu	67,691
187	Guam	66,400
188	Tonga	65,683
189	Sao Tome and Principe	64,330
190	Jersey	63,647
191	Dominica	60,459
192	Aruba	57,008
193	Antigua and Barbuda	55,650
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	49,048
195	Qatar	48,592
196	Isle of Man	47,243
197	Guernsey	47,211
198	Bermuda	45,148
199	Federated States of Micronesia	43,081
200	Seychelles	43,001
201	Kiribati	41,543
202	Faroe Islands	35,000
203	U.S. Virgin Islands	34,300
204	Greenland	33,726
205	Gibraltar	24,349
206	Monaco	21,348
207	American Samoa	19,900
208	Cook Islands	18,245
209	Liechtenstein	16,825
210	Marshall Islands	15,622
211	San Marino	15,553
212	Montserrat	12,040
213	Palau	9,740
214	Northern Mariana Islands	9,160
215	Andorra	8,959
216	Wallis and Futuna	7,990
217	Cayman Islands	7,828
218	British Virgin Islands	7,561
219	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,799
220	Anguilla	5,690
221	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,330
222	Tuvalu	5,327
223	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,960
224	Nauru	4,613
225	Saint Martin	4,453
226	Sint Maarten	2,854
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,172

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Data from US Census International Database