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1978 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1978

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	961,638,579
2	India	658,040,343
3	United States	222,095,000
4	Indonesia	144,176,782
5	Russia	137,245,870
6	Brazil	115,661,948
7	Japan	114,912,911
8	Pakistan	82,374,302
9	Bangladesh	78,497,395
10	Germany	78,066,074
11	Nigeria	70,706,367
12	Mexico	65,295,990
13	Italy	56,240,143
14	United Kingdom	56,167,000
15	France	54,649,382
16	Vietnam	51,662,728
17	Ukraine	49,642,987
18	Philippines	45,827,880
19	Thailand	45,056,957
20	Turkey	43,274,733
21	Egypt	40,020,461
22	South Korea	37,019,000
23	Spain	36,861,034
24	Iran	36,758,133
25	Ethiopia	35,216,317
26	Poland	34,929,072
27	Burma	32,017,578
28	South Africa	27,809,087
29	Argentina	27,440,272
30	Congo Kinshasa	27,315,131
31	Colombia	25,842,192
32	Canada	24,036,300
33	Romania	21,831,875
34	Morocco	18,853,444
35	Algeria	17,685,768
36	Tanzania	17,647,395
37	Taiwan	17,111,535
38	North Korea	16,830,095
39	Peru	16,414,399
40	Afghanistan	15,269,281
41	Uzbekistan	15,207,113
42	Kenya	15,079,690
43	Kazakhstan	14,623,619
44	Sri Lanka	14,511,088
45	Australia	14,208,993
46	Nepal	13,993,609
47	Netherlands	13,947,172
48	Venezuela	13,930,824
49	Sudan	13,915,270
50	Malaysia	12,905,669
51	Iraq	12,317,137
52	Uganda	11,612,082
53	Mozambique	11,466,483
54	Chile	10,685,889
55	Hungary	10,673,300
56	Ghana	10,500,172
57	Czechia	10,212,894
58	Belgium	9,829,700
59	Portugal	9,698,780
60	Cuba	9,629,696
61	Belarus	9,520,280
62	Greece	9,429,959
63	Bulgaria	8,803,281
64	Saudi Arabia	8,722,071
65	Yemen	8,641,036
66	Sweden	8,275,778
67	Madagascar	8,220,979
68	Syria	8,176,690
69	Cameroon	8,162,805
70	Côte d'Ivoire	7,774,982
71	Austria	7,562,305
72	Serbia	7,524,862
73	Angola	7,509,974
74	Ecuador	7,489,432
75	Cambodia	6,824,675
76	Zimbabwe	6,767,223
77	Mali	6,594,229
78	Guatemala	6,345,655
79	Switzerland	6,332,568
80	Tunisia	6,136,282
81	Burkina Faso	6,025,544
82	Azerbaijan	5,986,427
83	Malawi	5,840,178
84	Niger	5,815,562
85	Dominican Republic	5,431,308
86	Senegal	5,343,789
87	Haiti	5,270,294
88	Zambia	5,247,987
89	Bolivia	5,204,622
90	Denmark	5,104,247
91	Georgia	4,991,045
92	Slovakia	4,876,017
93	Rwanda	4,818,992
94	Finland	4,752,528
95	Somalia	4,679,501
96	Hong Kong	4,667,500
97	Chad	4,541,191
98	El Salvador	4,399,428
99	Croatia	4,349,242
100	Guinea	4,154,890
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,135,000
102	South Sudan	4,109,671
103	Norway	4,058,671
104	Moldova	3,947,422
105	Burundi	3,929,974
106	Tajikistan	3,760,973
107	Israel	3,554,581
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,496,165
109	Lithuania	3,386,988
110	Ireland	3,314,000
111	Benin	3,304,940
112	Laos	3,247,736
113	Sierra Leone	3,235,008
114	Honduras	3,168,948
115	New Zealand	3,165,800
116	Puerto Rico	3,117,884
117	Paraguay	3,037,492
118	Armenia	3,014,042
119	Uruguay	2,896,507
120	Papua New Guinea	2,828,753
121	Lebanon	2,800,036
122	Libya	2,793,329
123	Turkmenistan	2,733,933
124	Nicaragua	2,608,303
125	Albania	2,563,376
126	Eritrea	2,537,978
127	Latvia	2,504,508
128	Togo	2,472,385
129	Singapore	2,353,600
130	Central African Republic	2,224,430
131	Costa Rica	2,192,367
132	Jamaica	2,179,441
133	Jordan	2,030,193
134	Panama	1,874,971
135	Slovenia	1,759,395
136	Liberia	1,754,119
137	North Macedonia	1,747,113
138	Congo Brazzaville	1,583,662
139	Mongolia	1,571,700
140	Mauritania	1,483,992
141	Estonia	1,463,533
142	Kosovo	1,460,464
143	Lesotho	1,288,860
144	Kuwait	1,213,584
145	Oman	1,067,675
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,055,527
147	Namibia	997,913
148	Mauritius	929,367
149	West Bank	864,122
150	Botswana	822,247
151	United Arab Emirates	778,736
152	Guinea-Bissau	758,113
153	Guyana	755,889
154	Gabon	731,744
155	Cyprus	618,672
156	The Gambia	616,216
157	Fiji	610,845
158	Timor-Leste	604,930
159	Eswatini	568,347
160	Montenegro	565,561
161	Gaza Strip	431,608
162	Bhutan	427,632
163	Suriname	365,277
164	Luxembourg	362,100
165	Malta	339,786
166	Bahrain	322,535
167	Comoros	318,860
168	Cabo Verde	289,170
169	Djibouti	273,214
170	Barbados	250,145
171	Macau	248,564
172	Iceland	223,587
173	Solomon Islands	215,078
174	The Bahamas	201,499
175	Qatar	200,667
176	Equatorial Guinea	194,597
177	Brunei	173,000
178	Samoa	155,429
179	Curaçao	148,343
180	Maldives	144,875
181	Belize	142,937
182	French Polynesia	142,083
183	New Caledonia	137,500
184	Saint Lucia	119,025
185	Vanuatu	109,400
186	Guam	101,960
187	U.S. Virgin Islands	95,929
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95,717
189	Grenada	92,535
190	Tonga	91,199
191	Sao Tome and Principe	89,367
192	Dominica	74,366
193	Jersey	74,186
194	Federated States of Micronesia	72,538
195	Antigua and Barbuda	68,608
196	Seychelles	62,450
197	Isle of Man	62,331
198	Aruba	59,201
199	Kiribati	55,713
200	Bermuda	54,377
201	Guernsey	53,485
202	Greenland	49,243
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,103
204	Faroe Islands	42,481
205	American Samoa	31,411
206	Andorra	30,321
207	Marshall Islands	28,901
208	Gibraltar	28,604
209	Monaco	25,971
210	Liechtenstein	24,412
211	San Marino	20,820
212	Cook Islands	18,650
213	Northern Mariana Islands	16,118
214	Cayman Islands	15,332
215	Palau	13,120
216	Montserrat	11,728
217	Sint Maarten	11,198
218	British Virgin Islands	10,812
219	Wallis and Futuna	10,000
220	Nauru	7,434
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,049
222	Saint Martin	7,035
223	Tuvalu	7,034
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	6,436
225	Anguilla	6,431
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,943
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,753

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Data from US Census International Database