1956 World Population

The population of all world countries for the year 1956.

1956 Top 10 Countries Population

Rank	Country	Population	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
1	China	619,523,396	66.4	83
2	India	411,946,698	138.6	38
3	United States	168,088,000	18.4	140
4	Russia	112,859,299	6.9	187
5	Indonesia	92,059,381	50.8	99
6	Japan	90,766,211	249.0	22
7	Germany	70,602,518	202.5	26
8	Brazil	63,481,099	7.6	183
9	United Kingdom	51,184,000	211.6	25
10	Bangladesh	50,461,719	387.7	12

Please see also 2020, 1955, and 1957.

1956 Countries Population

Rank	Country	Population	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
11	Italy	48,921,000	166.3	32
12	Pakistan	46,679,944	60.6	86
13	France	44,682,239	69.8	78
14	Ukraine	39,940,180	68.9	80
15	Nigeria	37,007,510	40.6	107
16	Mexico	33,945,886	17.5	142
17	Spain	29,579,142	59.3	88
18	Vietnam	28,327,287	91.4	55
19	Poland	27,743,876	91.2	56
20	Philippines	25,032,228	84.0	61
21	Turkey	24,877,395	32.3	116
22	Egypt	24,425,817	24.5	127
23	Thailand	24,244,475	47.5	100
24	Ethiopia	22,395,376	22.4	131
25	South Korea	22,031,228	227.3	24
26	Burma	21,387,025	32.7	113
27	Argentina	19,271,511	7.0	185
28	Iran	19,261,174	12.6	162
29	Romania	17,583,000	76.5	70
30	Canada	16,445,087	1.8	215
31	South Africa	15,755,233	13.0	159
32	Congo (Kinshasa)	15,259,279	6.7	188
33	Colombia	14,029,321	13.5	157
34	Morocco	11,088,510	24.8	126
35	Netherlands	10,896,906	321.5	13
36	Algeria	10,057,133	4.2	195
37	Hungary	9,911,000	110.6	48
38	Taiwan	9,825,346	304.6	14
39	Nepal	9,580,247	66.8	82
40	Australia	9,500,606	1.2	220
41	Czechia	9,442,040	122.2	44
42	Tanzania	9,206,352	10.4	169
43	North Korea	9,145,043	76.0	71
44	Afghanistan	9,061,938	13.9	154
45	Belgium	8,923,845	294.7	16
46	Sri Lanka	8,917,010	138.0	39
47	Peru	8,904,900	7.0	185
48	Portugal	8,756,000	95.7	53
49	Kazakhstan	8,413,793	3.1	206
50	Greece	8,031,013	61.5	85
51	Belarus	7,856,790	38.7	108
52	Sudan	7,590,732	4.1	197
53	Bulgaria	7,575,800	69.8	78
54	Malaysia	7,519,663	22.9	130
55	Uzbekistan	7,440,744	17.5	142
56	Sweden	7,314,552	17.8	141
57	Kenya	7,240,247	12.7	161
58	Austria	6,952,359	84.3	59
59	Mozambique	6,906,364	8.8	178
60	Chile	6,888,843	9.3	174
61	Cuba	6,512,938	59.3	88
62	Uganda	6,493,361	32.9	112
63	Venezuela	6,431,274	7.3	184
64	Serbia	6,382,341	82.4	63
65	Ghana	6,216,679	27.3	122
66	Iraq	6,073,493	13.9	154
67	Yemen	5,380,106	10.2	170
68	Cameroon	5,283,822	11.2	166
69	Cambodia	5,183,860	29.4	120
70	Madagascar	5,090,058	8.8	178
71	Switzerland	5,045,000	126.1	41
72	Burkina Faso	4,663,691	17.0	145
73	Angola	4,490,992	3.6	201
74	Denmark	4,466,471	105.3	50
75	Saudi Arabia	4,328,970	2.0	214
76	Finland	4,281,700	14.1	152
77	Mali	4,146,394	3.4	204
78	Syria	4,039,815	22.0	132
79	Croatia	3,973,442	71.0	76
80	Ecuador	3,948,587	14.3	151
81	Tunisia	3,903,067	25.1	125
82	Georgia	3,887,496	55.8	94
83	Slovakia	3,787,111	78.7	67
84	Niger	3,624,507	2.9	208
85	Guatemala	3,601,560	33.6	110
86	Zimbabwe	3,529,739	9.1	177
87	Norway	3,459,992	11.4	165
88	Haiti	3,426,843	124.3	42
89	Azerbaijan	3,416,717	41.4	106
90	Cote d'Ivoire	3,231,423	10.2	170
91	Malawi	3,151,911	33.5	111
92	Bolivia	3,141,998	2.9	208
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,025,000	59.1	90
94	Senegal	2,989,276	15.5	148
95	Zambia	2,941,000	4.0	198
96	Ireland	2,895,253	42.0	105
97	Chad	2,865,249	2.3	212
98	Guinea	2,830,374	11.5	164
99	Dominican Republic	2,827,784	58.5	91
100	South Sudan	2,767,079	4.3	193
101	Rwanda	2,758,591	111.8	47
102	Somalia	2,725,932	4.3	193
103	Moldova	2,682,168	81.5	65
104	Lithuania	2,641,167	42.1	104
105	Burundi	2,621,454	102.1	51
106	Hong Kong	2,614,600	2436.7	4
107	Uruguay	2,389,290	13.7	156
108	El Salvador	2,286,889	110.4	49
109	Sierra Leone	2,263,758	31.6	118
110	Puerto Rico	2,249,000	253.6	20
111	New Zealand	2,178,289	8.2	180
112	Laos	2,120,616	9.2	175
113	Latvia	2,026,333	32.6	114
114	Kyrgyzstan	1,939,419	10.1	172
115	Benin	1,884,978	17.0	145
116	Israel	1,848,368	90.9	57
117	Tajikistan	1,836,703	13.0	159
118	Paraguay	1,726,702	4.3	193
119	Honduras	1,715,023	15.3	149
120	Armenia	1,617,460	57.4	93
121	Lebanon	1,603,579	156.8	33
122	Papua New Guinea	1,576,233	3.5	202
123	Slovenia	1,524,799	75.7	72
124	Eritrea	1,520,231	15.1	150
125	Jamaica	1,509,975	139.4	37
126	Albania	1,434,476	52.4	98
127	Turkmenistan	1,381,525	2.9	208
128	Singapore	1,371,600	1934.0	5
129	Central African Republic	1,369,678	2.2	213
130	Macedonia	1,339,977	52.7	96
131	Togo	1,327,270	24.4	128
132	Nicaragua	1,317,387	11.0	167
133	Estonia	1,162,801	27.4	121
134	Libya	1,160,947	0.7	224
135	Costa Rica	1,071,654	21.0	134
136	Mauritania	1,064,559	1.0	221
137	Panama	1,036,550	13.9	154
138	Liberia	951,644	9.9	173
139	Congo (Brazzaville)	921,651	2.7	210
140	Kosovo	872,188	80.1	66
141	Mongolia	862,063	0.6	225
142	Lesotho	799,548	26.3	124
143	West Bank	791,462	140.3	36
144	Trinidad and Tobago	742,500	144.8	34
145	Jordan	717,763	8.1	182
146	Guinea-Bissau	596,365	21.2	133
147	Mauritius	591,764	291.5	17
148	Oman	550,941	1.8	215
149	Cyprus	539,339	58.4	92
150	Namibia	534,767	0.6	225
151	Guyana	505,229	2.6	211
152	Timor-Leste	479,528	32.2	117
153	Botswana	467,765	0.8	223
154	Montenegro	437,249	32.5	115
155	Gabon	431,741	1.7	217
156	Fiji	342,987	18.8	137
157	Swaziland	318,904	18.5	139
158	The Gambia	314,547	31.1	119
159	Malta	314,066	993.9	6
160	Luxembourg	306,615	118.6	45
161	Gaza Strip	269,836	749.5	8
162	Suriname	248,254	1.6	218
163	Equatorial Guinea	229,383	8.2	180
164	Barbados	225,962	525.5	10
165	Kuwait	196,601	11.0	167
166	Bhutan	191,164	5.0	190
167	Macau	190,465	6754.1	2
168	Cabo Verde	174,228	43.2	103
169	Comoros	167,245	74.8	73
170	Iceland	161,358	1.6	218
171	Bahrain	134,207	176.6	31
172	Solomon Islands	116,446	4.2	195
173	Curacao	114,221	257.3	19
174	Samoa	96,619	34.2	109
175	Djibouti	92,870	4.0	198
176	The Bahamas	91,596	9.2	175
177	Saint Lucia	87,447	144.3	35
178	United Arab Emirates	85,831	1.0	221
179	Grenada	85,809	249.4	21
180	Maldives	81,585	273.8	18
181	Belize	79,651	3.5	202
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76,717	197.2	27
183	French Polynesia	75,200	19.6	135
184	Guam	69,200	127.4	40
185	New Caledonia	67,369	3.7	200
186	Brunei	65,347	12.4	163
187	Sao Tome and Principe	60,797	63.1	84
188	Jersey	60,413	520.8	11
189	Vanuatu	60,044	4.9	191
190	Dominica	57,622	76.7	69
191	Tonga	56,428	78.7	67
192	Aruba	54,516	302.9	15
193	Antigua and Barbuda	52,191	117.9	46
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,932	195.1	28
195	Isle of Man	50,339	88.0	58
196	Guernsey	46,277	593.3	9
197	Bermuda	42,020	778.1	7
198	Kiribati	37,645	46.4	101
199	Seychelles	37,619	82.7	62
200	Federated States of Micronesia	36,940	52.6	97
201	Qatar	36,902	3.2	205
202	Faroe Islands	32,700	23.5	129
203	U.S. Virgin Islands	28,400	81.6	64
204	Greenland	27,700	0.0	228
205	Gibraltar	23,766	3656.3	3
206	American Samoa	20,100	101.5	52
207	Monaco	18,552	9276.0	1
208	Western Sahara	17,756	0.1	227
209	Cook Islands	16,552	70.1	77
210	Liechtenstein	15,000	93.8	54
211	San Marino	14,050	230.3	23
212	Marshall Islands	13,267	73.3	75
213	Montserrat	12,647	124.0	43
214	Palau	8,518	18.6	138
215	Northern Mariana Islands	7,736	16.4	147
216	Wallis and Futuna	7,504	52.8	95
217	Cayman Islands	7,086	26.8	123
218	British Virgin Islands	6,730	44.6	102
219	Andorra	6,221	13.3	158
220	Anguilla	5,473	60.1	87
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,269	5.6	189
222	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,266	17.1	144
223	Tuvalu	5,020	193.1	29
224	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,721	19.5	136
225	Nauru	3,893	185.4	30
226	Saint Martin	3,646	67.0	81
227	Sint Maarten	2,526	74.3	74
228	Saint Barthelemy	2,105	84.2	60

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