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1959 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1959

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	654,963,768
2	India	436,627,859
3	United States	177,135,000
4	Russia	117,956,865
5	Indonesia	97,995,942
6	Japan	93,296,566
7	Germany	72,013,853
8	Brazil	69,332,977
9	Bangladesh	53,459,151
10	United Kingdom	51,956,000
11	Pakistan	50,386,898
12	Italy	49,832,000
13	France	46,155,514
14	Ukraine	42,006,030
15	Nigeria	40,367,758
16	Mexico	37,328,466
17	Vietnam	30,682,902
18	Spain	30,372,877
19	Poland	29,152,334
20	Turkey	27,355,811
21	Philippines	27,244,982
22	Thailand	26,667,243
23	Egypt	26,219,800
24	South Korea	23,981,313
25	Ethiopia	23,702,450
26	Burma	22,458,612
27	Iran	20,977,886
28	Argentina	20,281,150
29	Romania	18,225,830
30	Canada	17,872,034
31	South Africa	16,974,984
32	Congo Kinshasa	16,253,014
33	Colombia	15,446,730
34	Morocco	12,099,235
35	Netherlands	11,355,382
36	Taiwan	10,852,996
37	Algeria	10,696,396
38	Australia	10,131,729
39	North Korea	10,102,672
40	Tanzania	9,978,909
41	Hungary	9,937,000
42	Nepal	9,906,107
43	Peru	9,657,800
44	Sri Lanka	9,639,588
45	Afghanistan	9,624,606
46	Czechia	9,618,554
47	Kazakhstan	9,499,911
48	Belgium	9,103,729
49	Portugal	8,961,550
50	Greece	8,258,162
51	Sudan	8,223,687
52	Uzbekistan	8,223,106
53	Malaysia	8,195,711
54	Belarus	8,075,290
55	Kenya	7,912,591
56	Bulgaria	7,797,777
57	Sweden	7,446,249
58	Chile	7,399,842
59	Mozambique	7,321,327
60	Venezuela	7,267,687
61	Uganda	7,059,486
62	Austria	7,014,331
63	Cuba	6,900,886
64	Ghana	6,761,280
65	Iraq	6,624,713
66	Serbia	6,589,675
67	Yemen	5,743,926
68	Cambodia	5,611,117
69	Cameroon	5,522,218
70	Madagascar	5,377,583
71	Switzerland	5,259,000
72	Burkina Faso	4,814,463
73	Angola	4,714,676
74	Saudi Arabia	4,613,822
75	Denmark	4,546,636
76	Mali	4,396,739
77	Finland	4,394,700
78	Syria	4,393,189
79	Ecuador	4,291,418
80	Tunisia	4,074,970
81	Georgia	4,071,078
82	Croatia	4,020,631
83	Guatemala	3,969,595
84	Slovakia	3,946,039
85	Zimbabwe	3,886,947
86	Niger	3,835,954
87	Azerbaijan	3,740,596
88	Haiti	3,625,271
89	Norway	3,552,851
90	Côte d'Ivoire	3,463,050
91	Malawi	3,370,054
92	Bolivia	3,357,701
93	Senegal	3,194,821
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,185,000
95	Zambia	3,173,000
96	Dominican Republic	3,125,752
97	Chad	3,016,495
98	Guinea	2,970,766
99	Hong Kong	2,967,400
100	Rwanda	2,958,761
101	Moldova	2,919,316
102	Somalia	2,895,391
103	Ireland	2,843,041
104	South Sudan	2,798,128
105	Burundi	2,763,722
106	Lithuania	2,717,677
107	El Salvador	2,503,149
108	Uruguay	2,495,022
109	Sierra Leone	2,361,885
110	New Zealand	2,331,122
111	Puerto Rico	2,322,000
112	Laos	2,260,773
113	Kyrgyzstan	2,095,631
114	Latvia	2,088,934
115	Israel	2,078,739
116	Benin	2,019,076
117	Tajikistan	2,009,483
118	Honduras	1,888,715
119	Paraguay	1,862,301
120	Armenia	1,796,363
121	Lebanon	1,738,617
122	Papua New Guinea	1,680,027
123	Jamaica	1,599,115
124	Eritrea	1,589,868
125	Singapore	1,587,200
126	Albania	1,571,329
127	Slovenia	1,548,561
128	Turkmenistan	1,530,083
129	Nicaragua	1,446,333
130	Central African Republic	1,441,243
131	Togo	1,421,772
132	North Macedonia	1,353,539
133	Libya	1,290,121
134	Costa Rica	1,200,148
135	Estonia	1,197,418
136	Panama	1,115,146
137	Mauritania	1,103,409
138	Liberia	1,027,507
139	Congo Brazzaville	980,700
140	Mongolia	928,632
141	Kosovo	928,165
142	Lesotho	842,730
143	Trinidad and Tobago	817,050
144	Jordan	815,562
145	West Bank	801,809
146	Mauritius	645,313
147	Guinea-Bissau	611,217
148	Oman	587,639
149	Namibia	576,077
150	Cyprus	572,306
151	Guyana	554,471
152	Timor-Leste	501,527
153	Botswana	489,080
154	Montenegro	454,949
155	Gabon	442,007
156	Fiji	379,819
157	Eswatini	343,201
158	The Gambia	341,818
159	Malta	324,842
160	Luxembourg	312,129
161	Gaza Strip	299,189
162	Suriname	274,666
163	Kuwait	262,006
164	Equatorial Guinea	240,163
165	Barbados	231,394
166	Bhutan	206,619
167	Cabo Verde	190,769
168	Macau	187,499
169	Comoros	178,754
170	Iceland	172,314
171	Bahrain	149,769
172	Solomon Islands	123,166
173	Curaçao	121,359
174	The Bahamas	106,931
175	Samoa	106,412
176	Djibouti	105,993
177	United Arab Emirates	97,870
178	Maldives	89,290
179	Grenada	89,239
180	Belize	88,641
181	Saint Lucia	87,645
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	79,799
183	French Polynesia	79,600
184	Brunei	78,540
185	New Caledonia	75,790
186	Guam	67,800
187	Vanuatu	64,522
188	Sao Tome and Principe	62,507
189	Jersey	62,262
190	Tonga	61,811
191	Dominica	59,476
192	Aruba	56,518
193	Antigua and Barbuda	54,149
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,258
195	Isle of Man	48,339
196	Guernsey	46,723
197	Bermuda	43,682
198	Qatar	42,581
199	Federated States of Micronesia	40,511
200	Seychelles	40,365
201	Kiribati	39,938
202	Faroe Islands	34,500
203	Greenland	31,200
204	U.S. Virgin Islands	31,000
205	Gibraltar	24,106
206	American Samoa	20,400
207	Monaco	20,183
208	Cook Islands	17,447
209	Liechtenstein	15,900
210	San Marino	15,007
211	Marshall Islands	14,634
212	Montserrat	12,255
213	Palau	9,231
214	Northern Mariana Islands	8,571
215	Wallis and Futuna	7,791
216	Cayman Islands	7,486
217	Andorra	7,239
218	British Virgin Islands	7,198
219	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,624
220	Anguilla	5,604
221	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,304
222	Tuvalu	5,202
223	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,872
224	Nauru	4,264
225	Saint Martin	4,111
226	Sint Maarten	2,659
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,145

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Data from US Census International Database