1970 Population

In 1970, the world’s population was approximately 3.7 billion people, marking a period of rapid demographic growth. Asia was by far the most populous continent, home to about 2.1 billion people, with China (around 820 million) and India (about 555 million) being the two most populous countries globally. Europe had roughly 670 million inhabitants, while Africa’s population was just over 360 million, still relatively small compared to its future growth. North America’s population, including the United States (about 205 million) and Canada, stood at around 230 million. Latin America and the Caribbean together had about 285 million people, with Brazil (roughly 95 million) as the largest country in the region. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 20 million. The global distribution was highly uneven, with most people living in developing regions, particularly in Asia, setting the stage for major demographic and economic shifts in the decades to follow.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	822,115,906	88.1
2	India	553,888,763	186.3
3	United States	203,984,000	22.3
4	Russia	130,245,476	8
5	Indonesia	122,291,795	67.5
6	Japan	104,344,973	286.3
7	Brazil	94,930,053	11.4
8	Germany	77,783,164	223.1
9	Pakistan	67,491,369	87.6
10	Bangladesh	67,331,349	517.3
11	Nigeria	55,660,933	61.1
12	United Kingdom	55,632,000	230
13	Italy	53,661,100	182.4
14	Mexico	52,775,158	27.1
15	France	51,954,891	81.1
16	Ukraine	47,235,697	81.5
17	Vietnam	42,576,676	137.3
18	Philippines	37,252,495	124.9
19	Thailand	37,090,871	72.6
20	Turkey	35,758,382	46.5
21	Spain	33,876,479	67.9
22	Egypt	33,574,026	33.7
23	Poland	32,526,000	106.9
24	South Korea	32,241,000	332.7
25	Ethiopia	29,468,504	26.9
26	Iran	28,994,042	18.9
27	Burma	27,392,973	41.9
28	Argentina	23,962,313	8.8
29	South Africa	22,739,921	18.7
30	Congo Kinshasa	21,780,955	9.6
31	Canada	21,749,986	2.4
32	Colombia	21,429,658	20.6
33	Romania	20,252,541	88.1
34	Morocco	15,998,406	22.3
35	Taiwan	14,598,316	452.5
36	North Korea	14,061,531	116.8
37	Algeria	13,931,846	5.8
38	Tanzania	13,806,869	15.6
39	Peru	13,192,800	10.3
40	Kazakhstan	13,106,377	4.9
41	Netherlands	13,042,840	384.8
42	Australia	12,660,160	1.6
43	Sri Lanka	12,618,720	195.2
44	Afghanistan	12,430,623	19.1
45	Uzbekistan	11,940,155	28.1
46	Nepal	11,918,678	83.1
47	Kenya	11,247,182	19.8
48	Sudan	11,030,727	5.9
49	Malaysia	10,910,216	33.2
50	Venezuela	10,758,017	12.2
51	Hungary	10,337,004	115.4
52	Czechia	9,795,226	126.8
53	Uganda	9,721,318	49.3
54	Belgium	9,637,800	318.3
55	Iraq	9,413,671	21.5
56	Chile	9,368,558	12.6
57	Mozambique	9,304,375	11.8
58	Portugal	9,044,200	98.9
59	Belarus	9,027,198	44.5
60	Greece	8,792,806	67.3
61	Ghana	8,788,945	38.6
62	Cuba	8,542,746	77.8
63	Bulgaria	8,489,574	78.3
64	Sweden	8,042,803	19.6
65	Austria	7,467,086	90.6
66	Cambodia	7,394,265	41.9
67	Serbia	7,248,285	93.6
68	Yemen	7,098,239	13.4
69	Madagascar	6,765,644	11.6
70	Cameroon	6,726,733	14.2
71	Switzerland	6,267,000	156.7
72	Angola	6,262,618	5
73	Syria	6,252,064	33.6
74	Saudi Arabia	6,109,051	2.8
75	Ecuador	5,939,246	21.5
76	Côte d'Ivoire	5,579,014	17.5
77	Mali	5,518,370	4.5
78	Zimbabwe	5,514,536	14.3
79	Burkina Faso	5,303,777	19.4
80	Guatemala	5,264,207	49.1
81	Azerbaijan	5,168,973	62.6
82	Tunisia	5,098,627	32.8
83	Denmark	4,928,757	116.2
84	Niger	4,840,501	3.8
85	Georgia	4,694,491	67.4
86	Finland	4,606,307	15.2
87	Haiti	4,540,576	164.8
88	Slovakia	4,523,873	94
89	Malawi	4,508,062	47.9
90	Dominican Republic	4,422,755	91.5
91	Bolivia	4,346,218	4
92	Senegal	4,317,891	22.4
93	Zambia	4,240,661	5.7
94	Croatia	4,205,389	75.1
95	Hong Kong	3,959,000	3,689.7
96	Norway	3,877,386	12.7
97	Chad	3,797,471	3
98	Rwanda	3,769,171	152.8
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,703,000	72.3
100	Somalia	3,666,949	5.8
101	El Salvador	3,603,907	173.9
102	Guinea	3,597,353	14.6
103	Moldova	3,594,517	109.3
104	Burundi	3,521,913	137.1
105	Lithuania	3,137,562	50.1
106	Kyrgyzstan	2,963,792	15.5
107	Ireland	2,950,100	42.8
108	Tajikistan	2,938,516	20.8
109	South Sudan	2,914,988	4.5
110	Israel	2,894,599	134.7
111	Laos	2,844,851	12.3
112	New Zealand	2,828,050	10.7
113	Uruguay	2,823,659	16.1
114	Sierra Leone	2,789,306	38.9
115	Honduras	2,760,666	24.7
116	Puerto Rico	2,721,754	306.9
117	Benin	2,645,694	23.9
118	Armenia	2,519,745	89.3
119	Paraguay	2,476,785	6.2
120	Lebanon	2,383,029	232.9
121	Latvia	2,361,159	37.9
122	Papua New Guinea	2,213,600	4.9
123	Turkmenistan	2,181,272	4.6
124	Eritrea	2,160,460	21.4
125	Albania	2,156,612	78.7
126	Singapore	2,074,507	2,926
127	Nicaragua	2,052,544	17.1
128	Libya	1,999,162	1.1
129	Togo	1,964,128	36.1
130	Jamaica	1,943,787	179.5
131	Central African Republic	1,839,245	3
132	Costa Rica	1,735,523	34
133	Slovenia	1,675,739	83.2
134	North Macedonia	1,574,407	61.9
135	Panama	1,531,038	20.6
136	Jordan	1,515,394	17.1
137	Liberia	1,397,424	14.5
138	Estonia	1,363,183	32.2
139	Mauritania	1,289,420	1.3
140	Congo Brazzaville	1,272,408	3.7
141	Mongolia	1,247,600	0.8
142	Kosovo	1,219,214	112
143	Lesotho	1,067,136	35.2
144	Trinidad and Tobago	955,000	186.2
145	Mauritius	829,511	408.6
146	Oman	783,221	2.5
147	Namibia	764,683	0.9
148	Kuwait	747,502	42
149	Guyana	714,811	3.6
150	West Bank	689,791	122.3
151	Cyprus	627,455	67.9
152	Guinea-Bissau	620,020	22
153	Timor-Leste	597,574	40.2
154	Botswana	583,999	1
155	Fiji	521,000	28.5
156	Gabon	514,997	2
157	Montenegro	514,472	38.2
158	The Gambia	484,580	47.9
159	Eswatini	455,145	26.5
160	Suriname	372,353	2.4
161	Gaza Strip	342,656	951.8
162	Luxembourg	339,174	131.2
163	Malta	325,569	1,030.3
164	Bhutan	312,543	8.1
165	Equatorial Guinea	270,435	9.6
166	Cabo Verde	268,867	66.7
167	Macau	261,369	9,334.6
168	United Arab Emirates	249,369	3
169	Barbados	238,756	555.2
170	Comoros	236,983	106
171	Bahrain	219,543	288.9
172	Iceland	204,104	2
173	Djibouti	179,208	7.7
174	The Bahamas	170,323	17
175	Solomon Islands	163,000	5.8
176	Curaçao	144,742	326
177	Samoa	142,331	50.5
178	Brunei	127,554	24.2
179	Belize	122,070	5.4
180	Maldives	114,572	384.5
181	French Polynesia	114,000	29.8
182	Qatar	112,754	9.7
183	New Caledonia	112,000	6.1
184	Saint Lucia	102,704	169.5
185	Grenada	95,410	277.4
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	87,510	225
187	Guam	86,470	159
188	Vanuatu	85,400	7
189	Tonga	83,100	115.9
190	Sao Tome and Principe	73,631	76.4
191	Dominica	69,785	92.9
192	Jersey	69,002	594.8
193	Antigua and Barbuda	65,624	148.1
194	U.S. Virgin Islands	63,476	182.4
195	Aruba	59,039	328
196	Federated States of Micronesia	56,822	80.9
197	Seychelles	54,106	118.9
198	Guernsey	53,287	683.2
199	Bermuda	52,600	974.1
200	Isle of Man	52,563	91.9
201	Kiribati	48,899	60.3
202	Greenland	46,431	0
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46,116	176.7
204	Faroe Islands	38,600	27.7
205	American Samoa	27,267	137.7
206	Gibraltar	26,239	3,748.4
207	Monaco	23,752	11,876
208	Marshall Islands	21,714	120
209	Liechtenstein	21,103	131.9
210	Cook Islands	20,828	88.3
211	Andorra	19,545	41.8
212	San Marino	19,189	314.6
213	Northern Mariana Islands	12,359	26.2
214	Palau	12,005	26.2
215	Montserrat	11,591	113.6
216	Cayman Islands	10,068	38.1
217	British Virgin Islands	9,828	65.1
218	Wallis and Futuna	8,700	61.3
219	Nauru	6,700	319
220	Sint Maarten	6,481	190.6
221	Anguilla	6,100	67
222	Tuvalu	5,815	223.7
223	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,676	14.4
224	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,617	5.9
225	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,475	22.6
226	Saint Martin	5,450	100.9
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,399	96

Data from US Census International Database