1976 Population

In 1976, the world’s population was approximately 4.1 billion people, marking a period of rapid global growth. Asia was by far the most populous continent, home to over 2.3 billion people, with China and India together accounting for more than 1.4 billion. Europe had around 680 million inhabitants, while Africa’s population was about 420 million, still much smaller than today but growing quickly. North America, including the United States (with a population of about 218 million) and Canada, had roughly 240 million people. Latin America and the Caribbean’s population was nearing 320 million, led by populous countries like Brazil and Mexico. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, remained the least populated region, with under 20 million residents. The Soviet Union, then a single country, was the third most populous after China and India, with about 260 million people.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	935,120,379	100.3
2	India	632,122,746	212.6
3	United States	217,563,000	23.8
4	Indonesia	138,125,988	76.2
5	Russia	135,269,263	8.3
6	Japan	112,774,841	309.4
7	Brazil	110,207,259	13.2
8	Germany	78,298,957	224.6
9	Pakistan	78,152,686	101.4
10	Bangladesh	75,766,615	582.1
11	Nigeria	66,566,142	73.1
12	Mexico	62,219,964	32
13	United Kingdom	56,206,000	232.3
14	Italy	55,838,536	189.8
15	France	54,203,213	84.6
16	Vietnam	49,273,016	158.9
17	Ukraine	49,233,524	85
18	Philippines	43,511,585	145.9
19	Thailand	43,221,022	84.6
20	Turkey	41,471,745	53.9
21	Egypt	37,736,990	37.9
22	Spain	35,996,780	72.1
23	South Korea	35,860,000	370
24	Iran	34,475,327	22.5
25	Poland	34,299,428	112.7
26	Ethiopia	33,824,835	30.8
27	Burma	30,904,511	47.3
28	Argentina	26,531,280	9.7
29	South Africa	26,467,896	21.8
30	Congo Kinshasa	25,740,503	11.4
31	Colombia	24,791,555	23.9
32	Canada	23,517,500	2.6
33	Romania	21,445,698	93.3
34	Morocco	18,110,791	25.3
35	Algeria	16,634,618	7
36	Tanzania	16,625,711	18.8
37	Taiwan	16,450,056	509.9
38	North Korea	16,294,478	135.3
39	Peru	15,573,199	12.2
40	Afghanistan	14,501,369	22.2
41	Uzbekistan	14,404,009	33.9
42	Kazakhstan	14,304,436	5.3
43	Sri Lanka	14,013,106	216.8
44	Kenya	13,951,436	24.5
45	Australia	13,915,500	1.8
46	Netherlands	13,781,093	406.6
47	Nepal	13,417,862	93.6
48	Sudan	13,097,814	7
49	Venezuela	13,082,017	14.8
50	Malaysia	12,386,715	37.7
51	Iraq	11,493,995	26.3
52	Uganda	11,066,086	56.1
53	Mozambique	10,769,649	13.7
54	Hungary	10,588,729	118.2
55	Chile	10,378,405	14
56	Ghana	10,122,393	44.5
57	Czechia	10,105,143	130.8
58	Belgium	9,811,000	324
59	Portugal	9,621,970	105.2
60	Cuba	9,417,729	85.8
61	Belarus	9,405,544	46.4
62	Greece	9,167,190	70.2
63	Bulgaria	8,755,037	80.7
64	Sweden	8,222,310	20
65	Yemen	8,170,521	15.5
66	Madagascar	7,806,549	13.4
67	Cameroon	7,721,125	16.3
68	Syria	7,649,575	41.2
69	Saudi Arabia	7,625,716	3.5
70	Austria	7,565,525	91.8
71	Serbia	7,462,259	96.3
72	Cambodia	7,287,408	41.3
73	Côte d'Ivoire	7,277,216	22.9
74	Ecuador	7,072,687	25.5
75	Angola	6,988,364	5.6
76	Zimbabwe	6,496,418	16.8
77	Switzerland	6,333,313	158.3
78	Mali	6,324,631	5.2
79	Guatemala	6,051,261	56.5
80	Tunisia	5,859,294	37.7
81	Azerbaijan	5,789,818	70.1
82	Burkina Faso	5,764,606	21.1
83	Niger	5,547,894	4.4
84	Malawi	5,530,771	58.8
85	Dominican Republic	5,175,585	107.1
86	Senegal	5,100,499	26.5
87	Denmark	5,072,596	119.5
88	Haiti	5,063,646	183.7
89	Zambia	4,976,394	6.7
90	Bolivia	4,955,744	4.6
91	Georgia	4,930,036	70.7
92	Slovakia	4,778,540	99.3
93	Finland	4,725,664	15.6
94	Hong Kong	4,518,000	4,210.6
95	Rwanda	4,502,352	182.5
96	Chad	4,338,770	3.4
97	Croatia	4,286,311	76.6
98	Somalia	4,238,645	6.8
99	El Salvador	4,176,875	201.6
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,033,000	78.8
101	Norway	4,026,152	13.2
102	Guinea	4,006,591	16.3
103	Moldova	3,885,894	118.1
104	Burundi	3,749,077	146
105	South Sudan	3,618,875	5.6
106	Tajikistan	3,553,782	25.1
107	Israel	3,410,097	158.6
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,366,925	17.6
109	Lithuania	3,333,542	53.2
110	Ireland	3,227,800	46.9
111	Laos	3,175,524	13.8
112	New Zealand	3,153,550	11.9
113	Benin	3,119,892	28.2
114	Sierra Leone	3,101,336	43.3
115	Puerto Rico	3,026,125	341.2
116	Honduras	2,954,846	26.4
117	Paraguay	2,914,396	7.3
118	Armenia	2,892,704	102.6
119	Uruguay	2,860,918	16.3
120	Lebanon	2,721,832	266.1
121	Libya	2,663,767	1.5
122	Papua New Guinea	2,653,080	5.9
123	Turkmenistan	2,594,288	5.5
124	Latvia	2,476,760	39.8
125	Nicaragua	2,472,954	20.6
126	Eritrea	2,469,199	24.4
127	Albania	2,454,824	89.6
128	Togo	2,333,130	42.9
129	Singapore	2,293,300	3,234.6
130	Jamaica	2,133,388	197
131	Central African Republic	2,111,992	3.4
132	Costa Rica	2,048,557	40.1
133	Jordan	1,889,792	21.3
134	Panama	1,791,550	24.1
135	Slovenia	1,734,454	86.1
136	North Macedonia	1,706,445	67.1
137	Liberia	1,660,847	17.2
138	Congo Brazzaville	1,496,827	4.4
139	Mongolia	1,487,150	1
140	Estonia	1,442,204	34
141	Mauritania	1,430,069	1.4
142	Kosovo	1,399,558	128.6
143	Lesotho	1,222,874	40.3
144	Kuwait	1,071,549	60.1
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,021,480	199.2
146	Oman	963,942	3.1
147	Namibia	950,488	1.2
148	Mauritius	897,811	442.3
149	West Bank	821,806	145.7
150	Guyana	763,718	3.9
151	Botswana	741,273	1.3
152	Guinea-Bissau	732,707	26.1
153	Gabon	691,679	2.7
154	Timor-Leste	652,698	43.9
155	Cyprus	614,927	66.5
156	United Arab Emirates	598,023	7.2
157	Fiji	585,000	32
158	The Gambia	581,984	57.5
159	Montenegro	554,552	41.2
160	Eswatini	535,618	31.1
161	Gaza Strip	406,293	1,128.6
162	Bhutan	396,162	10.3
163	Luxembourg	360,750	139.5
164	Suriname	352,377	2.3
165	Malta	329,354	1,042.3
166	Comoros	284,309	127.2
167	Cabo Verde	282,747	70.1
168	Bahrain	273,661	360.1
169	Macau	251,775	8,992
170	Barbados	248,023	576.8
171	Djibouti	235,624	10.2
172	Iceland	220,133	2.2
173	Solomon Islands	199,500	7.1
174	The Bahamas	193,257	19.3
175	Equatorial Guinea	190,808	6.8
176	Qatar	175,770	15.2
177	Brunei	161,626	30.7
178	Samoa	151,200	53.6
179	Curaçao	149,399	336.5
180	Belize	138,135	6.1
181	Maldives	136,604	458.4
182	French Polynesia	136,300	35.6
183	New Caledonia	134,500	7.4
184	Saint Lucia	114,896	189.6
185	Vanuatu	102,800	8.4
186	Guam	102,478	188.4
187	U.S. Virgin Islands	96,166	276.3
188	Grenada	95,555	277.8
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	93,439	240.2
190	Tonga	90,200	125.8
191	Sao Tome and Principe	84,176	87.3
192	Dominica	74,204	98.8
193	Jersey	72,900	628.4
194	Antigua and Barbuda	68,361	154.3
195	Federated States of Micronesia	68,263	97.2
196	Isle of Man	60,687	106.1
197	Seychelles	60,676	133.4
198	Aruba	59,137	328.5
199	Kiribati	54,075	66.7
200	Bermuda	54,018	1,000.3
201	Guernsey	53,630	687.6
202	Greenland	49,692	0
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,534	170.6
204	Faroe Islands	41,393	29.7
205	American Samoa	30,272	152.9
206	Gibraltar	29,338	4,191.1
207	Andorra	28,500	60.9
208	Marshall Islands	27,224	150.4
209	Monaco	25,406	12,703
210	Liechtenstein	23,514	147
211	San Marino	20,127	330
212	Cook Islands	18,127	76.8
213	Northern Mariana Islands	15,316	32.4
214	Cayman Islands	14,028	53.1
215	Palau	12,931	28.2
216	Montserrat	12,051	118.1
217	Sint Maarten	10,918	321.1
218	British Virgin Islands	10,626	70.4
219	Wallis and Futuna	9,200	64.8
220	Nauru	7,200	342.9
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,651	7
222	Saint Martin	6,530	120.9
223	Tuvalu	6,471	248.9
224	Anguilla	6,350	69.8
225	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	6,148	15.6
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,896	24.4
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,600	104

Data from US Census International Database