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1956 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1956

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	619,523,396
2	India	411,946,698
3	United States	168,088,000
4	Russia	112,859,299
5	Indonesia	92,059,381
6	Japan	90,766,211
7	Germany	70,602,518
8	Brazil	63,481,099
9	United Kingdom	51,184,000
10	Bangladesh	50,461,719
11	Italy	48,921,000
12	Pakistan	46,679,944
13	France	44,682,239
14	Ukraine	39,940,180
15	Nigeria	37,007,510
16	Mexico	33,945,886
17	Spain	29,579,142
18	Vietnam	28,327,287
19	Poland	27,743,876
20	Philippines	25,032,228
21	Turkey	24,877,395
22	Egypt	24,425,817
23	Thailand	24,244,475
24	Ethiopia	22,395,376
25	South Korea	22,031,228
26	Burma	21,387,025
27	Argentina	19,271,511
28	Iran	19,261,174
29	Romania	17,583,000
30	Canada	16,445,087
31	South Africa	15,755,233
32	Congo Kinshasa	15,259,279
33	Colombia	14,029,321
34	Morocco	11,106,266
35	Netherlands	10,896,906
36	Algeria	10,057,133
37	Hungary	9,911,000
38	Taiwan	9,825,346
39	Nepal	9,580,247
40	Australia	9,500,606
41	Czechia	9,442,040
42	Tanzania	9,206,352
43	North Korea	9,145,043
44	Afghanistan	9,061,938
45	Belgium	8,923,845
46	Sri Lanka	8,917,010
47	Peru	8,904,900
48	Portugal	8,756,000
49	Kazakhstan	8,413,793
50	Greece	8,031,013
51	Belarus	7,856,790
52	Sudan	7,590,732
53	Bulgaria	7,575,800
54	Malaysia	7,519,663
55	Uzbekistan	7,440,744
56	Sweden	7,314,552
57	Kenya	7,240,247
58	Austria	6,952,359
59	Mozambique	6,906,364
60	Chile	6,888,843
61	Cuba	6,512,938
62	Uganda	6,493,361
63	Venezuela	6,431,274
64	Serbia	6,382,341
65	Ghana	6,216,679
66	Iraq	6,073,493
67	Yemen	5,380,106
68	Cameroon	5,283,822
69	Cambodia	5,183,860
70	Madagascar	5,090,058
71	Switzerland	5,045,000
72	Burkina Faso	4,663,691
73	Angola	4,490,992
74	Denmark	4,466,471
75	Saudi Arabia	4,328,970
76	Finland	4,281,700
77	Mali	4,146,394
78	Syria	4,039,815
79	Croatia	3,973,442
80	Ecuador	3,948,587
81	Tunisia	3,903,067
82	Georgia	3,887,496
83	Slovakia	3,787,111
84	Niger	3,624,507
85	Guatemala	3,601,560
86	Zimbabwe	3,529,739
87	Norway	3,459,992
88	Haiti	3,426,843
89	Azerbaijan	3,416,717
90	Côte d'Ivoire	3,231,423
91	Malawi	3,151,911
92	Bolivia	3,141,998
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,025,000
94	Senegal	2,989,276
95	Zambia	2,941,000
96	Ireland	2,895,253
97	Chad	2,865,249
98	Guinea	2,830,374
99	Dominican Republic	2,827,784
100	South Sudan	2,767,079
101	Rwanda	2,758,591
102	Somalia	2,725,932
103	Moldova	2,682,168
104	Lithuania	2,641,167
105	Burundi	2,621,454
106	Hong Kong	2,614,600
107	Uruguay	2,389,290
108	El Salvador	2,286,889
109	Sierra Leone	2,263,758
110	Puerto Rico	2,249,000
111	New Zealand	2,178,289
112	Laos	2,120,616
113	Latvia	2,026,333
114	Kyrgyzstan	1,939,419
115	Benin	1,890,546
116	Israel	1,848,368
117	Tajikistan	1,836,703
118	Paraguay	1,726,702
119	Honduras	1,715,023
120	Armenia	1,617,460
121	Lebanon	1,603,579
122	Papua New Guinea	1,576,233
123	Slovenia	1,524,799
124	Eritrea	1,520,231
125	Jamaica	1,509,975
126	Albania	1,434,476
127	Turkmenistan	1,381,525
128	Singapore	1,371,600
129	Central African Republic	1,369,678
130	North Macedonia	1,339,977
131	Togo	1,327,270
132	Nicaragua	1,317,387
133	Estonia	1,162,801
134	Libya	1,160,947
135	Costa Rica	1,071,654
136	Mauritania	1,064,559
137	Panama	1,036,550
138	Liberia	951,644
139	Congo Brazzaville	921,651
140	Kosovo	872,188
141	Mongolia	862,063
142	Lesotho	799,548
143	West Bank	791,462
144	Trinidad and Tobago	742,500
145	Jordan	717,763
146	Guinea-Bissau	596,365
147	Mauritius	591,764
148	Oman	550,941
149	Cyprus	539,339
150	Namibia	534,767
151	Guyana	505,229
152	Timor-Leste	479,528
153	Botswana	467,765
154	Montenegro	437,249
155	Gabon	431,741
156	Fiji	342,987
157	Eswatini	318,904
158	The Gambia	314,547
159	Malta	314,066
160	Luxembourg	306,615
161	Gaza Strip	269,836
162	Suriname	248,254
163	Equatorial Guinea	229,383
164	Barbados	225,962
165	Kuwait	196,601
166	Bhutan	191,164
167	Macau	190,465
168	Cabo Verde	174,228
169	Comoros	167,245
170	Iceland	161,358
171	Bahrain	134,207
172	Solomon Islands	116,446
173	Curaçao	114,221
174	Samoa	96,619
175	Djibouti	92,839
176	The Bahamas	91,596
177	Saint Lucia	87,447
178	United Arab Emirates	85,831
179	Grenada	85,809
180	Maldives	81,585
181	Belize	79,651
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76,717
183	French Polynesia	75,200
184	Guam	69,200
185	New Caledonia	67,369
186	Brunei	65,347
187	Sao Tome and Principe	60,797
188	Jersey	60,413
189	Vanuatu	60,044
190	Dominica	57,622
191	Tonga	56,428
192	Aruba	54,516
193	Antigua and Barbuda	52,191
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,932
195	Isle of Man	50,339
196	Guernsey	46,277
197	Bermuda	42,020
198	Kiribati	37,645
199	Seychelles	37,619
200	Federated States of Micronesia	36,940
201	Qatar	36,902
202	Faroe Islands	32,700
203	U.S. Virgin Islands	28,400
204	Greenland	27,700
205	Gibraltar	23,766
206	American Samoa	20,100
207	Monaco	18,552
208	Cook Islands	16,552
209	Liechtenstein	15,000
210	San Marino	14,050
211	Marshall Islands	13,267
212	Montserrat	12,647
213	Palau	8,518
214	Northern Mariana Islands	7,736
215	Wallis and Futuna	7,504
216	Cayman Islands	7,086
217	British Virgin Islands	6,730
218	Andorra	6,221
219	Anguilla	5,473
220	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,269
221	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,266
222	Tuvalu	5,020
223	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,721
224	Nauru	3,893
225	Saint Martin	3,646
226	Sint Maarten	2,526
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,105

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Data from US Census International Database