In 1964, the world’s population was approximately 3.2 billion people. Asia was by far the most populous continent, home to more than half of the global population, with China and India as the two largest countries—China had around 700 million people, and India about 470 million. Europe’s population was about 600 million, with the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United Kingdom among its most populous countries. Africa’s population was roughly 300 million, with Nigeria and Egypt as the leading countries in terms of population size. North America had around 230 million people, dominated by the United States, which had about 192 million inhabitants, and Canada and Mexico with much smaller populations. Latin America and the Caribbean together had about 220 million people, with Brazil and Mexico as the most populous countries in the region. Oceania, including Australia and the islands of the Pacific, had the smallest population, at around 20 million. The global population in 1964 was experiencing steady growth, driven by post-World War II baby booms and improving health conditions, particularly in developing regions.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 697,081,762 | 74.7 |
2 | India | 484,050,037 | 162.8 |
3 | United States | 191,141,000 | 20.9 |
4 | Russia | 125,521,510 | 7.7 |
5 | Indonesia | 108,590,582 | 59.9 |
6 | Japan | 97,826,267 | 268.4 |
7 | Brazil | 80,221,304 | 9.6 |
8 | Germany | 74,954,262 | 215 |
9 | Bangladesh | 59,358,570 | 456 |
10 | Pakistan | 57,494,940 | 74.6 |
11 | United Kingdom | 53,991,000 | 223.2 |
12 | Italy | 51,600,200 | 175.4 |
13 | France | 49,387,606 | 77.1 |
14 | Nigeria | 46,702,388 | 51.3 |
15 | Ukraine | 44,785,626 | 77.3 |
16 | Mexico | 43,774,575 | 22.5 |
17 | Vietnam | 36,099,052 | 116.4 |
18 | Spain | 31,740,862 | 63.6 |
19 | Philippines | 31,459,863 | 105.5 |
20 | Turkey | 31,227,361 | 40.6 |
21 | Thailand | 31,106,615 | 60.9 |
22 | Poland | 30,975,520 | 101.8 |
23 | Egypt | 29,533,070 | 29.7 |
24 | South Korea | 27,984,000 | 288.7 |
25 | Ethiopia | 26,192,357 | 23.9 |
26 | Burma | 24,490,203 | 37.5 |
27 | Iran | 24,299,823 | 15.9 |
28 | Argentina | 21,949,244 | 8 |
29 | Canada | 19,711,053 | 2.2 |
30 | South Africa | 19,370,514 | 15.9 |
31 | Romania | 18,927,081 | 82.3 |
32 | Congo Kinshasa | 18,432,651 | 8.1 |
33 | Colombia | 18,090,000 | 17.4 |
34 | Morocco | 13,766,737 | 19.2 |
35 | Taiwan | 12,631,480 | 391.6 |
36 | Netherlands | 12,136,006 | 358.1 |
37 | North Korea | 11,614,539 | 96.5 |
38 | Algeria | 11,612,858 | 4.9 |
39 | Kazakhstan | 11,601,936 | 4.3 |
40 | Tanzania | 11,521,695 | 13 |
41 | Australia | 11,218,304 | 1.5 |
42 | Peru | 11,143,500 | 8.7 |
43 | Sri Lanka | 10,995,616 | 170.1 |
44 | Afghanistan | 10,744,167 | 16.5 |
45 | Nepal | 10,677,158 | 74.5 |
46 | Hungary | 10,124,000 | 113 |
47 | Uzbekistan | 9,877,755 | 23.2 |
48 | Czechia | 9,726,030 | 125.9 |
49 | Sudan | 9,398,060 | 5 |
50 | Malaysia | 9,397,464 | 28.6 |
51 | Belgium | 9,367,000 | 309.4 |
52 | Kenya | 9,247,518 | 16.2 |
53 | Portugal | 9,122,500 | 99.7 |
54 | Venezuela | 8,752,058 | 9.9 |
55 | Greece | 8,510,429 | 65.1 |
56 | Belarus | 8,501,607 | 41.9 |
57 | Chile | 8,330,423 | 11.2 |
58 | Uganda | 8,147,346 | 41.3 |
59 | Bulgaria | 8,144,339 | 75.1 |
60 | Mozambique | 8,127,242 | 10.3 |
61 | Ghana | 7,781,813 | 34.2 |
62 | Iraq | 7,711,071 | 17.6 |
63 | Sweden | 7,661,354 | 18.7 |
64 | Cuba | 7,612,275 | 69.3 |
65 | Austria | 7,223,801 | 87.6 |
66 | Serbia | 6,900,986 | 89.1 |
67 | Cambodia | 6,426,174 | 36.4 |
68 | Yemen | 6,378,206 | 12.1 |
69 | Cameroon | 5,995,682 | 12.7 |
70 | Madagascar | 5,943,744 | 10.2 |
71 | Switzerland | 5,887,000 | 147.2 |
72 | Angola | 5,253,866 | 4.2 |
73 | Saudi Arabia | 5,192,398 | 2.4 |
74 | Syria | 5,153,361 | 27.7 |
75 | Burkina Faso | 4,989,961 | 18.2 |
76 | Ecuador | 4,967,705 | 17.9 |
77 | Mali | 4,857,555 | 4 |
78 | Denmark | 4,720,171 | 111.2 |
79 | Guatemala | 4,650,143 | 43.4 |
80 | Finland | 4,548,544 | 15 |
81 | Zimbabwe | 4,537,263 | 11.7 |
82 | Tunisia | 4,468,393 | 28.8 |
83 | Azerbaijan | 4,430,183 | 53.6 |
84 | Georgia | 4,406,832 | 63.2 |
85 | Slovakia | 4,326,174 | 89.9 |
86 | Niger | 4,252,122 | 3.4 |
87 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4,171,038 | 13.1 |
88 | Croatia | 4,113,553 | 73.5 |
89 | Haiti | 4,010,113 | 145.5 |
90 | Malawi | 3,816,197 | 40.6 |
91 | Bolivia | 3,764,067 | 3.5 |
92 | Norway | 3,694,339 | 12.1 |
93 | Dominican Republic | 3,687,001 | 76.3 |
94 | Senegal | 3,636,138 | 18.9 |
95 | Zambia | 3,599,000 | 4.8 |
96 | Hong Kong | 3,504,600 | 3,266.2 |
97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,445,000 | 67.3 |
98 | Chad | 3,314,386 | 2.6 |
99 | Moldova | 3,271,001 | 99.4 |
100 | Guinea | 3,236,427 | 13.2 |
101 | Somalia | 3,212,842 | 5.1 |
102 | Rwanda | 3,183,993 | 129.1 |
103 | Burundi | 3,088,827 | 120.3 |
104 | El Salvador | 2,923,870 | 141.1 |
105 | Lithuania | 2,922,673 | 46.6 |
106 | Ireland | 2,864,000 | 41.6 |
107 | South Sudan | 2,850,654 | 4.4 |
108 | Uruguay | 2,663,610 | 15.2 |
109 | New Zealand | 2,591,950 | 9.8 |
110 | Puerto Rico | 2,552,181 | 287.8 |
111 | Sierra Leone | 2,543,140 | 35.5 |
112 | Laos | 2,512,401 | 10.9 |
113 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,494,509 | 13 |
114 | Israel | 2,492,875 | 116 |
115 | Tajikistan | 2,424,081 | 17.1 |
116 | Benin | 2,271,339 | 20.5 |
117 | Honduras | 2,246,099 | 20.1 |
118 | Latvia | 2,227,495 | 35.8 |
119 | Armenia | 2,134,940 | 75.7 |
120 | Paraguay | 2,115,353 | 5.3 |
121 | Lebanon | 1,996,143 | 195.1 |
122 | Papua New Guinea | 1,892,275 | 4.2 |
123 | Singapore | 1,841,600 | 2,597.5 |
124 | Albania | 1,832,284 | 66.9 |
125 | Turkmenistan | 1,825,383 | 3.9 |
126 | Jamaica | 1,738,997 | 160.6 |
127 | Eritrea | 1,718,392 | 17 |
128 | Nicaragua | 1,695,330 | 14.1 |
129 | Togo | 1,606,285 | 29.5 |
130 | Slovenia | 1,606,083 | 79.7 |
131 | Central African Republic | 1,584,615 | 2.5 |
132 | Libya | 1,560,361 | 0.9 |
133 | North Macedonia | 1,444,676 | 56.8 |
134 | Costa Rica | 1,440,184 | 28.2 |
135 | Panama | 1,287,993 | 17.3 |
136 | Estonia | 1,272,439 | 30 |
137 | Mauritania | 1,178,277 | 1.1 |
138 | Liberia | 1,175,672 | 12.2 |
139 | Congo Brazzaville | 1,097,474 | 3.2 |
140 | Mongolia | 1,060,600 | 0.7 |
141 | Kosovo | 1,050,005 | 96.4 |
142 | Jordan | 1,023,064 | 11.5 |
143 | Lesotho | 931,826 | 30.7 |
144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 923,887 | 180.2 |
145 | West Bank | 847,079 | 150.2 |
146 | Mauritius | 736,182 | 362.7 |
147 | Oman | 664,611 | 2.1 |
148 | Namibia | 653,950 | 0.8 |
149 | Guyana | 626,389 | 3.2 |
150 | Guinea-Bissau | 610,284 | 21.7 |
151 | Cyprus | 595,060 | 64.4 |
152 | Timor-Leste | 544,346 | 36.6 |
153 | Botswana | 529,966 | 0.9 |
154 | Montenegro | 486,538 | 36.2 |
155 | Gabon | 467,592 | 1.8 |
156 | Fiji | 450,647 | 24.7 |
157 | Kuwait | 433,233 | 24.3 |
158 | The Gambia | 398,783 | 39.4 |
159 | Eswatini | 389,347 | 22.6 |
160 | Gaza Strip | 335,066 | 930.7 |
161 | Luxembourg | 327,750 | 126.7 |
162 | Suriname | 326,689 | 2.1 |
163 | Malta | 323,591 | 1,024 |
164 | Equatorial Guinea | 251,623 | 9 |
165 | Bhutan | 244,424 | 6.4 |
166 | Barbados | 233,269 | 542.5 |
167 | Cabo Verde | 224,264 | 55.6 |
168 | Macau | 215,496 | 7,696.3 |
169 | Comoros | 201,208 | 90 |
170 | Iceland | 188,847 | 1.9 |
171 | Bahrain | 185,691 | 244.3 |
172 | Solomon Islands | 140,000 | 5 |
173 | Djibouti | 134,936 | 5.8 |
174 | The Bahamas | 133,605 | 13.3 |
175 | United Arab Emirates | 132,980 | 1.6 |
176 | Curaçao | 131,951 | 297.2 |
177 | Samoa | 123,874 | 43.9 |
178 | Belize | 103,902 | 4.6 |
179 | Brunei | 98,171 | 18.6 |
180 | Maldives | 94,244 | 316.3 |
181 | Grenada | 92,767 | 269.7 |
182 | Saint Lucia | 92,409 | 152.5 |
183 | French Polynesia | 90,793 | 23.7 |
184 | New Caledonia | 88,066 | 4.8 |
185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83,760 | 215.3 |
186 | Vanuatu | 72,577 | 6 |
187 | Guam | 72,500 | 133.3 |
188 | Tonga | 71,949 | 100.3 |
189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 67,452 | 70 |
190 | Jersey | 65,613 | 565.6 |
191 | Qatar | 63,697 | 5.5 |
192 | Dominica | 62,660 | 83.4 |
193 | Aruba | 59,091 | 328.3 |
194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 58,650 | 132.4 |
195 | Guernsey | 49,329 | 632.4 |
196 | Isle of Man | 48,520 | 84.8 |
197 | Bermuda | 48,107 | 890.9 |
198 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 48,103 | 184.3 |
199 | Federated States of Micronesia | 47,246 | 67.3 |
200 | Seychelles | 46,755 | 102.8 |
201 | Kiribati | 43,973 | 54.2 |
202 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 40,800 | 117.2 |
203 | Greenland | 37,891 | 0 |
204 | Faroe Islands | 35,400 | 25.4 |
205 | Gibraltar | 25,211 | 3,601.6 |
206 | American Samoa | 23,200 | 117.2 |
207 | Monaco | 22,255 | 11,127.5 |
208 | Cook Islands | 18,904 | 80.1 |
209 | Liechtenstein | 18,391 | 114.9 |
210 | Marshall Islands | 17,232 | 95.2 |
211 | San Marino | 17,144 | 281 |
212 | Andorra | 12,199 | 26.1 |
213 | Montserrat | 11,804 | 115.7 |
214 | Palau | 10,557 | 23 |
215 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10,122 | 21.4 |
216 | Cayman Islands | 8,405 | 31.8 |
217 | Wallis and Futuna | 8,300 | 58.5 |
218 | British Virgin Islands | 8,183 | 54.2 |
219 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,842 | 6.2 |
220 | Anguilla | 5,819 | 63.9 |
221 | Tuvalu | 5,513 | 212 |
222 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 5,368 | 13.6 |
223 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,046 | 20.9 |
224 | Nauru | 4,914 | 234 |
225 | Saint Martin | 4,748 | 87.9 |
226 | Sint Maarten | 3,740 | 110 |
227 | Saint Barthelemy | 2,254 | 90.2 |
Data from US Census International Database