1969 Population

In 1969, the world’s population was approximately 3.6 billion people, reflecting rapid growth during the post-World War II era. Asia was by far the most populous continent, home to over half the global population, with China (around 800 million) and India (about 550 million) as the two most populous countries. Europe’s population stood at roughly 670 million, with the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United Kingdom among its largest countries. Africa’s population was around 360 million, concentrated in countries like Nigeria and Egypt. North America had about 230 million people, with the United States accounting for nearly 202 million. Latin America and the Caribbean together had about 285 million inhabitants, with Brazil and Mexico leading in population size. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had the smallest share, with around 20 million people. Global demographic patterns in 1969 were marked by high birth rates in developing regions and slower growth in more industrialized areas.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	800,224,259	85.8
2	India	541,459,323	182.1
3	United States	201,385,000	22
4	Russia	129,572,617	7.9
5	Indonesia	119,886,474	66.2
6	Japan	103,171,831	283.1
7	Brazil	92,416,817	11.1
8	Germany	77,143,888	221.3
9	Pakistan	65,705,964	85.2
10	Bangladesh	65,416,782	502.5
11	United Kingdom	55,461,000	229.2
12	Nigeria	54,054,594	59.4
13	Italy	53,317,000	181.3
14	France	51,505,679	80.4
15	Mexico	51,110,928	26.3
16	Ukraine	46,871,405	80.9
17	Vietnam	41,542,068	134
18	Philippines	36,258,449	121.6
19	Thailand	36,049,959	70.6
20	Turkey	34,952,315	45.4
21	Spain	33,566,084	67.3
22	Egypt	32,966,239	33.1
23	Poland	32,280,848	106.1
24	South Korea	31,544,000	325.5
25	Ethiopia	28,962,280	26.4
26	Iran	28,175,355	18.4
27	Burma	26,873,709	41.1
28	Argentina	23,600,026	8.6
29	South Africa	22,157,355	18.2
30	Canada	21,448,073	2.4
31	Congo Kinshasa	21,178,812	9.3
32	Colombia	20,869,140	20.1
33	Romania	20,010,178	87
34	Morocco	15,596,468	21.8
35	Taiwan	14,282,297	442.7
36	North Korea	13,592,210	112.9
37	Algeria	13,528,304	5.7
38	Tanzania	13,389,543	15.1
39	Kazakhstan	12,900,122	4.8
40	Netherlands	12,883,235	380.1
41	Peru	12,829,100	10
42	Australia	12,379,384	1.6
43	Sri Lanka	12,356,460	191.2
44	Afghanistan	12,122,740	18.6
45	Nepal	11,692,022	81.6
46	Uzbekistan	11,591,490	27.2
47	Kenya	10,887,934	19.1
48	Sudan	10,740,137	5.8
49	Malaysia	10,662,303	32.4
50	Venezuela	10,388,580	11.8
51	Hungary	10,302,814	115
52	Czechia	9,806,577	127
53	Belgium	9,612,700	317.5
54	Uganda	9,449,977	47.9
55	Chile	9,199,122	12.4
56	Iraq	9,105,567	20.8
57	Portugal	9,097,200	99.5
58	Mozambique	9,092,797	11.6
59	Ghana	9,009,048	39.6
60	Belarus	8,946,091	44.1
61	Greece	8,772,764	67.1
62	Bulgaria	8,434,172	77.7
63	Cuba	8,421,048	76.7
64	Sweden	7,968,018	19.4
65	Austria	7,441,055	90.3
66	Cambodia	7,327,872	41.5
67	Serbia	7,190,213	92.8
68	Yemen	6,978,155	13.2
69	Madagascar	6,615,873	11.4
70	Cameroon	6,590,041	13.9
71	Switzerland	6,212,000	155.3
72	Syria	6,053,891	32.6
73	Angola	6,045,556	4.8
74	Saudi Arabia	5,938,534	2.8
75	Ecuador	5,765,935	20.8
76	Mali	5,398,990	4.4
77	Zimbabwe	5,352,802	13.8
78	Côte d'Ivoire	5,299,106	16.7
79	Burkina Faso	5,242,904	19.1
80	Guatemala	5,151,182	48.1
81	Azerbaijan	5,059,334	61.2
82	Tunisia	4,996,300	32.2
83	Denmark	4,890,687	115.3
84	Niger	4,735,173	3.7
85	Georgia	4,650,335	66.7
86	Finland	4,623,785	15.2
87	Slovakia	4,477,625	93.1
88	Haiti	4,447,122	161.4
89	Malawi	4,392,979	46.7
90	Dominican Republic	4,298,133	89
91	Bolivia	4,240,872	3.9
92	Croatia	4,200,551	75
93	Senegal	4,192,724	21.8
94	Zambia	4,123,000	5.5
95	Hong Kong	3,863,900	3,601
96	Norway	3,850,977	12.7
97	Chad	3,714,631	2.9
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,669,000	71.7
99	Rwanda	3,656,796	148.2
100	Somalia	3,584,995	5.7
101	Moldova	3,549,420	107.9
102	Guinea	3,533,907	14.4
103	El Salvador	3,469,177	167.4
104	Burundi	3,460,144	134.7
105	Lithuania	3,101,819	49.5
106	Ireland	2,925,600	42.5
107	South Sudan	2,904,166	4.5
108	Kyrgyzstan	2,895,676	15.1
109	Tajikistan	2,850,066	20.1
110	Israel	2,808,906	130.7
111	Uruguay	2,801,859	16
112	New Zealand	2,788,500	10.5
113	Laos	2,786,805	12.1
114	Sierra Leone	2,745,967	38.3
115	Puerto Rico	2,722,232	306.9
116	Honduras	2,685,322	24
117	Benin	2,577,121	23.3
118	Armenia	2,463,153	87.3
119	Paraguay	2,412,181	6.1
120	Latvia	2,341,871	37.6
121	Lebanon	2,320,495	226.8
122	Papua New Guinea	2,154,447	4.8
123	Turkmenistan	2,116,408	4.5
124	Albania	2,100,263	76.7
125	Singapore	2,042,500	2,880.8
126	Eritrea	2,007,110	19.9
127	Nicaragua	1,987,988	16.6
128	Libya	1,922,974	1.1
129	Jamaica	1,919,615	177.2
130	Togo	1,830,381	33.7
131	Central African Republic	1,794,675	2.9
132	Costa Rica	1,687,100	33
133	Slovenia	1,666,805	82.7
134	North Macedonia	1,553,615	61.1
135	Panama	1,488,794	20
136	Jordan	1,464,964	16.5
137	Liberia	1,356,670	14.1
138	Estonia	1,342,891	31.7
139	Mauritania	1,269,000	1.2
140	Congo Brazzaville	1,240,372	3.6
141	Mongolia	1,214,100	0.8
142	Kosovo	1,190,992	109.4
143	Lesotho	1,043,044	34.4
144	Trinidad and Tobago	962,927	187.8
145	Mauritius	816,027	402
146	Oman	760,002	2.5
147	Namibia	744,618	0.9
148	Guyana	701,552	3.6
149	Kuwait	690,445	38.7
150	West Bank	670,211	118.8
151	Cyprus	621,502	67.3
152	Guinea-Bissau	615,749	21.9
153	Timor-Leste	588,702	39.6
154	Botswana	571,874	1
155	Montenegro	510,001	37.9
156	Fiji	506,000	27.7
157	Gabon	503,763	2
158	The Gambia	469,095	46.4
159	Eswatini	443,277	25.8
160	Suriname	367,553	2.4
161	Luxembourg	337,500	130.5
162	Gaza Strip	336,247	934
163	Malta	322,749	1,021.4
164	Bhutan	300,124	7.8
165	Equatorial Guinea	266,898	9.5
166	Cabo Verde	261,602	64.9
167	Macau	254,436	9,087
168	Barbados	239,321	556.6
169	Comoros	230,087	102.9
170	United Arab Emirates	217,858	2.6
171	Bahrain	213,596	281
172	Iceland	202,920	2
173	Djibouti	171,346	7.4
174	The Bahamas	164,012	16.4
175	Solomon Islands	158,000	5.6
176	Curaçao	142,586	321.1
177	Samoa	139,206	49.3
178	Brunei	121,434	23.1
179	Belize	119,183	5.2
180	Maldives	110,810	371.8
181	French Polynesia	108,700	28.4
182	New Caledonia	104,000	5.7
183	Qatar	102,844	8.9
184	Saint Lucia	100,839	166.4
185	Grenada	94,867	275.8
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88,238	226.8
187	Guam	83,700	153.9
188	Vanuatu	82,905	6.8
189	Tonga	81,900	114.2
190	Sao Tome and Principe	72,722	75.4
191	Dominica	68,689	91.5
192	Jersey	68,545	590.9
193	Antigua and Barbuda	64,475	145.5
194	U.S. Virgin Islands	60,300	173.3
195	Aruba	58,424	324.6
196	Federated States of Micronesia	55,101	78.5
197	Guernsey	52,697	675.6
198	Seychelles	52,508	115.4
199	Bermuda	51,906	961.2
200	Isle of Man	51,767	90.5
201	Kiribati	48,052	59.3
202	Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,223	180.9
203	Greenland	45,985	0
204	Faroe Islands	38,400	27.6
205	American Samoa	30,400	153.5
206	Gibraltar	26,078	3,725.4
207	Monaco	23,450	11,725
208	Marshall Islands	20,772	114.8
209	Liechtenstein	20,526	128.3
210	Cook Islands	20,463	86.7
211	San Marino	18,728	307
212	Andorra	18,233	39
213	Northern Mariana Islands	11,954	25.3
214	Palau	11,804	25.7
215	Montserrat	11,563	113.4
216	Cayman Islands	9,986	37.8
217	British Virgin Islands	9,567	63.4
218	Wallis and Futuna	8,500	59.9
219	Nauru	6,500	309.5
220	Anguilla	6,041	66.4
221	Sint Maarten	5,814	171
222	Tuvalu	5,794	222.8
223	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,603	14.2
224	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,600	5.9
225	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,378	22.2
226	Saint Martin	5,303	98.2
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,381	95.2

Data from US Census International Database