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