The population of all world countries for the year 1972.
Rank | Country | Population | Density SQ/KM | Density Rank |
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1 | China | 865,421,967 | 92.8 | 76 |
2 | India | 579,509,428 | 194.9 | 35 |
3 | United States | 209,284,000 | 22.9 | 149 |
4 | Russia | 131,768,681 | 8.0 | 191 |
5 | Indonesia | 127,234,652 | 70.2 | 93 |
6 | Japan | 107,188,273 | 294.1 | 25 |
7 | Brazil | 99,800,740 | 11.9 | 182 |
8 | Germany | 78,717,088 | 225.8 | 31 |
9 | Pakistan | 71,121,085 | 92.3 | 77 |
10 | Bangladesh | 70,676,996 | 543.0 | 12 |
Please see also 2020, 1971, and 1973.
Rank | Country | Population | Density SQ/KM | Density Rank |
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11 | Nigeria | 59,042,114 | 64.8 | 102 |
12 | United Kingdom | 56,079,000 | 231.8 | 29 |
13 | Mexico | 55,984,294 | 28.8 | 138 |
14 | Italy | 54,365,564 | 184.8 | 37 |
15 | France | 52,933,025 | 82.7 | 85 |
16 | Ukraine | 48,026,627 | 82.9 | 84 |
17 | Vietnam | 44,655,014 | 144.0 | 48 |
18 | Philippines | 39,280,109 | 131.7 | 53 |
19 | Thailand | 39,276,153 | 76.9 | 90 |
20 | Turkey | 37,492,953 | 48.7 | 112 |
21 | Egypt | 34,807,417 | 35.0 | 130 |
22 | Spain | 34,513,161 | 69.2 | 96 |
23 | South Korea | 33,505,000 | 345.7 | 17 |
24 | Poland | 33,039,545 | 108.6 | 66 |
25 | Ethiopia | 30,770,372 | 30.8 | 135 |
26 | Iran | 30,685,055 | 20.0 | 158 |
27 | Burma | 28,474,102 | 43.6 | 118 |
28 | Argentina | 24,779,799 | 9.1 | 188 |
29 | South Africa | 23,935,810 | 19.7 | 161 |
30 | Congo (Kinshasa) | 23,007,669 | 10.1 | 186 |
31 | Colombia | 22,542,890 | 21.7 | 155 |
32 | Canada | 22,284,500 | 2.5 | 217 |
33 | Romania | 20,662,648 | 89.9 | 80 |
34 | Morocco | 16,660,670 | 37.3 | 126 |
35 | Taiwan | 15,226,039 | 472.0 | 13 |
36 | North Korea | 14,956,211 | 124.2 | 58 |
37 | Algeria | 14,760,787 | 6.2 | 197 |
38 | Tanzania | 14,706,593 | 16.6 | 167 |
39 | Peru | 13,954,700 | 10.9 | 185 |
40 | Kazakhstan | 13,541,694 | 5.0 | 204 |
41 | Netherlands | 13,340,427 | 393.6 | 16 |
42 | Australia | 13,177,000 | 1.7 | 221 |
43 | Sri Lanka | 13,116,399 | 202.9 | 34 |
44 | Afghanistan | 13,079,460 | 20.1 | 157 |
45 | Uzbekistan | 12,741,848 | 30.0 | 136 |
46 | Nepal | 12,388,524 | 86.4 | 81 |
47 | Kenya | 12,044,785 | 21.2 | 156 |
48 | Sudan | 11,635,707 | 6.3 | 195 |
49 | Venezuela | 11,515,649 | 13.1 | 176 |
50 | Malaysia | 11,390,426 | 34.7 | 131 |
51 | Hungary | 10,394,091 | 116.0 | 63 |
52 | Uganda | 10,136,422 | 51.4 | 107 |
53 | Iraq | 10,061,506 | 23.0 | 148 |
54 | Czechia | 9,862,158 | 127.7 | 56 |
55 | Mozambique | 9,809,596 | 12.5 | 180 |
56 | Belgium | 9,709,100 | 320.7 | 22 |
57 | Chile | 9,700,788 | 13.0 | 177 |
58 | Ghana | 9,352,145 | 41.1 | 121 |
59 | Belarus | 9,169,156 | 45.2 | 115 |
60 | Portugal | 8,970,450 | 98.1 | 68 |
61 | Greece | 8,888,628 | 68.0 | 99 |
62 | Cuba | 8,830,355 | 80.4 | 87 |
63 | Bulgaria | 8,576,200 | 79.1 | 89 |
64 | Sweden | 8,122,293 | 19.8 | 159 |
65 | Austria | 7,544,201 | 91.5 | 78 |
66 | Cambodia | 7,452,154 | 42.2 | 120 |
67 | Yemen | 7,407,075 | 14.0 | 175 |
68 | Serbia | 7,337,520 | 94.7 | 74 |
69 | Madagascar | 7,082,430 | 12.2 | 181 |
70 | Cameroon | 7,021,028 | 14.9 | 174 |
71 | Syria | 6,690,884 | 36.4 | 128 |
72 | Angola | 6,658,032 | 5.3 | 202 |
73 | Saudi Arabia | 6,472,756 | 3.0 | 215 |
74 | Switzerland | 6,401,400 | 160.0 | 45 |
75 | Ecuador | 6,298,651 | 22.8 | 150 |
76 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6,171,630 | 19.4 | 162 |
77 | Zimbabwe | 5,861,135 | 15.2 | 172 |
78 | Mali | 5,769,346 | 4.7 | 206 |
79 | Guatemala | 5,509,594 | 51.4 | 107 |
80 | Burkina Faso | 5,433,886 | 19.8 | 159 |
81 | Azerbaijan | 5,393,681 | 65.3 | 101 |
82 | Tunisia | 5,303,507 | 34.1 | 132 |
83 | Niger | 5,060,262 | 4.0 | 209 |
84 | Denmark | 4,991,596 | 117.6 | 60 |
85 | Georgia | 4,786,475 | 68.7 | 97 |
86 | Malawi | 4,760,666 | 50.6 | 111 |
87 | Haiti | 4,676,857 | 169.7 | 43 |
88 | Dominican Republic | 4,671,329 | 96.7 | 70 |
89 | Finland | 4,639,657 | 15.3 | 171 |
90 | Slovakia | 4,593,433 | 95.5 | 73 |
91 | Senegal | 4,588,696 | 23.8 | 146 |
92 | Bolivia | 4,565,872 | 4.2 | 208 |
93 | Zambia | 4,471,767 | 6.0 | 200 |
94 | Croatia | 4,225,310 | 75.5 | 91 |
95 | Hong Kong | 4,115,700 | 3835.7 | 4 |
96 | Rwanda | 3,992,121 | 161.8 | 44 |
97 | Chad | 3,967,279 | 3.2 | 213 |
98 | Norway | 3,933,004 | 12.9 | 178 |
99 | Somalia | 3,840,161 | 6.1 | 199 |
100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,819,000 | 74.6 | 92 |
101 | El Salvador | 3,791,291 | 183.0 | 39 |
102 | Guinea | 3,728,194 | 15.2 | 172 |
103 | Moldova | 3,703,001 | 112.6 | 64 |
104 | Burundi | 3,529,983 | 137.5 | 51 |
105 | Lithuania | 3,213,271 | 51.3 | 109 |
106 | Tajikistan | 3,145,141 | 22.2 | 152 |
107 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,094,945 | 16.1 | 169 |
108 | Israel | 3,085,531 | 151.8 | 46 |
109 | Ireland | 3,024,400 | 43.9 | 117 |
110 | Honduras | 2,965,146 | 26.5 | 144 |
111 | Laos | 2,964,403 | 12.8 | 179 |
112 | South Sudan | 2,936,753 | 4.6 | 207 |
113 | New Zealand | 2,929,100 | 11.1 | 184 |
114 | Sierra Leone | 2,879,013 | 40.2 | 122 |
115 | Puerto Rico | 2,847,132 | 321.1 | 21 |
116 | Uruguay | 2,829,526 | 16.2 | 168 |
117 | Benin | 2,761,407 | 25.0 | 145 |
118 | Armenia | 2,647,035 | 93.9 | 75 |
119 | Paraguay | 2,614,104 | 6.6 | 194 |
120 | Lebanon | 2,513,207 | 245.7 | 28 |
121 | Latvia | 2,401,244 | 38.6 | 124 |
122 | Papua New Guinea | 2,330,190 | 5.1 | 203 |
123 | Turkmenistan | 2,313,102 | 4.9 | 205 |
124 | Albania | 2,263,554 | 82.6 | 86 |
125 | Eritrea | 2,260,187 | 22.4 | 151 |
126 | Libya | 2,183,877 | 1.2 | 223 |
127 | Nicaragua | 2,182,919 | 18.2 | 165 |
128 | Singapore | 2,152,400 | 3035.0 | 5 |
129 | Togo | 2,079,704 | 38.2 | 125 |
130 | Jamaica | 1,997,616 | 184.4 | 38 |
131 | Central African Republic | 1,927,260 | 3.1 | 214 |
132 | Costa Rica | 1,834,796 | 35.9 | 129 |
133 | Slovenia | 1,694,510 | 84.1 | 83 |
134 | Jordan | 1,628,242 | 18.3 | 164 |
135 | Macedonia | 1,617,701 | 63.6 | 103 |
136 | Panama | 1,616,898 | 21.8 | 154 |
137 | Liberia | 1,483,767 | 15.4 | 170 |
138 | Estonia | 1,397,391 | 33.0 | 133 |
139 | Congo (Brazzaville) | 1,340,458 | 3.9 | 211 |
140 | Mauritania | 1,332,786 | 1.3 | 222 |
141 | Mongolia | 1,320,500 | 0.8 | 226 |
142 | Kosovo | 1,277,849 | 117.4 | 61 |
143 | Lesotho | 1,116,779 | 36.8 | 127 |
144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 975,199 | 190.2 | 36 |
145 | Mauritius | 851,334 | 419.4 | 14 |
146 | Kuwait | 841,934 | 47.3 | 113 |
147 | Oman | 834,540 | 2.7 | 216 |
148 | Namibia | 821,782 | 1.0 | 225 |
149 | Guyana | 742,869 | 3.8 | 212 |
150 | West Bank | 731,198 | 129.6 | 55 |
151 | Cyprus | 640,724 | 69.3 | 95 |
152 | Timor-Leste | 629,961 | 42.4 | 119 |
153 | Guinea-Bissau | 625,361 | 22.2 | 152 |
154 | Botswana | 619,351 | 1.1 | 224 |
155 | Fiji | 544,000 | 29.8 | 137 |
156 | Gabon | 539,320 | 2.1 | 219 |
157 | Montenegro | 527,678 | 39.2 | 123 |
158 | The Gambia | 517,101 | 51.1 | 110 |
159 | Swaziland | 480,105 | 27.9 | 141 |
160 | Suriname | 380,797 | 2.4 | 218 |
161 | Gaza Strip | 358,158 | 994.9 | 7 |
162 | Luxembourg | 346,600 | 134.0 | 52 |
163 | United Arab Emirates | 336,325 | 4.0 | 209 |
164 | Bhutan | 333,634 | 8.7 | 189 |
165 | Malta | 319,430 | 1010.9 | 6 |
166 | Equatorial Guinea | 277,603 | 9.9 | 187 |
167 | Cabo Verde | 275,467 | 68.3 | 98 |
168 | Macau | 261,202 | 9262.5 | 2 |
169 | Comoros | 251,577 | 112.6 | 64 |
170 | Barbados | 242,445 | 563.8 | 11 |
171 | Bahrain | 230,800 | 303.7 | 23 |
172 | Iceland | 209,275 | 2.1 | 219 |
173 | Djibouti | 196,978 | 8.5 | 190 |
174 | The Bahamas | 178,332 | 17.8 | 166 |
175 | Solomon Islands | 174,500 | 6.2 | 197 |
176 | Samoa | 148,489 | 52.6 | 106 |
177 | Curacao | 147,716 | 332.7 | 18 |
178 | Brunei | 141,500 | 26.9 | 143 |
179 | Qatar | 131,145 | 11.3 | 183 |
180 | Belize | 127,661 | 5.6 | 201 |
181 | New Caledonia | 125,500 | 6.9 | 193 |
182 | French Polynesia | 124,000 | 32.4 | 134 |
183 | Maldives | 122,681 | 411.7 | 15 |
184 | Saint Lucia | 106,953 | 176.5 | 41 |
185 | Guam | 96,755 | 178.2 | 40 |
186 | Grenada | 96,618 | 280.9 | 26 |
187 | Vanuatu | 90,800 | 7.4 | 192 |
188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88,717 | 228.1 | 30 |
189 | Western Sahara | 87,161 | 0.3 | 227 |
190 | Tonga | 85,600 | 119.4 | 59 |
191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 76,595 | 79.5 | 88 |
192 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 76,319 | 219.3 | 33 |
193 | Dominica | 71,860 | 95.7 | 72 |
194 | Jersey | 70,268 | 605.8 | 10 |
195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 67,016 | 151.4 | 47 |
196 | Federated States of Micronesia | 60,427 | 86.1 | 82 |
197 | Aruba | 59,421 | 330.1 | 19 |
198 | Seychelles | 56,814 | 124.9 | 57 |
199 | Isle of Man | 54,877 | 95.9 | 71 |
200 | Guernsey | 53,818 | 690.0 | 9 |
201 | Bermuda | 53,260 | 986.3 | 8 |
202 | Kiribati | 50,637 | 62.4 | 104 |
203 | Greenland | 48,258 | 0.0 | 228 |
204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45,524 | 174.4 | 42 |
205 | Faroe Islands | 38,946 | 28.0 | 140 |
206 | Gibraltar | 28,578 | 4396.6 | 3 |
207 | American Samoa | 28,202 | 142.4 | 49 |
208 | Monaco | 24,371 | 12185.5 | 1 |
209 | Marshall Islands | 23,729 | 131.1 | 54 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 22,240 | 139.0 | 50 |
211 | Andorra | 21,425 | 45.8 | 114 |
212 | Cook Islands | 21,345 | 90.4 | 79 |
213 | San Marino | 18,481 | 303.0 | 24 |
214 | Northern Mariana Islands | 13,572 | 28.8 | 138 |
215 | Palau | 12,416 | 27.1 | 142 |
216 | Montserrat | 11,978 | 117.4 | 61 |
217 | Cayman Islands | 11,680 | 44.2 | 116 |
218 | British Virgin Islands | 10,016 | 66.3 | 100 |
219 | Wallis and Futuna | 8,500 | 59.9 | 105 |
220 | Sint Maarten | 8,374 | 246.3 | 27 |
221 | Nauru | 6,800 | 323.8 | 20 |
222 | Anguilla | 6,318 | 69.4 | 94 |
223 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,960 | 6.3 | 195 |
224 | Tuvalu | 5,857 | 225.3 | 32 |
225 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 5,827 | 18.9 | 163 |
226 | Saint Martin | 5,756 | 105.8 | 67 |
227 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,673 | 23.4 | 147 |
228 | Saint Barthelemy | 2,434 | 97.4 | 69 |