1972 World Population

The population of all world countries for the year 1972.

1972 World Population By Country

Rank	Country	Population	People SqKM	Density Rank
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
11	Nigeria	58,946,321	64.7	102
12	United Kingdom	56,079,000	231.8	29
13	Mexico	55,984,294	28.8	139
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	173
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	172
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	Norway	3,933,004	12.9	178
98	Chad	3,886,643	3.1	213
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	3,787,796	15.4	170
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	321.0	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	3133.0	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	213
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	538,009	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	177.9	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	220.6	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	141.7	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	29.2	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

Population By Country and Year

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