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1972 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1972

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	865,421,967
2	India	579,509,428
3	United States	209,284,000
4	Russia	131,768,681
5	Indonesia	127,234,652
6	Japan	107,188,273
7	Brazil	99,901,025
8	Germany	78,717,088
9	Pakistan	71,121,085
10	Bangladesh	70,676,996
11	Nigeria	59,042,114
12	United Kingdom	56,079,000
13	Mexico	55,984,294
14	Italy	54,365,564
15	France	52,933,025
16	Ukraine	48,026,627
17	Vietnam	44,655,014
18	Philippines	39,280,109
19	Thailand	39,276,153
20	Turkey	37,492,953
21	Egypt	34,807,417
22	Spain	34,513,161
23	South Korea	33,505,000
24	Poland	33,039,545
25	Ethiopia	30,770,372
26	Iran	30,685,055
27	Burma	28,474,102
28	Argentina	24,779,799
29	South Africa	23,935,810
30	Congo Kinshasa	23,007,669
31	Colombia	22,542,890
32	Canada	22,284,500
33	Romania	20,662,648
34	Morocco	16,747,831
35	Taiwan	15,226,039
36	North Korea	14,956,211
37	Algeria	14,760,787
38	Tanzania	14,706,593
39	Peru	13,954,700
40	Kazakhstan	13,541,694
41	Netherlands	13,340,427
42	Australia	13,177,000
43	Sri Lanka	13,116,399
44	Afghanistan	13,079,460
45	Uzbekistan	12,741,848
46	Nepal	12,388,524
47	Kenya	12,044,785
48	Sudan	11,635,707
49	Venezuela	11,515,649
50	Malaysia	11,390,426
51	Hungary	10,394,091
52	Uganda	10,156,091
53	Iraq	10,061,506
54	Czechia	9,862,158
55	Mozambique	9,809,596
56	Belgium	9,709,100
57	Chile	9,700,788
58	Ghana	9,285,663
59	Belarus	9,169,156
60	Portugal	8,970,450
61	Greece	8,888,628
62	Cuba	8,830,355
63	Bulgaria	8,576,200
64	Sweden	8,122,293
65	Austria	7,544,201
66	Cambodia	7,508,549
67	Yemen	7,407,075
68	Serbia	7,337,520
69	Madagascar	7,082,430
70	Cameroon	7,021,028
71	Syria	6,690,884
72	Angola	6,658,032
73	Saudi Arabia	6,472,756
74	Switzerland	6,401,400
75	Ecuador	6,298,651
76	Côte d'Ivoire	6,171,630
77	Zimbabwe	5,861,135
78	Mali	5,769,346
79	Guatemala	5,509,594
80	Burkina Faso	5,433,886
81	Azerbaijan	5,393,681
82	Tunisia	5,303,507
83	Niger	5,060,262
84	Denmark	4,991,596
85	Georgia	4,786,475
86	Malawi	4,760,666
87	Haiti	4,676,857
88	Dominican Republic	4,671,329
89	Finland	4,639,657
90	Slovakia	4,593,433
91	Senegal	4,588,696
92	Bolivia	4,565,872
93	Zambia	4,471,767
94	Croatia	4,225,310
95	Hong Kong	4,115,700
96	Rwanda	3,992,121
97	Chad	3,967,279
98	Norway	3,933,004
99	Somalia	3,840,161
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,819,000
101	El Salvador	3,791,291
102	Guinea	3,728,194
103	Moldova	3,703,001
104	Burundi	3,529,983
105	Lithuania	3,213,271
106	Tajikistan	3,145,141
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,094,945
108	Israel	3,085,531
109	Ireland	3,024,400
110	Honduras	2,965,146
111	Laos	2,964,403
112	South Sudan	2,936,753
113	New Zealand	2,929,100
114	Sierra Leone	2,879,013
115	Puerto Rico	2,847,132
116	Uruguay	2,829,526
117	Benin	2,791,434
118	Armenia	2,647,035
119	Paraguay	2,614,104
120	Lebanon	2,513,207
121	Latvia	2,401,244
122	Papua New Guinea	2,345,510
123	Turkmenistan	2,313,102
124	Albania	2,263,554
125	Eritrea	2,260,187
126	Libya	2,183,877
127	Nicaragua	2,182,919
128	Singapore	2,152,400
129	Togo	2,079,704
130	Jamaica	1,997,616
131	Central African Republic	1,927,260
132	Costa Rica	1,834,796
133	Slovenia	1,694,510
134	Jordan	1,628,242
135	North Macedonia	1,617,701
136	Panama	1,616,898
137	Liberia	1,483,767
138	Estonia	1,397,391
139	Congo Brazzaville	1,340,458
140	Mauritania	1,332,786
141	Mongolia	1,320,500
142	Kosovo	1,277,849
143	Lesotho	1,116,779
144	Trinidad and Tobago	975,199
145	Mauritius	851,334
146	Kuwait	841,934
147	Oman	834,540
148	Namibia	821,782
149	Guyana	742,869
150	West Bank	731,198
151	Cyprus	640,724
152	Timor-Leste	629,961
153	Guinea-Bissau	625,361
154	Botswana	619,351
155	Fiji	544,000
156	Gabon	539,320
157	Montenegro	527,678
158	The Gambia	517,101
159	Eswatini	480,105
160	Suriname	380,797
161	Gaza Strip	358,158
162	Luxembourg	346,600
163	Bhutan	338,668
164	United Arab Emirates	336,325
165	Malta	319,430
166	Equatorial Guinea	277,603
167	Cabo Verde	275,467
168	Macau	261,202
169	Comoros	251,577
170	Barbados	242,445
171	Bahrain	230,800
172	Iceland	209,275
173	Djibouti	196,149
174	The Bahamas	178,332
175	Solomon Islands	174,500
176	Samoa	148,489
177	Curaçao	147,716
178	Brunei	141,500
179	Qatar	131,145
180	Belize	127,661
181	New Caledonia	125,500
182	French Polynesia	124,000
183	Maldives	122,681
184	Saint Lucia	106,953
185	Guam	96,755
186	Grenada	96,618
187	Vanuatu	90,800
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88,717
189	Tonga	85,600
190	Sao Tome and Principe	76,595
191	U.S. Virgin Islands	76,319
192	Dominica	71,860
193	Jersey	70,268
194	Antigua and Barbuda	67,016
195	Federated States of Micronesia	60,427
196	Aruba	59,421
197	Seychelles	56,814
198	Isle of Man	54,877
199	Guernsey	53,818
200	Bermuda	53,260
201	Kiribati	50,637
202	Greenland	48,258
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,524
204	Faroe Islands	38,946
205	Gibraltar	28,578
206	American Samoa	28,202
207	Monaco	24,371
208	Marshall Islands	23,729
209	Liechtenstein	22,240
210	Andorra	21,425
211	Cook Islands	21,345
212	San Marino	18,481
213	Northern Mariana Islands	13,572
214	Palau	12,416
215	Montserrat	11,978
216	Cayman Islands	11,680
217	British Virgin Islands	10,016
218	Wallis and Futuna	8,500
219	Sint Maarten	8,374
220	Nauru	6,800
221	Anguilla	6,318
222	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,960
223	Tuvalu	5,857
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,827
225	Saint Martin	5,756
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,673
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,434

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Data from US Census International Database