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1973 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1973

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	885,139,935
2	India	592,654,058
3	United States	211,357,000
4	Russia	132,556,176
5	Indonesia	129,795,268
6	Japan	108,706,797
7	Brazil	102,433,648
8	Germany	78,950,220
9	Pakistan	72,911,780
10	Bangladesh	72,382,694
11	Nigeria	60,818,511
12	Mexico	57,557,303
13	United Kingdom	56,210,000
14	Italy	54,796,843
15	France	53,372,894
16	Ukraine	48,367,002
17	Vietnam	45,736,496
18	Philippines	40,312,086
19	Thailand	40,302,225
20	Turkey	38,503,442
21	Egypt	35,480,414
22	Spain	34,836,716
23	South Korea	34,073,000
24	Poland	33,331,131
25	Iran	31,567,417
26	Ethiopia	31,445,177
27	Burma	29,226,657
28	Argentina	25,209,829
29	South Africa	24,549,294
30	Congo Kinshasa	23,668,471
31	Colombia	23,069,231
32	Canada	22,559,500
33	Romania	20,827,525
34	Morocco	17,083,808
35	Taiwan	15,525,588
36	North Korea	15,348,539
37	Tanzania	15,201,384
38	Algeria	15,197,724
39	Peru	14,350,300
40	Kazakhstan	13,754,298
41	Netherlands	13,449,003
42	Afghanistan	13,421,301
43	Australia	13,380,400
44	Sri Lanka	13,351,662
45	Uzbekistan	13,147,733
46	Nepal	12,631,326
47	Kenya	12,482,054
48	Sudan	11,960,783
49	Venezuela	11,893,035
50	Malaysia	11,633,590
51	Hungary	10,425,984
52	Iraq	10,401,956
53	Uganda	10,334,537
54	Mozambique	10,087,915
55	Czechia	9,912,080
56	Chile	9,871,079
57	Belgium	9,738,400
58	Ghana	9,546,354
59	Belarus	9,236,465
60	Cuba	8,999,837
61	Portugal	8,975,950
62	Greece	8,929,086
63	Bulgaria	8,620,997
64	Sweden	8,136,774
65	Cambodia	7,593,611
66	Austria	7,586,115
67	Yemen	7,579,501
68	Serbia	7,368,646
69	Madagascar	7,250,455
70	Cameroon	7,179,499
71	Syria	6,918,660
72	Angola	6,851,461
73	Saudi Arabia	6,666,928
74	Ecuador	6,485,013
75	Côte d'Ivoire	6,465,220
76	Switzerland	6,441,100
77	Zimbabwe	6,001,949
78	Mali	5,901,251
79	Guatemala	5,639,011
80	Burkina Faso	5,507,594
81	Azerbaijan	5,497,774
82	Tunisia	5,426,213
83	Niger	5,175,408
84	Denmark	5,021,861
85	Malawi	4,900,549
86	Georgia	4,825,850
87	Dominican Republic	4,796,148
88	Haiti	4,771,193
89	Senegal	4,727,163
90	Bolivia	4,679,923
91	Finland	4,666,081
92	Slovakia	4,637,193
93	Zambia	4,595,292
94	Croatia	4,234,664
95	Hong Kong	4,212,600
96	Rwanda	4,109,838
97	Chad	4,055,948
98	Norway	3,960,613
99	Somalia	3,931,655
100	El Salvador	3,878,991
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,872,000
102	Guinea	3,795,610
103	Moldova	3,752,827
104	Burundi	3,540,066
105	Lithuania	3,245,551
106	Tajikistan	3,242,778
107	Israel	3,186,224
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,161,160
109	Honduras	3,077,805
110	Ireland	3,073,200
111	Laos	3,026,848
112	New Zealand	2,992,300
113	South Sudan	2,990,358
114	Sierra Leone	2,925,433
115	Benin	2,868,577
116	Puerto Rico	2,863,420
117	Uruguay	2,834,115
118	Armenia	2,712,997
119	Paraguay	2,692,466
120	Lebanon	2,578,960
121	Latvia	2,421,355
122	Papua New Guinea	2,415,971
123	Turkmenistan	2,379,578
124	Eritrea	2,340,837
125	Libya	2,312,369
126	Albania	2,295,691
127	Nicaragua	2,247,502
128	Singapore	2,193,000
129	Togo	2,140,099
130	Jamaica	2,036,377
131	Central African Republic	1,965,058
132	Costa Rica	1,886,035
133	Slovenia	1,703,373
134	Jordan	1,690,198
135	Panama	1,659,952
136	North Macedonia	1,639,236
137	Liberia	1,529,454
138	Estonia	1,410,836
139	Congo Brazzaville	1,376,455
140	Mongolia	1,360,100
141	Mauritania	1,355,793
142	Kosovo	1,308,263
143	Lesotho	1,142,460
144	Trinidad and Tobago	984,786
145	Kuwait	893,534
146	Oman	862,646
147	Mauritius	861,239
148	Namibia	851,258
149	Guyana	755,324
150	West Bank	754,390
151	Cyprus	649,171
152	Timor-Leste	646,155
153	Botswana	643,076
154	Guinea-Bissau	633,266
155	Gabon	562,480
156	Fiji	556,000
157	Montenegro	534,461
158	The Gambia	534,171
159	Eswatini	493,232
160	United Arab Emirates	391,337
161	Suriname	383,018
162	Gaza Strip	369,395
163	Bhutan	352,378
164	Luxembourg	350,450
165	Malta	321,838
166	Cabo Verde	277,331
167	Equatorial Guinea	271,301
168	Comoros	259,299
169	Macau	258,929
170	Barbados	244,127
171	Bahrain	238,977
172	Iceland	212,364
173	Djibouti	205,274
174	The Bahamas	181,985
175	Solomon Islands	180,500
176	Samoa	149,436
177	Curaçao	146,913
178	Brunei	145,170
179	Qatar	141,435
180	Belize	130,375
181	New Caledonia	128,500
182	French Polynesia	127,000
183	Maldives	125,665
184	Saint Lucia	109,025
185	Guam	105,550
186	Grenada	96,857
187	Vanuatu	93,700
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	89,894
189	Tonga	86,800
190	U.S. Virgin Islands	84,121
191	Sao Tome and Principe	78,222
192	Dominica	72,792
193	Jersey	70,989
194	Antigua and Barbuda	67,532
195	Federated States of Micronesia	62,731
196	Aruba	59,529
197	Seychelles	57,530
198	Isle of Man	56,317
199	Guernsey	53,827
200	Bermuda	53,450
201	Kiribati	51,530
202	Greenland	49,024
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis	45,269
204	Faroe Islands	39,481
205	Gibraltar	29,120
206	American Samoa	28,612
207	Marshall Islands	24,806
208	Monaco	24,651
209	Andorra	23,092
210	Liechtenstein	22,864
211	Cook Islands	20,856
212	San Marino	18,876
213	Northern Mariana Islands	14,200
214	Palau	12,627
215	Cayman Islands	12,536
216	Montserrat	11,985
217	British Virgin Islands	10,178
218	Sint Maarten	9,400
219	Wallis and Futuna	8,500
220	Nauru	6,900
221	Anguilla	6,430
222	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,135
223	Saint Martin	5,915
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,905
225	Tuvalu	5,878
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,774
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,452

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Data from US Census International Database