1978 World Population

The population of all world countries for the year 1978.

1978 Top 10 Countries Population

Rank	Country	Population	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
1	China	961,638,579	103.1	75
2	India	658,040,343	221.3	35
3	United States	222,095,000	24.3	157
4	Indonesia	144,176,782	79.6	91
5	Russia	137,245,870	8.4	192
6	Brazil	115,283,675	13.8	182
7	Japan	114,912,911	315.3	26
8	Pakistan	82,374,302	106.9	71
9	Bangladesh	78,497,395	603.0	11
10	Germany	78,066,074	223.9	34

Please see also 2020, 1977, and 1979.

1978 Countries Population

Rank	Country	Population	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
11	Nigeria	70,706,367	77.6	94
12	Mexico	65,295,990	33.6	138
13	Italy	56,240,143	191.2	41
14	United Kingdom	56,167,000	232.2	32
15	France	54,649,382	85.3	88
16	Vietnam	51,662,728	166.6	46
17	Ukraine	49,642,987	85.7	87
18	Philippines	45,827,880	153.7	51
19	Thailand	45,056,957	88.2	84
20	Turkey	43,274,733	56.2	113
21	Egypt	40,020,461	40.2	128
22	South Korea	37,019,000	382.0	18
23	Spain	36,861,034	73.9	95
24	Iran	36,758,133	24.0	158
25	Ethiopia	35,216,317	35.2	135
26	Poland	34,929,072	114.8	67
27	Burma	32,017,578	49.0	116
28	South Africa	27,809,087	22.9	160
29	Argentina	27,440,272	10.0	189
30	Congo (Kinshasa)	27,315,131	12.0	185
31	Colombia	25,575,428	24.6	154
32	Canada	24,036,300	2.6	218
33	Romania	21,831,875	95.0	80
34	Morocco	18,758,283	42.0	125
35	Algeria	17,685,768	7.4	198
36	Tanzania	17,647,395	19.9	167
37	Taiwan	17,111,535	530.4	13
38	North Korea	16,830,095	139.8	57
39	Peru	16,414,399	12.8	184
40	Afghanistan	15,269,281	23.4	159
41	Uzbekistan	15,207,113	35.7	134
42	Kenya	15,079,690	26.5	151
43	Kazakhstan	14,623,619	5.4	207
44	Sri Lanka	14,511,088	224.5	33
45	Australia	14,248,600	1.9	221
46	Nepal	13,993,609	97.6	78
47	Netherlands	13,947,172	411.5	17
48	Venezuela	13,930,824	15.8	176
49	Sudan	13,915,270	7.5	196
50	Malaysia	12,905,669	39.3	131
51	Iraq	12,317,137	28.2	146
52	Uganda	11,540,373	58.6	111
53	Mozambique	11,466,483	14.6	178
54	Ghana	10,773,891	47.4	118
55	Chile	10,685,889	14.4	179
56	Hungary	10,673,300	119.1	65
57	Czechia	10,212,894	132.2	60
58	Belgium	9,829,700	324.6	25
59	Portugal	9,698,780	106.0	73
60	Cuba	9,629,696	87.7	85
61	Belarus	9,520,280	46.9	119
62	Greece	9,429,959	72.2	97
63	Bulgaria	8,803,281	81.1	89
64	Saudi Arabia	8,722,071	4.1	212
65	Yemen	8,641,036	16.4	175
66	Sweden	8,275,778	20.2	165
67	Madagascar	8,224,285	14.1	180
68	Cameroon	8,181,889	17.3	171
69	Syria	8,176,690	44.5	122
70	Cote d'Ivoire	7,774,982	24.4	156
71	Austria	7,562,305	91.7	83
72	Serbia	7,524,862	97.1	79
73	Angola	7,509,974	6.0	204
74	Ecuador	7,489,432	27.1	148
75	Cambodia	6,769,287	38.3	132
76	Zimbabwe	6,767,223	17.5	170
77	Mali	6,594,229	5.4	207
78	Guatemala	6,345,655	59.2	110
79	Switzerland	6,332,568	158.3	49
80	Tunisia	6,136,282	39.5	130
81	Burkina Faso	6,025,544	22.0	162
82	Azerbaijan	5,986,427	72.4	96
83	Malawi	5,880,469	62.5	108
84	Niger	5,815,607	4.6	210
85	Dominican Republic	5,431,308	112.4	68
86	Senegal	5,343,808	27.8	147
87	Haiti	5,270,294	191.2	41
88	Zambia	5,247,987	7.1	200
89	Bolivia	5,204,622	4.8	209
90	Denmark	5,104,247	120.3	63
91	Georgia	4,991,045	71.6	99
92	Slovakia	4,876,017	101.4	76
93	Rwanda	4,818,992	195.4	40
94	Finland	4,752,528	15.6	177
95	Somalia	4,679,501	7.5	196
96	Hong Kong	4,667,500	4350.0	4
97	Chad	4,541,191	3.6	214
98	El Salvador	4,399,428	212.3	36
99	Croatia	4,349,242	77.7	93
100	Guinea	4,154,890	16.9	173
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,135,000	80.8	90
102	South Sudan	4,109,671	6.4	202
103	Norway	4,058,671	13.3	183
104	Moldova	3,947,422	120.0	64
105	Burundi	3,929,974	153.0	53
106	Tajikistan	3,760,973	26.6	150
107	Israel	3,554,581	174.8	44
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,496,165	18.2	168
109	Lithuania	3,386,988	54.0	115
110	Ireland	3,314,000	48.1	117
111	Benin	3,259,760	29.5	143
112	Laos	3,247,736	14.1	180
113	Sierra Leone	3,208,149	44.8	121
114	Honduras	3,168,347	28.3	145
115	New Zealand	3,165,800	12.0	185
116	Puerto Rico	3,117,884	351.6	20
117	Paraguay	3,037,492	7.6	194
118	Armenia	3,014,042	106.9	71
119	Uruguay	2,896,507	16.6	174
120	Lebanon	2,800,036	273.7	28
121	Libya	2,793,329	1.6	222
122	Turkmenistan	2,733,933	5.8	206
123	Papua New Guinea	2,701,922	6.0	204
124	Nicaragua	2,608,303	21.7	163
125	Albania	2,563,376	93.6	81
126	Eritrea	2,537,978	25.1	153
127	Latvia	2,504,508	40.2	128
128	Togo	2,472,385	45.5	120
129	Singapore	2,353,600	3318.7	5
130	Central African Republic	2,224,714	3.6	214
131	Costa Rica	2,192,367	42.9	123
132	Jamaica	2,179,441	201.2	38
133	Jordan	2,030,193	22.9	160
134	Panama	1,874,971	25.2	152
135	Slovenia	1,759,395	87.3	86
136	Liberia	1,754,119	18.2	168
137	Macedonia	1,747,113	68.7	103
138	Congo (Brazzaville)	1,583,661	4.6	210
139	Mongolia	1,571,700	1.0	226
140	Mauritania	1,483,992	1.4	224
141	Estonia	1,463,533	34.5	136
142	Kosovo	1,460,464	134.1	59
143	Lesotho	1,288,584	42.5	124
144	Kuwait	1,213,584	68.1	105
145	Oman	1,067,675	3.4	216
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,055,527	205.8	37
147	Namibia	997,913	1.2	225
148	Mauritius	929,367	457.8	15
149	West Bank	864,122	153.2	52
150	Botswana	822,247	1.5	223
151	United Arab Emirates	778,736	9.3	190
152	Guinea-Bissau	758,113	27.0	149
153	Guyana	755,889	3.8	213
154	Gabon	731,744	2.8	217
155	Cyprus	618,672	66.9	106
156	The Gambia	616,216	60.9	109
157	Fiji	610,845	33.4	139
158	Timor-Leste	604,930	40.7	127
159	Swaziland	568,347	33.0	140
160	Montenegro	565,561	42.0	125
161	Gaza Strip	431,608	1198.9	6
162	Bhutan	415,435	10.8	188
163	Suriname	365,277	2.3	219
164	Luxembourg	362,100	140.0	56
165	Malta	339,786	1075.3	7
166	Bahrain	322,535	424.4	16
167	Comoros	318,860	142.7	55
168	Cabo Verde	289,170	71.7	98
169	Djibouti	274,702	11.9	187
170	Barbados	250,145	581.7	12
171	Macau	248,564	8814.3	2
172	Iceland	223,587	2.2	220
173	Solomon Islands	215,085	7.7	193
174	The Bahamas	201,499	20.1	166
175	Qatar	200,667	17.3	171
176	Equatorial Guinea	194,597	6.9	201
177	Brunei	173,000	32.9	141
178	Samoa	155,429	55.1	114
179	Curacao	148,343	334.1	22
180	Maldives	144,875	486.2	14
181	Belize	142,937	6.3	203
182	French Polynesia	142,083	37.1	133
183	New Caledonia	137,500	7.5	196
184	Saint Lucia	119,025	196.4	39
185	Vanuatu	109,400	9.0	191
186	Guam	101,960	187.8	43
187	U.S. Virgin Islands	95,929	275.7	27
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	95,717	246.1	31
189	Western Sahara	95,159	0.4	227
190	Grenada	92,535	269.0	30
191	Tonga	91,199	127.2	62
192	Sao Tome and Principe	89,367	92.7	82
193	Dominica	74,366	99.0	77
194	Jersey	74,186	639.5	10
195	Federated States of Micronesia	72,538	103.3	74
196	Antigua and Barbuda	68,608	155.0	50
197	Seychelles	62,450	137.3	58
198	Isle of Man	62,331	109.0	70
199	Aruba	59,201	328.9	24
200	Kiribati	55,713	68.7	103
201	Bermuda	54,377	1007.0	8
202	Guernsey	53,485	685.7	9
203	Greenland	49,243	0.0	228
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44,103	169.0	45
205	Faroe Islands	42,481	30.5	142
206	American Samoa	31,411	158.6	48
207	Andorra	30,321	64.8	107
208	Marshall Islands	28,901	159.7	47
209	Gibraltar	28,604	4400.6	3
210	Monaco	25,971	12985.5	1
211	Liechtenstein	24,412	152.6	54
212	San Marino	20,820	341.3	21
213	Cook Islands	18,650	79.0	92
214	Northern Mariana Islands	16,118	34.1	137
215	Cayman Islands	15,332	58.1	112
216	Palau	13,120	28.6	144
217	Montserrat	11,728	115.0	66
218	Sint Maarten	11,198	329.4	23
219	British Virgin Islands	10,812	71.6	99
220	Wallis and Futuna	10,000	70.4	102
221	Nauru	7,434	354.0	19
222	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,049	7.4	198
223	Saint Martin	7,035	129.3	61
224	Tuvalu	7,034	270.5	29
225	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	6,436	20.9	164
226	Anguilla	6,431	70.7	101
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,943	24.6	154
228	Saint Barthelemy	2,753	110.1	69

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