1979 World Population

The population of all world countries for the year 1979.

1979 Top 10 Countries Population

Rank	Country	Population	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
1	China	975,080,848	104.6	75
2	India	671,259,115	225.8	34
3	United States	224,567,000	24.5	158
4	Indonesia	147,254,299	81.3	90
5	Russia	138,163,680	8.4	193
6	Brazil	118,157,191	14.1	182
7	Japan	115,890,431	318.0	26
8	Pakistan	85,219,117	110.5	70
9	Bangladesh	79,837,662	613.3	11
10	Germany	78,081,292	223.9	35

Please see also 2020, 1978, and 1980.

1979 Countries Population

Rank	Country	Population	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
11	Nigeria	72,839,815	80.0	92
12	Mexico	66,825,878	34.4	138
13	Italy	56,367,710	191.6	42
14	United Kingdom	56,228,000	232.4	32
15	France	54,885,793	85.7	88
16	Vietnam	52,668,447	169.9	45
17	Ukraine	49,835,012	86.0	87
18	Philippines	47,043,145	157.8	51
19	Thailand	46,003,776	90.0	84
20	Turkey	44,165,463	57.4	113
21	Egypt	41,257,718	41.4	127
22	Iran	38,104,787	24.9	156
23	South Korea	37,534,000	387.3	18
24	Spain	37,200,014	74.6	95
25	Ethiopia	35,664,267	35.7	135
26	Poland	35,256,645	115.9	66
27	Burma	32,629,456	49.9	116
28	South Africa	28,505,816	23.5	161
29	Congo (Kinshasa)	28,202,122	12.4	186
30	Argentina	27,901,971	10.2	190
31	Colombia	26,071,592	25.1	155
32	Canada	24,276,900	2.7	218
33	Romania	22,001,388	95.7	80
34	Morocco	19,125,959	42.9	125
35	Algeria	18,229,932	7.7	198
36	Tanzania	18,140,566	20.5	166
37	Taiwan	17,450,136	540.9	13
38	North Korea	17,103,555	142.0	56
39	Peru	16,848,699	13.2	184
40	Kenya	15,690,251	27.6	149
41	Uzbekistan	15,605,490	36.7	134
42	Afghanistan	15,555,612	23.8	159
43	Kazakhstan	14,803,694	5.5	207
44	Sri Lanka	14,796,646	228.9	33
45	Australia	14,421,900	1.9	221
46	Venezuela	14,355,117	16.3	176
47	Sudan	14,342,936	7.7	198
48	Nepal	14,297,577	99.7	77
49	Netherlands	14,040,749	414.3	17
50	Malaysia	13,176,086	40.1	130
51	Iraq	12,768,376	29.2	145
52	Mozambique	11,828,029	15.0	178
53	Uganda	11,785,110	59.8	112
54	Ghana	10,970,867	48.2	118
55	Chile	10,838,422	14.6	179
56	Hungary	10,698,234	119.4	65
57	Czechia	10,259,670	132.8	61
58	Belgium	9,837,200	324.9	24
59	Portugal	9,724,560	106.3	74
60	Cuba	9,705,238	88.4	85
61	Belarus	9,581,518	47.2	119
62	Greece	9,548,258	73.1	97
63	Saudi Arabia	9,363,537	4.4	212
64	Yemen	8,883,381	16.8	174
65	Bulgaria	8,811,589	81.2	91
66	Syria	8,453,581	46.0	121
67	Madagascar	8,453,131	14.5	180
68	Cameroon	8,436,344	17.8	171
69	Sweden	8,293,723	20.2	167
70	Cote d'Ivoire	8,027,062	25.2	154
71	Angola	7,774,454	6.2	204
72	Ecuador	7,703,577	27.8	148
73	Serbia	7,556,223	97.5	79
74	Austria	7,549,425	91.6	83
75	Zimbabwe	6,887,132	17.8	171
76	Cambodia	6,729,212	38.1	133
77	Mali	6,729,028	5.5	207
78	Guatemala	6,495,749	60.6	111
79	Switzerland	6,350,840	158.8	50
80	Tunisia	6,280,477	40.4	128
81	Burkina Faso	6,168,269	22.5	163
82	Azerbaijan	6,082,087	73.6	96
83	Malawi	6,065,540	64.5	108
84	Niger	5,952,447	4.7	211
85	Dominican Republic	5,562,270	115.1	67
86	Senegal	5,474,478	28.4	147
87	Zambia	5,391,149	7.3	201
88	Haiti	5,374,772	195.0	41
89	Bolivia	5,326,981	4.9	209
90	Somalia	5,310,962	8.5	192
91	Denmark	5,116,800	120.6	64
92	Georgia	5,018,606	72.0	101
93	Rwanda	4,975,045	201.7	39
94	Hong Kong	4,929,700	4594.3	3
95	Slovakia	4,922,558	102.3	76
96	Finland	4,764,690	15.7	177
97	Chad	4,648,550	3.7	214
98	El Salvador	4,511,750	217.7	36
99	Croatia	4,379,909	78.2	93
100	South Sudan	4,379,493	6.8	202
101	Guinea	4,231,470	17.2	173
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,181,000	81.7	89
103	Burundi	4,119,789	160.4	49
104	Norway	4,072,517	13.4	183
105	Moldova	3,969,989	120.7	63
106	Tajikistan	3,862,932	27.3	151
107	Israel	3,637,370	178.9	44
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,559,457	18.6	169
109	Lithuania	3,410,869	54.4	115
110	Ireland	3,368,200	48.9	117
111	Benin	3,354,798	30.3	143
112	Honduras	3,279,238	29.3	144
113	Sierra Leone	3,270,506	45.7	122
114	Laos	3,268,021	14.2	181
115	Puerto Rico	3,168,446	357.3	20
116	New Zealand	3,164,550	12.0	187
117	Paraguay	3,101,728	7.8	196
118	Armenia	3,072,452	108.9	72
119	Libya	2,924,513	1.7	222
120	Uruguay	2,913,946	16.6	175
121	Lebanon	2,848,715	278.5	28
122	Turkmenistan	2,804,142	6.0	206
123	Papua New Guinea	2,772,341	6.1	205
124	Nicaragua	2,687,394	22.4	164
125	Albania	2,617,679	95.5	81
126	Eritrea	2,556,806	25.3	153
127	Togo	2,546,933	46.8	120
128	Latvia	2,514,167	40.4	128
129	Singapore	2,383,500	3360.8	5
130	Central African Republic	2,285,189	3.7	214
131	Costa Rica	2,259,714	44.3	123
132	Jamaica	2,207,245	203.8	38
133	Jordan	2,102,355	23.7	160
134	Panama	1,917,594	25.8	152
135	Liberia	1,804,474	18.7	168
136	Slovenia	1,772,854	88.0	86
137	Macedonia	1,768,203	69.5	105
138	Congo (Brazzaville)	1,628,786	4.8	210
139	Mongolia	1,617,200	1.0	226
140	Mauritania	1,513,703	1.5	223
141	Kosovo	1,490,930	136.9	59
142	Estonia	1,472,244	34.7	137
143	Lesotho	1,323,034	43.6	124
144	Kuwait	1,291,514	72.5	99
145	Oman	1,125,262	3.6	216
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,073,027	209.2	37
147	Namibia	1,027,780	1.2	225
148	Mauritius	946,640	466.3	15
149	West Bank	885,722	157.0	52
150	United Arab Emirates	884,040	10.6	189
151	Botswana	862,602	1.5	223
152	Guinea-Bissau	771,376	27.4	150
153	Guyana	757,400	3.8	213
154	Gabon	728,800	2.8	217
155	The Gambia	634,079	62.7	109
156	Cyprus	623,537	67.5	106
157	Fiji	622,328	34.1	140
158	Swaziland	588,291	34.2	139
159	Timor-Leste	581,046	39.1	131
160	Montenegro	571,018	42.4	126
161	Gaza Strip	443,480	1231.9	6
162	Bhutan	430,518	11.2	188
163	Luxembourg	363,000	140.4	57
164	Suriname	362,861	2.3	219
165	Malta	346,876	1097.7	7
166	Bahrain	336,070	442.2	16
167	Comoros	329,105	147.3	55
168	Djibouti	298,958	12.9	185
169	Cabo Verde	292,635	72.6	98
170	Macau	251,368	8913.8	2
171	Barbados	251,145	584.1	12
172	Iceland	225,749	2.3	219
173	Solomon Islands	222,917	8.0	194
174	Equatorial Guinea	221,299	7.9	195
175	Qatar	214,409	18.5	170
176	The Bahamas	206,150	20.6	165
177	Brunei	178,899	34.0	141
178	Samoa	157,213	55.7	114
179	Maldives	148,752	499.2	14
180	Curacao	147,851	333.0	22
181	French Polynesia	146,463	38.3	132
182	Belize	145,205	6.4	203
183	New Caledonia	138,800	7.6	200
184	Saint Lucia	120,396	198.7	40
185	Vanuatu	113,399	9.3	191
186	Western Sahara	109,402	0.4	227
187	Guam	103,941	191.4	43
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	97,012	249.4	31
189	U.S. Virgin Islands	96,183	276.4	29
190	Sao Tome and Principe	91,804	95.2	82
191	Tonga	91,686	127.9	62
192	Grenada	91,354	265.6	30
193	Jersey	74,852	645.3	10
194	Federated States of Micronesia	74,774	106.5	73
195	Dominica	74,238	98.9	78
196	Antigua and Barbuda	68,519	154.8	53
197	Seychelles	63,191	138.9	58
198	Isle of Man	63,170	110.4	71
199	Aruba	59,420	330.1	23
200	Kiribati	56,625	69.8	104
201	Bermuda	54,516	1009.6	8
202	Guernsey	53,422	684.9	9
203	Greenland	49,555	0.0	228
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,817	167.9	46
205	Faroe Islands	43,045	30.9	142
206	American Samoa	31,964	161.4	48
207	Andorra	31,274	66.8	107
208	Marshall Islands	29,778	164.5	47
209	Gibraltar	28,870	4441.5	4
210	Monaco	26,260	13130.0	1
211	Liechtenstein	24,741	154.6	54
212	San Marino	21,170	347.0	21
213	Cook Islands	18,442	78.1	94
214	Northern Mariana Islands	16,497	35.0	136
215	Cayman Islands	16,163	61.2	110
216	Palau	13,215	28.8	146
217	Montserrat	11,592	113.6	68
218	Sint Maarten	10,932	321.5	25
219	British Virgin Islands	10,903	72.2	100
220	Wallis and Futuna	10,200	71.8	102
221	Nauru	7,571	360.5	19
222	Tuvalu	7,366	283.3	27
223	Saint Martin	7,303	134.2	60
224	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,254	7.7	198
225	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	6,948	22.6	162
226	Anguilla	6,473	71.1	103
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,967	24.7	157
228	Saint Barthelemy	2,833	113.3	69

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