Data for 1963

Total Population, 1963

Name: Total Population, 1963
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1963, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1963 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 684,552,645; Vatican City is lowest, at 918. The middle country reads 2,464,909. Against 1962, 222 values changed (218 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1963

HighestChina

684,552,645

LowestVatican City

918

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1963the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 1963, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Population, 1963: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	684,552,645
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	468,138,575
3	United States`USA`Northern America	189,825,226
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	124,449,753
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	98,958,231
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	96,051,424
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	79,164,235
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	74,698,010
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56,504,402
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	53,652,936
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50,570,976
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49,447,776
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	47,973,575
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	47,817,824
15	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44,462,372
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	40,424,065
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35,249,101
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31,379,827
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30,726,841
20	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	30,674,731
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30,674,020
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	29,342,322
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29,091,869
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28,145,540
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23,519,005
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23,213,408
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	23,051,637
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	21,421,705
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,964,262
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18,587,430
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17,954,564
32	Colombia`COL`South America	17,113,823
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16,507,599
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12,577,502
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	12,567,057
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	12,285,722
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11,982,118
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11,969,156
39	Peru`PER`South America	11,102,099
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10,913,265
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	10,799,528
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,729,818
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	10,395,040
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10,377,466
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,083,841
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,627,331
47	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9,604,487
48	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,275,197
49	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,218,077
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9,202,246
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9,064,021
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,898,302
53	Chile`CHL`South America	8,670,144
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8,627,971
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8,602,160
56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,517,704
57	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,488,375
58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8,333,663
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,073,731
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,701,660
61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7,667,928
62	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,604,199
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7,514,714
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,175,493
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,109,828
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,904,162
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5,911,135
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,823,010
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,694,165
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,646,605
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5,525,185
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5,456,623
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,408,320
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,110,467
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,001,716
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,993,623
77	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,684,266
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,523,899
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,440,264
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,427,131
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,372,048
82	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,287,266
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,282,793
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,278,462
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4,185,877
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,112,061
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4,073,068
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,938,913
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,900,506
90	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,823,873
91	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,750,954
92	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,666,498
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,635,876
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,588,287
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,465,907
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,461,942
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,271,788
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,258,890
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,240,905
100	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3,110,361
101	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,072,669
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,028,679
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,969,841
104	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,891,072
105	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,843,034
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,719,341
107	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,662,601
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,652,908
109	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,623,766
110	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,538,115
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,480,576
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,449,242
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,382,258
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,331,736
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,271,061
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,244,878
117	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,205,801
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,141,376
119	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,135,041
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,056,023
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,021,909
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,970,316
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,950,159
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,804,272
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,803,063
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,791,285
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,771,513
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,765,072
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,721,099
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,690,457
131	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,647,437
132	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,488,737
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,481,604
134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,263,756
135	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,232,124
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,227,414
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,143,263
138	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,127,468
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,071,362
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,062,737
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,045,092
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	984,714
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	896,804
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	893,423
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	805,373
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	720,351
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	629,589
148	Guyana`GUY`South America	608,537
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	607,252
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	594,418
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	560,827
152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	552,966
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	531,452
154	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	490,788
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	490,564
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	444,276
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	431,757
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	427,694
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	369,759
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	329,805
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	322,848
162	Suriname`SUR`South America	297,034
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	285,965
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	245,156
165	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	237,557
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	229,373
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	208,185
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	186,501
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	185,643
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	182,135
171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	152,211
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	149,589
173	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	138,524
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	135,087
175	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	121,764
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	101,159
177	Belize`BLZ`Central America	98,704
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98,222
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	97,872
180	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	97,195
181	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	95,519
182	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	89,737
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	88,523
184	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	88,050
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	75,095
186	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	71,885
187	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70,159
188	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	70,112
189	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	61,739
190	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	58,138
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	57,002
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	53,441
193	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	50,791
194	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50,380
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	49,151
196	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	47,744
197	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	46,075
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	45,340
199	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	41,437
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	35,904
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35,391
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	22,753
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	22,385
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	21,966
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	18,422
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	17,700
207	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16,580
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	16,302
209	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11,915
210	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,804
211	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10,037
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	9,595
213	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	8,970
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8,114
215	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,923
216	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,751
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,647
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5,226
219	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	5,030
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	4,673
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	3,584
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	918

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China684,552,645
2India468,138,575
3United States189,825,226
4Russia124,449,753
5Japan98,958,231

Lowest

222Vatican City918
221Sint Maarten3,584
220Saint Martin4,673
219Niue5,030
218Nauru5,226

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,464,909. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
218 · 4rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China665,073,691 → 684,552,645+19,478,954
India457,283,090 → 468,138,575+10,855,485
United States186,724,272 → 189,825,226+3,100,954
Indonesia93,375,850 → 96,051,424+2,675,574
Brazil76,865,323 → 79,164,235+2,298,912

Fell most

Hong Kong2,889,084 → 2,662,601−226,483
Saint Kitts and Nevis54,461 → 53,441−1,020
Malta330,488 → 329,805−683
Montserrat11,883 → 11,804−79

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1963.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1963). Total Population, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1963

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