Data for 1964

Total Population, 1964

Name: Total Population, 1964
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1964, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1964 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 704,798,265; Vatican City is lowest, at 922. The middle country reads 2,525,595. Against 1963, 222 values changed (217 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1964

HighestChina

704,798,265

LowestVatican City

922

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

222countries
1measure
1964the 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, 1964, 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, 1964: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	704,798,265
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	479,229,598
3	United States`USA`Northern America	192,819,452
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	125,630,154
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99,890,178
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	98,833,749
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	81,488,595
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	75,313,485
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58,178,374
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	54,009,135
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	51,019,579
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50,799,999
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49,012,016
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	48,319,087
15	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	44,951,156
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41,772,049
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36,201,563
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31,741,586
19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	31,643,032
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31,543,072
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30,993,135
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30,232,141
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29,858,922
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28,744,977
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24,262,859
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23,737,315
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	23,666,548
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	21,769,453
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19,321,666
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18,655,401
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18,511,361
32	Colombia`COL`South America	17,637,411
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16,955,327
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12,898,886
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	12,889,770
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	12,706,674
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12,179,813
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12,131,885
39	Peru`PER`South America	11,427,978
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11,128,251
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11,127,826
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,946,392
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10,690,309
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	10,653,397
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,114,371
46	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9,814,318
47	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,668,746
48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9,557,611
49	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9,531,109
50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9,377,712
51	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,337,684
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8,973,535
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,895,763
54	Chile`CHL`South America	8,842,525
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8,828,406
56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,602,838
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8,586,363
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,504,002
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,140,084
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7,929,566
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,866,020
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7,695,739
63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,661,191
64	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,255,061
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,223,395
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,968,213
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	6,048,006
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,946,178
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,789,149
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,730,125
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5,669,863
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5,578,257
73	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,464,187
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,269,087
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,149,918
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,071,034
77	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,721,891
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,571,109
79	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,549,087
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,503,654
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,489,869
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,358,324
83	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,323,292
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4,320,006
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,317,757
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,273,952
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4,146,244
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,022,996
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,997,305
90	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,935,814
91	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,819,722
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,740,535
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,698,559
94	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,694,320
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,577,017
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,513,441
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,334,834
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,330,238
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,307,479
100	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3,192,796
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,136,028
102	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,129,918
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,111,883
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,055,650
105	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,928,854
106	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,857,166
107	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,821,968
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,704,003
109	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,653,180
110	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,588,769
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,532,151
112	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,519,039
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,424,390
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,411,260
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,322,826
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,309,855
117	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,231,855
118	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,229,758
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,188,325
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,120,135
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,073,119
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,030,543
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,010,176
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,859,997
125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,841,441
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,839,583
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,821,466
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,799,410
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,753,691
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,745,568
131	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,661,346
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,533,960
133	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,510,900
134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,278,340
135	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,270,065
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,258,745
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,174,816
138	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,140,669
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,100,234
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,090,270
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,071,287
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,035,640
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	918,955
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	912,963
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	829,437
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	736,537
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	644,530
148	Guyana`GUY`South America	621,764
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	612,521
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	588,543
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	572,577
152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	566,266
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	538,657
154	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	498,659
155	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	496,930
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	473,115
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	458,324
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	443,687
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	378,656
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	328,788
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	326,233
162	Suriname`SUR`South America	309,041
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	291,942
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	252,987
165	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	239,958
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	237,006
167	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	225,655
168	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	211,644
169	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	193,816
170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	189,026
171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	159,692
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	153,085
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	141,528
174	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	140,530
175	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	124,894
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	105,922
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	103,198
178	Belize`BLZ`Central America	101,603
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	100,662
180	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	97,760
181	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	96,505
182	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	92,823
183	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	90,602
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	89,749
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	77,008
186	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	73,879
187	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	72,219
188	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	70,865
189	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	62,587
190	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	59,020
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	57,619
192	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56,867
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	52,326
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52,088
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	49,625
196	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	49,181
197	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47,140
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	46,410
199	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	44,839
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	37,209
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	35,847
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	23,315
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	22,686
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	22,673
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	18,585
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	18,145
207	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16,977
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	16,852
209	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12,764
210	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,725
211	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10,292
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	9,925
213	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	9,166
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8,168
215	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,970
216	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,752
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,657
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5,515
219	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	5,126
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	4,827
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	3,922
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	922

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China704,798,265
2India479,229,598
3United States192,819,452
4Russia125,630,154
5Japan99,890,178

Lowest

222Vatican City922
221Sint Maarten3,922
220Saint Martin4,827
219Niue5,126
218Nauru5,515

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,525,595. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
217 · 5rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China684,552,645 → 704,798,265+20,245,620
India468,138,575 → 479,229,598+11,091,023
United States189,825,226 → 192,819,452+2,994,226
Indonesia96,051,424 → 98,833,749+2,782,325
Brazil79,164,235 → 81,488,595+2,324,360

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau594,418 → 588,543−5,875
Portugal8,898,302 → 8,895,763−2,539
Saint Kitts and Nevis53,441 → 52,326−1,115
Malta329,805 → 328,788−1,017
Montserrat11,804 → 11,725−79

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 1964.
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 (1964). Total Population, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1964

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