Data for 1968

Total Population, 1968

Name: Total Population, 1968
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1968, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1968 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 781,011,025; Vatican City is lowest, at 769. The middle country reads 2,754,187. Against 1967, 222 values changed (210 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1968

HighestChina

781,011,025

LowestVatican City

769

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

222countries
1measure
1968the 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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	781,011,025
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	522,716,889
3	United States`USA`Northern America	203,011,019
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	129,065,041
5	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	109,450,006
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	104,237,471
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	90,741,240
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77,321,279
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	65,408,276
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	56,810,507
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	55,240,645
12	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	53,432,783
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52,712,156
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	49,947,251
15	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47,668,303
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46,614,325
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39,734,609
18	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35,638,342
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34,921,684
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34,002,560
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33,170,120
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32,998,319
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32,078,388
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31,175,290
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	27,437,391
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	26,337,930
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	25,989,662
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	23,150,583
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20,957,287
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20,734,172
31	Colombia`COL`South America	19,766,796
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,361,055
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19,012,189
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14,365,596
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14,347,899
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	14,215,585
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13,172,614
38	Peru`PER`South America	12,803,993
39	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12,740,845
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12,602,076
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12,030,013
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11,906,266
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11,879,182
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11,736,088
45	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11,032,155
46	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10,917,999
47	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10,756,922
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10,697,530
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,518,823
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,244,544
51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,775,113
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9,725,281
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9,708,632
54	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,549,700
55	Chile`CHL`South America	9,514,716
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9,085,016
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,891,328
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,809,704
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,717,917
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8,509,522
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,475,729
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,370,638
63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,912,128
64	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7,892,613
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,414,623
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,214,020
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	6,690,524
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6,467,324
69	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6,306,493
70	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6,125,863
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,082,979
72	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,067,657
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,978,742
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,799,680
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,702,699
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,418,644
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,118,111
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,990,021
79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,976,483
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4,900,440
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,879,899
82	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,864,796
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,663,584
84	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,627,346
85	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,466,440
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4,465,328
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,423,828
88	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,411,054
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,403,637
90	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,388,944
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,207,587
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,157,189
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4,118,550
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,065,593
95	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,816,088
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,744,010
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,698,794
98	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,578,231
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,547,082
100	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3,546,590
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,480,773
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,380,387
103	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,321,528
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,282,711
105	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,070,265
106	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,065,327
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,934,257
108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,922,794
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,862,894
110	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,754,606
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,754,526
112	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,753,848
113	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,665,785
114	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,645,470
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,611,532
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,593,057
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,546,377
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,390,803
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,367,319
120	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,317,284
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,282,391
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,275,836
123	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,266,368
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,083,069
125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,068,841
126	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,010,092
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,005,100
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,953,523
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,952,781
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,833,765
131	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,739,731
132	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,716,926
133	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,608,930
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,429,447
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,393,530
136	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,372,460
137	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,334,299
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,316,519
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,229,930
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,214,208
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,181,737
142	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,121,742
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,034,739
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	969,006
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	948,105
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	799,280
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	715,542
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	687,716
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	676,160
150	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	635,157
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	628,798
152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	583,966
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	578,170
154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	572,257
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	533,875
156	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	519,308
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	510,002
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	495,269
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	419,147
160	Suriname`SUR`South America	354,616
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	337,007
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	323,512
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	318,849
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	288,311
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	270,164
166	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	257,933
167	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	248,540
168	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	230,244
169	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	219,337
170	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	201,504
171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	199,416
172	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	170,089
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	168,282
174	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	147,796
175	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	136,020
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	128,250
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	126,222
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	116,075
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	114,713
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	106,353
181	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	101,441
182	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	100,675
183	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	98,078
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	94,123
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	91,749
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	84,563
187	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	81,353
188	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	81,314
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	74,765
190	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	66,732
191	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	62,809
192	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	59,069
193	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57,829
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	55,529
195	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	55,457
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	52,891
197	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	51,885
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	50,404
199	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,245
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	42,781
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	37,560
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	25,614
203	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	25,578
204	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	23,437
205	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	20,081
206	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	19,862
207	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	19,693
208	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	17,861
209	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	17,176
210	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,439
211	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	11,080
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	10,468
213	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	9,971
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	9,000
215	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	6,328
216	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6,183
217	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	5,693
218	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,656
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,624
220	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5,500
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	5,211
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	769

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China781,011,025
2India522,716,889
3United States203,011,019
4Russia129,065,041
5Indonesia109,450,006

Lowest

222Vatican City769
221Niue5,211
220Sint Maarten5,500
219Tuvalu5,624
218Turks and Caicos Islands5,656

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,754,187. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
210 · 12rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China761,026,026 → 781,011,025+19,984,999
India511,606,372 → 522,716,889+11,110,517
Indonesia106,526,393 → 109,450,006+2,923,613
United States200,699,911 → 203,011,019+2,311,108
Brazil88,446,124 → 90,741,240+2,295,116

Fell most

Hong Kong3,474,128 → 3,065,327−408,801
Portugal8,845,842 → 8,809,704−36,138
Palestine1,135,820 → 1,121,742−14,078
Macau260,423 → 257,933−2,490
Saint Kitts and Nevis48,605 → 47,245−1,360

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 1968.
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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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UN DESA Population Division (1968). Total Population, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1968

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