Data for 1969

Total Population, 1969

Name: Total Population, 1969
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1969, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1969 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 802,140,332; Vatican City is lowest, at 753. The middle country reads 2,779,187. Against 1968, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1969

HighestChina

802,140,332

LowestVatican City

753

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

222countries
1measure
1969the 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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	802,140,332
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	533,880,544
3	United States`USA`Northern America	205,300,033
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	129,762,187
5	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	112,517,639
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	105,475,170
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	93,045,777
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77,944,020
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67,294,133
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58,460,939
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	55,456,207
12	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54,631,914
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	53,060,137
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	50,355,295
15	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49,233,194
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	46,976,256
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40,582,096
18	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36,660,799
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35,787,774
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34,973,782
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33,811,615
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33,496,935
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32,322,775
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31,852,761
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	28,273,482
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27,072,571
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	26,585,112
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	23,508,711
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21,614,676
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21,037,618
31	Colombia`COL`South America	20,291,942
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19,701,808
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19,570,445
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14,767,615
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14,734,255
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	14,523,594
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13,475,960
38	Peru`PER`South America	13,166,767
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13,036,700
40	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12,890,636
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12,272,380
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12,167,036
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	12,156,212
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12,013,858
45	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11,403,150
46	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11,298,936
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11,040,280
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11,017,409
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,939,695
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,281,589
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10,014,858
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9,947,597
53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,787,789
54	Chile`CHL`South America	9,680,282
55	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,589,188
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9,403,356
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,954,597
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,754,238
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,747,073
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,690,383
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8,666,640
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,435,276
63	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,066,951
64	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,968,011
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,440,301
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,271,051
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	6,875,859
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6,604,725
69	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6,484,716
70	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6,283,462
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,177,704
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6,175,166
73	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,136,351
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,975,236
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,763,685
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,513,177
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,257,081
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,192,221
79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5,081,774
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5,058,181
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,004,697
82	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,891,799
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,743,028
84	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,624,084
85	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4,549,334
86	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,525,725
87	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,521,184
88	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,495,038
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,488,232
90	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,444,447
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,334,974
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,277,035
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4,198,300
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,197,116
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,861,271
96	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,847,304
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,737,765
98	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,651,113
99	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3,641,015
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,599,990
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,576,485
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,454,590
103	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,417,114
104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,395,521
105	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,365,533
106	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,103,419
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,998,222
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,944,840
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,940,753
110	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,845,273
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,784,399
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,773,974
113	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,754,157
114	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,698,423
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,670,289
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,661,365
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,606,959
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,446,927
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,424,030
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,348,398
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,337,666
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,334,992
123	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,328,159
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,139,024
125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,126,875
126	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,052,157
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,051,515
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,043,416
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,014,293
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,855,127
131	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,789,276
132	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,728,683
133	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,636,345
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,473,100
135	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,470,886
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,429,605
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,356,182
138	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,348,702
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,262,284
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,231,460
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,212,005
142	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,113,086
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,066,754
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	983,202
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	980,706
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	813,741
147	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	749,452
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	736,120
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	690,223
150	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	645,255
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	641,189
152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	587,066
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	583,276
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	581,610
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	543,356
156	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	524,446
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	520,797
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	509,440
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	429,875
160	Suriname`SUR`South America	366,906
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	338,263
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	324,753
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	322,517
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	298,214
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	279,248
166	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	255,306
167	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	249,444
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	239,660
169	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	237,001
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	222,469
171	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	203,377
172	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	177,981
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	172,476
174	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	149,394
175	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	138,233
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	136,078
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	131,446
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	119,564
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	118,040
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	110,111
181	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	104,849
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	103,025
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	101,879
184	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	98,204
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	95,058
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	86,404
187	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	83,755
188	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82,885
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	76,083
190	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	67,934
191	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	63,819
192	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	60,537
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	59,052
194	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	57,145
195	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	56,360
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	54,074
197	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	53,081
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	51,306
199	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	45,731
200	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	44,137
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	37,907
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	26,375
203	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	26,120
204	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	23,831
205	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	21,305
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	20,622
207	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	20,081
208	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	18,555
209	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	18,026
210	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,372
211	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	11,159
212	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	10,165
213	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	9,989
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	9,533
215	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	6,581
216	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6,238
217	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5,948
218	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	5,868
219	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,652
220	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,631
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	5,162
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	753

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China802,140,332
2India533,880,544
3United States205,300,033
4Russia129,762,187
5Indonesia112,517,639

Lowest

222Vatican City753
221Niue5,162
220Tuvalu5,631
219Turks and Caicos Islands5,652
218Saint Martin5,868

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,779,187. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
211 · 11rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China781,011,025 → 802,140,332+21,129,307
India522,716,889 → 533,880,544+11,163,655
Indonesia109,450,006 → 112,517,639+3,067,633
Brazil90,741,240 → 93,045,777+2,304,537
United States203,011,019 → 205,300,033+2,289,014

Fell most

Portugal8,809,704 → 8,754,238−55,466
Palestine1,121,742 → 1,113,086−8,656
Finland4,627,346 → 4,624,084−3,262
Macau257,933 → 255,306−2,627
Saint Kitts and Nevis47,245 → 45,731−1,514

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 1969.
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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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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1969). Total Population, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1969

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