Data for 1973

Total Population, 1973

Name: Total Population, 1973
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1973, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1973 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 882,576,946; Vatican City is lowest, at 735. The middle country reads 3,047,947. Against 1972, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1973

HighestChina

882,576,946

LowestVatican City

735

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

222countries
1measure
1973the 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	882,576,946
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	583,465,598
3	United States`USA`Northern America	215,006,551
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	132,475,149
5	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	125,288,515
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	110,614,736
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	102,600,976
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78,966,971
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	73,722,294
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	65,461,912
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60,082,139
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56,188,791
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America	55,667,284
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	54,450,567
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	52,162,210
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48,277,121
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44,409,861
18	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40,294,130
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39,329,533
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38,947,787
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37,102,043
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34,926,524
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	34,625,849
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	33,333,274
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	31,839,838
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30,166,785
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29,026,388
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	25,046,005
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24,294,263
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22,512,227
31	Colombia`COL`South America	22,325,374
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21,827,665
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20,798,323
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16,350,367
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16,326,269
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	15,772,697
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	15,010,101
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14,771,147
39	Peru`PER`South America	14,582,867
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13,518,685
41	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13,453,744
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13,275,239
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13,208,121
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13,060,916
45	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13,049,315
46	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12,831,047
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12,634,835
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12,463,537
49	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12,157,999
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11,144,236
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10,935,621
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10,795,869
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,407,439
54	Chile`CHL`South America	10,340,362
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,906,210
56	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,718,035
57	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9,714,617
58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9,255,328
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,205,712
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,954,242
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,939,237
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,893,400
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,624,800
64	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,137,169
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	7,672,796
66	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,585,105
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,473,514
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	7,288,048
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,060,321
70	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6,996,660
71	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6,739,726
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6,722,033
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,597,106
74	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,388,528
75	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,307,403
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6,184,944
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,911,927
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,831,631
79	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5,720,404
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,537,242
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5,476,609
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5,037,865
83	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,021,756
84	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5,003,938
85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,911,008
86	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,910,200
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4,906,743
88	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4,885,181
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,782,227
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,702,693
91	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,665,914
92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,643,676
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,515,758
94	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4,506,324
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4,345,047
96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4,223,247
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,106,344
98	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,045,592
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,985,909
100	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,960,593
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,938,068
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,887,376
103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,752,623
104	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,627,383
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,611,991
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,283,496
107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,244,870
108	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,236,222
109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,222,290
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,163,044
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,084,434
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,011,459
113	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,978,988
114	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,871,124
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,870,573
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,866,955
117	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,837,133
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,690,629
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,649,278
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,630,860
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,572,935
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,561,102
123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,415,783
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,370,919
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,344,510
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,344,105
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,314,193
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,226,008
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,200,137
130	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,988,343
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,961,219
132	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,784,572
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,778,094
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,743,816
135	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,643,690
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,583,588
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,533,680
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,405,502
139	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,399,341
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,342,669
141	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,331,176
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,203,838
143	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,202,258
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,132,697
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,027,851
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	977,654
147	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	865,144
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	828,928
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	730,138
150	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	721,179
151	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	665,937
152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	652,408
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	633,995
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	592,808
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	582,855
156	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	571,991
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	559,222
158	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	546,262
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	479,038
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	436,399
161	Suriname`SUR`South America	395,772
162	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	349,201
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	341,705
164	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	330,053
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	302,281
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	299,881
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	268,820
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	255,320
169	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	250,324
170	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	250,322
171	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	212,381
172	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	200,791
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	189,774
174	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	178,449
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	161,841
176	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	154,080
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	147,369
178	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	146,516
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	134,952
180	Belize`BLZ`Central America	126,445
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	125,897
182	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	125,585
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	107,498
184	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	98,709
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	98,691
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	94,781
187	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	94,362
188	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	88,805
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	82,798
190	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	75,719
191	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70,585
192	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	64,342
193	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	63,986
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	60,824
195	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	59,435
196	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	58,300
197	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	58,256
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	52,946
199	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	47,977
200	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	43,880
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39,636
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	28,436
203	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,537
204	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	25,072
205	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	24,581
206	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	24,523
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	22,397
208	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	20,188
209	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	18,992
210	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	13,880
211	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12,552
212	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	12,438
213	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,366
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	10,367
215	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	7,917
216	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	6,866
217	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	6,596
218	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6,447
219	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	6,090
220	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,681
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,693
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	735

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China882,576,946
2India583,465,598
3United States215,006,551
4Russia132,475,149
5Indonesia125,288,515

Lowest

222Vatican City735
221Niue4,693
220Tuvalu5,681
219Turks and Caicos Islands6,090
218Anguilla6,447

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,047,947. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 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

China863,677,814 → 882,576,946+18,899,132
India570,482,142 → 583,465,598+12,983,456
Indonesia122,039,841 → 125,288,515+3,248,674
Brazil100,146,797 → 102,600,976+2,454,179
United States212,842,573 → 215,006,551+2,163,978

Fell most

Macau273,181 → 250,324−22,857
Equatorial Guinea309,468 → 302,281−7,187
Burundi3,617,128 → 3,611,991−5,137
Suriname397,413 → 395,772−1,641
Cook Islands20,770 → 20,188−582

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 1973.
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 (1973). Total Population, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1973

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