Data for 1975

Total Population, 1975

Name: Total Population, 1975
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1975, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1975 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 916,116,793; Vatican City is lowest, at 733. The middle country reads 3,186,677. Against 1974, 221 values changed (206 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1975

HighestChina

916,116,793

LowestVatican City

733

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

222countries
1measure
1975the 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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	916,116,793
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	611,309,535
3	United States`USA`Northern America	219,129,301
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	134,136,098
5	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	131,843,848
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	113,321,196
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	107,619,565
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78,701,865
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	77,854,351
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	69,461,175
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63,410,815
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58,982,400
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56,220,143
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	55,166,045
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	52,746,325
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48,865,229
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46,482,903
18	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42,120,826
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41,053,126
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40,940,005
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38,875,327
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	35,875,743
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	35,795,769
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	33,964,399
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33,802,973
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31,723,252
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	30,176,565
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	25,874,107
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25,690,940
30	Colombia`COL`South America	23,344,644
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23,148,986
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23,021,101
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21,268,070
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17,150,786
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16,971,055
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	16,365,267
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16,138,361
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15,678,596
39	Peru`PER`South America	15,333,957
40	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14,064,798
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13,893,989
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13,870,695
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13,700,843
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13,680,035
45	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13,598,521
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13,548,984
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13,511,671
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	13,215,892
49	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12,773,954
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11,725,240
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,543,639
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11,471,914
53	Chile`CHL`South America	10,671,559
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,515,652
55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10,294,308
56	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,030,774
57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,748,476
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9,540,817
59	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9,479,726
60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,324,281
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9,182,302
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9,016,967
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,723,148
64	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,192,641
65	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8,133,598
66	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	7,739,336
67	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,577,830
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,572,438
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,554,364
70	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7,397,120
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7,118,251
72	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,842,947
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,837,261
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6,776,297
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6,581,371
76	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,338,600
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6,147,569
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,128,731
79	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,098,658
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,839,262
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5,669,260
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5,317,019
83	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5,287,367
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5,170,810
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5,137,539
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5,099,086
87	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,060,400
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5,046,776
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,990,086
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,979,409
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,739,166
92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,711,168
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4,653,876
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4,607,728
95	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4,556,287
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,552,730
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4,438,378
98	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,257,535
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,167,234
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,120,449
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,007,365
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,965,743
103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,836,946
104	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,821,494
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,796,612
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,445,407
107	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,430,425
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,381,363
109	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,318,089
110	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,295,733
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,193,234
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,180,119
113	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,094,032
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3,005,521
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,974,657
116	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,966,106
117	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,872,320
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,816,943
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,814,820
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,743,660
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,693,191
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,691,648
123	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,571,556
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,494,570
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,463,796
126	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,455,771
127	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,454,859
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,313,916
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,268,523
130	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,092,719
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,018,981
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,899,055
133	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,817,598
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,797,972
135	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,732,389
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,670,913
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,627,032
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,488,296
139	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,423,504
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,408,210
141	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,397,686
142	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,279,321
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,277,330
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,213,643
145	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,104,863
146	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,053,469
147	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	888,023
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	881,032
149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	778,864
150	Guyana`GUY`South America	745,393
151	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	720,380
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	662,197
153	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	659,405
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	650,966
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	606,821
156	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	598,158
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	575,906
158	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	557,151
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	542,856
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	507,673
161	Suriname`SUR`South America	391,170
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	365,791
163	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	353,680
164	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	333,450
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	305,847
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	287,901
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	287,692
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	283,243
169	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	251,175
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	223,940
171	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	218,028
172	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	209,908
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	209,886
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	200,744
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	193,087
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	158,070
177	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	155,195
178	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	153,344
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	143,158
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	137,462
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	134,045
182	Belize`BLZ`Central America	130,387
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	110,725
184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100,387
185	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	100,269
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	99,057
187	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	98,126
188	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	93,017
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	86,708
190	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	82,611
191	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71,570
192	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	67,428
193	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	63,839
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	61,218
195	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	60,987
196	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	60,813
197	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	59,959
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	53,129
199	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	49,172
200	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	43,606
201	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	40,568
202	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	29,390
203	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	27,951
204	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	27,773
205	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	26,154
206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	25,500
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	23,198
208	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	19,046
209	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	18,896
210	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	15,065
211	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	13,788
212	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12,655
213	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,409
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	10,606
215	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	9,094
216	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	7,038
217	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	6,987
218	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6,499
219	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	6,463
220	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	6,117
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,229
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	733

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China916,116,793
2India611,309,535
3United States219,129,301
4Russia134,136,098
5Indonesia131,843,848

Lowest

222Vatican City733
221Niue4,229
220Tuvalu6,117
219Turks and Caicos Islands6,463
218Anguilla6,499

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,186,677. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
221values changed, of 222 in both
206 · 15rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

China900,307,582 → 916,116,793+15,809,211
India597,041,391 → 611,309,535+14,268,144
Indonesia128,555,045 → 131,843,848+3,288,803
Brazil105,089,675 → 107,619,565+2,529,890
United States217,076,476 → 219,129,301+2,052,825

Fell most

Germany78,996,693 → 78,701,865−294,828
Cambodia6,783,240 → 6,581,371−201,869
Austria7,597,967 → 7,577,830−20,137
Equatorial Guinea294,953 → 287,901−7,052
United Kingdom56,224,550 → 56,220,143−4,407

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 1975.
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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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1975). Total Population, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1975

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