ESTIMATED AND PROJECTED POPULATION OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES AND NATO COUNTRIES SELECTED YEARS, 1938-80

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1964
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UNCLASSIFIED
ESTIMATED AND PROJECTED POPULATION OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES AND NATO COUNTRIES a April 1964
SELECTED YEARS, 1938-80
Midyear Population in Millions
Prewar
Bound-
aries
Present Boundaries
Country
1938
1938
1945
1950
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1975
1980
Total Communist Countries
801
804
819
863
950
970
990
1,011
1,033
1,01
1,066
1,083
1,101
1,120
1,140
1,160
1,180
1,200
1,221
1,242
1,352
1,476
USSR
168.7
188.5
175.0
180.1
196.1
199.6
203.1
206.8
210.5
214.2
217.9
221.4
224.7
227.8
230.8
233.7
236.5
239.2
241.9
244.6
258.7
274.2
Eastern European Communist Countries
111.3
94.5
89.0
88.5
92.8
93.8
94.4
95.3
95.9
96.8
97.3
98.1
98.8
99.3
100.3
101.0
101.6
102.3
103.2
103.9
108.0
112.5
Bulgaria
6.2
6.7
6.9
7.3
7.5
7.6
7.7
'7.7
7.8
7.9
7.9
8.0
8.1
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.5
8.8
9.1
Czechoslovakia
15.3
14.5
14.2
12.4
13.1
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.7
13.8
13.9
13.9
14.0
14.2
14.3
14.4
14.5
14.6
14.8
15.4
16.1
East Germany
26.1
16.6
17.9
18.4
17.9
17.7
17.5
17.4
17.3
17.2
17.1
17.1
17.2
17.2
17.3
17.3
17.4
17.4
17.5
17.5
17.8
18.1
Hungary
9.2
9.2
9.3
9.3
9.8
9.9
9.8
9.9
9.9
10.0
10.0
10.1
10.1
10.1
10.1
10.2
10.2
10.2
10.3
10.3
10.4
10.6
Poland
34.7
31.9
25.0
24.8
27.2
27.7
28.2
28.7
29.1
29.6
29.9
30.3
30.7
31.0
31.4
31.7
32.0
32.4
32.7
33.1
35.2
37.6
Rumania
19.8
15.6
15.7
16.3
17.3
17.6
17.8
18.1
18.2
18.4
18.6
18.7
18.8
18.9
19.1
19.2
19.3
19.4
19.6
19.7
20.4
21.0
Far Eastern Communist Countries
499
499
533
571
635
650
666
682
699
712
723
735
749
764
779
795
811
827
844
861
951
1,051
Communist China
476
476
510
547
611
626
641
657
673
685
696
707
720
735
749
764
779
795
811
827
913
1,008
North Korea
8.9
8.9
9.2
9.2
8.9
9.3
9.6
9.9
10.3
10.6
11.0
11.3
11.6
12.0
12.3
12.6
13.0
13.4
13.7
14.1
16.2
18.6
North Vietnam
13.7
13.7
14.2
14.7
14.9
15.0
15.2
15.4 ?
15.7
16.0
16.3
16.6
16.9
17.3
17.7
18.1
18.5
18.9
19.4
19.8
22.2
24.8
Other Communist Countries
21.5
22.0
22.2
23.8
25.8
26.3
26.7
26.9
27.4
27.7
28.1
28.3
28.8
29.2
29.7
30.1
30.8
31.1
31.6
32.1
34.7
38.0
Albania
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.6
-1.6
1.7
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.2
2.6
3.2
Cuba
4.4
4.4
5.0
5.5
6.1
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.7
6.7
6.8
6.8
6.9
7.0
7.1
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.7
7.8
8.6
9.5
Mongolia
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.7
Yugoslavia
15.4
15.9
15.3
16.3
17.5
17.7
17.9
18.0
18.2
18.4
18.6
18.8
19.1
19.3
19.6
19.8
20.2
20.3
20.5
20.8
22.1
23.6
Total Communist Countries
801
804
819
863
950
970
990
1,011
1,033
1,051
1,066
1,083
1,101
1,120
1,140
1,160
1,180
1,200
1,221
1,242
1,352
1,476
Total NATO Countries
373
372
392
418
445
451
458
464
470
476
482
489
495
502
508
514
520
527
534
541
577
617
United States
130.0
130.0
140.5
152.3
165.9
168.9
172.0
174.9
177.8
180.7
183.7
186.6
189.4
192.2
195.1
198.2
201.3
204.6
208.0
211.4
230.4
252.1
Other NATO Countries
242.9
242.5
251.0
266.0
279.4
282.3
285.7
288.8
292.1
295.1
298.6
302.7
306.0
309.3
312.5
316.1
319.0
322.6
326.2
329.5
346.6
364.7
Belgium
8.4
8.4
8.3
8.6
8.9
8.9
9.0
9.1
9.1
9.2
9.2
9.2
9.3
9.3
9.3
9.4
9.4
9.5
9.5
9.6
9.8
10.1
Canada
11.5
11.5
12.4
13.7
15.7
16.1
16.7
17.1
17.5
17.9
18.3
18.6
18.9
19.3
19.6
20.0
20.3
20.7
21.1
21.5
23.5
25.6
Denmark
3.8
3.8
4.0
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.6
4.6
4.7
4.7
4.7
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.9
4.9
4.9
5.1
5.2
France
42.0
42.0
39.7
41.7
43.4
43.8
44.3
44.8
45.2
45.7
46.2
47.0
47.7
48.0
48.4
48.7
49.0
49.3
49.7
50.0
51.9
54.0
West Germany
39.8
39.8
43.8
47.8
50.2
50.8
51.4
52.1
52.7
53.2
54.0
54.8
55.4
56.1
56.8
57.5
58.1
58.8
59.4
59.9
62.4
64.4
West Berlin
2.7
2.7
1.7
2.1
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.0
1.8
Greece .
7.2
7.2
7.3
7.6
8.0
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.5
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.8
8.9
9.0
9.1
9.5
9.9
Iceland
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2 .
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
Italy
43.6
43.0
45.0
46.6
48.2
48.5
48.8
49.0
49.4
49.6
49.9
50.2
50.3
50.6
50.9
51.2
51.5
51.8
52.1
52.4
53.9
55.5
Luxembourg
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
. 0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
Netherlands
8.7
8.7
9.3
10.1
10.8
10.9
11.0
11.2
11.3
11.5
11.6
11.8
12.0
12.1
12.2
12.4
12.5
12.6
12.8
12.9
13.5
14.2
Norway
2.9
2.9
3.1
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.9
3.9
4.1
4.3
Portugal
7.5
7.5
8.0
8.4
8.6
8.6
8.7
8.7
8.8
8.8
8.9
9.0
9.0
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.8
10.0
Turkey
16.9
17.1
18.8
20.8
23.9
24.6
25.3
26.0
26.8
27.5
28.3
29.2
30.0
30.9
31.8
32.7
33.6
34.6
35.6
36.6
42.2
48.7
United Kingdom
47.5
47.5
49.2
50.6
51.2
51.4
51.7
51.9
52.2
52.5
52.9
53.4
53.8
54.2
54.5
54.9
55.3
55.7
56.1
56.5
58.4
60.3
Total NATO Countries 373 372 392 418 445 451 458 464 470 476 482 489 495 502 508 514 520 527 534 541 577 617
a Because of rounding, components may not add to the totals shown.
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