World Population by Country in 1951

In 1951, the world reached a total population of 2,543,130,380 and ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina was the most populous country that year, with a total of 553,613,988 people. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia, with the second largest population globally of 364,922,360 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See with only 886 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1951 was Asia with a total population of 1,405,643,969 people, closely followed by Europe with a population of 554,559,502, and Africa with a population of 232,483,994 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 680,976,079 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 485,404,839, and South-Eastern Asia with 168,764,208 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries had the largest population with a total of 1,723,274,016 people. While the lowest population for 1951 was found in No income group available with a population of 5,809,938 people in that segment.

Countries with the Largest Population in 1951

Country Population Overall Population Change +/-
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 553,613,988 9,691,054
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 364,922,360 7,968,873
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 150,598,453 2,262,440
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 104,151,680 1,584,174
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 85,683,474 1,267,280
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 71,019,347 1,494,116
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 70,820,042 -60,533
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 55,591,058 1,664,477
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 50,271,904 185,634
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 46,750,760 284,027
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 42,196,657 327,088
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 40,548,590 855,436
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 38,215,785 564,516
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 37,903,171 720,095
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 37,783,286 480,724
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 28,328,015 718,617
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 28,207,080 166,510
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 25,627,533 478,240
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 25,242,274 466,796
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 21,606,363 470,133
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 21,519,610 559,106
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 20,914,570 517,236
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 20,116,892 138,341
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 19,301,117 846,834
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 18,101,144 395,833
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 18,053,722 326,423
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 17,354,612 337,622
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 17,219,627 389,411
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 16,612,734 217,494
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 14,085,724 386,353
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 13,325,058 290,170
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 12,545,791 256,702
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 12,087,058 324,811
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 10,557,970 -508,089
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 10,226,295 132,468
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 9,423,044 80,064
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 9,271,734 249,587
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 9,188,594 245,633
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 8,996,946 79,865
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 8,655,405 35,724
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 8,579,830 181,015
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 8,472,644 50,192
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 8,419,830 228,790
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 8,091,460 150,075
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 7,934,688 313,741
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 7,897,482 221,466
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 7,879,085 -15,714
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 7,834,799 206,634
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 7,766,344 96,808
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 7,571,536 94,351
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 7,228,734 68,431
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 7,068,426 50,713
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 6,930,432 -9,277
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 6,887,970 234,901
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 6,748,673 130,556
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 6,408,801 163,405
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 6,379,716 191,449
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 6,118,736 150,464
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 6,081,261 52,721
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 6,047,906 121,037
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 6,002,280 80,579
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 5,909,819 161,019
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 5,905,774 138,695
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 5,783,972 135,300
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,732,104 245,917
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 5,220,288 148,491
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 4,782,786 71,651
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 4,760,160 64,983
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 4,748,094 61,809
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 4,569,738 92,563
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 4,485,391 106,283
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 4,381,975 66,781
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 4,299,579 31,434
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 4,261,979 49,916
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 4,050,682 97,829
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 4,047,489 35,084
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 3,900,322 33,939
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 3,673,778 68,587
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 3,620,726 79,502
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 3,613,174 95,787
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 3,557,571 41,588
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 3,524,943 64,188
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 3,301,802 55,291
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 3,296,340 31,300
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 3,225,280 68,659
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 3,185,854 88,757
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 3,183,582 94,694
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,136,895 48,584
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 3,032,444 48,730
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 3,001,114 53,387
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 2,924,705 20,556
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 2,881,713 90,915
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 2,814,320 78,033
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 2,738,117 46,293
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 2,659,698 90,127
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 2,589,204 25,299
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 2,561,152 66,210
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 2,560,171 47,245
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 2,526,074 35,869
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 2,455,305 75,284
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 2,430,564 61,900
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 2,384,836 67,319
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 2,303,248 48,690
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 2,280,678 16,422
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 2,276,334 63,196
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 2,256,072 23,357
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 2,250,405 20,635
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 2,232,150 49,658
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 2,227,465 74,055
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 2,075,503 96,617
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 2,026,722 26,160
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 1,952,124 43,192
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 1,944,994 22,416
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 1,787,656 36,546
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 1,725,432 40,517
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 1,602,228 44,954
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 1,582,466 55,385
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 1,574,111 30,726
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 1,539,188 34,791
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 1,458,637 13,661
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 1,456,939 20,544
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 1,448,396 37,557
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 1,424,000 40,000
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 1,421,232 23,149
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 1,388,215 39,184
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 1,369,713 39,332
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 1,337,630 54,565
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 1,289,168 36,957
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 1,282,525 28,140
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 1,237,242 24,386
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 1,142,852 13,462
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 1,116,336 14,025
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 1,048,937 44,570
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 979,748 32,189
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 953,408 9,050
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 933,334 18,008
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 882,710 22,304
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 853,253 18,456
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 834,934 12,972
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 793,053 11,750
๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 789,106 22,339
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 673,322 15,109
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 665,279 17,078
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 590,004 11,038
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 549,480 4,377
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 540,608 15,292
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 520,828 6,097
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 501,274 7,515
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 475,828 2,985
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 469,962 33,256
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 463,718 6,535
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 428,399 11,426
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 422,885 9,511
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 418,330 3,961
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 409,628 8,129
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 314,613 8,048
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 312,840 5,192
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 298,212 1,674
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 298,188 6,342
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 278,562 6,956
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 258,762 9,380
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 237,517 5,681
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 230,172 3,773
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 218,842 5,482
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 215,430 4,450
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 201,001 5,992
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 200,511 940
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 187,255 2,298
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 179,833 3,623
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 165,143 2,949
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 157,764 4,104
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 145,394 2,262
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 120,354 3,254
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 107,119 2,066
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 103,459 2,554
๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 89,907 2,045
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 87,310 214
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 82,895 1,454
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 79,762 5,255
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 77,429 814
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 75,816 1,372
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 71,220 2,286
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 66,350 1,741
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 64,940 1,111
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 64,316 2,020
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 63,405 1,914
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 62,050 1,053
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 61,923 944
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 57,432 587
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 54,432 -479
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 52,432 843
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 51,288 1,500
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 51,092 2,829
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 50,362 191
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 48,362 1,122
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 46,398 952
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 44,343 -409
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 40,231 1,519
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 38,621 786
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 38,300 253
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 37,542 365
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 32,813 905
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 31,849 106
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 27,686 405
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 25,093 833
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 23,697 300
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 23,601 640
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 21,088 138
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 20,966 429
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 19,901 -871
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 19,426 155
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 15,027 301
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 14,267 1,346
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 14,005 234
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 13,316 227
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 13,164 187
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 12,974 -22
๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 8,810 384
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 7,529 90
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 7,364 -9
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 7,127 72
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 7,106 409
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 7,010 41
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 5,827 -468
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 5,275 36
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 5,244 199
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 5,046 -21
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 4,859 104
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 4,559 78
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 4,514 56
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 3,408 109
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 3,095 110
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 2,204 5
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 2,058 35
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 1,579 -7
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,571 104
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 886 6

What was the world population in 1951?

In 1951, the world population was 2,543,130,380 according to data collected by individual countries and compiled by The United Nations.

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The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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