World Population by Country in 1951

In 1951, the world reached a total population of 2,536,927,035 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 553,758,247 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 353,870,057 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 886 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1951 was Asia with a total population of 1,394,810,952 people, closely followed by Europe with a population of 553,834,810, and Americas with a population of 342,809,276 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 682,987,444 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 474,054,182, and South-Eastern Asia with 168,486,090 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries had the largest population with a total of 1,830,273,572 people. While the lowest population for 1951 was found in No income group available with a population of 5,810,230 people in that segment.