World Population by Country in 1952

In 1952, the world reached a total population of 2,590,270,898 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 564,954,522 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 372,997,188 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 892 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1952 was Asia with a total population of 1,435,002,763 people, closely followed by Europe with a population of 559,609,904, and Africa with a population of 237,586,060 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 693,928,216 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 495,788,961, and South-Eastern Asia with 172,969,387 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 1,760,277,798 people. While the lowest population for 1952 was found in No income group available with a population of 6,060,530 people in that segment.