World Population by Country in 1954

In 1954, the world reached a total population of 2,691,979,339 and ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina was the most populous country that year, with a total of 589,936,004 people. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia, with the second largest population globally of 389,731,406 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See with only 904 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1954 was Asia with a total population of 1,498,736,595 people, closely followed by Europe with a population of 570,670,994, and Africa with a population of 248,244,771 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 722,975,332 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 517,494,378, and South-Eastern Asia with 182,123,316 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 1,839,439,904 people. While the lowest population for 1954 was found in No income group available with a population of 6,575,596 people in that segment.

Countries with the Largest Population in 1954

Country Population Overall Population Change +/-
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 589,936,004 13,256,338
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 389,731,406 8,727,152
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 158,205,873 2,914,512
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 109,221,068 1,742,267
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 89,093,019 1,010,303
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 75,925,325 1,769,203
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 71,020,731 177,634
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 60,827,590 1,839,227
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 50,969,939 235,208
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 47,833,768 299,370
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 43,282,032 1,001,874
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 43,225,644 367,299
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 40,224,090 766,292
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 40,082,479 745,346
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 39,287,994 541,548
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 30,616,896 817,430
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 28,862,377 229,015
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 27,507,453 756,568
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 26,630,354 454,883
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 23,267,962 553,302
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 23,241,217 595,215
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 22,569,794 590,215
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 22,025,355 978,098
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 21,432,886 617,541
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 19,292,149 405,699
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 19,126,425 388,443
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 18,434,881 428,733
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 18,369,249 336,103
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 17,250,994 208,877
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 15,323,202 425,481
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 14,255,876 330,137
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 13,349,701 283,163
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 13,130,649 373,298
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 10,631,383 135,766
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 10,206,242 126,497
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 10,011,541 230,094
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 9,963,626 273,008
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 9,704,520 121,330
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 9,220,466 66,747
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 9,110,777 174,524
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 9,003,370 192,802
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 8,897,776 328,064
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 8,787,230 48,613
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 8,619,174 44,018
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 8,583,400 238,343
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 8,575,075 171,410
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 8,490,322 230,666
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 8,052,760 93,164
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 7,927,674 42,053
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 7,864,285 103,094
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 7,605,944 248,177
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 7,439,598 76,338
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 7,217,595 45,532
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 7,171,410 150,228
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 6,979,199 209,937
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 6,941,899 192,550
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 6,939,642 8,580
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 6,605,394 175,619
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,490,130 258,918
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 6,426,523 131,604
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 6,419,882 178,902
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 6,371,192 179,257
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 6,290,134 63,596
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 6,252,041 165,202
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 6,237,194 80,028
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 5,706,212 176,274
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 5,010,564 79,862
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 4,950,987 63,516
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 4,938,946 63,519
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 4,850,458 89,813
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 4,814,378 114,948
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 4,592,370 75,685
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 4,417,092 54,481
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 4,394,320 31,142
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 4,358,096 107,545
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 4,187,363 48,687
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 4,011,866 38,421
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 3,915,140 105,616
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 3,894,776 78,311
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 3,886,094 98,929
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 3,727,388 67,742
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 3,689,452 46,417
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 3,480,966 63,337
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 3,477,534 102,514
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 3,462,952 95,945
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 3,458,184 87,855
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 3,394,890 33,098
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,297,544 58,729
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 3,181,965 51,329
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 3,176,123 62,100
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 3,164,517 97,947
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 3,062,944 88,879
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 2,928,430 89,671
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 2,902,780 -15,041
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 2,899,026 59,136
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 2,771,247 74,358
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 2,705,622 50,021
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 2,700,717 88,308
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 2,669,860 28,517
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 2,648,678 45,582
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 2,637,036 75,773
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 2,599,541 76,036
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 2,465,552 63,846
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 2,457,262 79,607
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 2,446,758 48,073
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 2,390,852 56,397
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 2,380,472 107,669
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 2,337,371 21,560
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 2,336,182 29,541
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 2,298,008 12,175
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 2,106,618 28,254
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 2,096,331 45,158
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 2,010,069 22,558
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 1,902,805 40,837
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 1,850,256 42,666
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 1,748,476 55,967
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 1,745,344 50,346
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 1,690,220 43,379
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 1,647,627 37,600
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 1,554,921 47,849
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 1,533,217 21,253
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 1,522,317 23,092
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 1,512,263 43,573
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 1,507,412 55,936
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 1,505,245 16,713
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 1,494,674 44,001
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 1,493,731 24,950
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 1,409,005 43,536
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 1,361,960 18,361
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 1,326,518 35,176
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 1,206,218 59,914
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 1,197,845 23,893
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 1,155,800 12,653
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 1,085,099 38,075
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 991,949 21,310
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 984,729 11,898
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 954,304 25,183
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 912,130 20,795
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 878,538 16,021
๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 856,559 21,080
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 830,702 13,609
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 721,449 21,021
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 721,227 16,938
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 627,130 13,828
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 583,040 13,387
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 580,796 40,250
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 560,612 3,183
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 540,483 6,834
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 525,402 8,541
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 485,694 3,604
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 484,741 7,491
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 467,818 14,953
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 452,263 9,678
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 434,964 6,507
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 432,128 5,141
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 340,240 9,008
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 334,262 8,878
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 317,760 5,962
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 303,508 2,095
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 299,806 7,231
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 289,503 11,653
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 256,147 6,796
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 241,788 3,969
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 236,443 6,056
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 225,309 2,263
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 220,148 6,815
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 198,232 -2,175
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 193,466 1,904
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 191,638 4,245
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 174,805 3,132
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 171,095 4,751
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 154,263 3,520
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 130,895 3,826
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 114,448 2,789
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 111,646 2,941
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 96,136 5,622
๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 95,999 2,017
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 89,352 2,861
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 88,084 339
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 80,982 1,544
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 80,193 1,588
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 77,807 2,164
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 72,240 2,166
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 70,714 2,249
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 69,584 2,234
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 68,614 1,334
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 64,912 1,034
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 64,614 710
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 60,591 3,546
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 59,222 558
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 56,200 1,775
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 55,548 1,185
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 52,877 -566
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 51,505 785
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 51,214 446
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 49,280 980
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 44,869 1,570
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 44,538 226
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 41,112 875
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 39,318 431
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 38,708 419
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 35,751 1,037
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 32,069 52
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 28,854 424
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 27,705 936
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 25,556 714
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 24,762 424
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 22,392 534
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 21,430 101
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 20,270 201
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 19,758 75
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 18,848 1,749
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 15,844 277
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 14,712 228
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 13,916 145
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 13,754 221
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 13,363 351
๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 9,693 -52
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 8,007 231
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 7,934 315
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 7,474 139
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 7,470 58
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 7,382 307
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 5,658 125
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 5,566 531
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 5,321 0
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 5,134 61
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 5,029 83
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 4,684 50
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 4,647 18
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 3,700 98
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 3,426 116
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 2,192 -10
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 2,120 15
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 1,863 102
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 1,614 16
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 904 7

What was the world population in 1954?

In 1954, the world population was 2,691,979,339 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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