Annual World Population by Country 1955

In 1955, 🇨🇳China was the most populous country in the world, with a total of 603,320,147 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 398,577,992 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 911 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1955 was Asia with a total population of 1,532,902,816 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 253,847,728, and Europe with a population of 576,304,974 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 738,606,409 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 529,074,822, and South-Eastern Asia with 187,109,195 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 1,881,568,077 people. While the lowest population for 1955 was found in No income group available with a population of 6,839,994 people in that segment.