World Population by Country in 1956

In 1956, the world reached a total population of 2,801,002,631 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 616,283,022 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 407,656,597 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 915 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1956 was Asia with a total population of 1,567,477,793 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 259,631,382, and Europe with a population of 581,975,516 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 753,850,662 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 541,043,557, and South-Eastern Asia with 192,327,916 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 1,924,400,104 people. While the lowest population for 1956 was found in No income group available with a population of 7,109,989 people in that segment.