World Population by Country in 1958

In 1958, the world reached a total population of 2,916,108,097 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 643,791,581 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 426,295,763 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 919 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1958 was Asia with a total population of 1,640,462,472 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 271,429,558, and Europe with a population of 593,669,297 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 786,040,229 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 565,895,029, and South-Eastern Asia with 203,576,214 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 2,014,491,178 people. While the lowest population for 1958 was found in No income group available with a population of 7,671,229 people in that segment.