World Population by Country in 1959

In 1959, the world reached a total population of 2,965,950,351 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 652,708,217 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 425,780,669 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 920 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1959 was Asia with a total population of 1,665,271,775 people, closely followed by Americas with a population of 408,077,040, and Africa with a population of 277,271,604 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 570,109,574 people on record. Followed by Eastern Asia with a population of 799,826,973, and South-Eastern Asia with 209,014,111 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries had the largest population with a total of 2,185,242,315 people. While the lowest population for 1959 was found in No income group available with a population of 7,964,139 people in that segment.