Annual World Population by Country 1961

In 1961, 🇨🇳China was the most populous country in the world, with a total of 655,260,380 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 456,351,876 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 916 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1961 was Asia with a total population of 1,725,898,864 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 291,177,557, and Europe with a population of 611,711,020 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 606,778,375 people on record. Followed by Eastern Asia with a population of 804,878,360, and South-Eastern Asia with 221,517,910 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 2,127,254,444 people. While the lowest population for 1961 was found in No income group available with a population of 8,556,793 people in that segment.