World Population by Country in 1966

In 1966, the world reached a total population of 3,406,417,036 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 742,948,540 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 510,992,617 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 866 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1966 was Asia with a total population of 1,948,659,178 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 329,658,041, and Europe with a population of 639,264,461 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 905,281,257 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 682,780,745, and South-Eastern Asia with 253,002,495 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 2,397,229,006 people. While the lowest population for 1966 was found in No income group available with a population of 10,136,692 people in that segment.