World Population by Country in 1971

In 1971, the world reached a total population of 3,770,163,092 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 843,285,424 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 569,999,178 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 750 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1971 was Asia with a total population of 2,196,067,960 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 375,085,855, and Europe with a population of 660,476,010 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the largest populous of 1,019,643,055 people on record. Followed by Southern Asia with a population of 765,409,125, and South-Eastern Asia with 287,196,588 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 2,691,762,146 people. While the lowest population for 1971 was found in No income group available with a population of 11,857,984 people in that segment.