Annual World Population by Country 1978

In 1978, 🇨🇳China was the most populous country in the world, with a total of 955,138,942 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 666,267,760 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 735 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1978 was Asia with a total population of 2,537,447,498 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 454,462,679, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a population of 346,288,962 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 899,845,846 people on record. Followed by Eastern Asia with a population of 1,149,864,144, and South-Eastern Asia with 338,645,604 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 3,113,382,829 people. While the lowest population for 1978 was found in No income group available with a population of 14,536,131 people in that segment.