Data for 1950

Total Population, 1950

Name: Total Population, 1950
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1950 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 544,044,358; Vatican City is lowest, at 880. The middle country reads 1,914,992.

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Total Population · Data for 1950

HighestChina

544,044,358

LowestVatican City

880

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1950the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 1950, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Population, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	544,044,358
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	346,278,821
3	United States`USA`Northern America	154,202,680
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	103,392,360
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	86,443,277
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69,847,782
7	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	68,799,025
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	53,408,551
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	50,121,017
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	46,391,673
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	41,883,119
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	41,206,856
13	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	37,310,887
14	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37,283,010
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35,849,260
16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28,077,049
17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27,587,939
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25,100,738
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	24,780,161
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21,148,164
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21,021,140
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20,428,402
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	19,757,321
24	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18,849,528
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17,737,117
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	17,670,412
27	Argentina`ARG`South America	17,018,036
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16,510,553
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16,397,279
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13,741,747
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13,038,491
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	12,294,287
33	Colombia`COL`South America	11,766,988
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11,116,736
35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10,113,757
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,337,880
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9,018,426
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8,935,450
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8,916,711
40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8,617,441
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,418,877
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,396,603
43	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8,176,750
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7,811,047
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7,776,176
46	Peru`PER`South America	7,677,414
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7,651,079
48	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,625,155
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	7,596,530
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,248,511
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,127,595
52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,016,565
53	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,936,449
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6,787,149
55	Chile`CHL`South America	6,628,577
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6,239,904
57	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6,189,910
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6,098,283
59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,009,201
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5,924,511
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5,910,225
62	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5,769,185
63	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5,750,913
64	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5,653,350
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5,488,850
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5,080,664
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,696,911
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,692,641
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,616,780
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,551,869
71	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,375,257
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,330,084
73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,268,404
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,213,152
75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,008,407
76	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,956,073
77	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,864,990
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,612,081
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,608,985
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,516,791
81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,497,441
82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3,465,747
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,265,707
84	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,265,191
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,131,972
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,097,198
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,089,969
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,013,177
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,950,300
90	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,912,654
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,790,905
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,735,180
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,690,410
94	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,597,810
95	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,555,369
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,528,360
97	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,525,454
98	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,493,283
99	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,432,995
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,379,894
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,321,302
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,254,938
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,250,476
104	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,234,412
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,229,089
106	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,213,131
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,183,506
108	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,157,097
109	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,999,623
110	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,978,342
111	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,918,720
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,911,263
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,751,139
114	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,703,271
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,684,550
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,558,938
117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,543,429
118	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,528,308
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,504,344
120	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,446,358
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,438,057
122	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,407,206
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,399,600
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,382,895
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,349,350
126	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,331,439
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,289,236
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,269,180
129	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,248,683
130	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,247,851
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,131,460
132	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,102,042
133	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,013,313
134	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	944,624
135	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	926,758
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	918,902
137	Panama`PAN`Central America	860,850
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	835,261
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	814,866
140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	781,688
141	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	778,481
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	657,715
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	648,774
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	579,551
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	543,627
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	525,558
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	514,591
148	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	493,871
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	472,842
150	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	456,988
151	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	438,802
152	Guyana`GUY`South America	418,038
153	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	414,762
154	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	413,697
155	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	402,512
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	309,514
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	306,736
158	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	296,570
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	294,680
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	271,655
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	226,563
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	209,917
163	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	196,654
164	Suriname`SUR`South America	195,565
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	184,972
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	169,982
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	161,938
168	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	153,958
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	142,667
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	117,263
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	108,634
172	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	101,770
173	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	92,991
174	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	88,281
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	83,487
176	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	77,261
177	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74,512
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	74,448
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69,073
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	64,343
181	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	63,790
182	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	62,331
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	61,663
184	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60,874
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	60,776
186	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	55,089
187	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	51,541
188	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	50,196
189	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	49,660
190	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	48,297
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47,232
192	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	45,444
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	42,738
194	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	38,284
195	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	37,846
196	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	37,214
197	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	32,106
198	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	31,664
199	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	27,081
200	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	24,283
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	23,209
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	21,656
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	19,666
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	19,043
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	14,693
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	13,764
207	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	12,996
208	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	12,947
209	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	12,944
210	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	7,474
211	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7,372
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	7,111
213	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	7,002
214	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5,996
215	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,038
216	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,002
217	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	4,765
218	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,497
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	3,407
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	2,984
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	1,450
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	880

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China544,044,358
2India346,278,821
3United States154,202,680
4Russia103,392,360
5Japan86,443,277

Lowest

222Vatican City880
221Sint Maarten1,450
220Saint Martin2,984
219Nauru3,407
218Niue4,497

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,914,992. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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UN DESA Population Division (1950). Total Population, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1950

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