Data for 1952

Total Population, 1952

Name: Total Population, 1952
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1952 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 565,131,438; Vatican City is lowest, at 892. The middle country reads 1,973,641. Against 1951, 222 values changed (215 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1952

HighestChina

565,131,438

LowestVatican City

892

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

222countries
1measure
1952the 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, 1952, 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, 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	565,131,438
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	361,874,903
3	United States`USA`Northern America	158,794,222
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	106,326,382
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	89,135,132
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71,876,432
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69,826,953
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	56,694,872
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	50,496,234
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47,018,179
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	42,893,011
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	42,780,273
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38,716,202
14	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	38,306,709
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37,376,999
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29,090,173
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28,406,041
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26,143,917
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	25,672,460
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22,290,092
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22,104,945
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21,527,582
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20,328,752
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	20,229,879
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	18,418,009
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18,326,173
27	Argentina`ARG`South America	17,698,877
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17,344,433
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16,846,047
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	14,482,799
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13,595,543
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	12,803,639
33	Colombia`COL`South America	12,405,842
34	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10,382,295
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10,253,642
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9,521,207
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,503,927
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9,394,879
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,077,205
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,747,294
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8,696,639
42	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8,630,704
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,523,424
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	8,148,990
45	Peru`PER`South America	8,116,663
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8,111,560
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8,009,079
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7,987,783
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7,775,542
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,361,952
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,264,607
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	7,258,809
53	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,124,672
54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,927,252
55	Chile`CHL`South America	6,891,989
56	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6,568,609
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6,536,524
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6,422,846
59	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6,162,175
60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,127,270
61	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,077,040
62	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,050,759
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6,033,294
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5,981,380
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5,913,007
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5,387,497
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,836,363
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,811,612
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,758,172
70	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,651,688
71	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,577,961
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,464,716
73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,332,233
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,310,351
75	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4,160,835
76	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,090,834
77	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3,957,414
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,765,243
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,758,185
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,702,399
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3,591,860
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,586,784
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,366,262
84	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,327,838
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,261,652
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,247,001
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,187,537
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,111,681
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,059,378
90	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,972,903
91	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,941,463
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,885,711
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,774,682
94	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,771,888
95	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,686,999
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,619,778
97	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,616,313
98	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,569,209
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,525,048
100	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,486,410
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,467,251
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,355,804
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,340,249
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,316,510
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,287,952
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,285,775
107	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,281,108
108	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,263,654
109	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,164,798
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,047,200
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,997,747
112	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,949,535
113	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,826,509
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,824,591
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,766,179
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,645,832
117	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,645,583
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,609,537
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,572,605
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,484,824
121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,481,343
122	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,479,662
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,454,107
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,449,924
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,427,085
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,414,216
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,409,021
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,320,535
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,308,360
130	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,294,530
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,162,479
132	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,129,876
133	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,126,090
134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	991,793
135	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	962,306
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	954,976
137	Panama`PAN`Central America	904,450
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	872,682
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	840,340
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	811,020
141	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	807,086
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	684,804
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	683,432
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	601,947
145	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	557,176
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	553,912
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	526,634
148	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	508,690
149	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	506,445
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	478,589
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	468,820
152	Guyana`GUY`South America	441,245
153	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	433,711
154	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	422,422
155	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	418,900
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	323,365
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	322,638
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	304,908
159	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	299,901
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	285,630
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	234,684
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	216,506
163	Suriname`SUR`South America	206,352
164	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	200,401
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	189,432
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	179,380
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	168,976
168	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	163,157
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	147,762
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	124,448
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	113,488
172	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	107,174
173	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	94,415
174	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	92,701
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	86,163
176	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	84,761
177	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	78,934
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	77,063
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	73,344
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	67,612
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	66,355
182	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65,732
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	65,183
184	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62,593
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	61,882
186	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	54,642
187	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	54,233
188	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53,261
189	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	52,358
190	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	50,837
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	49,389
192	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	47,397
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	45,029
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	39,426
195	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	38,989
196	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	38,334
197	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	33,930
198	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	32,016
199	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	28,195
200	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25,887
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	24,174
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	21,470
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	20,558
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	19,553
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,339
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	14,227
207	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13,279
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	13,215
209	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	12,755
210	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	7,815
211	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7,380
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	7,329
213	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	7,258
214	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5,455
215	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,369
216	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,050
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,016
218	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,558
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	3,607
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	3,232
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	1,648
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	892

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China565,131,438
2India361,874,903
3United States158,794,222
4Russia106,326,382
5Japan89,135,132

Lowest

222Vatican City892
221Sint Maarten1,648
220Saint Martin3,232
219Nauru3,607
218Niue4,558

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,973,641. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
215 · 7rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China553,758,247 → 565,131,438+11,373,191
India353,870,057 → 361,874,903+8,004,846
United States156,481,323 → 158,794,222+2,312,899
Brazil55,018,851 → 56,694,872+1,676,021
Indonesia70,286,303 → 71,876,432+1,590,129

Fell most

North Korea10,583,568 → 10,253,642−329,926
Austria6,930,484 → 6,927,252−3,232
Isle of Man55,066 → 54,642−424
Andorra5,819 → 5,455−364
Montserrat12,845 → 12,755−90

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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

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Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1952.
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UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1952). Total Population, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1952

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