Data for 1954

Total Population, 1954

Name: Total Population, 1954
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1954, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1954 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 590,113,858; Vatican City is lowest, at 905. The middle country reads 2,038,550. Against 1953, 222 values changed (217 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1954

HighestChina

590,113,858

LowestVatican City

905

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

222countries
1measure
1954the 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, 1954, 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, 1954: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	590,113,858
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	378,687,138
3	United States`USA`Northern America	163,636,309
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	109,463,239
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	91,407,673
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	75,367,369
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70,104,621
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	60,235,122
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	50,958,249
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47,832,235
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	44,741,296
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	43,676,898
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	40,176,323
14	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	39,320,035
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39,137,060
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30,753,005
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28,857,828
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	27,427,909
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	26,590,474
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23,636,109
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23,212,560
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22,713,338
23	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21,982,503
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21,415,573
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19,156,655
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	19,038,035
27	Argentina`ARG`South America	18,381,213
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18,226,199
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17,266,663
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,318,987
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14,203,779
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13,343,031
33	Colombia`COL`South America	13,100,839
34	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10,615,735
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10,242,801
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10,014,381
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9,893,315
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,704,585
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,221,190
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,087,775
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8,999,383
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8,788,382
43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	8,767,773
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,616,960
45	Peru`PER`South America	8,579,310
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8,445,935
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8,424,785
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8,207,950
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7,910,867
50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	7,742,030
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,476,269
52	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,448,889
53	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,213,458
54	Chile`CHL`South America	7,180,569
55	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6,969,636
56	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,939,891
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6,869,808
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6,772,378
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	6,492,813
60	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,428,378
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6,412,849
62	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6,348,141
63	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,266,886
64	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6,219,466
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,196,977
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5,729,428
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4,972,910
68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4,938,748
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,921,135
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,783,833
71	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,766,717
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,616,886
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,413,876
74	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,406,408
75	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4,377,319
76	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,187,254
77	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,048,114
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,947,870
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,919,525
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,901,506
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3,728,032
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,682,723
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,475,528
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,439,102
85	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,394,390
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,384,711
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,297,842
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,214,561
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,181,529
90	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3,163,883
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,048,537
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,946,885
93	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,915,173
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,890,197
95	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,831,390
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,721,546
97	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,713,005
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,689,095
99	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,657,093
100	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,622,277
101	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,544,703
102	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,482,122
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,467,313
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,454,586
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,397,831
106	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,368,615
107	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,336,869
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,328,782
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,291,109
110	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,095,141
111	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,095,066
112	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1,982,034
113	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1,960,623
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,902,145
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,850,128
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,755,688
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,739,815
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,693,505
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,644,924
120	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,538,035
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,535,978
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,533,757
123	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,533,447
124	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,515,598
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,510,416
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,502,761
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,492,256
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,382,360
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,381,087
130	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,340,006
131	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,252,281
132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,208,177
133	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,154,804
134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,064,119
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	994,769
136	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	984,015
137	Panama`PAN`Central America	953,086
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	913,017
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	870,021
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	847,878
141	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	834,018
142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	721,155
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	714,673
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	627,894
145	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	585,479
146	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	583,846
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	560,977
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	540,015
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	525,111
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	485,151
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	481,817
152	Guyana`GUY`South America	468,971
153	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	454,043
154	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	434,371
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	431,907
156	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	339,813
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	339,745
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	313,745
159	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	303,481
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	299,930
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	242,975
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	221,553
163	Suriname`SUR`South America	218,623
164	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	197,868
165	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	193,548
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	189,453
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	176,138
168	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	173,244
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	154,263
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	132,561
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	119,112
172	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	113,013
173	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96,882
174	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95,653
175	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	94,106
176	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	90,824
177	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	81,776
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	79,999
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	77,674
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	71,557
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	70,707
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69,302
183	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	67,946
184	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	63,987
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	63,272
186	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61,209
187	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55,516
188	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55,422
189	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	53,445
190	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	52,084
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	51,343
192	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	49,371
193	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	47,494
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41,132
195	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	39,681
196	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	39,346
197	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	35,921
198	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	32,068
199	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	29,158
200	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27,616
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	25,497
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	21,700
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	20,663
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	19,759
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15,887
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	14,713
207	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13,610
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	13,392
209	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	12,561
210	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	8,210
211	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	7,571
212	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	7,554
213	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7,445
214	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,644
215	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5,602
216	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,269
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,028
218	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,595
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	3,780
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	3,479
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	1,835
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	905

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China590,113,858
2India378,687,138
3United States163,636,309
4Russia109,463,239
5Japan91,407,673

Lowest

222Vatican City905
221Sint Maarten1,835
220Saint Martin3,479
219Nauru3,780
218Niue4,595

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,038,550. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
217 · 5rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China577,557,138 → 590,113,858+12,556,720
India370,104,573 → 378,687,138+8,582,565
United States161,168,315 → 163,636,309+2,467,994
Brazil58,433,757 → 60,235,122+1,801,365
Indonesia73,569,144 → 75,367,369+1,798,225

Fell most

Ireland2,929,081 → 2,915,173−13,908
Macau199,588 → 197,868−1,720
Isle of Man54,071 → 53,445−626
Saint Lucia94,326 → 94,106−220
Montserrat12,656 → 12,561−95

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.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
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 1954.
The position is ours
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 (1954). Total Population, 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1954

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