Data for 1958

Total Population, 1958

Name: Total Population, 1958
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1958, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1958 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 644,219,479; Vatican City is lowest, at 920. The middle country reads 2,234,467. Against 1957, 222 values changed (215 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1958

HighestChina

644,219,479

LowestVatican City

920

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

222countries
1measure
1958the 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, 1958, 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, 1958: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	644,219,479
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	415,777,442
3	United States`USA`Northern America	174,215,310
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	116,588,766
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	94,846,957
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	83,592,762
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71,694,673
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	68,092,141
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	51,935,644
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	49,184,054
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48,927,099
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	45,493,498
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43,324,645
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43,312,056
15	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	41,627,069
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34,575,068
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30,658,446
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29,849,659
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28,643,640
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26,704,962
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25,842,524
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25,600,321
23	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25,367,005
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24,473,927
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20,816,418
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	20,480,285
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20,266,511
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	19,714,253
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18,046,129
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,104,086
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	15,620,418
32	Colombia`COL`South America	14,693,287
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14,557,796
34	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11,187,358
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11,163,747
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11,013,743
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10,953,639
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	10,246,156
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,880,677
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9,847,637
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,766,240
42	Peru`PER`South America	9,603,646
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,469,704
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9,367,594
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9,208,817
46	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8,986,122
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8,822,641
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,792,778
49	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8,723,401
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,214,996
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,944,089
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7,863,034
53	Chile`CHL`South America	7,815,986
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,724,891
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7,689,162
56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7,581,980
57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7,562,878
58	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,414,349
59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7,209,757
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7,174,789
61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,987,338
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6,950,289
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6,741,677
64	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,567,233
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,521,555
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6,520,156
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5,305,734
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,253,468
69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,220,834
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,196,441
71	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,061,134
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,972,218
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4,850,846
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,647,280
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,516,070
76	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,401,993
77	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,359,880
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,343,497
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,177,717
80	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,160,692
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,002,695
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,913,624
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,837,026
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,750,698
85	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,722,709
86	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3,580,181
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,556,559
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,523,003
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,463,947
90	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,436,432
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,435,080
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,309,226
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,158,756
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,145,430
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,064,343
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,963,867
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,944,561
98	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,930,367
99	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,853,999
100	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,848,354
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,845,501
102	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,840,129
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,733,405
104	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,678,936
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,657,412
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,648,661
107	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,463,869
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,443,434
109	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,333,209
110	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,284,994
111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,264,095
112	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,204,839
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,090,854
114	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,063,292
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,028,026
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,981,662
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,948,150
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,888,964
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,799,649
120	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,779,006
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,740,884
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,693,553
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,678,739
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,641,670
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,614,635
126	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,608,264
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,578,541
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,545,188
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,543,978
130	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,515,727
131	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,400,116
132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,379,207
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,231,551
134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,200,406
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,087,245
136	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,063,162
137	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,039,524
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,004,628
139	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	933,641
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	932,583
141	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	919,290
142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	803,839
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	783,996
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	760,822
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	694,315
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	647,154
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	572,423
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	571,335
149	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	563,284
150	Guyana`GUY`South America	535,071
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	512,333
152	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	501,728
153	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	494,106
154	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	458,805
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	454,748
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	381,072
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	377,374
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	329,760
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	329,408
160	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	310,038
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	260,387
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	250,203
163	Suriname`SUR`South America	247,234
164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	227,258
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	211,757
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	203,089
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	190,563
168	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	183,668
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	168,478
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	152,810
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	132,304
172	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	125,981
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	118,762
174	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	106,698
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	105,999
176	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	92,715
177	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	90,415
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	87,043
179	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86,659
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	80,437
181	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	80,150
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	79,313
183	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78,972
184	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	74,841
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	66,990
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	66,558
187	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	62,586
188	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	60,981
189	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56,583
190	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	54,644
191	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	53,457
192	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	52,668
193	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	50,525
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	44,986
195	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	41,799
196	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	41,211
197	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	40,407
198	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33,173
199	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	31,968
200	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	31,128
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	29,441
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	21,886
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,404
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	19,930
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	16,968
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	15,855
207	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	14,726
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	13,805
209	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	12,207
210	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	8,902
211	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	8,281
212	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	8,130
213	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	8,068
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7,684
215	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,795
216	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,497
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,446
218	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,765
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	4,297
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	3,972
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	2,366
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	920

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China644,219,479
2India415,777,442
3United States174,215,310
4Russia116,588,766
5Japan94,846,957

Lowest

222Vatican City920
221Sint Maarten2,366
220Saint Martin3,972
219Nauru4,297
218Niue4,765

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,234,467. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 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

China630,356,208 → 644,219,479+13,863,271
India406,253,888 → 415,777,442+9,523,554
United States171,499,226 → 174,215,310+2,716,084
Indonesia81,390,834 → 83,592,762+2,201,928
Brazil66,031,492 → 68,092,141+2,060,649

Fell most

Ireland2,869,099 → 2,853,999−15,100
Macau188,189 → 183,668−4,521
Isle of Man51,304 → 50,525−779
Saint Lucia93,083 → 92,715−368
Montserrat12,299 → 12,207−92

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 1958.
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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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1958). Total Population, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1958

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