Data for 1960

Total Population, 1960

Name: Total Population, 1960
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1960, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1960 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 654,802,069; Vatican City is lowest, at 918. The middle country reads 2,316,137. Against 1959, 222 values changed (216 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1960

HighestChina

654,802,069

LowestVatican City

918

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

222countries
1measure
1960the 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, 1960, 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, 1960: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	654,802,069
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	435,990,338
3	United States`USA`Northern America	180,274,555
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	119,934,141
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	96,399,754
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	88,296,070
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	72,811,640
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	72,388,126
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	52,538,548
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	51,828,660
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49,514,555
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	46,428,134
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	45,709,310
14	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	45,053,782
15	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	42,824,093
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36,724,615
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	32,531,933
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30,404,939
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29,575,966
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28,329,898
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27,891,897
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26,896,479
23	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26,851,747
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	26,115,379
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21,730,250
26	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21,470,434
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	21,376,693
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	20,386,045
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18,313,495
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,898,790
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16,440,172
32	Colombia`COL`South America	15,606,209
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	15,264,846
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11,722,953
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11,624,933
36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11,486,911
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11,424,922
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11,046,258
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10,280,813
40	Peru`PER`South America	10,174,127
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,123,658
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,983,374
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9,901,419
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9,661,389
45	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,541,605
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	9,429,981
47	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,102,171
48	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9,035,043
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,873,218
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,384,492
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8,364,489
52	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8,209,109
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,207,998
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	8,160,090
55	Chile`CHL`South America	8,153,350
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7,956,197
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,862,926
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7,695,307
59	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7,640,973
60	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,484,596
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,238,081
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,047,274
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7,022,052
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6,961,215
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,713,695
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,702,962
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5,532,301
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,449,966
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,402,550
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,327,780
71	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,231,654
72	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5,159,057
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5,111,029
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,778,621
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,673,500
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,590,891
77	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,579,342
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,429,624
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,267,288
80	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,200,264
81	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,124,442
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,063,655
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,053,800
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,982,706
85	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,858,443
86	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3,809,389
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,702,323
88	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,673,666
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,628,134
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,581,121
91	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,556,749
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,505,050
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,340,907
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,281,381
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,268,336
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,153,729
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,094,840
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,076,166
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,049,838
100	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,022,294
101	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,931,559
102	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,876,331
103	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,827,689
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,791,459
105	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,769,095
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,764,258
107	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,529,957
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,517,286
109	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,435,403
110	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,379,481
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,363,917
112	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,268,356
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,215,508
114	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,131,171
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,121,514
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,112,131
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,062,060
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1,995,110
119	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,891,935
120	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,883,514
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,863,705
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,794,406
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,782,370
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,702,346
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,673,110
126	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,650,005
127	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,649,387
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,643,457
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,619,322
130	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,605,074
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,492,890
132	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,435,059
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,327,496
134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,220,453
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,139,522
136	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,126,005
137	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,073,081
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,056,732
139	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	984,846
140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	977,595
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	972,547
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	853,471
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	844,943
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	824,298
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	736,500
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	680,331
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	591,465
148	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	586,490
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	577,633
150	Guyana`GUY`South America	569,143
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	530,485
152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	516,165
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	512,316
154	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	471,197
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	468,118
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	404,887
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	398,060
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	345,337
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	330,820
160	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	313,877
161	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	311,060
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	269,807
163	Suriname`SUR`South America	263,918
164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	230,893
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	224,084
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	210,024
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	197,700
168	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	175,560
169	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	173,315
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	165,477
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	139,688
172	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	132,185
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	131,334
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	116,317
175	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	112,490
176	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	94,058
177	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	92,585
178	Belize`BLZ`Central America	91,318
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	91,189
180	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	88,347
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	86,024
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	84,388
183	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83,671
184	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	79,819
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	69,525
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	68,012
187	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	66,170
188	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	64,431
189	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	59,372
190	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	55,810
191	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	55,603
192	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	54,922
193	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	48,868
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	47,157
195	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	43,230
196	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	43,061
197	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	42,208
198	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36,010
199	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	34,127
200	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	33,023
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	32,105
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	21,839
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	21,808
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	20,133
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,662
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	16,491
207	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	15,428
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	14,703
209	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	12,034
210	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	9,510
211	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9,328
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	8,736
213	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	8,428
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7,950
215	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,782
216	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,599
217	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,598
218	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,825
219	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	4,607
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	4,250
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	2,715
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	918

02In 1960

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China654,802,069
2India435,990,338
3United States180,274,555
4Russia119,934,141
5Japan96,399,754

Lowest

222Vatican City918
221Sint Maarten2,715
220Saint Martin4,250
219Nauru4,607
218Niue4,825

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,316,137. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031959 → 1960

Since 1959

What changed between 1959 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
216 · 6rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India425,780,669 → 435,990,338+10,209,669
United States177,145,764 → 180,274,555+3,128,791
Indonesia85,892,869 → 88,296,070+2,403,201
Brazil70,214,470 → 72,388,126+2,173,656
China652,708,217 → 654,802,069+2,093,852

Fell most

Ireland2,839,218 → 2,827,689−11,529
Macau178,425 → 173,315−5,110
Isle of Man49,714 → 48,868−846
Montserrat12,111 → 12,034−77
Gibraltar21,869 → 21,839−30

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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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 1960.
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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 (1960). Total Population, 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1960

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