Data for 1962

Total Population, 1962

Name: Total Population, 1962
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1962 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 665,073,691; Vatican City is lowest, at 917. The middle country reads 2,404,270. Against 1961, 221 values changed (217 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1962

HighestChina

665,073,691

LowestVatican City

917

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

222countries
1measure
1962the 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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	665,073,691
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	457,283,090
3	United States`USA`Northern America	186,724,272
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	123,111,713
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	98,076,405
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	93,375,850
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	76,865,323
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	73,997,003
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54,881,146
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	53,272,830
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50,170,590
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48,156,128
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	47,352,622
14	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46,965,292
15	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	43,943,674
16	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39,129,200
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	34,288,560
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31,040,106
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30,338,087
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29,916,147
21	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29,723,536
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	28,481,040
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28,337,013
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27,509,237
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22,807,907
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22,704,719
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	22,465,126
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	21,072,538
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,613,601
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18,511,669
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17,418,522
32	Colombia`COL`South America	16,599,029
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16,075,724
34	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	12,262,882
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12,253,092
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11,866,672
37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11,807,551
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11,800,771
39	Peru`PER`South America	10,784,612
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10,707,236
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,521,116
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	10,487,756
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	10,143,754
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10,058,928
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,058,066
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9,597,460
47	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9,404,406
48	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,217,669
49	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8,919,028
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,895,776
51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8,854,368
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	8,756,870
53	Chile`CHL`South America	8,497,059
54	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,473,376
55	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,424,480
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8,380,172
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8,299,308
58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8,092,231
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,008,325
60	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7,561,515
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,541,098
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7,413,875
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7,337,375
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,129,579
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6,969,364
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,838,635
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5,782,221
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,697,558
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5,573,696
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,563,917
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5,384,150
72	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5,354,310
73	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5,338,620
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,959,340
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,919,672
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,859,269
77	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,647,467
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,491,730
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,369,136
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,312,044
81	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,255,014
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,239,407
83	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,235,790
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,205,699
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4,055,959
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4,001,575
87	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,956,939
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,857,493
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,806,307
90	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,714,520
91	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,684,273
92	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,638,841
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,534,686
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,479,936
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,407,532
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,358,099
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,209,505
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,186,025
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3,175,598
100	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3,030,091
101	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,024,308
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,949,204
103	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,907,943
104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,889,084
105	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2,853,287
106	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2,831,495
107	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2,620,910
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,604,659
109	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,593,298
110	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,484,405
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,441,245
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,367,294
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,342,242
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,255,026
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,219,910
116	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,182,285
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,182,064
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2,093,919
119	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,040,961
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1,991,689
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,973,130
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,909,578
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,892,320
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,768,115
125	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,749,214
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,743,733
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,732,959
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,721,176
129	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,696,932
130	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,633,081
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,621,960
132	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,471,745
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,429,445
134	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,249,624
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,197,039
136	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,195,301
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,113,175
138	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,109,340
139	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,041,444
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,036,950
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,019,788
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	940,554
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	880,194
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	869,184
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	781,814
146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	705,274
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	615,759
148	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	601,466
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	595,461
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	589,474
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	549,941
152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	540,186
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	524,649
154	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	484,442
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	482,774
156	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	430,536
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	420,163
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	384,995
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	361,365
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	330,488
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	319,651
162	Suriname`SUR`South America	283,912
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	280,286
164	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	237,636
165	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	235,224
166	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	221,919
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	204,702
168	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	182,341
169	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	179,349
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	177,810
171	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	146,201
172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	144,946
173	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	136,457
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	128,493
175	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	118,597
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	96,719
177	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	96,375
178	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96,042
179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95,802
180	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	94,505
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	93,283
182	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	87,261
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	87,236
184	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	85,334
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	73,192
186	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	69,940
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	69,403
188	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	68,174
189	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	60,948
190	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	57,336
191	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	56,320
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	54,461
193	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	49,538
194	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	48,688
195	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	46,218
196	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	45,063
197	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	44,630
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	44,239
199	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	38,315
200	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	34,963
201	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	34,645
202	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	22,197
203	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	22,078
204	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	21,298
205	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	18,284
206	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	17,273
207	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16,183
208	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	15,755
209	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,883
210	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	11,086
211	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9,793
212	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	9,280
213	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	8,781
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8,070
215	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5,875
216	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5,699
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5,636
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	4,979
219	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4,926
220	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	4,527
221	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	3,264
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	917

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China665,073,691
2India457,283,090
3United States186,724,272
4Russia123,111,713
5Japan98,076,405

Lowest

222Vatican City917
221Sint Maarten3,264
220Saint Martin4,527
219Niue4,926
218Nauru4,979

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,404,270. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
221values changed, of 222 in both
217 · 4rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

India446,564,729 → 457,283,090+10,718,361
China655,773,486 → 665,073,691+9,300,205
United States183,489,485 → 186,724,272+3,234,787
Indonesia90,791,249 → 93,375,850+2,584,601
Brazil74,605,447 → 76,865,323+2,259,876

Fell most

Hong Kong3,076,657 → 2,889,084−187,573
Saint Kitts and Nevis55,334 → 54,461−873
Malta330,849 → 330,488−361
Montserrat11,963 → 11,883−80

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 1962.
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 (1962). Total Population, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1962

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