1954 Population

In 1954, the world’s population was estimated to be around 2.7 billion people. Asia was already the most populous continent, home to over 1.4 billion people, with China (approximately 600 million) and India (around 400 million) as the two most populous countries. Europe had about 550 million inhabitants, still recovering from the effects of World War II. Africa’s population was roughly 220 million, while Latin America and the Caribbean together accounted for about 170 million. North America, including the United States (about 163 million) and Canada (around 15 million), had a combined population of just over 170 million. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 13 million. The global population distribution in 1954 reflected significant regional differences, with the majority living in rural areas and only a small proportion residing in rapidly growing urban centers.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	594,972,939	63.8
2	India	396,850,768	133.5
3	United States	161,884,000	17.7
4	Russia	109,208,917	6.7
5	Japan	88,753,892	243.5
6	Indonesia	88,521,458	48.9
7	Germany	69,868,115	200.4
8	Brazil	59,894,345	7.2
9	United Kingdom	50,765,000	209.8
10	Bangladesh	48,592,988	373.3
11	Italy	48,299,000	164.2
12	Pakistan	44,434,445	57.6
13	France	43,845,297	68.5
14	Ukraine	38,993,798	67.3
15	Nigeria	34,933,877	38.4
16	Mexico	31,959,113	16.4
17	Spain	29,060,413	58.2
18	Vietnam	27,210,027	87.8
19	Poland	26,715,134	87.8
20	Philippines	23,657,826	79.3
21	Turkey	23,463,817	30.5
22	Egypt	23,298,551	23.4
23	Thailand	22,684,974	44.4
24	Ethiopia	21,599,912	19.7
25	South Korea	21,258,836	219.3
26	Burma	20,722,160	31.7
27	Argentina	18,580,559	6.8
28	Iran	18,233,684	11.9
29	Romania	17,040,000	74.1
30	Canada	15,636,245	1.7
31	South Africa	14,991,553	12.3
32	Congo Kinshasa	14,657,484	6.5
33	Colombia	13,162,003	12.7
34	Netherlands	10,622,809	313.4
35	Morocco	10,500,687	14.7
36	Hungary	9,706,000	108.3
37	Algeria	9,611,093	4
38	Nepal	9,379,284	65.4
39	Czechia	9,290,617	120.3
40	Taiwan	9,159,966	283.9
41	Australia	9,064,017	1.2
42	Belgium	8,819,380	291.3
43	Tanzania	8,745,102	9.9
44	Afghanistan	8,728,408	13.4
45	Portugal	8,632,100	94.4
46	North Korea	8,590,165	71.3
47	Sri Lanka	8,468,960	131
48	Peru	8,447,000	6.6
49	Greece	7,893,412	60.4
50	Belarus	7,698,751	37.9
51	Kazakhstan	7,516,649	2.8
52	Bulgaria	7,423,300	68.4
53	Sweden	7,213,490	17.6
54	Sudan	7,196,063	3.9
55	Malaysia	7,117,564	21.7
56	Uzbekistan	7,061,494	16.6
57	Austria	6,940,209	84.2
58	Kenya	6,836,360	12
59	Mozambique	6,663,941	8.5
60	Chile	6,612,138	8.9
61	Cuba	6,254,337	57
62	Serbia	6,244,573	80.6
63	Uganda	6,147,541	31.2
64	Venezuela	5,918,702	6.7
65	Ghana	5,886,798	25.9
66	Iraq	5,742,552	13.1
67	Yemen	5,162,494	9.8
68	Cameroon	5,140,805	10.9
69	Switzerland	4,929,000	123.2
70	Cambodia	4,927,590	27.9
71	Madagascar	4,919,118	8.5
72	Burkina Faso	4,565,808	16.7
73	Denmark	4,406,000	103.8
74	Angola	4,357,527	3.5
75	Finland	4,186,900	13.8
76	Saudi Arabia	4,160,424	1.9
77	Mali	3,987,467	3.3
78	Croatia	3,929,591	70.2
79	Syria	3,841,238	20.7
80	Tunisia	3,779,257	24.3
81	Georgia	3,759,860	53.9
82	Ecuador	3,740,256	13.5
83	Slovakia	3,661,437	76.1
84	Niger	3,497,045	2.8
85	Norway	3,394,246	11.2
86	Guatemala	3,376,292	31.5
87	Zimbabwe	3,307,273	8.5
88	Haiti	3,306,207	120
89	Azerbaijan	3,222,581	39
90	Côte d'Ivoire	3,098,513	9.7
91	Malawi	3,028,691	32.2
92	Bolivia	3,008,635	2.8
93	Ireland	2,936,769	42.6
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,916,000	57
95	Senegal	2,867,186	14.9
96	Zambia	2,800,000	3.8
97	Chad	2,773,162	2.2
98	South Sudan	2,746,571	4.3
99	Guinea	2,745,388	11.2
100	Dominican Republic	2,651,127	54.9
101	Rwanda	2,640,978	107.1
102	Somalia	2,622,821	4.2
103	Lithuania	2,597,435	41.4
104	Moldova	2,565,909	78
105	Burundi	2,531,886	98.6
106	Hong Kong	2,364,900	2,204
107	Uruguay	2,316,543	13.2
108	Puerto Rico	2,214,000	249.6
109	Sierra Leone	2,202,105	30.7
110	El Salvador	2,158,554	104.2
111	New Zealand	2,092,779	7.9
112	Laos	2,035,370	8.8
113	Latvia	1,990,651	32
114	Kyrgyzstan	1,857,891	9.7
115	Benin	1,812,456	16.4
116	Tajikistan	1,729,862	12.2
117	Israel	1,710,604	79.6
118	Paraguay	1,639,946	4.1
119	Honduras	1,610,959	14.4
120	Lebanon	1,519,439	148.5
121	Papua New Guinea	1,515,307	3.3
122	Slovenia	1,509,187	74.9
123	Armenia	1,505,668	53.4
124	Eritrea	1,477,939	14.6
125	Jamaica	1,467,585	135.5
126	Albania	1,352,982	49.4
127	Central African Republic	1,328,254	2.1
128	North Macedonia	1,325,223	52.1
129	Turkmenistan	1,313,402	2.8
130	Togo	1,270,771	23.4
131	Singapore	1,248,200	1,760.5
132	Nicaragua	1,238,630	10.3
133	Estonia	1,148,378	27.1
134	Libya	1,086,038	0.6
135	Mauritania	1,042,164	1
136	Costa Rica	993,786	19.5
137	Panama	985,066	13.3
138	Liberia	905,784	9.4
139	Congo Brazzaville	886,576	2.6
140	Kosovo	834,897	76.7
141	Mongolia	828,075	0.5
142	West Bank	784,637	139.1
143	Lesotho	773,249	25.5
144	Trinidad and Tobago	697,500	136
145	Jordan	660,362	7.4
146	Guinea-Bissau	588,133	20.9
147	Mauritius	553,977	272.9
148	Oman	528,920	1.7
149	Cyprus	525,170	56.8
150	Namibia	509,470	0.6
151	Guyana	477,498	2.4
152	Timor-Leste	464,862	31.3
153	Botswana	454,640	0.8
154	Gabon	425,951	1.7
155	Montenegro	425,065	31.6
156	Fiji	322,045	17.6
157	Malta	319,787	1,012
158	Eswatini	304,057	17.7
159	Luxembourg	302,939	117.1
160	The Gambia	298,650	29.5
161	Gaza Strip	264,129	733.7
162	Suriname	232,959	1.5
163	Barbados	225,244	523.8
164	Equatorial Guinea	222,880	7.9
165	Macau	194,893	6,960.5
166	Bhutan	181,528	4.7
167	Kuwait	177,181	9.9
168	Cabo Verde	164,262	40.7
169	Comoros	160,318	71.7
170	Iceland	154,563	1.5
171	Bahrain	126,708	166.7
172	Solomon Islands	112,677	4
173	Curaçao	109,696	247.1
174	Samoa	91,357	32.4
175	Djibouti	87,982	3.8
176	Saint Lucia	84,353	139.2
177	The Bahamas	83,062	8.3
178	Grenada	82,525	239.9
179	United Arab Emirates	79,947	1
180	Maldives	78,684	264
181	Belize	74,408	3.3
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73,807	189.7
183	French Polynesia	69,200	18.1
184	Guam	67,100	123.3
185	New Caledonia	62,689	3.4
186	Sao Tome and Principe	60,006	62.2
187	Jersey	59,285	511.1
188	Vanuatu	57,233	4.7
189	Brunei	57,070	10.8
190	Dominica	55,322	73.7
191	Aruba	53,220	295.7
192	Tonga	52,607	73.4
193	Isle of Man	51,719	90.4
194	Antigua and Barbuda	49,967	112.8
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48,379	185.4
196	Guernsey	46,038	590.2
197	Bermuda	40,919	757.8
198	Kiribati	36,191	44.6
199	Federated States of Micronesia	34,736	49.5
200	Seychelles	34,620	76.1
201	Qatar	33,075	2.9
202	Faroe Islands	32,700	23.5
203	U.S. Virgin Islands	27,200	78.2
204	Greenland	25,700	0
205	Gibraltar	23,522	3,360.3
206	American Samoa	19,500	98.5
207	Monaco	18,252	9,126
208	Cook Islands	15,926	67.5
209	Liechtenstein	14,400	90
210	San Marino	13,604	223
211	Montserrat	12,885	126.3
212	Marshall Islands	12,427	68.7
213	Palau	8,073	17.6
214	Wallis and Futuna	7,319	51.5
215	Northern Mariana Islands	7,219	15.3
216	Cayman Islands	6,815	25.8
217	British Virgin Islands	6,496	43
218	Andorra	5,503	11.8
219	Anguilla	5,387	59.2
220	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,257	13.3
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,066	5.3
222	Tuvalu	4,903	188.6
223	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,660	19.3
224	Nauru	3,473	165.4
225	Saint Martin	3,366	62.3
226	Sint Maarten	2,442	71.8
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,079	83.2

Data from US Census International Database