1957 Population

In 1957, the world’s population was approximately 2.8 billion people, marking a period of rapid post-war growth. Asia was by far the most populous continent, home to over 1.4 billion people, with China and India alone accounting for more than 800 million combined—China had about 635 million and India around 400 million. Europe’s population stood at roughly 600 million, still recovering from the effects of World War II, while Africa’s population was about 230 million, concentrated in countries like Egypt and Nigeria. North America had around 200 million residents, with the United States making up the majority at about 172 million. Latin America and the Caribbean together had nearly 170 million people, with Brazil and Mexico being the largest countries in the region. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 13 million. This demographic landscape set the stage for the explosive global population growth that would follow in the subsequent decades.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	633,676,888	67.9
2	India	419,901,002	141.2
3	United States	171,187,000	18.7
4	Russia	114,554,838	7
5	Indonesia	93,946,913	51.9
6	Japan	91,563,009	251.2
7	Germany	71,019,069	203.7
8	Brazil	65,369,855	7.8
9	United Kingdom	51,430,000	212.6
10	Bangladesh	51,346,451	394.5
11	Italy	49,182,000	167.2
12	Pakistan	47,868,932	62.1
13	France	45,177,795	70.5
14	Ukraine	40,655,779	70.2
15	Nigeria	38,093,519	41.8
16	Mexico	35,015,548	18
17	Spain	29,841,614	59.8
18	Vietnam	28,998,543	93.5
19	Poland	28,235,346	92.8
20	Philippines	25,749,088	86.4
21	Turkey	25,670,939	33.4
22	Thailand	25,041,917	49
23	Egypt	25,009,741	25.1
24	Ethiopia	22,815,614	20.8
25	South Korea	22,611,552	233.3
26	Burma	21,733,717	33.3
27	Iran	19,806,605	12.9
28	Argentina	19,610,538	7.2
29	Romania	17,829,327	77.6
30	Canada	17,010,154	1.9
31	South Africa	16,151,549	13.3
32	Congo Kinshasa	15,577,932	6.9
33	Colombia	14,485,993	13.9
34	Morocco	11,426,214	15.9
35	Netherlands	11,034,001	325.6
36	Algeria	10,270,856	4.3
37	Taiwan	10,164,215	315.1
38	Hungary	9,839,000	109.8
39	Australia	9,712,569	1.3
40	Nepal	9,682,338	67.5
41	Czechia	9,513,758	123.2
42	Tanzania	9,452,826	10.7
43	North Korea	9,446,686	78.5
44	Afghanistan	9,240,934	14.2
45	Sri Lanka	9,150,728	141.6
46	Peru	9,146,100	7.1
47	Belgium	8,989,111	296.9
48	Portugal	8,817,650	96.4
49	Kazakhstan	8,709,753	3.2
50	Greece	8,096,218	62
51	Belarus	7,912,626	39
52	Sudan	7,796,110	4.2
53	Malaysia	7,739,235	23.5
54	Uzbekistan	7,694,366	18.1
55	Bulgaria	7,651,254	70.5
56	Kenya	7,454,779	13.1
57	Sweden	7,363,802	17.9
58	Chile	7,048,426	9.5
59	Mozambique	7,038,035	8.9
60	Austria	6,965,860	84.5
61	Venezuela	6,702,668	7.6
62	Uganda	6,675,501	33.9
63	Cuba	6,640,752	60.5
64	Serbia	6,451,361	83.3
65	Ghana	6,391,288	28.1
66	Iraq	6,248,643	14.3
67	Yemen	5,498,090	10.4
68	Cameroon	5,359,923	11.3
69	Cambodia	5,322,536	30.2
70	Madagascar	5,181,679	8.9
71	Switzerland	5,126,000	128.2
72	Burkina Faso	4,713,416	17.2
73	Angola	4,561,361	3.7
74	Denmark	4,487,831	105.8
75	Saudi Arabia	4,419,650	2.1
76	Finland	4,324,000	14.2
77	Mali	4,228,217	3.5
78	Syria	4,148,518	22.3
79	Ecuador	4,058,385	14.7
80	Croatia	3,991,242	71.3
81	Tunisia	3,950,849	25.4
82	Georgia	3,936,823	56.5
83	Slovakia	3,844,277	79.9
84	Guatemala	3,720,007	34.7
85	Niger	3,692,184	2.9
86	Zimbabwe	3,646,340	9.4
87	Azerbaijan	3,526,313	42.7
88	Norway	3,491,938	11.5
89	Haiti	3,490,470	126.6
90	Côte d'Ivoire	3,300,000	10.4
91	Malawi	3,221,238	34.2
92	Bolivia	3,211,738	3
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,076,000	60.1
94	Senegal	3,054,547	15.9
95	Zambia	3,016,000	4.1
96	Dominican Republic	2,923,186	60.5
97	Chad	2,913,831	2.3
98	Ireland	2,878,220	41.8
99	Guinea	2,875,481	11.7
100	Rwanda	2,822,082	114.4
101	Somalia	2,780,415	4.4
102	South Sudan	2,777,390	4.3
103	Moldova	2,758,940	83.9
104	Hong Kong	2,736,300	2,550.1
105	Burundi	2,667,518	103.9
106	Lithuania	2,651,630	42.3
107	Uruguay	2,424,959	13.9
108	El Salvador	2,355,805	113.7
109	Sierra Leone	2,295,678	32.1
110	Puerto Rico	2,260,000	254.8
111	New Zealand	2,229,407	8.4
112	Laos	2,166,114	9.4
113	Latvia	2,055,709	33
114	Kyrgyzstan	1,976,436	10.3
115	Israel	1,942,328	90.4
116	Benin	1,931,809	17.5
117	Tajikistan	1,898,639	13.4
118	Paraguay	1,770,902	4.5
119	Honduras	1,770,390	15.8
120	Armenia	1,672,403	59.3
121	Lebanon	1,647,412	161
122	Papua New Guinea	1,609,013	3.6
123	Eritrea	1,542,611	15.3
124	Jamaica	1,535,090	141.7
125	Slovenia	1,533,070	76.1
126	Albania	1,476,505	53.9
127	Singapore	1,445,929	2,039.4
128	Turkmenistan	1,425,659	3
129	Central African Republic	1,392,284	2.2
130	Nicaragua	1,358,828	11.3
131	Togo	1,357,445	25
132	North Macedonia	1,344,846	52.9
133	Libya	1,201,578	0.7
134	Estonia	1,174,251	27.7
135	Costa Rica	1,112,300	21.8
136	Mauritania	1,076,852	1
137	Panama	1,063,506	14.3
138	Liberia	975,950	10.1
139	Congo Brazzaville	940,458	2.8
140	Kosovo	890,842	81.8
141	Mongolia	882,134	0.6
142	Lesotho	813,338	26.8
143	West Bank	794,895	140.9
144	Trinidad and Tobago	764,900	149.2
145	Jordan	748,715	8.4
146	Mauritius	609,816	300.4
147	Guinea-Bissau	601,095	21.4
148	Oman	563,158	1.8
149	Cyprus	549,970	59.5
150	Namibia	548,080	0.7
151	Guyana	520,286	2.6
152	Timor-Leste	486,861	32.7
153	Botswana	474,639	0.8
154	Montenegro	442,829	32.9
155	Gabon	434,904	1.7
156	Fiji	354,495	19.4
157	Eswatini	326,741	19
158	The Gambia	323,150	31.9
159	Malta	318,779	1,008.8
160	Luxembourg	308,453	119.3
161	Gaza Strip	275,544	765.4
162	Suriname	256,403	1.6
163	Equatorial Guinea	232,922	8.3
164	Barbados	225,569	524.6
165	Kuwait	212,846	11.9
166	Bhutan	196,179	5.1
167	Macau	189,390	6,763.9
168	Cabo Verde	179,516	44.5
169	Comoros	170,928	76.5
170	Iceland	165,110	1.6
171	Bahrain	138,655	182.4
172	Solomon Islands	118,537	4.2
173	Curaçao	116,552	262.5
174	Samoa	99,661	35.3
175	The Bahamas	96,485	9.6
176	Djibouti	96,377	4.2
177	United Arab Emirates	89,353	1.1
178	Saint Lucia	88,360	145.8
179	Grenada	87,086	253.2
180	Maldives	83,075	278.8
181	Belize	82,461	3.6
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	78,250	201.2
183	French Polynesia	76,600	20
184	New Caledonia	69,963	3.8
185	Brunei	69,342	13.2
186	Guam	66,500	122.2
187	Vanuatu	61,501	5
188	Sao Tome and Principe	61,325	63.6
189	Jersey	60,990	525.8
190	Dominica	58,462	77.8
191	Tonga	58,168	81.1
192	Aruba	55,176	306.5
193	Antigua and Barbuda	53,138	120
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	51,945	199
195	Isle of Man	49,663	86.8
196	Guernsey	46,400	594.9
197	Bermuda	42,602	788.9
198	Qatar	38,696	3.3
199	Kiribati	38,394	47.3
200	Seychelles	38,283	84.1
201	Federated States of Micronesia	38,094	54.3
202	Faroe Islands	33,100	23.8
203	U.S. Virgin Islands	29,400	84.5
204	Greenland	28,900	0
205	Gibraltar	23,869	3,409.9
206	American Samoa	20,300	102.5
207	Monaco	19,081	9,540.5
208	Cook Islands	16,829	71.3
209	Liechtenstein	15,200	95
210	San Marino	14,297	234.4
211	Marshall Islands	13,707	75.7
212	Montserrat	12,516	122.7
213	Palau	8,749	19.1
214	Northern Mariana Islands	8,008	17
215	Wallis and Futuna	7,599	53.5
216	Cayman Islands	7,225	27.4
217	British Virgin Islands	6,871	45.5
218	Andorra	6,424	13.7
219	Anguilla	5,516	60.6
220	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,382	5.7
221	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	5,279	13.4
222	Tuvalu	5,080	195.4
223	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,767	19.7
224	Nauru	4,303	204.9
225	Saint Martin	3,795	70.3
226	Sint Maarten	2,570	75.6
227	Saint Barthelemy	2,118	84.7

Data from US Census International Database