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Top 10 most populous countries and regions in 1960

Daily Tens #69 Β· Sunday, September 20, 2026 Β· Ranked by total population

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  1. 1 China
  2. 2 India
  3. 3 United States
  4. 4 Russia
  5. 5 Japan
  6. 6 Indonesia
  7. 7 Germany
  8. 8 Brazil
  9. 9 United Kingdom
  10. 10 Bangladesh

Ranking method

Metric
Total population
Data through
1960; World Bank snapshot checked September 2026
Source
World Bank β€” World Development Indicators
Notes
Individual countries and regions with reported data; regional and income-group aggregates and missing values are excluded. Historical data use the World Bank reporting boundaries, not a reconstruction of the political map of that year. Ranks are frozen to the checked snapshot.

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