Population by country, 1980

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1980

#	Country / area	Population	1970
1	China	976.1 million	812.5 million
2	India	679.2 million	539.5 million
3	United States of America	228.7 million	206.4 million
4	Indonesia	147.2 million	114.1 million
5	Russian Federation	138.2 million	130.1 million
6	Brazil	119.8 million	94.2 million
7	Japan	118 million	106.1 million
8	Bangladesh	87 million	68.2 million
9	Pakistan	80.5 million	59.3 million
10	Germany	78.2 million	78.3 million
11	Nigeria	72.6 million	55.2 million
12	Mexico	66.5 million	50 million
13	United Kingdom	56.2 million	55.6 million
14	Italy	56.2 million	53.2 million
15	France	53.8 million	50.6 million
16	Viet Nam	51.9 million	41 million
17	Ukraine	49.8 million	47.1 million
18	Philippines	47.4 million	37.2 million
19	Thailand	45.2 million	35.5 million
20	Türkiye	44.9 million	36.2 million
21	Egypt	43.4 million	34.2 million
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	39.1 million	28.7 million
23	Republic of Korea	37.9 million	32.2 million
24	Spain	37.4 million	33.7 million
25	Poland	35.4 million	32.4 million
26	Ethiopia	34.4 million	27.4 million
27	Myanmar	32.9 million	26.9 million
28	South Africa	29 million	21.9 million
29	Argentina	27.8 million	23.7 million
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	26.3 million	19.9 million
31	Colombia	25.8 million	20.6 million
32	Canada	24.4 million	21.2 million
33	Romania	22.1 million	19.9 million
34	Morocco	19.2 million	14.9 million
35	United Republic of Tanzania	18.9 million	13.3 million
36	Algeria	18.3 million	13.6 million
37	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	18.1 million	15 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	17.9 million	14.7 million
39	Peru	17.1 million	13.3 million
40	Sudan	16.7 million	11.5 million
41	Kenya	15.7 million	11.2 million
42	Uzbekistan	15.4 million	11.6 million
43	Nepal	15.4 million	12.3 million
44	Kazakhstan	15.1 million	12.3 million
45	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15 million	11.2 million
46	Sri Lanka	14.7 million	12.2 million
47	Australia	14.6 million	12.4 million
48	Netherlands	14.1 million	13 million
49	Afghanistan	13.6 million	11.2 million
50	Iraq	13.4 million	9.6 million
51	Uganda	13.1 million	10.2 million
52	Malaysia	12.8 million	10.1 million
53	Ghana	11.8 million	8.8 million
54	Chile	11.4 million	9.8 million
55	Mozambique	11.2 million	8.2 million
56	Hungary	10.7 million	10.3 million
57	Czechia	10.3 million	9.8 million
58	Belgium	9.8 million	9.6 million
59	Cuba	9.8 million	8.7 million
60	Portugal	9.7 million	8.7 million
61	Greece	9.6 million	8.7 million
62	Belarus	9.6 million	9 million
63	Yemen	9.4 million	7 million
64	Madagascar	8.9 million	6.6 million
65	Bulgaria	8.8 million	8.5 million
66	Syrian Arab Republic	8.8 million	6.3 million
67	Cameroon	8.4 million	6.4 million
68	Sweden	8.3 million	8 million
69	Côte d'Ivoire	8.1 million	5.3 million
70	Ecuador	8.1 million	6.1 million
71	Angola	8 million	5.8 million
72	Serbia	7.8 million	7.3 million
73	Austria	7.5 million	7.5 million
74	Mali	7.5 million	6.2 million
75	Burkina Faso	6.9 million	5.6 million
76	Guatemala	6.8 million	5.3 million
77	Zimbabwe	6.7 million	5.1 million
78	Tunisia	6.5 million	5.1 million
79	Switzerland	6.3 million	6.2 million
80	Azerbaijan	6.2 million	5.1 million
81	Malawi	6.1 million	4.6 million
82	Niger	6 million	4.6 million
83	Saudi Arabia	5.9 million	3.5 million
84	Somalia	5.8 million	3.7 million
85	Senegal	5.8 million	4.4 million
86	Zambia	5.7 million	4.3 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.7 million	4.5 million
88	Dominican Republic	5.7 million	4.3 million
89	Haiti	5.6 million	4.6 million
90	Rwanda	5.3 million	3.9 million
91	Cambodia	5.2 million	6.7 million
92	Georgia	5.1 million	4.8 million
93	Denmark	5.1 million	4.9 million
94	Guinea	5 million	4.2 million
95	Slovakia	5 million	4.5 million
96	China, Hong Kong SAR	4.9 million	3.6 million
97	Finland	4.8 million	4.6 million
98	Croatia	4.6 million	4.5 million
99	Chad	4.6 million	3.7 million
100	El Salvador	4.5 million	3.6 million
101	South Sudan	4.3 million	3.4 million
102	Burundi	4.2 million	3.5 million
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.1 million	3.8 million
104	Norway	4.1 million	3.9 million
105	Republic of Moldova	4 million	3.6 million
106	Tajikistan	3.9 million	2.9 million
107	Benin	3.9 million	3 million
108	Kyrgyzstan	3.7 million	3 million
109	Israel	3.7 million	2.8 million
110	Honduras	3.7 million	2.7 million
111	Lithuania	3.4 million	3.1 million
112	Ireland	3.4 million	3 million
113	Libya	3.3 million	2 million
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.3 million	2.6 million
115	Sierra Leone	3.2 million	2.7 million
116	Nicaragua	3.2 million	2.4 million
117	Puerto Rico	3.2 million	2.7 million
118	New Zealand	3.1 million	2.8 million
119	Papua New Guinea	3.1 million	2.5 million
120	Armenia	3.1 million	2.5 million
121	Paraguay	3 million	2.4 million
122	Uruguay	2.9 million	2.8 million
123	Lebanon	2.9 million	2.4 million
124	Togo	2.9 million	2.2 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.8 million	2.2 million
126	Albania	2.7 million	2.2 million
127	Latvia	2.5 million	2.3 million
128	Central African Republic	2.4 million	2.1 million
129	Singapore	2.4 million	2.1 million
130	Costa Rica	2.4 million	1.8 million
131	Jordan	2.2 million	1.5 million
132	Jamaica	2.1 million	1.9 million
133	Panama	1.9 million	1.5 million
134	North Macedonia	1.9 million	1.7 million
135	Liberia	1.9 million	1.4 million
136	Slovenia	1.9 million	1.7 million
137	Congo	1.8 million	1.4 million
138	Mongolia	1.7 million	1.3 million
139	Eritrea	1.6 million	1.2 million
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.6 million	1.2 million
141	Estonia	1.5 million	1.4 million
142	Kuwait	1.5 million	780,411
143	Mauritania	1.5 million	1.1 million
144	State of Palestine	1.4 million	1.1 million
145	Lesotho	1.4 million	1 million
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1 million	986,298
147	Namibia	974,880	746,781
148	Oman	974,383	653,731
149	United Arab Emirates	964,130	262,678
150	Mauritius	946,670	820,840
151	Botswana	925,937	588,641
152	Guinea-Bissau	822,831	580,023
153	Guyana	772,682	697,302
154	Gabon	738,638	589,581
155	Gambia	701,500	516,657
156	Cyprus	680,238	644,242
157	Timor-Leste	643,675	548,156
158	Fiji	634,333	526,101
159	Eswatini	586,741	435,392
160	Montenegro	581,780	527,021
161	Réunion	549,426	464,777
162	Bhutan	426,237	303,273
163	Suriname	375,572	373,132
164	Luxembourg	363,263	338,809
165	Bahrain	351,203	223,786
166	Malta	341,932	325,370
167	Comoros	332,845	240,476
168	Martinique	332,045	325,288
169	Guadeloupe	330,851	317,529
170	Cabo Verde	321,154	283,865
171	Djibouti	316,158	140,547
172	Equatorial Guinea	282,623	322,697
173	Qatar	267,197	108,892
174	Barbados	251,163	249,673
175	China, Macao SAR	243,651	253,932
176	Solomon Islands	233,985	174,604
177	Bahamas	230,419	181,862
178	Iceland	226,953	204,060
179	Brunei Darussalam	183,228	134,057
180	Samoa	163,610	139,330
181	Maldives	162,518	121,345
182	Curaçao	156,577	150,168
183	French Polynesia	153,983	112,030
184	New Caledonia	148,988	106,808
185	Belize	143,224	119,639
186	Saint Lucia	118,368	102,472
187	Vanuatu	114,415	84,994
188	Western Sahara	112,094	64,517
189	Guam	108,784	87,331
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,808	95,517
191	Tonga	97,680	83,646
192	Sao Tome and Principe	97,446	76,779
193	United States Virgin Islands	95,838	61,837
194	Grenada	95,055	98,300
195	Jersey	76,368	69,418
196	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	76,223	58,009
197	Dominica	73,053	68,547
198	Seychelles	65,921	53,670
199	French Guiana	65,075	45,578
200	Antigua and Barbuda	64,424	64,334
201	Isle of Man	63,655	54,667
202	Aruba	61,975	59,020
203	Kiribati	60,669	56,934
204	Guernsey	53,965	53,240
205	Bermuda	53,549	51,758
206	Greenland	49,808	44,811
207	Mayotte	48,810	34,612
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,926	44,914
209	Faroe Islands	42,798	38,074
210	Andorra	35,070	19,255
211	American Samoa	31,872	26,751
212	Marshall Islands	30,209	22,017
213	Gibraltar	28,634	26,386
214	Monaco	27,020	24,043
215	Liechtenstein	24,909	20,893
216	San Marino	21,454	18,102
217	Cook Islands	17,742	20,285
218	Cayman Islands	16,673	10,264
219	Northern Mariana Islands	16,672	9,749
220	Palau	12,282	11,199
221	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	12,067	6,178
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11,689	9,737
223	Montserrat	11,386	11,334
224	British Virgin Islands	11,002	9,848
225	Wallis and Futuna Islands	10,868	8,742
226	Saint Martin (French part)	8,181	5,957
227	Nauru	7,560	6,683
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,412	5,655
229	Tuvalu	7,277	5,652
230	Anguilla	6,584	6,267
231	Saint Helena	6,365	5,733
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,169	5,595
233	Niue	3,597	5,133
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,940	2,400
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,257	2,277
236	Tokelau	1,665	1,750
237	Holy See	743	748

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.