Population by country, 1981

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1981

#	Country / area	Population	1971
1	China	990.2 million	834.1 million
2	India	695.5 million	552.2 million
3	United States of America	231 million	209.1 million
4	Indonesia	150.7 million	117.2 million
5	Russian Federation	139 million	130.6 million
6	Brazil	122.6 million	96.5 million
7	Japan	118.7 million	107.3 million
8	Bangladesh	89.1 million	69.9 million
9	Pakistan	84.1 million	61 million
10	Germany	78.4 million	78.1 million
11	Nigeria	74.9 million	56.5 million
12	Mexico	68.1 million	51.6 million
13	Italy	56.6 million	53.5 million
14	United Kingdom	56.3 million	55.8 million
15	France	54.1 million	51.1 million
16	Viet Nam	53.1 million	41.9 million
17	Ukraine	50.1 million	47.4 million
18	Philippines	48.7 million	38.1 million
19	Thailand	46.1 million	36.4 million
20	Türkiye	45.9 million	37.1 million
21	Egypt	44.5 million	35 million
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	40.6 million	29.6 million
23	Republic of Korea	38.4 million	32.9 million
24	Spain	37.7 million	34 million
25	Poland	35.7 million	32.6 million
26	Ethiopia	34.5 million	28.2 million
27	Myanmar	33.5 million	27.5 million
28	South Africa	30 million	22.6 million
29	Argentina	28.2 million	24.1 million
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27.1 million	20.4 million
31	Colombia	26.4 million	21.1 million
32	Canada	24.7 million	21.7 million
33	Romania	22.2 million	20.2 million
34	Morocco	19.7 million	15.3 million
35	United Republic of Tanzania	19.5 million	13.7 million
36	Algeria	18.9 million	13.9 million
37	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	18.4 million	15.4 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	18.3 million	15 million
39	Peru	17.6 million	13.7 million
40	Sudan	17.4 million	11.9 million
41	Kenya	16.3 million	11.6 million
42	Uzbekistan	15.8 million	11.9 million
43	Nepal	15.7 million	12.6 million
44	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15.5 million	11.6 million
45	Kazakhstan	15.2 million	12.6 million
46	Sri Lanka	15 million	12.4 million
47	Australia	14.8 million	12.8 million
48	Netherlands	14.2 million	13.1 million
49	Iraq	13.8 million	9.9 million
50	Uganda	13.4 million	10.5 million
51	Malaysia	13.2 million	10.3 million
52	Afghanistan	12.8 million	11.4 million
53	Ghana	12.1 million	9 million
54	Chile	11.6 million	9.9 million
55	Mozambique	11.4 million	8.3 million
56	Hungary	10.7 million	10.3 million
57	Czechia	10.3 million	9.8 million
58	Belgium	9.8 million	9.7 million
59	Cuba	9.8 million	8.9 million
60	Portugal	9.8 million	8.6 million
61	Greece	9.7 million	8.8 million
62	Yemen	9.7 million	7.2 million
63	Belarus	9.6 million	9 million
64	Madagascar	9.1 million	6.8 million
65	Syrian Arab Republic	9.1 million	6.5 million
66	Bulgaria	8.9 million	8.5 million
67	Cameroon	8.7 million	6.5 million
68	Côte d'Ivoire	8.4 million	5.5 million
69	Sweden	8.3 million	8.1 million
70	Angola	8.3 million	5.9 million
71	Ecuador	8.3 million	6.2 million
72	Serbia	7.8 million	7.3 million
73	Mali	7.6 million	6.3 million
74	Austria	7.6 million	7.5 million
75	Zimbabwe	7.4 million	5.3 million
76	Burkina Faso	7 million	5.7 million
77	Guatemala	7 million	5.5 million
78	Tunisia	6.7 million	5.2 million
79	Malawi	6.4 million	4.7 million
80	Switzerland	6.3 million	6.2 million
81	Azerbaijan	6.3 million	5.2 million
82	Niger	6.2 million	4.7 million
83	Saudi Arabia	6.2 million	3.6 million
84	Somalia	6.1 million	3.8 million
85	Senegal	5.9 million	4.5 million
86	Zambia	5.9 million	4.4 million
87	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.8 million	4.6 million
88	Dominican Republic	5.8 million	4.5 million
89	Haiti	5.7 million	4.7 million
90	Rwanda	5.4 million	4 million
91	Cambodia	5.2 million	6.6 million
92	Georgia	5.2 million	4.8 million
93	Denmark	5.1 million	5 million
94	Guinea	5.1 million	4.3 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	5 million	3.9 million
96	Slovakia	5 million	4.5 million
97	Finland	4.8 million	4.6 million
98	Croatia	4.7 million	4.5 million
99	El Salvador	4.6 million	3.7 million
100	Burundi	4.5 million	3.6 million
101	Chad	4.5 million	3.8 million
102	South Sudan	4.4 million	3.4 million
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.2 million	3.8 million
104	Norway	4.1 million	3.9 million
105	Republic of Moldova	4.1 million	3.7 million
106	Tajikistan	4.1 million	3 million
107	Benin	4 million	3.1 million
108	Honduras	3.8 million	2.8 million
109	Kyrgyzstan	3.8 million	3.1 million
110	Israel	3.8 million	2.9 million
111	Libya	3.5 million	2.1 million
112	Lithuania	3.4 million	3.2 million
113	Ireland	3.4 million	3 million
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.3 million	2.7 million
115	Sierra Leone	3.3 million	2.7 million
116	Nicaragua	3.3 million	2.5 million
117	Puerto Rico	3.2 million	2.8 million
118	Papua New Guinea	3.2 million	2.5 million
119	New Zealand	3.2 million	2.8 million
120	Armenia	3.1 million	2.5 million
121	Paraguay	3.1 million	2.4 million
122	Lebanon	3 million	2.4 million
123	Togo	3 million	2.3 million
124	Uruguay	3 million	2.8 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.9 million	2.2 million
126	Albania	2.8 million	2.2 million
127	Latvia	2.5 million	2.4 million
128	Singapore	2.5 million	2.1 million
129	Central African Republic	2.5 million	2.1 million
130	Costa Rica	2.4 million	1.9 million
131	Jordan	2.3 million	1.6 million
132	Jamaica	2.2 million	1.9 million
133	Panama	2 million	1.5 million
134	Liberia	2 million	1.5 million
135	North Macedonia	1.9 million	1.7 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	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.6 million	1.3 million
140	Eritrea	1.6 million	1.3 million
141	Kuwait	1.5 million	837,817
142	Mauritania	1.5 million	1.1 million
143	State of Palestine	1.5 million	1.1 million
144	Estonia	1.5 million	1.4 million
145	Lesotho	1.4 million	1 million
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1 million	996,616
147	United Arab Emirates	1.1 million	310,393
148	Oman	1 million	671,629
149	Namibia	987,979	768,953
150	Mauritius	961,751	834,549
151	Botswana	949,025	592,024
152	Guinea-Bissau	835,765	588,782
153	Guyana	776,030	708,090
154	Gabon	758,122	602,100
155	Gambia	726,327	531,553
156	Cyprus	685,899	650,644
157	Timor-Leste	656,068	557,983
158	Fiji	649,604	536,268
159	Eswatini	606,548	447,039
160	Montenegro	587,850	532,311
161	Réunion	556,832	473,395
162	Bhutan	440,563	313,775
163	Suriname	375,178	385,752
164	Bahrain	366,754	225,831
165	Luxembourg	364,141	339,852
166	Malta	343,822	326,652
167	Comoros	342,597	247,893
168	Djibouti	335,472	149,803
169	Martinique	332,512	325,746
170	Guadeloupe	331,547	318,685
171	Cabo Verde	325,448	291,905
172	Equatorial Guinea	294,664	318,909
173	Qatar	284,630	123,807
174	Barbados	251,882	249,101
175	China, Macao SAR	248,533	260,857
176	Solomon Islands	242,285	178,553
177	Bahamas	234,628	188,099
178	Iceland	229,319	204,892
179	Brunei Darussalam	188,994	136,220
180	Maldives	167,152	125,092
181	Samoa	165,035	141,471
182	French Polynesia	158,959	115,991
183	Curaçao	156,743	151,562
184	New Caledonia	150,647	111,867
185	Belize	146,900	121,832
186	Western Sahara	122,635	78,934
187	Saint Lucia	120,212	103,857
188	Vanuatu	116,905	87,539
189	Guam	111,497	89,399
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,618	96,411
191	Sao Tome and Principe	99,642	78,474
192	Tonga	97,859	85,157
193	United States Virgin Islands	97,297	65,876
194	Grenada	94,021	98,528
195	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	78,591	59,835
196	Jersey	76,693	69,887
197	Dominica	73,111	69,269
198	French Guiana	67,622	46,980
199	Seychelles	66,600	54,834
200	Antigua and Barbuda	64,601	64,721
201	Isle of Man	64,491	55,928
202	Aruba	62,103	58,881
203	Kiribati	61,626	58,086
204	Guernsey	53,889	54,026
205	Bermuda	53,797	52,491
206	Mayotte	51,481	35,580
207	Greenland	50,413	46,119
208	Faroe Islands	43,345	38,463
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,774	44,299
210	Andorra	36,493	20,698
211	American Samoa	32,933	27,300
212	Marshall Islands	31,340	23,043
213	Gibraltar	28,717	26,882
214	Monaco	27,219	24,413
215	Liechtenstein	25,270	21,394
216	San Marino	21,716	18,233
217	Northern Mariana Islands	18,579	10,591
218	Cook Islands	17,651	20,692
219	Cayman Islands	17,485	10,770
220	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	12,753	6,650
221	Palau	12,260	11,538
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11,874	9,995
223	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,365	8,923
224	Montserrat	11,293	11,331
225	British Virgin Islands	11,257	10,018
226	Saint Martin (French part)	8,395	6,137
227	Nauru	7,737	6,736
228	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,715	5,678
229	Tuvalu	7,455	5,674
230	Anguilla	6,592	6,330
231	Saint Helena	6,416	5,819
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,175	5,677
233	Niue	3,469	5,086
234	Saint Barthélemy	2,993	2,411
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,246	2,273
236	Tokelau	1,663	1,691
237	Holy See	743	741

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