Population by country, 1982

Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1982

#	Country / area	Population	1972
1	China	1.01 billion	854.1 million
2	India	711.9 million	564 million
3	United States of America	233.4 million	211.7 million
4	Indonesia	154.3 million	120.4 million
5	Russian Federation	139.7 million	131.3 million
6	Brazil	125.5 million	98.9 million
7	Japan	119.2 million	108.6 million
8	Bangladesh	91.5 million	70.7 million
9	Pakistan	87.5 million	62.7 million
10	Germany	78.5 million	78.6 million
11	Nigeria	77.2 million	57.9 million
12	Mexico	69.7 million	53.2 million
13	Italy	56.7 million	53.9 million
14	United Kingdom	56.3 million	56 million
15	France	54.4 million	51.5 million
16	Viet Nam	54.4 million	43 million
17	Ukraine	50.3 million	47.8 million
18	Philippines	50 million	39 million
19	Thailand	47 million	37.4 million
20	Türkiye	46.8 million	38 million
21	Egypt	45.8 million	35.8 million
22	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	43.4 million	30.5 million
23	Republic of Korea	39 million	33.6 million
24	Spain	37.9 million	34.3 million
25	Ethiopia	36.1 million	29 million
26	Poland	36.1 million	32.9 million
27	Myanmar	34.2 million	28.1 million
28	South Africa	31.1 million	23.3 million
29	Argentina	28.7 million	24.4 million
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27.9 million	21 million
31	Colombia	27 million	21.6 million
32	Canada	25 million	22.1 million
33	Romania	22.3 million	20.4 million
34	Morocco	20.3 million	15.7 million
35	United Republic of Tanzania	20.1 million	14.2 million
36	Algeria	19.5 million	14.3 million
37	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	18.6 million	15.8 million
38	China, Taiwan Province of China	18.6 million	15.3 million
39	Sudan	18.1 million	12.3 million
40	Peru	18 million	14 million
41	Kenya	16.9 million	12 million
42	Uzbekistan	16.2 million	12.3 million
43	Nepal	16.1 million	12.8 million
44	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15.9 million	11.9 million
45	Kazakhstan	15.4 million	12.8 million
46	Sri Lanka	15.2 million	12.7 million
47	Australia	15.1 million	13.2 million
48	Netherlands	14.3 million	13.3 million
49	Iraq	14.2 million	10.3 million
50	Uganda	13.7 million	10.8 million
51	Malaysia	13.6 million	10.5 million
52	Ghana	12.5 million	9.3 million
53	Chile	11.8 million	10.1 million
54	Mozambique	11.7 million	8.6 million
55	Afghanistan	11.1 million	11.7 million
56	Hungary	10.7 million	10.4 million
57	Czechia	10.3 million	9.8 million
58	Yemen	10.1 million	7.4 million
59	Cuba	9.9 million	9.1 million
60	Portugal	9.9 million	8.8 million
61	Belgium	9.9 million	9.7 million
62	Greece	9.8 million	8.8 million
63	Belarus	9.7 million	9.1 million
64	Madagascar	9.4 million	7 million
65	Syrian Arab Republic	9.4 million	6.7 million
66	Cameroon	9 million	6.7 million
67	Bulgaria	8.9 million	8.6 million
68	Côte d'Ivoire	8.7 million	5.8 million
69	Angola	8.6 million	6.1 million
70	Ecuador	8.5 million	6.4 million
71	Sweden	8.3 million	8.1 million
72	Serbia	7.8 million	7.4 million
73	Mali	7.8 million	6.4 million
74	Zimbabwe	7.6 million	5.5 million
75	Austria	7.6 million	7.5 million
76	Burkina Faso	7.2 million	5.8 million
77	Guatemala	7.2 million	5.6 million
78	Tunisia	6.8 million	5.3 million
79	Malawi	6.6 million	4.8 million
80	Saudi Arabia	6.6 million	3.8 million
81	Azerbaijan	6.4 million	5.3 million
82	Niger	6.4 million	4.8 million
83	Switzerland	6.4 million	6.2 million
84	Zambia	6.1 million	4.5 million
85	Senegal	6.1 million	4.7 million
86	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6 million	4.7 million
87	Dominican Republic	5.9 million	4.6 million
88	Somalia	5.9 million	3.9 million
89	Haiti	5.8 million	4.8 million
90	Rwanda	5.6 million	4.2 million
91	Cambodia	5.4 million	6.6 million
92	Georgia	5.2 million	4.9 million
93	Guinea	5.2 million	4.4 million
94	Denmark	5.1 million	5 million
95	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.1 million	4.1 million
96	Slovakia	5 million	4.6 million
97	Finland	4.8 million	4.6 million
98	Croatia	4.7 million	4.5 million
99	Burundi	4.6 million	3.7 million
100	El Salvador	4.6 million	3.8 million
101	Chad	4.6 million	3.8 million
102	South Sudan	4.5 million	3.5 million
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.2 million	3.8 million
104	Tajikistan	4.2 million	3.1 million
105	Republic of Moldova	4.1 million	3.7 million
106	Norway	4.1 million	3.9 million
107	Benin	4.1 million	3.2 million
108	Honduras	3.9 million	2.9 million
109	Kyrgyzstan	3.8 million	3.1 million
110	Israel	3.8 million	3 million
111	Libya	3.7 million	2.2 million
112	Lithuania	3.5 million	3.2 million
113	Ireland	3.5 million	3 million
114	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.4 million	2.8 million
115	Nicaragua	3.4 million	2.5 million
116	Sierra Leone	3.4 million	2.8 million
117	Puerto Rico	3.3 million	2.8 million
118	Papua New Guinea	3.2 million	2.6 million
119	Paraguay	3.2 million	2.5 million
120	New Zealand	3.2 million	2.9 million
121	Armenia	3.1 million	2.6 million
122	Togo	3.1 million	2.4 million
123	Lebanon	3 million	2.5 million
124	Uruguay	3 million	2.8 million
125	Turkmenistan	2.9 million	2.3 million
126	Albania	2.8 million	2.3 million
127	Singapore	2.6 million	2.1 million
128	Latvia	2.5 million	2.4 million
129	Central African Republic	2.5 million	2.2 million
130	Costa Rica	2.5 million	1.9 million
131	Jordan	2.4 million	1.7 million
132	Jamaica	2.2 million	1.9 million
133	Panama	2 million	1.6 million
134	Liberia	2 million	1.5 million
135	North Macedonia	2 million	1.7 million
136	Slovenia	1.9 million	1.8 million
137	Congo	1.9 million	1.5 million
138	Mongolia	1.8 million	1.3 million
139	Eritrea	1.7 million	1.3 million
140	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.7 million	1.3 million
141	Kuwait	1.6 million	892,335
142	Mauritania	1.5 million	1.2 million
143	State of Palestine	1.5 million	1.1 million
144	Estonia	1.5 million	1.4 million
145	Lesotho	1.5 million	1.1 million
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.1 million	1 million
147	United Arab Emirates	1.1 million	359,661
148	Oman	1.1 million	690,608
149	Namibia	997,012	792,213
150	Botswana	990,960	608,934
151	Mauritius	976,676	847,662
152	Guinea-Bissau	849,083	583,659
153	Gabon	778,631	614,587
154	Guyana	776,856	717,215
155	Gambia	751,924	547,223
156	Cyprus	691,870	657,455
157	Fiji	665,328	545,968
158	Timor-Leste	664,918	567,950
159	Eswatini	627,069	459,326
160	Montenegro	591,957	537,896
161	Réunion	565,112	481,803
162	Bhutan	455,101	324,638
163	Bahrain	380,294	235,636
164	Suriname	375,734	398,112
165	Luxembourg	364,821	344,056
166	Comoros	352,168	255,837
167	Djibouti	350,622	160,469
168	Malta	345,682	327,933
169	Martinique	333,448	326,217
170	Guadeloupe	333,441	319,461
171	Cabo Verde	330,244	296,188
172	Equatorial Guinea	311,838	312,970
173	Qatar	302,475	138,885
174	China, Macao SAR	256,471	266,061
175	Barbados	252,657	249,234
176	Solomon Islands	250,826	182,718
177	Bahamas	238,595	193,613
178	Iceland	232,156	207,424
179	Brunei Darussalam	194,960	139,622
180	Maldives	171,913	128,978
181	Samoa	166,321	143,535
182	French Polynesia	164,052	119,900
183	Curaçao	156,846	152,802
184	New Caledonia	152,236	117,162
185	Belize	150,671	123,779
186	Western Sahara	131,137	78,505
187	Saint Lucia	122,120	105,270
188	Vanuatu	119,590	90,184
189	Guam	114,307	91,534
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	105,526	97,333
191	Sao Tome and Principe	101,588	80,186
192	United States Virgin Islands	98,219	69,944
193	Tonga	97,958	86,635
194	Grenada	94,083	98,768
195	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	80,998	61,438
196	Jersey	77,400	70,913
197	Dominica	72,859	69,795
198	French Guiana	70,263	48,458
199	Seychelles	67,299	56,187
200	Antigua and Barbuda	64,728	64,737
201	Isle of Man	64,695	56,922
202	Kiribati	62,617	59,218
203	Aruba	62,429	58,680
204	Mayotte	54,379	36,645
205	Bermuda	54,197	52,723
206	Guernsey	54,165	54,280
207	Greenland	51,024	46,881
208	Faroe Islands	43,906	38,943
209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,622	44,113
210	Andorra	37,844	22,185
211	American Samoa	34,236	27,766
212	Marshall Islands	32,694	23,690
213	Gibraltar	28,763	27,159
214	Monaco	27,362	24,738
215	Liechtenstein	25,653	21,794
216	San Marino	21,965	18,605
217	Northern Mariana Islands	21,072	11,950
218	Cayman Islands	18,325	11,425
219	Cook Islands	17,558	21,046
220	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13,851	7,126
221	Palau	12,543	11,980
222	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11,999	10,252
223	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,867	9,066
224	British Virgin Islands	11,700	10,172
225	Montserrat	11,213	11,344
226	Saint Martin (French part)	8,601	6,318
227	Turks and Caicos Islands	8,101	5,830
228	Nauru	7,941	6,788
229	Tuvalu	7,597	5,696
230	Anguilla	6,616	6,380
231	Saint Helena	6,475	5,896
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,121	5,770
233	Niue	3,318	4,990
234	Saint Barthélemy	3,038	2,442
235	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2,247	2,272
236	Tokelau	1,664	1,640
237	Holy See	741	737

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