Countries by Population in the Year 1980

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1980. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,407,558,000
1	China	981,244,000
2	India	679,239,000
3	United States	232,118,000
4	Indonesia	147,187,000
5	Russia	138,193,000
6	Brazil	119,783,000
7	Japan	117,977,000
8	Bangladesh	86,967,000
9	Pakistan	80,453,000
10	Germany	78,200,000
11	Nigeria	72,604,000
12	Mexico	66,480,000
13	United Kingdom	56,588,000
14	Italy	56,220,000
15	France	55,284,000
16	Vietnam	51,867,000
17	Ukraine	49,833,000
18	Philippines	47,427,000
19	Thailand	45,183,000
20	Turkey	44,940,000
21	Egypt	43,359,000
22	Iran	39,110,000
23	South Korea	37,928,000
24	Spain	37,385,000
25	Poland	35,418,000
26	Ethiopia	34,377,000
27	Myanmar	32,909,000
28	South Africa	29,021,000
29	Argentina	27,789,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	26,323,000
31	Colombia	25,802,000
32	Canada	24,376,000
33	Romania	22,091,000
34	Morocco	19,312,000
35	Tanzania	18,896,000
36	Algeria	18,311,000
37	North Korea	18,109,000
38	Taiwan	17,919,000
39	Peru	17,144,000
40	Sudan	16,678,000
41	Kenya	15,730,000
42	Uzbekistan	15,415,000
43	Nepal	15,368,000
44	Kazakhstan	15,067,000
45	Venezuela	15,045,000
46	Sri Lanka	14,716,000
47	Australia	14,618,000
48	Netherlands	14,189,000
49	Afghanistan	13,574,000
50	Iraq	13,374,000
51	Uganda	13,144,000
52	Malaysia	12,780,000
53	Ghana	11,775,000
54	Chile	11,423,000
55	Mozambique	11,236,000
56	Hungary	10,702,000
57	Czech Republic	10,267,000
58	Belgium	9,822,000
59	Cuba	9,786,000
60	Portugal	9,715,000
61	Greece	9,597,000
62	Belarus	9,566,000
63	Yemen	9,379,000
64	Madagascar	8,870,000
65	Bulgaria	8,845,000
66	Syria	8,808,000
67	Cameroon	8,353,000
68	Sweden	8,303,000
69	Ivory Coast	8,057,000
70	Ecuador	8,056,000
71	Angola	7,986,000
72	Serbia	7,778,000
73	Austria	7,544,000
74	Mali	7,450,000
75	Burkina Faso	6,853,000
76	Guatemala	6,813,000
77	Zimbabwe	6,725,000
78	Tunisia	6,530,000
79	Switzerland	6,304,000
80	Azerbaijan	6,236,000
81	Malawi	6,143,000
82	Niger	6,044,000
83	Saudi Arabia	5,870,000
84	Somalia	5,816,000
85	Senegal	5,772,000
86	Zambia	5,716,000
87	Bolivia	5,695,000
88	Dominican Republic	5,659,000
89	Haiti	5,561,000
90	Rwanda	5,269,000
91	Denmark	5,215,000
92	Cambodia	5,187,000
93	Georgia	5,146,000
94	Guinea	5,001,000
95	Slovakia	4,957,000
96	Finland	4,771,000
97	Croatia	4,636,000
98	Chad	4,559,000
99	El Salvador	4,520,000
100	South Sudan	4,285,000
101	Burundi	4,245,000
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,131,000
103	Norway	4,079,000
104	Moldova	4,028,000
105	Tajikistan	3,939,000
106	Benin	3,870,000
107	Kyrgyzstan	3,692,000
108	Israel	3,681,000
109	Honduras	3,670,000
110	Lithuania	3,417,000
111	Ireland	3,396,000
112	Libya	3,327,000
113	Laos	3,258,000
114	Sierra Leone	3,239,000
115	Nicaragua	3,206,000
116	New Zealand	3,164,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,099,000
118	Armenia	3,093,000
119	Paraguay	3,012,000
120	Uruguay	2,946,000
121	Lebanon	2,912,000
122	Togo	2,878,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,796,000
124	Albania	2,708,000
125	Latvia	2,509,000
126	Central African Republic	2,437,000
127	Singapore	2,402,000
128	Costa Rica	2,358,000
129	Jordan	2,191,000
130	Jamaica	2,132,000
131	Panama	1,934,000
132	North Macedonia	1,920,000
133	Liberia	1,901,000
134	Slovenia	1,895,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,809,000
136	Mongolia	1,681,000
137	Eritrea	1,584,000
138	Kosovo	1,582,000
139	Estonia	1,472,000
140	Kuwait	1,465,000
141	Mauritania	1,453,000
	Palestine	1,448,000
142	Lesotho	1,386,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,115,000
144	Namibia	975,000
145	Oman	974,000
146	United Arab Emirates	964,000
147	Mauritius	947,000
148	Botswana	926,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	823,000
150	Guyana	773,000
151	Gabon	739,000
152	Gambia	702,000
153	Cyprus	680,000
154	East Timor	644,000
155	Fiji	634,000
156	Eswatini	587,000
157	Montenegro	582,000
158	Bhutan	426,000
159	Suriname	376,000
160	Luxembourg	363,000
161	Bahrain	351,000
162	Malta	342,000
163	Comoros	333,000
164	Cape Verde	321,000
165	Djibouti	316,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	283,000
167	Qatar	267,000
168	Barbados	251,000
169	Solomon Islands	234,000
170	Bahamas	230,000
171	Iceland	227,000
172	Brunei	183,000
173	Samoa	164,000
174	Maldives	163,000
175	Belize	143,000
176	Saint Lucia	118,000
177	Vanuatu	114,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	104,000
179	Tonga	98,000
180	São Tomé and Príncipe	97,000
181	Grenada	95,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	76,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Seychelles	66,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	64,000
186	Kiribati	61,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	35,000
189	Marshall Islands	30,000
190	Monaco	27,000
191	Liechtenstein	25,000
192	San Marino	21,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Nauru	8,000
195	Tuvalu	7,000
196	Vatican City	1,000