Countries by Population in the Year 1982

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1982. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,569,900,000
1	China	1,010,568,000
2	India	711,924,000
3	United States	236,899,000
4	Indonesia	154,256,000
5	Russia	139,751,000
6	Brazil	125,494,000
7	Japan	119,248,000
8	Bangladesh	91,540,000
9	Pakistan	87,475,000
10	Germany	78,465,000
11	Nigeria	77,211,000
12	Mexico	69,663,000
13	Italy	56,689,000
14	United Kingdom	56,638,000
15	France	55,952,000
16	Vietnam	54,363,000
17	Ukraine	50,301,000
18	Philippines	49,963,000
19	Thailand	47,035,000
20	Turkey	46,764,000
21	Egypt	45,753,000
22	Iran	43,404,000
23	South Korea	39,024,000
24	Spain	37,935,000
25	Ethiopia	36,128,000
26	Poland	36,066,000
27	Myanmar	34,172,000
28	South Africa	31,065,000
29	Argentina	28,693,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27,902,000
31	Colombia	27,019,000
32	Canada	24,999,000
33	Romania	22,327,000
34	Morocco	20,382,000
35	Tanzania	20,086,000
36	Algeria	19,538,000
37	North Korea	18,638,000
38	Taiwan	18,571,000
39	Sudan	18,121,000
40	Peru	18,020,000
41	Kenya	16,896,000
42	Uzbekistan	16,245,000
43	Nepal	16,107,000
44	Venezuela	15,903,000
45	Kazakhstan	15,408,000
46	Sri Lanka	15,219,000
47	Australia	15,073,000
48	Netherlands	14,391,000
49	Iraq	14,203,000
50	Uganda	13,705,000
51	Malaysia	13,611,000
52	Ghana	12,455,000
53	Chile	11,764,000
54	Mozambique	11,700,000
55	Afghanistan	11,110,000
56	Hungary	10,670,000
57	Czech Republic	10,295,000
58	Yemen	10,057,000
59	Cuba	9,875,000
60	Portugal	9,863,000
61	Belgium	9,858,000
62	Greece	9,799,000
63	Belarus	9,716,000
64	Madagascar	9,416,000
65	Syria	9,413,000
66	Cameroon	8,961,000
67	Bulgaria	8,902,000
68	Ivory Coast	8,729,000
69	Angola	8,589,000
70	Ecuador	8,498,000
71	Sweden	8,323,000
72	Serbia	7,841,000
73	Mali	7,775,000
74	Zimbabwe	7,640,000
75	Austria	7,583,000
76	Burkina Faso	7,238,000
77	Guatemala	7,163,000
78	Tunisia	6,834,000
79	Malawi	6,645,000
80	Saudi Arabia	6,615,000
81	Azerbaijan	6,437,000
82	Niger	6,416,000
83	Switzerland	6,373,000
84	Zambia	6,077,000
85	Senegal	6,075,000
86	Bolivia	5,953,000
87	Dominican Republic	5,938,000
88	Somalia	5,909,000
89	Haiti	5,779,000
90	Rwanda	5,617,000
91	Cambodia	5,356,000
92	Georgia	5,225,000
93	Denmark	5,214,000
94	Guinea	5,193,000
95	Slovakia	5,034,000
96	Finland	4,812,000
97	Croatia	4,677,000
98	Burundi	4,610,000
99	El Salvador	4,581,000
100	Chad	4,570,000
101	South Sudan	4,502,000
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,202,000
103	Tajikistan	4,167,000
104	Moldova	4,110,000
105	Norway	4,107,000
106	Benin	4,096,000
107	Honduras	3,900,000
108	Israel	3,842,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	3,842,000
110	Libya	3,721,000
111	Lithuania	3,465,000
112	Ireland	3,463,000
113	Laos	3,406,000
114	Nicaragua	3,392,000
115	Sierra Leone	3,373,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,230,000
117	New Zealand	3,190,000
118	Paraguay	3,181,000
119	Armenia	3,149,000
120	Togo	3,062,000
121	Lebanon	3,041,000
122	Uruguay	2,969,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,946,000
124	Albania	2,818,000
125	Singapore	2,590,000
126	Latvia	2,525,000
127	Central African Republic	2,493,000
128	Costa Rica	2,490,000
129	Jordan	2,374,000
130	Jamaica	2,188,000
131	Panama	2,028,000
132	Liberia	2,016,000
133	North Macedonia	1,972,000
134	Slovenia	1,918,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,890,000
136	Mongolia	1,764,000
137	Eritrea	1,672,000
138	Kosovo	1,665,000
139	Kuwait	1,622,000
140	Mauritania	1,539,000
	Palestine	1,535,000
141	Estonia	1,490,000
142	Lesotho	1,469,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,142,000
144	United Arab Emirates	1,132,000
145	Oman	1,087,000
146	Namibia	997,000
147	Botswana	991,000
148	Mauritius	977,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	849,000
150	Gabon	779,000
151	Guyana	777,000
152	Gambia	752,000
153	Cyprus	692,000
154	Fiji	665,000
155	East Timor	665,000
156	Eswatini	627,000
157	Montenegro	592,000
158	Bhutan	455,000
159	Bahrain	380,000
160	Suriname	376,000
161	Luxembourg	365,000
162	Comoros	352,000
163	Djibouti	351,000
164	Malta	346,000
165	Cape Verde	330,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	312,000
167	Qatar	302,000
168	Barbados	253,000
169	Solomon Islands	251,000
170	Bahamas	239,000
171	Iceland	232,000
172	Brunei	195,000
173	Maldives	172,000
174	Samoa	166,000
175	Belize	151,000
176	Saint Lucia	122,000
177	Vanuatu	120,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	102,000
180	Tonga	98,000
181	Grenada	94,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	81,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Seychelles	67,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
186	Kiribati	63,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	38,000
189	Marshall Islands	33,000
190	Monaco	27,000
191	Liechtenstein	26,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	13,000
194	Nauru	8,000
195	Tuvalu	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000