Countries by Population in the Year 1983

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1983. It is based on the 2024 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,655,447,000
1	China	1,027,430,000
2	India	728,703,000
3	United States	239,357,000
4	Indonesia	157,848,000
5	Russia	140,744,000
6	Brazil	128,352,000
7	Japan	119,724,000
8	Bangladesh	94,089,000
9	Pakistan	90,704,000
10	Nigeria	79,546,000
11	Germany	78,322,000
12	Mexico	71,203,000
13	Italy	56,749,000
14	United Kingdom	56,635,000
15	France	56,318,000
16	Vietnam	55,660,000
17	Philippines	51,429,000
18	Ukraine	50,504,000
19	Thailand	47,954,000
20	Turkey	47,880,000
21	Egypt	47,063,000
22	Iran	45,140,000
23	South Korea	39,688,000
24	Spain	38,159,000
25	Ethiopia	37,275,000
26	Poland	36,400,000
27	Myanmar	34,794,000
28	South Africa	32,166,000
29	Argentina	29,155,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28,774,000
31	Colombia	27,657,000
32	Canada	25,282,000
33	Romania	22,422,000
34	Morocco	20,928,000
35	Tanzania	20,711,000
36	Algeria	20,207,000
37	North Korea	18,915,000
38	Taiwan	18,877,000
39	Sudan	18,852,000
40	Peru	18,473,000
41	Kenya	17,516,000
42	Uzbekistan	16,680,000
43	Nepal	16,489,000
44	Venezuela	16,340,000
45	Kazakhstan	15,578,000
46	Sri Lanka	15,355,000
47	Australia	15,312,000
48	Iraq	14,609,000
49	Netherlands	14,455,000
50	Malaysia	14,054,000
51	Uganda	14,042,000
52	Ghana	12,832,000
53	Mozambique	11,949,000
54	Chile	11,937,000
55	Afghanistan	10,872,000
56	Hungary	10,642,000
57	Yemen	10,425,000
58	Czech Republic	10,303,000
59	Cuba	9,950,000
60	Portugal	9,908,000
61	Greece	9,876,000
62	Belgium	9,867,000
63	Belarus	9,781,000
64	Syria	9,732,000
65	Madagascar	9,699,000
66	Cameroon	9,096,000
67	Ivory Coast	9,087,000
68	Bulgaria	8,924,000
69	Angola	8,914,000
70	Ecuador	8,724,000
71	Sweden	8,327,000
72	Zimbabwe	7,953,000
73	Mali	7,946,000
74	Serbia	7,858,000
75	Austria	7,563,000
76	Burkina Faso	7,443,000
77	Guatemala	7,317,000
78	Saudi Arabia	7,034,000
79	Tunisia	6,983,000
80	Malawi	6,913,000
81	Niger	6,609,000
82	Azerbaijan	6,546,000
83	Switzerland	6,410,000
84	Zambia	6,281,000
85	Senegal	6,239,000
86	Somalia	6,098,000
87	Bolivia	6,083,000
88	Dominican Republic	6,076,000
89	Haiti	5,893,000
90	Rwanda	5,806,000
91	Cambodia	5,517,000
92	Guinea	5,302,000
93	Georgia	5,268,000
94	Denmark	5,213,000
95	Slovakia	5,070,000
96	Chad	4,907,000
97	Finland	4,842,000
98	Burundi	4,753,000
99	Croatia	4,702,000
100	El Salvador	4,664,000
101	South Sudan	4,614,000
102	Tajikistan	4,288,000
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,240,000
104	Benin	4,217,000
105	Moldova	4,150,000
106	Norway	4,122,000
107	Honduras	4,018,000
108	Israel	3,925,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	3,923,000
110	Libya	3,728,000
111	Laos	3,494,000
112	Lithuania	3,491,000
113	Ireland	3,488,000
114	Nicaragua	3,485,000
115	Sierra Leone	3,444,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,298,000
117	Paraguay	3,271,000
118	New Zealand	3,221,000
119	Armenia	3,177,000
120	Togo	3,168,000
121	Lebanon	3,069,000
122	Turkmenistan	3,026,000
123	Uruguay	2,982,000
124	Albania	2,876,000
125	Singapore	2,665,000
126	Costa Rica	2,559,000
127	Latvia	2,539,000
128	Central African Republic	2,522,000
129	Jordan	2,480,000
130	Jamaica	2,219,000
131	Panama	2,076,000
132	Liberia	2,074,000
133	North Macedonia	1,986,000
134	Republic of the Congo	1,931,000
135	Slovenia	1,918,000
136	Mongolia	1,807,000
137	Eritrea	1,719,000
138	Kuwait	1,703,000
139	Kosovo	1,701,000
	Palestine	1,587,000
140	Mauritania	1,584,000
141	Lesotho	1,512,000
142	Estonia	1,500,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,200,000
144	Trinidad and Tobago	1,154,000
145	Oman	1,149,000
146	Botswana	1,028,000
147	Namibia	1,024,000
148	Mauritius	991,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	863,000
150	Gabon	800,000
151	Gambia	780,000
152	Guyana	777,000
153	Cyprus	701,000
154	Fiji	681,000
155	East Timor	673,000
156	Eswatini	648,000
157	Montenegro	595,000
158	Bhutan	470,000
159	Bahrain	394,000
160	Suriname	377,000
161	Luxembourg	365,000
162	Djibouti	363,000
163	Comoros	362,000
164	Malta	348,000
165	Cape Verde	335,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	333,000
167	Qatar	321,000
168	Solomon Islands	260,000
169	Barbados	254,000
170	Bahamas	243,000
171	Iceland	236,000
172	Brunei	201,000
173	Maldives	177,000
174	Samoa	167,000
175	Belize	154,000
176	Saint Lucia	124,000
177	Vanuatu	122,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	106,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	103,000
180	Tonga	98,000
181	Grenada	95,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	83,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Seychelles	68,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
186	Kiribati	64,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000
188	Andorra	40,000
189	Marshall Islands	34,000
190	Monaco	28,000
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