Countries by Population in the Year 1981

This page lists the population of all the countries in the world as of January 1, 1981. It is based on the 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,483,746,000
1	China	994,865,000
2	India	704,782,000
3	United States	227,973,000
4	Indonesia	149,928,000
5	Russia	138,621,000
6	Brazil	123,724,000
7	Japan	118,028,000
8	Bangladesh	84,985,000
9	Pakistan	82,422,000
10	Germany	77,730,000
11	Nigeria	74,075,000
12	Mexico	68,520,000
13	United Kingdom	56,701,000
14	Italy	56,500,000
15	France	55,395,000
16	Vietnam	53,613,000
17	Ukraine	50,089,000
18	Philippines	49,053,000
19	Thailand	46,238,000
20	Turkey	44,547,000
21	Egypt	44,321,000
22	Iran	39,197,000
23	South Korea	38,395,000
24	Spain	37,641,000
25	Poland	35,683,000
26	Ethiopia	34,996,000
27	Myanmar	33,791,000
28	South Africa	29,850,000
29	Argentina	28,245,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27,082,000
31	Colombia	26,481,000
32	Canada	24,667,000
33	Romania	22,186,000
34	Morocco	20,063,000
35	Tanzania	19,591,000
36	Algeria	19,036,000
37	Taiwan	18,252,000
38	North Korea	18,102,000
39	Peru	17,713,000
40	Sudan	17,033,000
41	Kenya	16,480,000
42	Uzbekistan	16,139,000
43	Nepal	15,785,000
44	Venezuela	15,423,000
45	Sri Lanka	15,073,000
46	Australia	14,808,000
47	Kazakhstan	14,282,000
48	Netherlands	14,262,000
49	Iraq	13,870,000
50	Uganda	13,415,000
51	Malaysia	13,389,000
52	Afghanistan	12,056,000
53	Ghana	12,035,000
54	Chile	11,553,000
55	Mozambique	11,506,000
56	Hungary	10,691,000
57	Saudi Arabia	10,422,000
58	Czech Republic	10,278,000
59	Belarus	9,847,000
60	Belgium	9,836,000
61	Portugal	9,832,000
62	Cuba	9,824,000
63	Greece	9,364,000
64	Yemen	9,362,000
65	Madagascar	9,077,000
66	Syria	9,050,000
67	Bulgaria	8,980,000
68	Cameroon	8,681,000
69	Angola	8,478,000
70	Ivory Coast	8,460,000
71	Sweden	8,320,000
72	Ecuador	8,243,000
73	Serbia	7,800,000
74	Austria	7,551,000
75	Mali	7,452,000
76	Zimbabwe	7,365,000
77	Guatemala	7,076,000
78	Burkina Faso	7,027,000
79	Tunisia	6,659,000
80	Azerbaijan	6,426,000
81	Malawi	6,390,000
82	Switzerland	6,335,000
83	Niger	6,268,000
84	Cambodia	6,230,000
85	Somalia	6,010,000
86	Dominican Republic	5,821,000
87	Zambia	5,805,000
88	Bolivia	5,799,000
89	Senegal	5,776,000
90	Haiti	5,702,000
91	Rwanda	5,339,000
92	Denmark	5,220,000
93	Georgia	5,163,000
94	Guinea	5,018,000
95	Slovakia	4,993,000
96	Finland	4,788,000
97	Croatia	4,691,000
98	El Salvador	4,543,000
99	Burundi	4,449,000
100	Chad	4,362,000
101	South Sudan	4,242,000
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,217,000
103	Moldova	4,121,000
104	Tajikistan	4,103,000
105	Norway	4,092,000
106	Benin	3,886,000
107	Honduras	3,836,000
108	Israel	3,780,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	3,727,000
110	Lithuania	3,536,000
111	Ireland	3,410,000
112	Sierra Leone	3,402,000
113	Nicaragua	3,351,000
114	Laos	3,332,000
115	New Zealand	3,174,000
116	Armenia	3,151,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,136,000
118	Paraguay	3,120,000
119	Libya	3,036,000
120	Lebanon	2,996,000
121	Albania	2,968,000
122	Uruguay	2,960,000
123	Turkmenistan	2,897,000
124	Togo	2,879,000
125	Latvia	2,580,000
126	Costa Rica	2,447,000
127	Central African Republic	2,428,000
128	Singapore	2,424,000
129	Jordan	2,259,000
130	Jamaica	2,151,000
131	Panama	1,980,000
132	Liberia	1,961,000
133	North Macedonia	1,921,000
134	Slovenia	1,910,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,850,000
136	Mongolia	1,718,000
137	Eritrea	1,680,000
138	Kosovo	1,610,000
139	Kuwait	1,534,000
140	Mauritania	1,529,000
141	Estonia	1,481,000
	Palestine	1,475,000
142	Lesotho	1,427,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,135,000
144	United Arab Emirates	1,067,000
145	Oman	1,045,000
146	Namibia	983,000
147	Mauritius	962,000
148	Botswana	961,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	838,000
150	Guyana	779,000
151	Gabon	759,000
152	Gambia	731,000
153	Cyprus	683,000
154	Fiji	653,000
155	East Timor	647,000
156	Eswatini	608,000
157	Montenegro	592,000
158	Bhutan	422,000
159	Suriname	375,000
160	Bahrain	371,000
161	Luxembourg	364,000
162	Malta	335,000
163	Djibouti	334,000
164	Comoros	333,000
165	Cape Verde	319,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	288,000
167	Qatar	286,000
168	Barbados	254,000
169	Solomon Islands	238,000
170	Iceland	229,000
171	Bahamas	226,000
172	Brunei	191,000
173	Maldives	167,000
174	Samoa	166,000
175	Belize	147,000
176	Saint Lucia	123,000
177	Vanuatu	119,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	98,000
180	Tonga	97,000
181	Grenada	95,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	77,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Seychelles	66,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
186	Kiribati	61,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	36,000
189	Marshall Islands	33,000
190	Monaco	27,000
191	Liechtenstein	25,000
192	San Marino	21,000
193	Palau	12,000
194	Tuvalu	8,000
195	Nauru	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000