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 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,565,510,000
1	China	1,010,307,000
2	India	720,956,000
3	United States	230,345,000
4	Indonesia	153,444,000
5	Russia	139,385,000
6	Brazil	126,613,000
7	Japan	118,744,000
8	Bangladesh	87,325,000
9	Pakistan	86,118,000
10	Germany	77,639,000
11	Nigeria	76,276,000
12	Mexico	69,947,000
13	United Kingdom	56,765,000
14	Italy	56,565,000
15	France	55,719,000
16	Vietnam	54,947,000
17	Philippines	50,306,000
18	Ukraine	50,289,000
19	Thailand	47,217,000
20	Egypt	45,478,000
21	Turkey	45,417,000
22	Iran	41,756,000
23	South Korea	39,068,000
24	Spain	37,876,000
25	Ethiopia	36,642,000
26	Poland	36,019,000
27	Myanmar	34,430,000
28	South Africa	30,615,000
29	Argentina	28,697,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27,833,000
31	Colombia	27,091,000
32	Canada	24,965,000
33	Romania	22,289,000
34	Morocco	20,605,000
35	Tanzania	20,191,000
36	Algeria	19,667,000
37	Taiwan	18,549,000
38	North Korea	18,368,000
39	Peru	18,152,000
40	Sudan	17,775,000
41	Kenya	17,092,000
42	Uzbekistan	16,532,000
43	Nepal	16,155,000
44	Venezuela	15,854,000
45	Sri Lanka	15,325,000
46	Australia	15,052,000
47	Kazakhstan	14,512,000
48	Netherlands	14,348,000
49	Iraq	14,264,000
50	Malaysia	13,740,000
51	Uganda	13,712,000
52	Ghana	12,391,000
53	Mozambique	11,774,000
54	Chile	11,722,000
55	Saudi Arabia	10,935,000
56	Hungary	10,670,000
57	Czech Republic	10,289,000
58	Afghanistan	10,254,000
59	Belarus	9,907,000
60	Portugal	9,882,000
61	Cuba	9,873,000
62	Belgium	9,851,000
63	Yemen	9,696,000
64	Greece	9,474,000
65	Syria	9,357,000
66	Madagascar	9,338,000
67	Cameroon	8,977,000
68	Bulgaria	8,976,000
69	Angola	8,785,000
70	Ivory Coast	8,783,000
71	Ecuador	8,462,000
72	Sweden	8,334,000
73	Serbia	7,829,000
74	Zimbabwe	7,648,000
75	Mali	7,613,000
76	Austria	7,581,000
77	Guatemala	7,255,000
78	Burkina Faso	7,220,000
79	Tunisia	6,829,000
80	Malawi	6,649,000
81	Azerbaijan	6,519,000
82	Cambodia	6,498,000
83	Niger	6,464,000
84	Switzerland	6,373,000
85	Zambia	5,990,000
86	Dominican Republic	5,950,000
87	Senegal	5,928,000
88	Bolivia	5,927,000
89	Somalia	5,859,000
90	Haiti	5,818,000
91	Rwanda	5,545,000
92	Denmark	5,222,000
93	Georgia	5,200,000
94	Guinea	5,117,000
95	Slovakia	5,030,000
96	Finland	4,812,000
97	Croatia	4,716,000
98	El Salvador	4,556,000
99	Burundi	4,532,000
100	Chad	4,457,000
101	South Sudan	4,345,000
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,255,000
103	Tajikistan	4,219,000
104	Moldova	4,158,000
105	Norway	4,107,000
106	Benin	3,997,000
107	Honduras	3,955,000
108	Israel	3,854,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	3,802,000
110	Lithuania	3,565,000
111	Sierra Leone	3,472,000
112	Nicaragua	3,445,000
113	Ireland	3,439,000
114	Laos	3,410,000
115	Paraguay	3,207,000
116	Papua New Guinea	3,202,000
117	New Zealand	3,191,000
118	Libya	3,188,000
119	Armenia	3,185,000
120	Lebanon	3,059,000
121	Albania	3,017,000
122	Togo	2,973,000
123	Uruguay	2,972,000
124	Turkmenistan	2,969,000
125	Latvia	2,596,000
126	Costa Rica	2,515,000
127	Singapore	2,479,000
128	Central African Republic	2,454,000
129	Jordan	2,354,000
130	Jamaica	2,183,000
131	Panama	2,026,000
132	Liberia	2,018,000
133	North Macedonia	1,950,000
134	Slovenia	1,923,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,891,000
136	Mongolia	1,760,000
137	Eritrea	1,727,000
138	Kosovo	1,646,000
139	Kuwait	1,612,000
140	Mauritania	1,575,000
	Palestine	1,520,000
141	Estonia	1,490,000
142	Lesotho	1,468,000
143	Trinidad and Tobago	1,150,000
144	United Arab Emirates	1,133,000
145	Oman	1,106,000
146	Botswana	1,004,000
147	Namibia	992,000
148	Mauritius	977,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	852,000
150	Guyana	780,000
151	Gabon	779,000
152	Gambia	755,000
153	Cyprus	691,000
154	Fiji	669,000
155	East Timor	652,000
156	Eswatini	624,000
157	Montenegro	596,000
158	Bhutan	435,000
159	Bahrain	384,000
160	Suriname	376,000
161	Luxembourg	365,000
162	Djibouti	349,000
163	Comoros	343,000
164	Malta	338,000
165	Cape Verde	324,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	305,000
167	Qatar	304,000
168	Barbados	255,000
169	Solomon Islands	246,000
170	Iceland	232,000
171	Bahamas	230,000
172	Brunei	197,000
173	Maldives	172,000
174	Samoa	167,000
175	Belize	151,000
176	Saint Lucia	125,000
177	Vanuatu	122,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	100,000
180	Tonga	97,000
181	Grenada	96,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	80,000
183	Dominica	73,000
184	Seychelles	66,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
186	Kiribati	62,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	38,000
189	Marshall Islands	34,000
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