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 2022 edition of World Population Prospects by the United Nations.

Rank	Country	Population
	World	4,650,460,000
1	China	1,027,506,000
2	India	737,382,000
3	United States	232,762,000
4	Indonesia	157,013,000
5	Russia	140,311,000
6	Brazil	129,518,000
7	Japan	119,452,000
8	Bangladesh	89,786,000
9	Pakistan	89,538,000
10	Nigeria	78,500,000
11	Germany	77,582,000
12	Mexico	71,366,000
13	United Kingdom	56,818,000
14	Italy	56,606,000
15	Vietnam	56,317,000
16	France	56,054,000
17	Philippines	51,571,000
18	Ukraine	50,458,000
19	Thailand	48,184,000
20	Egypt	46,699,000
21	Turkey	46,483,000
22	Iran	43,244,000
23	South Korea	39,738,000
24	Spain	38,088,000
25	Ethiopia	37,785,000
26	Poland	36,358,000
27	Myanmar	35,056,000
28	South Africa	31,430,000
29	Argentina	29,148,000
30	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28,605,000
31	Colombia	27,719,000
32	Canada	25,238,000
33	Romania	22,373,000
34	Morocco	21,155,000
35	Tanzania	20,809,000
36	Algeria	20,334,000
37	Taiwan	18,837,000
38	North Korea	18,636,000
39	Peru	18,597,000
40	Sudan	18,482,000
41	Kenya	17,731,000
42	Uzbekistan	16,939,000
43	Nepal	16,539,000
44	Venezuela	16,289,000
45	Sri Lanka	15,552,000
46	Australia	15,285,000
47	Kazakhstan	14,756,000
48	Iraq	14,671,000
49	Netherlands	14,424,000
50	Malaysia	14,102,000
51	Uganda	14,048,000
52	Ghana	12,779,000
53	Mozambique	12,030,000
54	Chile	11,892,000
55	Saudi Arabia	11,468,000
56	Hungary	10,641,000
57	Czech Republic	10,298,000
58	Yemen	10,049,000
59	Belarus	9,971,000
60	Cuba	9,945,000
61	Portugal	9,927,000
62	Afghanistan	9,922,000
63	Belgium	9,863,000
64	Syria	9,664,000
65	Madagascar	9,604,000
66	Greece	9,583,000
67	Cameroon	9,117,000
68	Ivory Coast	9,113,000
69	Angola	9,109,000
70	Bulgaria	8,965,000
71	Ecuador	8,683,000
72	Sweden	8,348,000
73	Zimbabwe	7,960,000
74	Serbia	7,855,000
75	Mali	7,779,000
76	Austria	7,561,000
77	Burkina Faso	7,423,000
78	Guatemala	7,411,000
79	Tunisia	7,001,000
80	Malawi	6,919,000
81	Cambodia	6,741,000
82	Niger	6,664,000
83	Azerbaijan	6,616,000
84	Switzerland	6,409,000
85	Zambia	6,192,000
86	Senegal	6,089,000
87	Dominican Republic	6,080,000
88	Bolivia	6,056,000
89	Somalia	6,044,000
90	Haiti	5,937,000
91	Rwanda	5,761,000
92	Georgia	5,239,000
93	Guinea	5,225,000
94	Denmark	5,222,000
95	Slovakia	5,066,000
96	Finland	4,842,000
97	Chad	4,789,000
98	Croatia	4,741,000
99	Burundi	4,672,000
100	El Salvador	4,644,000
101	South Sudan	4,451,000
102	Tajikistan	4,339,000
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,293,000
104	Moldova	4,198,000
105	Norway	4,123,000
106	Benin	4,112,000
107	Honduras	4,076,000
108	Israel	3,932,000
109	Kyrgyzstan	3,880,000
110	Lithuania	3,596,000
111	Sierra Leone	3,546,000
112	Nicaragua	3,539,000
113	Laos	3,497,000
114	Ireland	3,463,000
115	Libya	3,343,000
116	Paraguay	3,297,000
117	Papua New Guinea	3,269,000
118	New Zealand	3,222,000
119	Armenia	3,219,000
120	Lebanon	3,082,000
121	Togo	3,074,000
122	Albania	3,065,000
123	Turkmenistan	3,043,000
124	Uruguay	2,986,000
125	Latvia	2,614,000
126	Costa Rica	2,586,000
127	Singapore	2,535,000
128	Central African Republic	2,481,000
129	Jordan	2,459,000
130	Jamaica	2,216,000
131	Liberia	2,077,000
132	Panama	2,074,000
133	North Macedonia	1,967,000
134	Slovenia	1,933,000
135	Republic of the Congo	1,932,000
136	Mongolia	1,803,000
137	Eritrea	1,775,000
138	Kuwait	1,694,000
139	Kosovo	1,686,000
140	Mauritania	1,622,000
	Palestine	1,572,000
141	Lesotho	1,509,000
142	Estonia	1,500,000
143	United Arab Emirates	1,202,000
144	Oman	1,171,000
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1,164,000
146	Botswana	1,042,000
147	Namibia	1,019,000
148	Mauritius	991,000
149	Guinea-Bissau	865,000
150	Gabon	800,000
151	Gambia	781,000
152	Guyana	779,000
153	Cyprus	701,000
154	Fiji	685,000
155	East Timor	658,000
156	Eswatini	645,000
157	Montenegro	598,000
158	Bhutan	449,000
159	Bahrain	398,000
160	Suriname	378,000
161	Luxembourg	365,000
162	Djibouti	361,000
163	Comoros	351,000
164	Malta	341,000
165	Cape Verde	329,000
166	Equatorial Guinea	326,000
167	Qatar	322,000
168	Barbados	256,000
169	Solomon Islands	255,000
170	Iceland	236,000
171	Bahamas	234,000
172	Brunei	204,000
173	Maldives	177,000
174	Samoa	167,000
175	Belize	154,000
176	Saint Lucia	127,000
177	Vanuatu	125,000
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,000
179	São Tomé and Príncipe	102,000
180	Grenada	97,000
181	Tonga	97,000
182	Federated States of Micronesia	82,000
183	Dominica	72,000
184	Seychelles	67,000
185	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
186	Kiribati	64,000
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,000
188	Andorra	40,000
189	Marshall Islands	35,000
190	Monaco	28,000
191	Liechtenstein	26,000
192	San Marino	22,000
193	Palau	13,000
194	Tuvalu	8,000
195	Nauru	8,000
196	Vatican City	1,000