Data for 1980

Total Population, 1980

Name: Total Population, 1980
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1980 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 983,163,542; Vatican City is lowest, at 743. The middle country reads 3,426,399. Against 1979, 222 values changed (214 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1980

HighestChina

983,163,542

LowestVatican City

743

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1980the year it describes
222distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Population, 1980, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Population, 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	983,163,542
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	687,354,025
3	United States`USA`Northern America	229,858,655
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	148,950,540
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	138,572,623
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	121,207,461
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	118,358,756
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	88,016,432
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	82,291,010
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78,315,375
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	73,764,641
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	67,300,334
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56,412,084
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56,282,103
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	53,941,061
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	52,490,101
17	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49,955,152
18	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48,043,740
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45,650,022
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45,408,815
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43,950,413
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39,842,324
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	38,141,107
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37,537,565
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	35,576,519
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34,428,514
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	33,227,204
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	29,518,857
29	Argentina`ARG`South America	28,011,596
30	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26,711,099
31	Colombia`COL`South America	26,104,498
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24,533,776
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,154,771
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19,459,943
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19,189,769
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18,607,174
37	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18,236,786
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	18,086,520
39	Peru`PER`South America	17,360,949
40	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17,058,905
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16,018,459
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15,619,936
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15,553,105
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15,258,218
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,152,949
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14,847,974
47	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14,721,347
48	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,162,686
49	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13,591,992
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13,275,741
51	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13,169,311
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12,983,363
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11,941,448
54	Chile`CHL`South America	11,508,550
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11,336,221
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,695,367
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,275,403
58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,833,093
59	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9,804,796
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9,763,624
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9,653,414
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,603,171
63	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9,543,358
64	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9,006,032
65	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8,957,663
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,859,537
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8,512,219
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,310,469
69	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8,220,714
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8,165,877
71	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8,133,872
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,796,280
73	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,548,406
74	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,530,515
75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7,041,303
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6,947,900
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,900,212
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6,606,195
79	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,319,846
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6,284,708
81	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6,265,529
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6,135,971
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6,047,997
84	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5,936,154
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5,845,638
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5,802,833
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5,758,900
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5,729,037
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5,614,493
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5,353,259
91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,199,872
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,165,546
93	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,123,081
94	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5,047,419
95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4,976,655
96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4,962,484
97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,779,350
98	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,643,896
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,540,382
100	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,515,453
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4,383,706
102	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,339,030
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,148,426
104	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,085,604
105	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,048,713
106	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,995,256
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,925,251
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,729,374
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,727,173
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,721,665
111	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,428,419
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,424,378
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,415,240
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3,292,573
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3,272,089
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,252,403
117	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,213,680
118	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,146,327
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,131,512
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,107,415
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,053,235
122	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,951,953
123	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,944,763
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,832,203
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,791,408
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,735,416
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,511,759
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,450,535
129	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,437,493
130	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,390,633
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,234,186
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,145,658
133	Panama`PAN`Central America	1,957,534
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,933,038
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,929,253
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,903,069
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,828,985
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,701,335
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,605,797
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,604,818
141	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,504,782
142	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,476,463
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,474,043
144	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,469,059
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,406,521
146	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,121,744
147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,015,700
148	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,001,248
149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	981,434
150	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	954,216
151	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	937,485
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	829,303
153	Guyana`GUY`South America	774,367
154	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	748,389
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	713,913
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	683,076
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	649,871
158	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	641,975
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	596,644
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	584,820
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	433,404
162	Suriname`SUR`South America	375,377
163	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	363,705
164	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	358,978
165	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	342,877
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	337,721
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	325,815
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	323,301
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	288,644
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	275,913
171	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	251,524
172	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	246,097
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	238,135
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	232,526
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	228,144
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	186,111
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	164,835
178	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	164,322
179	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	156,660
180	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	156,471
181	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	149,817
182	Belize`BLZ`Central America	145,062
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	119,290
184	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	115,660
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	110,141
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	104,213
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	98,544
188	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97,769
189	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	96,567
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	94,538
191	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	77,407
192	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	73,083
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	66,260
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	64,513
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64,076
196	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	62,039
197	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	61,148
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	53,673
199	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	50,111
200	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	43,072
201	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42,850
202	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	35,782
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	32,403
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	30,774
205	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	28,675
206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	27,122
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	25,090
208	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	21,585
209	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,697
210	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	17,625
211	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	17,079
212	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	12,410
213	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12,271
214	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,339
215	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	11,130
216	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	8,288
217	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	7,649
218	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	7,564
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	7,366
220	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6,588
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	3,533
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	743

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China983,163,542
2India687,354,025
3United States229,858,655
4Indonesia148,950,540
5Russia138,572,623

Lowest

222Vatican City743
221Niue3,533
220Anguilla6,588
219Tuvalu7,366
218Turks and Caicos Islands7,564

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,426,399. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
214 · 8rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India671,155,747 → 687,354,025+16,198,278
China969,288,069 → 983,163,542+13,875,473
Indonesia145,434,834 → 148,950,540+3,515,706
Pakistan78,997,039 → 82,291,010+3,293,971
Brazil118,380,821 → 121,207,461+2,826,640

Fell most

Afghanistan13,655,567 → 13,169,311−486,256
Suriname377,602 → 375,377−2,225
Grenada95,490 → 94,538−952
Saint Kitts and Nevis43,033 → 42,850−183
Niue3,652 → 3,533−119

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1980.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1980). Total Population, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1980

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