Data for 1982

Total Population, 1982

Name: Total Population, 1982
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1982 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,013,588,179; Vatican City is lowest, at 740. The middle country reads 3,601,175. Against 1981, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1982

HighestChina

1,013,588,179

LowestVatican City

740

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

222countries
1measure
1982the 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,013,588,179
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	720,313,473
3	United States`USA`Northern America	234,583,152
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	156,052,152
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	140,247,748
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	126,923,155
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	119,485,775
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	92,814,507
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	89,089,246
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78,393,674
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78,378,701
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	70,433,260
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56,719,175
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56,292,755
15	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	55,011,289
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	54,582,408
17	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50,695,707
18	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50,402,724
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47,494,577
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47,322,096
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46,407,611
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44,272,141
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	39,356,154
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38,047,101
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36,701,290
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36,233,460
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34,482,965
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	31,615,339
29	Argentina`ARG`South America	28,924,262
30	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	28,338,190
31	Colombia`COL`South America	27,338,331
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25,140,164
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,374,443
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20,520,318
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	20,398,571
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19,872,348
37	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18,776,357
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	18,723,985
39	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18,486,645
40	Peru`PER`South America	18,246,503
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17,206,175
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	16,462,736
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16,297,987
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16,121,874
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,492,595
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15,286,567
47	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15,192,485
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14,406,083
49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,333,900
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13,873,631
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13,832,798
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12,643,819
53	Chile`CHL`South America	11,850,214
54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11,824,370
55	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10,991,378
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,656,116
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,299,008
58	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10,241,006
59	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9,912,681
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9,885,838
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,862,327
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9,837,470
63	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,748,282
64	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9,572,511
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9,557,671
66	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,028,678
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,912,732
68	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8,907,936
69	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8,751,648
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8,611,298
71	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,325,183
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,860,194
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,849,649
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7,796,496
75	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,573,078
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7,340,197
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,240,241
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6,908,642
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6,824,486
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6,778,879
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6,512,732
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6,491,435
83	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,391,804
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6,178,637
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6,156,961
86	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,018,088
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,007,114
88	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6,003,840
89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5,835,937
90	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5,711,549
91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,436,432
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5,247,672
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,246,474
94	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,150,094
95	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,117,894
96	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,051,807
97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,826,882
98	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,738,483
99	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,689,156
100	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4,681,390
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,622,477
102	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,557,686
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,227,171
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,221,100
105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4,156,596
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,130,065
107	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,114,736
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,958,728
109	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3,883,632
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,882,811
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,724,765
112	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,477,584
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,475,536
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3,450,026
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,438,745
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3,408,183
117	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,295,921
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,264,291
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,226,189
120	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,185,123
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,163,144
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,054,931
123	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	2,985,557
124	Uruguay`URY`South America	2,975,492
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,961,652
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,846,907
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,627,417
128	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,532,015
129	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,524,806
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,507,375
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,426,927
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,203,889
133	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,052,271
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,045,073
135	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,978,956
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,917,975
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,910,430
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,785,364
139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,695,461
140	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,683,166
141	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,662,480
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,561,176
143	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,560,990
144	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,494,909
145	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,490,732
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,166,370
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,147,927
148	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,117,678
149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,010,308
150	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,009,269
151	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	983,610
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	855,891
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	789,286
154	Guyana`GUY`South America	776,712
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	765,753
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	696,497
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	673,414
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	669,149
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	637,652
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	593,629
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	462,485
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	386,983
163	Suriname`SUR`South America	376,555
164	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	365,056
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	357,139
166	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	356,880
167	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	346,644
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	332,724
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	322,216
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	311,537
171	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	261,055
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	255,200
173	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	253,095
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	240,614
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	233,845
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	198,165
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	174,333
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	166,646
179	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	166,484
180	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	156,843
181	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	153,001
182	Belize`BLZ`Central America	152,548
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	123,087
184	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	121,035
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	115,711
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	105,969
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	102,508
188	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	98,641
189	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97,980
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	94,383
191	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	82,219
192	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	72,688
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	67,650
194	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	64,785
195	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64,686
196	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	63,134
197	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	62,652
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	54,387
199	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	51,339
200	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	44,171
201	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42,532
202	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	38,764
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	34,909
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	33,397
205	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	28,765
206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	27,561
207	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	25,847
208	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	22,350
209	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	22,055
210	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	18,750
211	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,471
212	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	14,607
213	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12,694
214	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	11,921
215	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,181
216	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	9,494
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	8,297
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	8,040
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	7,664
220	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6,628
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	3,251
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	740

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,013,588,179
2India720,313,473
3United States234,583,152
4Indonesia156,052,152
5Russia140,247,748

Lowest

222Vatican City740
221Niue3,251
220Anguilla6,628
219Tuvalu7,664
218Nauru8,040

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,601,175. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
211 · 11rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India703,696,250 → 720,313,473+16,617,223
China997,721,071 → 1,013,588,179+15,867,108
Indonesia152,485,035 → 156,052,152+3,567,117
Pakistan85,802,049 → 89,089,246+3,287,197
Brazil124,063,109 → 126,923,155+2,860,046

Fell most

Afghanistan11,937,581 → 10,991,378−946,203
Germany78,448,040 → 78,393,674−54,366
Hungary10,679,329 → 10,656,116−23,213
United Kingdom56,304,592 → 56,292,755−11,837
Denmark5,121,629 → 5,117,894−3,735

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 1982.
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 (1982). Total Population, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1982

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