Data for 1984

Total Population, 1984

Name: Total Population, 1984
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1984, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Population, 1984 covers 222 countries. China is highest, at 1,043,849,638; Vatican City is lowest, at 735. The middle country reads 3,705,738. Against 1983, 222 values changed (206 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Population · Data for 1984

HighestChina

1,043,849,638

LowestVatican City

735

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

222countries
1measure
1984the 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,043,849,638
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	754,875,449
3	United States`USA`Northern America	239,353,967
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	163,251,124
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	142,464,239
6	Brazil`BRA`South America	132,658,864
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	120,384,394
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	97,814,966
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	95,164,936
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	82,526,443
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77,998,198
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America	73,506,846
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	57,706,067
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56,810,353
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56,451,313
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	55,176,619
17	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53,726,181
18	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50,887,599
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49,574,069
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49,351,708
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49,247,334
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47,793,998
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	40,598,300
24	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38,735,722
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38,437,482
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36,905,800
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35,899,313
28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	33,892,788
29	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30,245,081
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	29,863,093
31	Colombia`COL`South America	28,642,690
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25,670,375
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22,533,999
34	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	21,779,066
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21,593,778
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21,271,969
37	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19,546,528
38	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	19,335,043
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	19,306,763
40	Peru`PER`South America	19,174,716
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18,514,906
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	17,378,846
43	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17,085,242
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17,008,841
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,844,621
46	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15,620,653
47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15,441,860
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15,310,733
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14,759,009
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14,607,677
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14,462,807
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	13,370,590
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12,315,954
54	Chile`CHL`South America	12,207,733
55	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11,190,221
56	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11,025,597
57	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,584,328
58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,303,818
59	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10,258,398
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10,134,550
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10,073,299
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9,978,782
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9,956,896
64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,881,694
65	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,874,586
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9,650,516
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,475,078
68	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9,425,917
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,074,782
70	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,952,604
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8,391,488
72	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8,336,487
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,208,599
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,875,051
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7,772,256
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7,697,307
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,630,682
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,560,715
79	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7,332,810
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7,220,044
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6,909,971
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6,706,282
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6,580,490
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6,499,364
85	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,442,422
86	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6,428,389
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,289,040
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,281,868
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6,107,627
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6,069,230
91	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,845,117
92	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5,480,096
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,334,257
94	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,315,979
95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,119,386
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5,111,831
97	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5,045,145
98	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4,926,465
99	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4,881,825
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,798,003
101	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,750,627
102	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,734,488
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,480,026
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4,405,895
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,295,536
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,215,888
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,199,850
108	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,139,972
109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,039,347
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,033,735
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,773,633
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3,637,843
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,619,104
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3,558,758
115	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,534,124
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,515,954
117	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,412,936
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,405,198
119	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,367,200
120	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3,249,828
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,224,547
122	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3,154,079
123	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3,152,744
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3,105,743
125	Uruguay`URY`South America	3,002,488
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,964,958
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,720,923
128	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2,667,595
129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,654,688
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,568,610
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2,562,773
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,264,562
133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,173,312
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,150,782
135	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,003,399
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,999,528
137	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,932,706
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,874,349
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,820,688
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1,771,730
141	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1,756,818
142	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,688,604
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,653,693
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,578,986
145	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,515,610
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,305,996
147	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,247,716
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,172,984
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,083,660
150	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,065,989
151	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1,011,238
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	883,519
153	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	833,501
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	825,631
155	Guyana`GUY`South America	774,111
156	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	719,334
157	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	706,716
158	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	686,777
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	680,783
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	600,247
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	492,784
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	415,154
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	384,053
164	Suriname`SUR`South America	382,193
165	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	377,637
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	365,897
167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	364,899
168	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	350,551
169	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	347,878
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	342,505
171	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	280,557
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	273,163
173	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	254,920
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	248,863
175	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	239,501
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	211,661
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	184,198
178	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	176,469
179	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	166,796
180	Belize`BLZ`Central America	160,044
181	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	157,583
182	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	156,781
183	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	127,109
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	127,067
185	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	121,302
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	107,687
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	106,394
188	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	100,165
189	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97,990
190	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	95,498
191	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	87,176
192	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	72,056
193	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	69,083
194	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65,228
195	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	64,882
196	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64,528
197	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	63,469
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	55,169
199	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	52,611
200	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45,141
201	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	42,273
202	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42,113
203	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	37,667
204	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	36,264
205	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	28,643
206	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	28,356
207	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	27,575
208	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	26,627
209	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	22,346
210	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	20,454
211	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	17,694
212	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	17,063
213	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	13,733
214	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	13,337
215	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	12,820
216	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11,056
217	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	9,107
218	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	8,377
219	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	7,902
220	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6,742
221	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	2,949
222	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	735

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1China1,043,849,638
2India754,875,449
3United States239,353,967
4Indonesia163,251,124
5Russia142,464,239

Lowest

222Vatican City735
221Niue2,949
220Anguilla6,742
219Tuvalu7,902
218Nauru8,377

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3,705,738. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
206 · 16rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India737,372,681 → 754,875,449+17,502,768
China1,029,064,956 → 1,043,849,638+14,784,682
Indonesia159,651,381 → 163,251,124+3,599,743
Pakistan92,227,711 → 95,164,936+2,937,225
Brazil129,790,077 → 132,658,864+2,868,787

Fell most

Germany78,224,133 → 77,998,198−225,935
Hungary10,622,989 → 10,584,328−38,661
Denmark5,114,467 → 5,111,831−2,636
Guyana775,891 → 774,111−1,780
Austria7,561,163 → 7,560,715−448

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 1984.
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 (1984). Total Population, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population/1984

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