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1981 Population

Country population and rank for world countries for the year 1981

Rank	Country	Population
1	China	1,000,228,550
2	India	699,153,765
3	United States	229,465,714
4	Indonesia	153,464,782
5	Russia	139,899,972
6	Brazil	124,422,222
7	Japan	117,648,092
8	Pakistan	90,975,079
9	Bangladesh	85,726,506
10	Germany	78,401,830
11	Nigeria	77,466,996
12	Mexico	69,930,971
13	Italy	56,502,489
14	United Kingdom	56,382,597
15	France	55,454,695
16	Vietnam	54,902,677
17	Ukraine	50,235,677
18	Philippines	49,483,390
19	Thailand	48,014,098
20	Turkey	46,248,621
21	Egypt	44,196,104
22	Iran	41,450,841
23	South Korea	38,723,000
24	Spain	37,750,800
25	Ethiopia	37,720,093
26	Poland	35,901,961
27	Burma	33,981,811
28	South Africa	30,168,679
29	Congo Kinshasa	29,806,317
30	Argentina	28,848,055
31	Colombia	27,670,383
32	Canada	24,900,000
33	Romania	22,256,551
34	Morocco	19,985,353
35	Algeria	19,407,036
36	Tanzania	19,190,316
37	Taiwan	18,177,430
38	Peru	17,754,798
39	North Korea	17,674,671
40	Kenya	16,987,029
41	Uzbekistan	16,400,495
42	Sri Lanka	15,315,491
43	Sudan	15,238,102
44	Kazakhstan	15,203,036
45	Venezuela	15,166,255
46	Nepal	14,945,796
47	Australia	14,819,770
48	Netherlands	14,257,723
49	Malaysia	13,876,471
50	Iraq	13,703,103
51	Afghanistan	13,676,225
52	Mozambique	12,431,927
53	Uganda	12,385,498
54	Chile	11,175,845
55	Ghana	10,970,076
56	Hungary	10,711,848
57	Saudi Arabia	10,654,927
58	Czechia	10,297,904
59	Belgium	9,852,400
60	Portugal	9,850,079
61	Greece	9,729,350
62	Belarus	9,712,761
63	Cuba	9,705,971
64	Yemen	9,390,138
65	Cameroon	9,057,764
66	Syria	9,035,810
67	Madagascar	8,929,981
68	Bulgaria	8,869,441
69	Côte d'Ivoire	8,542,639
70	Angola	8,336,368
71	Sweden	8,320,485
72	Ecuador	8,141,078
73	Serbia	7,619,061
74	Austria	7,564,629
75	Zimbabwe	7,429,223
76	Cambodia	7,139,966
77	Mali	7,007,670
78	Guatemala	6,828,684
79	Tunisia	6,605,707
80	Burkina Faso	6,474,370
81	Switzerland	6,426,096
82	Azerbaijan	6,321,218
83	Malawi	6,288,068
84	Niger	6,238,323
85	Dominican Republic	5,831,334
86	Somalia	5,828,800
87	Senegal	5,754,381
88	Zambia	5,710,847
89	Haiti	5,595,388
90	Bolivia	5,545,224
91	Rwanda	5,307,835
92	Hong Kong	5,183,400
93	Denmark	5,121,572
94	Georgia	5,073,148
95	Slovakia	5,013,692
96	South Sudan	4,973,446
97	Finland	4,799,964
98	Chad	4,647,489
99	El Salvador	4,519,721
100	Burundi	4,454,149
101	Croatia	4,390,829
102	Guinea	4,389,818
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,132,963
104	Norway	4,099,702
105	Tajikistan	4,072,967
106	Moldova	4,026,204
107	Israel	3,783,423
108	Kyrgyzstan	3,707,318
109	Benin	3,621,535
110	Honduras	3,544,237
111	Lithuania	3,462,341
112	Sierra Leone	3,451,781
113	Ireland	3,443,400
114	Laos	3,336,978
115	Paraguay	3,250,841
116	Puerto Rico	3,238,968
117	Armenia	3,198,217
118	Libya	3,197,888
119	New Zealand	3,185,450
120	Papua New Guinea	3,098,198
121	Lebanon	2,954,746
122	Uruguay	2,948,127
123	Turkmenistan	2,946,676
124	Nicaragua	2,898,649
125	Albania	2,724,272
126	Togo	2,719,567
127	Eritrea	2,639,252
128	Latvia	2,536,976
129	Singapore	2,535,368
130	Central African Republic	2,411,207
131	Costa Rica	2,357,285
132	Jordan	2,282,741
133	Jamaica	2,258,368
134	Panama	2,000,656
135	Liberia	1,913,336
136	Slovenia	1,839,256
137	North Macedonia	1,808,103
138	Congo Brazzaville	1,722,678
139	Mongolia	1,694,243
140	Mauritania	1,577,646
141	Kosovo	1,551,889
142	Estonia	1,493,318
143	Kuwait	1,432,188
144	Lesotho	1,404,088
145	Oman	1,249,511
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1,103,595
147	Namibia	1,074,087
148	United Arab Emirates	1,069,722
149	Mauritius	979,050
150	Botswana	934,438
151	West Bank	920,702
152	Guinea-Bissau	807,179
153	Guyana	759,693
154	Gabon	737,986
155	The Gambia	671,374
156	Fiji	646,772
157	Cyprus	638,047
158	Eswatini	631,273
159	Timor-Leste	575,554
160	Montenegro	560,090
161	Bhutan	478,409
162	Gaza Strip	467,811
163	Luxembourg	365,400
164	Malta	363,652
165	Bahrain	363,520
166	Suriname	360,931
167	Comoros	347,693
168	Djibouti	342,577
169	Cabo Verde	300,202
170	Equatorial Guinea	271,778
171	Macau	260,929
172	Barbados	252,366
173	Qatar	240,793
174	Solomon Islands	238,689
175	Iceland	230,803
176	The Bahamas	213,454
177	Brunei	192,831
178	Samoa	160,919
179	Maldives	157,246
180	French Polynesia	155,686
181	Belize	150,137
182	Curaçao	148,134
183	New Caledonia	142,500
184	Saint Lucia	123,995
185	Vanuatu	120,258
186	Guam	109,166
187	U.S. Virgin Islands	99,853
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99,199
189	Sao Tome and Principe	96,443
190	Grenada	92,354
191	Tonga	92,329
192	Federated States of Micronesia	79,581
193	Jersey	76,245
194	Dominica	73,519
195	Antigua and Barbuda	68,264
196	Seychelles	64,695
197	Isle of Man	64,660
198	Aruba	60,308
199	Kiribati	58,445
200	Bermuda	54,911
201	Guernsey	53,415
202	Greenland	51,034
203	Faroe Islands	43,858
204	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43,484
205	Andorra	37,825
206	American Samoa	33,595
207	Marshall Islands	32,267
208	Gibraltar	29,274
209	Monaco	26,846
210	Liechtenstein	25,672
211	San Marino	21,710
212	Cayman Islands	17,898
213	Cook Islands	17,646
214	Northern Mariana Islands	17,576
215	Sint Maarten	13,898
216	Palau	13,408
217	Montserrat	11,787
218	British Virgin Islands	11,422
219	Wallis and Futuna	11,200
220	Saint Martin	7,868
221	Nauru	7,852
222	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,791
223	Tuvalu	7,560
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	6,577
225	Anguilla	6,557
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6,014
227	Saint Barthelemy	3,000

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Data from US Census International Database