In 1983, the world’s population was estimated to be around 4.7 billion people. Asia was by far the most populous continent, home to more than half of the global population, with China leading as the most populous country at over 1 billion residents, followed by India with nearly 750 million. Europe’s population was about 690 million, with the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United Kingdom as major contributors. Africa’s population was approximately 500 million, with Nigeria and Egypt as the most populous nations on the continent. North America had around 370 million people, with the United States accounting for about 233 million. Latin America and the Caribbean together had roughly 370 million inhabitants, with Brazil and Mexico as the largest countries. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had a much smaller population, totaling around 23 million. The distribution of the world’s population in 1983 reflected significant regional disparities, with rapid growth occurring especially in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,031,901,049 | 110.6 |
2 | India | 733,558,470 | 246.7 |
3 | United States | 233,791,994 | 25.5 |
4 | Indonesia | 159,782,359 | 88.2 |
5 | Russia | 141,861,725 | 8.7 |
6 | Brazil | 130,424,617 | 15.6 |
7 | Japan | 119,269,949 | 327.2 |
8 | Pakistan | 96,597,502 | 125.3 |
9 | Bangladesh | 90,163,247 | 692.7 |
10 | Nigeria | 81,559,680 | 89.6 |
11 | Germany | 78,121,655 | 224.1 |
12 | Mexico | 73,257,049 | 37.7 |
13 | Vietnam | 57,436,347 | 185.2 |
14 | Italy | 56,623,590 | 192.5 |
15 | United Kingdom | 56,364,615 | 233 |
16 | France | 55,992,281 | 87.4 |
17 | Philippines | 51,948,511 | 174.2 |
18 | Ukraine | 50,573,066 | 87.3 |
19 | Thailand | 49,935,955 | 97.7 |
20 | Turkey | 48,651,590 | 63.2 |
21 | Egypt | 47,093,025 | 47.3 |
22 | Iran | 44,989,345 | 29.4 |
23 | Ethiopia | 40,673,915 | 37.1 |
24 | South Korea | 39,910,000 | 411.8 |
25 | Spain | 38,184,166 | 76.5 |
26 | Poland | 36,571,418 | 120.2 |
27 | Burma | 35,325,994 | 54.1 |
28 | South Africa | 32,143,960 | 26.5 |
29 | Congo Kinshasa | 31,445,744 | 13.9 |
30 | Argentina | 29,793,552 | 10.9 |
31 | Colombia | 29,050,628 | 28 |
32 | Canada | 25,456,300 | 2.8 |
33 | Romania | 22,407,281 | 97.5 |
34 | Morocco | 20,888,550 | 29.2 |
35 | Algeria | 20,680,982 | 8.7 |
36 | Tanzania | 20,309,790 | 22.9 |
37 | Peru | 19,382,356 | 15.1 |
38 | Taiwan | 18,803,390 | 582.9 |
39 | Kenya | 18,345,623 | 32.2 |
40 | North Korea | 18,237,081 | 151.5 |
41 | Uzbekistan | 17,271,094 | 40.6 |
42 | Sudan | 16,237,967 | 8.7 |
43 | Venezuela | 16,178,563 | 18.3 |
44 | Nepal | 15,664,172 | 109.3 |
45 | Sri Lanka | 15,637,137 | 241.9 |
46 | Kazakhstan | 15,603,171 | 5.8 |
47 | Australia | 15,199,262 | 2 |
48 | Malaysia | 14,765,446 | 44.9 |
49 | Iraq | 14,652,218 | 33.5 |
50 | Netherlands | 14,374,759 | 424.1 |
51 | Mozambique | 13,076,445 | 16.6 |
52 | Uganda | 13,075,172 | 66.3 |
53 | Afghanistan | 12,439,282 | 19.1 |
54 | Ghana | 11,999,096 | 52.7 |
55 | Saudi Arabia | 11,952,263 | 5.6 |
56 | Chile | 11,567,646 | 15.6 |
57 | Hungary | 10,689,463 | 119.3 |
58 | Czechia | 10,306,888 | 133.4 |
59 | Yemen | 9,936,258 | 18.8 |
60 | Cuba | 9,886,958 | 90 |
61 | Portugal | 9,872,243 | 107.9 |
62 | Greece | 9,859,288 | 75.5 |
63 | Belgium | 9,855,520 | 325.5 |
64 | Belarus | 9,845,174 | 48.5 |
65 | Syria | 9,734,673 | 52.4 |
66 | Cameroon | 9,493,801 | 20.1 |
67 | Madagascar | 9,451,078 | 16.3 |
68 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9,081,614 | 28.6 |
69 | Bulgaria | 8,910,284 | 82.1 |
70 | Angola | 8,852,515 | 7.1 |
71 | Ecuador | 8,593,494 | 31 |
72 | Sweden | 8,329,028 | 20.3 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 7,926,088 | 20.5 |
74 | Serbia | 7,670,692 | 99 |
75 | Cambodia | 7,596,733 | 43 |
76 | Austria | 7,552,896 | 91.6 |
77 | Mali | 7,301,933 | 6 |
78 | Guatemala | 7,143,304 | 66.7 |
79 | Tunisia | 6,859,890 | 44.2 |
80 | Burkina Faso | 6,807,281 | 24.9 |
81 | Malawi | 6,618,137 | 70.3 |
82 | Azerbaijan | 6,575,300 | 79.6 |
83 | Niger | 6,542,629 | 5.2 |
84 | Switzerland | 6,503,035 | 162.6 |
85 | Zambia | 6,144,224 | 8.3 |
86 | Dominican Republic | 6,101,655 | 126.3 |
87 | Senegal | 6,055,422 | 31.5 |
88 | Somalia | 6,010,345 | 9.6 |
89 | Haiti | 5,827,392 | 211.4 |
90 | Bolivia | 5,737,434 | 5.3 |
91 | Rwanda | 5,674,439 | 230 |
92 | South Sudan | 5,471,046 | 8.5 |
93 | Hong Kong | 5,345,100 | 4,981.5 |
94 | Georgia | 5,130,925 | 73.6 |
95 | Chad | 5,126,666 | 4.1 |
96 | Denmark | 5,114,297 | 120.5 |
97 | Slovakia | 5,081,376 | 105.6 |
98 | Finland | 4,855,787 | 16 |
99 | Burundi | 4,658,600 | 181.4 |
100 | Guinea | 4,555,484 | 18.5 |
101 | El Salvador | 4,526,713 | 218.5 |
102 | Croatia | 4,430,941 | 79.2 |
103 | Tajikistan | 4,304,082 | 30.4 |
104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,181,892 | 81.7 |
105 | Norway | 4,128,432 | 13.6 |
106 | Moldova | 4,082,711 | 124.1 |
107 | Israel | 3,907,195 | 181.8 |
108 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,877,527 | 20.2 |
109 | Benin | 3,855,526 | 34.9 |
110 | Honduras | 3,797,761 | 33.9 |
111 | Sierra Leone | 3,611,991 | 50.4 |
112 | Lithuania | 3,523,380 | 56.2 |
113 | Ireland | 3,504,000 | 50.9 |
114 | Laos | 3,494,963 | 15.1 |
115 | Libya | 3,475,276 | 2 |
116 | Paraguay | 3,431,924 | 8.6 |
117 | Armenia | 3,330,619 | 118.1 |
118 | Puerto Rico | 3,316,031 | 373.9 |
119 | Papua New Guinea | 3,270,979 | 7.2 |
120 | New Zealand | 3,258,452 | 12.3 |
121 | Turkmenistan | 3,091,431 | 6.6 |
122 | Lebanon | 3,064,601 | 299.6 |
123 | Nicaragua | 3,043,908 | 25.4 |
124 | Uruguay | 2,988,825 | 17.1 |
125 | Togo | 2,883,500 | 53 |
126 | Albania | 2,837,315 | 103.6 |
127 | Eritrea | 2,785,812 | 27.6 |
128 | Singapore | 2,689,263 | 3,793 |
129 | Latvia | 2,569,826 | 41.3 |
130 | Central African Republic | 2,538,936 | 4.1 |
131 | Costa Rica | 2,494,353 | 48.9 |
132 | Jordan | 2,474,092 | 27.9 |
133 | Jamaica | 2,317,966 | 214 |
134 | Panama | 2,085,486 | 28.1 |
135 | Liberia | 2,032,607 | 21.1 |
136 | Slovenia | 1,878,555 | 93.2 |
137 | North Macedonia | 1,831,444 | 72 |
138 | Congo Brazzaville | 1,821,671 | 5.3 |
139 | Mongolia | 1,774,315 | 1.1 |
140 | Mauritania | 1,647,586 | 1.6 |
141 | Kosovo | 1,614,072 | 148.3 |
142 | Kuwait | 1,565,822 | 87.9 |
143 | Estonia | 1,514,671 | 35.7 |
144 | Lesotho | 1,480,429 | 48.8 |
145 | Oman | 1,376,751 | 4.4 |
146 | United Arab Emirates | 1,209,100 | 14.5 |
147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,133,034 | 221 |
148 | Namibia | 1,131,954 | 1.4 |
149 | Botswana | 1,006,371 | 1.8 |
150 | Mauritius | 1,002,175 | 493.7 |
151 | West Bank | 976,019 | 173.1 |
152 | Guinea-Bissau | 845,311 | 30.1 |
153 | Gabon | 787,916 | 3.1 |
154 | Guyana | 759,003 | 3.9 |
155 | The Gambia | 710,862 | 70.2 |
156 | Eswatini | 672,529 | 39.1 |
157 | Fiji | 671,914 | 36.8 |
158 | Cyprus | 656,496 | 71 |
159 | Timor-Leste | 612,241 | 41.2 |
160 | Montenegro | 565,705 | 42.1 |
161 | Bhutan | 514,428 | 13.4 |
162 | Gaza Strip | 498,190 | 1,383.9 |
163 | Bahrain | 392,638 | 516.6 |
164 | Suriname | 378,799 | 2.4 |
165 | Djibouti | 367,760 | 15.9 |
166 | Luxembourg | 365,885 | 141.5 |
167 | Comoros | 364,615 | 163.1 |
168 | Malta | 355,773 | 1,125.9 |
169 | Cabo Verde | 308,196 | 76.4 |
170 | Equatorial Guinea | 299,577 | 10.7 |
171 | Macau | 285,451 | 10,194.7 |
172 | Qatar | 281,831 | 24.3 |
173 | Solomon Islands | 255,251 | 9.1 |
174 | Barbados | 254,920 | 592.8 |
175 | Iceland | 237,041 | 2.4 |
176 | The Bahamas | 220,865 | 22.1 |
177 | Brunei | 204,951 | 38.9 |
178 | Maldives | 166,848 | 559.9 |
179 | French Polynesia | 165,319 | 43.2 |
180 | Samoa | 160,658 | 57 |
181 | Belize | 159,169 | 7 |
182 | Curaçao | 150,903 | 339.9 |
183 | New Caledonia | 146,584 | 8 |
184 | Vanuatu | 127,384 | 10.5 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 127,291 | 210.1 |
186 | Guam | 114,080 | 209.7 |
187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 101,805 | 261.7 |
188 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 100,348 | 288.4 |
189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100,133 | 103.9 |
190 | Tonga | 93,421 | 130.3 |
191 | Grenada | 92,526 | 269 |
192 | Federated States of Micronesia | 84,942 | 121 |
193 | Jersey | 77,899 | 671.5 |
194 | Dominica | 74,286 | 98.9 |
195 | Seychelles | 65,846 | 144.7 |
196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 65,620 | 148.1 |
197 | Isle of Man | 64,501 | 112.8 |
198 | Aruba | 62,019 | 344.6 |
199 | Kiribati | 60,253 | 74.3 |
200 | Bermuda | 55,506 | 1,027.9 |
201 | Guernsey | 54,280 | 695.9 |
202 | Greenland | 52,111 | 0 |
203 | Faroe Islands | 44,571 | 32 |
204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43,229 | 165.6 |
205 | Andorra | 41,627 | 88.9 |
206 | American Samoa | 35,838 | 181 |
207 | Marshall Islands | 35,121 | 194 |
208 | Gibraltar | 28,346 | 4,049.4 |
209 | Monaco | 27,497 | 13,748.5 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 26,446 | 165.3 |
211 | San Marino | 22,310 | 365.7 |
212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 19,139 | 40.5 |
213 | Cayman Islands | 19,086 | 72.3 |
214 | Cook Islands | 17,489 | 74.1 |
215 | Sint Maarten | 16,643 | 489.5 |
216 | Palau | 13,605 | 29.6 |
217 | Wallis and Futuna | 12,398 | 87.3 |
218 | British Virgin Islands | 12,262 | 81.2 |
219 | Montserrat | 11,560 | 113.3 |
220 | Saint Martin | 10,547 | 195.3 |
221 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8,524 | 9 |
222 | Nauru | 8,147 | 388 |
223 | Tuvalu | 7,823 | 300.9 |
224 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 6,748 | 17.1 |
225 | Anguilla | 6,642 | 73 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,073 | 25.1 |
227 | Saint Barthelemy | 3,418 | 136.7 |
Data from US Census International Database