1983 Population

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