In 1984, the world’s population was estimated at around 4.8 billion people. Asia was by far the most populous continent, home to over half of the global population, with China leading as the most populous country at approximately 1 billion inhabitants, followed by India with around 750 million. Europe’s population was about 690 million, with the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United Kingdom among its most populous countries. Africa’s population was roughly 500 million, with Nigeria and Egypt as the leading nations. North America had around 400 million people, primarily in the United States (about 235 million) and Mexico. Latin America and the Caribbean accounted for around 370 million, with Brazil and Mexico as its most populous countries. Oceania, including Australia, had a much smaller population, totaling around 25 million. The global population in 1984 reflected significant regional disparities, with rapid growth in developing regions and slower growth in more developed areas.
Rank | Country | Population | Population Density Per Square KM |
---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,046,459,302 | 112.2 |
2 | India | 751,746,369 | 252.8 |
3 | United States | 235,824,902 | 25.8 |
4 | Indonesia | 162,939,883 | 89.9 |
5 | Russia | 142,922,263 | 8.7 |
6 | Brazil | 133,409,299 | 16 |
7 | Japan | 120,034,697 | 329.3 |
8 | Pakistan | 98,862,614 | 128.2 |
9 | Bangladesh | 92,379,840 | 709.7 |
10 | Nigeria | 83,165,888 | 91.3 |
11 | Germany | 77,855,422 | 223.3 |
12 | Mexico | 74,943,413 | 38.6 |
13 | Vietnam | 58,762,040 | 189.5 |
14 | Italy | 56,687,144 | 192.7 |
15 | United Kingdom | 56,435,179 | 233.3 |
16 | France | 56,312,924 | 87.9 |
17 | Philippines | 53,222,373 | 178.5 |
18 | Thailand | 50,861,767 | 99.6 |
19 | Ukraine | 50,769,375 | 87.6 |
20 | Turkey | 49,830,462 | 64.7 |
21 | Egypt | 48,550,155 | 48.8 |
22 | Iran | 46,792,113 | 30.6 |
23 | South Korea | 40,406,000 | 416.9 |
24 | Ethiopia | 40,072,730 | 36.5 |
25 | Spain | 38,362,861 | 76.9 |
26 | Poland | 36,904,134 | 121.3 |
27 | Burma | 36,027,290 | 55.1 |
28 | South Africa | 33,181,594 | 27.3 |
29 | Congo Kinshasa | 32,341,528 | 14.3 |
30 | Argentina | 30,230,644 | 11 |
31 | Colombia | 29,765,372 | 28.7 |
32 | Canada | 25,701,800 | 2.8 |
33 | Romania | 22,453,788 | 97.7 |
34 | Morocco | 21,418,412 | 29.9 |
35 | Algeria | 21,340,546 | 9 |
36 | Tanzania | 20,899,004 | 23.6 |
37 | Peru | 20,234,095 | 15.8 |
38 | Taiwan | 19,083,348 | 591.5 |
39 | Kenya | 19,046,177 | 33.5 |
40 | North Korea | 18,529,951 | 153.9 |
41 | Uzbekistan | 17,729,265 | 41.7 |
42 | Sudan | 16,860,414 | 9.1 |
43 | Venezuela | 16,689,995 | 18.9 |
44 | Nepal | 16,044,345 | 111.9 |
45 | Kazakhstan | 15,802,751 | 5.9 |
46 | Sri Lanka | 15,714,198 | 243.1 |
47 | Australia | 15,338,734 | 2 |
48 | Malaysia | 15,221,077 | 46.3 |
49 | Iraq | 15,160,546 | 34.7 |
50 | Netherlands | 14,433,533 | 425.9 |
51 | Uganda | 13,493,144 | 68.5 |
52 | Mozambique | 13,400,469 | 17 |
53 | Afghanistan | 12,768,664 | 19.6 |
54 | Ghana | 12,668,882 | 55.7 |
55 | Saudi Arabia | 12,606,940 | 5.9 |
56 | Chile | 11,761,672 | 15.8 |
57 | Hungary | 10,668,095 | 119.1 |
58 | Czechia | 10,309,224 | 133.5 |
59 | Yemen | 10,229,272 | 19.4 |
60 | Syria | 10,100,847 | 54.3 |
61 | Cuba | 9,983,228 | 90.9 |
62 | Greece | 9,915,459 | 75.9 |
63 | Belarus | 9,914,262 | 48.9 |
64 | Portugal | 9,885,387 | 108.1 |
65 | Belgium | 9,855,300 | 325.5 |
66 | Cameroon | 9,777,830 | 20.7 |
67 | Madagascar | 9,727,388 | 16.7 |
68 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9,362,700 | 29.4 |
69 | Angola | 9,171,983 | 7.4 |
70 | Bulgaria | 8,928,271 | 82.3 |
71 | Ecuador | 8,825,829 | 31.9 |
72 | Sweden | 8,342,621 | 20.3 |
73 | Zimbabwe | 8,235,059 | 21.3 |
74 | Cambodia | 7,759,364 | 44 |
75 | Serbia | 7,695,799 | 99.3 |
76 | Austria | 7,554,132 | 91.6 |
77 | Mali | 7,459,820 | 6.1 |
78 | Guatemala | 7,323,856 | 68.3 |
79 | Tunisia | 7,184,530 | 46.2 |
80 | Burkina Faso | 6,985,039 | 25.5 |
81 | Malawi | 6,791,214 | 72.2 |
82 | Azerbaijan | 6,712,656 | 81.2 |
83 | Niger | 6,702,005 | 5.3 |
84 | Switzerland | 6,532,311 | 163.3 |
85 | Zambia | 6,344,722 | 8.5 |
86 | Dominican Republic | 6,233,866 | 129 |
87 | Somalia | 6,217,738 | 9.9 |
88 | Senegal | 6,213,550 | 32.3 |
89 | Haiti | 5,949,797 | 215.9 |
90 | Rwanda | 5,856,599 | 237.4 |
91 | Bolivia | 5,834,293 | 5.4 |
92 | Hong Kong | 5,397,900 | 5,030.7 |
93 | South Sudan | 5,394,840 | 8.4 |
94 | Chad | 5,187,207 | 4.1 |
95 | Georgia | 5,161,724 | 74.1 |
96 | Slovakia | 5,114,080 | 106.3 |
97 | Denmark | 5,111,619 | 120.5 |
98 | Finland | 4,881,788 | 16.1 |
99 | Guinea | 4,760,634 | 19.4 |
100 | Burundi | 4,757,484 | 185.3 |
101 | El Salvador | 4,593,745 | 221.7 |
102 | Croatia | 4,441,854 | 79.4 |
103 | Tajikistan | 4,430,622 | 31.3 |
104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,204,488 | 82.1 |
105 | Norway | 4,140,095 | 13.6 |
106 | Moldova | 4,113,243 | 125.1 |
107 | Benin | 3,978,688 | 36 |
108 | Israel | 3,977,584 | 185 |
109 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,969,460 | 20.7 |
110 | Honduras | 3,934,859 | 35.2 |
111 | Sierra Leone | 3,697,800 | 51.6 |
112 | Libya | 3,613,956 | 2.1 |
113 | Laos | 3,576,706 | 15.5 |
114 | Lithuania | 3,555,054 | 56.7 |
115 | Paraguay | 3,530,545 | 8.9 |
116 | Ireland | 3,529,000 | 51.2 |
117 | Armenia | 3,397,776 | 120.5 |
118 | Papua New Guinea | 3,364,556 | 7.4 |
119 | Puerto Rico | 3,350,037 | 377.7 |
120 | New Zealand | 3,298,090 | 12.5 |
121 | Turkmenistan | 3,164,611 | 6.7 |
122 | Lebanon | 3,120,549 | 305 |
123 | Nicaragua | 3,114,238 | 26 |
124 | Uruguay | 3,008,270 | 17.2 |
125 | Togo | 2,965,230 | 54.5 |
126 | Albania | 2,895,998 | 105.7 |
127 | Eritrea | 2,862,243 | 28.3 |
128 | Singapore | 2,743,297 | 3,869.2 |
129 | Central African Republic | 2,622,700 | 4.2 |
130 | Latvia | 2,587,996 | 41.6 |
131 | Jordan | 2,570,135 | 28.9 |
132 | Costa Rica | 2,567,601 | 50.3 |
133 | Jamaica | 2,338,197 | 215.9 |
134 | Panama | 2,129,335 | 28.6 |
135 | Liberia | 2,096,264 | 21.8 |
136 | Slovenia | 1,896,413 | 94.1 |
137 | Congo Brazzaville | 1,873,117 | 5.5 |
138 | North Macedonia | 1,837,295 | 72.2 |
139 | Mongolia | 1,816,339 | 1.2 |
140 | Mauritania | 1,684,770 | 1.6 |
141 | Kosovo | 1,647,074 | 151.3 |
142 | Kuwait | 1,637,314 | 91.9 |
143 | Estonia | 1,526,128 | 36 |
144 | Lesotho | 1,519,492 | 50.1 |
145 | Oman | 1,438,115 | 4.6 |
146 | United Arab Emirates | 1,284,385 | 15.4 |
147 | Namibia | 1,166,061 | 1.4 |
148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,147,586 | 223.8 |
149 | Botswana | 1,042,064 | 1.8 |
150 | Mauritius | 1,012,042 | 498.5 |
151 | West Bank | 1,008,885 | 178.9 |
152 | Guinea-Bissau | 865,184 | 30.8 |
153 | Gabon | 815,119 | 3.2 |
154 | Guyana | 759,626 | 3.9 |
155 | The Gambia | 741,576 | 73.3 |
156 | Eswatini | 696,514 | 40.5 |
157 | Fiji | 685,572 | 37.5 |
158 | Cyprus | 667,970 | 72.3 |
159 | Timor-Leste | 630,536 | 42.4 |
160 | Montenegro | 558,389 | 41.5 |
161 | Bhutan | 533,027 | 13.9 |
162 | Gaza Strip | 515,172 | 1,431 |
163 | Bahrain | 407,712 | 536.5 |
164 | Suriname | 387,761 | 2.5 |
165 | Comoros | 373,626 | 167.2 |
166 | Djibouti | 372,342 | 16.1 |
167 | Luxembourg | 366,272 | 141.6 |
168 | Malta | 351,379 | 1,112 |
169 | Equatorial Guinea | 314,647 | 11.2 |
170 | Cabo Verde | 312,486 | 77.5 |
171 | Qatar | 312,375 | 27 |
172 | Macau | 298,982 | 10,677.9 |
173 | Solomon Islands | 263,885 | 9.4 |
174 | Barbados | 256,197 | 595.8 |
175 | Iceland | 239,498 | 2.4 |
176 | The Bahamas | 224,629 | 22.4 |
177 | Brunei | 211,223 | 40.1 |
178 | Maldives | 172,102 | 577.5 |
179 | French Polynesia | 170,274 | 44.5 |
180 | Belize | 163,408 | 7.2 |
181 | Samoa | 160,664 | 57 |
182 | Curaçao | 152,274 | 343 |
183 | New Caledonia | 149,655 | 8.2 |
184 | Vanuatu | 131,033 | 10.8 |
185 | Saint Lucia | 129,118 | 213.1 |
186 | Guam | 117,296 | 215.6 |
187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102,894 | 264.5 |
188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 102,116 | 105.9 |
189 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 100,600 | 289.1 |
190 | Tonga | 93,792 | 130.8 |
191 | Grenada | 92,738 | 269.6 |
192 | Federated States of Micronesia | 87,784 | 125 |
193 | Jersey | 78,740 | 678.8 |
194 | Dominica | 73,993 | 98.5 |
195 | Seychelles | 66,499 | 146.2 |
196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64,470 | 145.5 |
197 | Isle of Man | 64,422 | 112.6 |
198 | Aruba | 62,683 | 348.2 |
199 | Kiribati | 61,147 | 75.4 |
200 | Bermuda | 55,853 | 1,034.3 |
201 | Guernsey | 54,718 | 701.5 |
202 | Greenland | 52,625 | 0 |
203 | Faroe Islands | 45,063 | 32.3 |
204 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43,086 | 165.1 |
205 | Andorra | 42,712 | 91.3 |
206 | American Samoa | 37,092 | 187.3 |
207 | Marshall Islands | 36,648 | 202.5 |
208 | Gibraltar | 28,231 | 4,033 |
209 | Monaco | 27,837 | 13,918.5 |
210 | Liechtenstein | 26,597 | 166.2 |
211 | San Marino | 22,501 | 368.9 |
212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20,109 | 42.6 |
213 | Cayman Islands | 20,020 | 75.8 |
214 | Sint Maarten | 17,979 | 528.8 |
215 | Cook Islands | 17,743 | 75.2 |
216 | Palau | 13,705 | 29.9 |
217 | Wallis and Futuna | 12,806 | 90.2 |
218 | Saint Martin | 12,790 | 236.9 |
219 | British Virgin Islands | 12,726 | 84.3 |
220 | Montserrat | 11,442 | 112.2 |
221 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8,911 | 9.4 |
222 | Nauru | 8,329 | 396.6 |
223 | Tuvalu | 7,981 | 307 |
224 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,488 | 19 |
225 | Anguilla | 6,688 | 73.5 |
226 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,110 | 25.2 |
227 | Saint Barthelemy | 3,681 | 147.2 |
Data from US Census International Database