1980 Countries by Population

1 China 1,001,000,000                                                                                                                                                  2 India 701,000,000                                                                                                                                                     3 USA 229,700,000                                                                                                                                                       4 Indonesia 150,900,000                                                                                                                                                 5 Russia 139,100,000                                                                                                                                                    6 Brazil 122,300,000                                                                                                                                                    7 Japan 117,900,000                                                                                                                                                     8 Bangladesh 88,000,000                                                                                                                                                 9 Pakistan 85,300,000                                                                                                                                                   10 Germany 78,500,000                                                                                                                                                   11 Nigeria 77,000,000                                                                                                                                                   12 Mexico 69,400,000                                                                                                                                                    13 Italy 56,500,000                                                                                                                                                     14 UK 56,400,000                                                                                                                                                        15 Vietnam 54,500,000                                                                                                                                                   16 France 54,200,000                                                                                                                                                    17 Ukraine 50,100,000                                                                                                                                                   18 Philippines 48,400,000                                                                                                                                               19 Thailand 47,600,000                                                                                                                                                  20 Turkey 45,100,000                                                                                                                                                    21 Egypt 45,000,000                                                                                                                                                     22 Iran 39,800,000                                                                                                                                                      23 South Korea 38,200,000                                                                                                                                               24 Spain 37,800,000                                                                                                                                                     25 Ethiopia 36,100,000                                                                                                                                                  26 Poland 35,900,000                                                                                                                                                    27 Myanmar 34,600,000                                                                                                                                                   28 South Africa 29,800,000                                                                                                                                              29 DR Congo 29,100,000                                                                                                                                                  30 Argentina 28,500,000                                                                                                                                                 31 Colombia 27,800,000                                                                                                                                                  32 Canada 24,700,000                                                                                                                                                    33 Romania 22,700,000                                                                                                                                                   34 Yugoslavia 22,300,000                                                                                                                                                35 Sudan 20,200,000                                                                                                                                                     36 Morocco 20,200,000                                                                                                                                                   37 Algeria 19,400,000                                                                                                                                                   38 Tanzania 18,800,000                                                                                                                                                  39 Taiwan 17,900,000                                                                                                                                                    40 Peru 17,600,000                                                                                                                                                      41 North Korea 17,600,000                                                                                                                                               42 Kenya 16,500,000                                                                                                                                                     43 Uzbekistan 16,100,000                                                                                                                                                44 Afghanistan 15,900,000                                                                                                                                               45 Czechoslovakia 15,400,000                                                                                                                                            46 Venezuela 15,400,000                                                                                                                                                 47 Sri Lanka 15,100,000                                                                                                                                                 48 Nepal 15,100,000                                                                                                                                                     49 Kazakhstan 15,100,000                                                                                                                                                50 Australia 14,800,000                                                                                                                                                 51 Netherlands 14,200,000                                                                                                                                               52 Malaysia 13,900,000                                                                                                                                                  53 Iraq 13,700,000                                                                                                                                                      54 Uganda 12,600,000                                                                                                                                                    55 Mozambique 12,200,000                                                                                                                                                56 Chile 11,500,000                                                                                                                                                     57 Ghana 11,200,000                                                                                                                                                     58 Hungary 10,800,000                                                                                                                                                   59 Saudi Arabia 10,100,000                                                                                                                                              60 Belgium 9,900,000