User:World Population 7,800,000,000/1980 Population

This is a list of the top 20 countries by population in 1980.

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Countries and territories ranked by population in 1980

Country/Territory	UN continental region	UN statistical subregion	Population (1 July 1979)	Population (1 July 1980)	Change
China	Asia	Eastern Asia	986,132,213	1,000,089,228	+1.42%
India	Asia	Southern Asia	682,995,348	698,952,837	+2.34%
United States	Americas	Northern America	227,339,321	229,476,360	+0.94%
Indonesia	Asia	South-eastern Asia	144,009,844	147,447,833	+2.39%
Russia	Europe	Eastern Europe	137,139,387	138,053,142	+0.67%
Brazil	Americas	South America	146,328,305	149,003,224	+1.83%
Japan	Asia	Eastern Asia	124,058,517	124,505,242	+0.36%
Pakistan	Asia	Southern Asia	104,512,874	107,647,918	+3.00%
Bangladesh	Asia	Southern Asia	100,695,496	103,171,956	+2.46%
Nigeria	Africa	Western Africa	92,788,039	95,212,454	+2.61%
Mexico	Americas	Central America	82,368,930	83,943,135	+1.91%
Germany	Europe	Western Europe	78,660,300	79,053,983	+0.50%
Vietnam	Asia	South-eastern Asia	66,550,231	67,988,855	+2.16%
Philippines	Asia	South-eastern Asia	60,340,768	61,895,168	+2.58%
United Kingdom	Europe	Northern Europe	56,974,289	57,134,377	+0.28%
Italy	Europe	Southern Europe	57,028,707	57,048,236	+0.03%
France	Europe	Western Europe	56,404,303	56,666,860	+0.47%
Thailand	Asia	South-eastern Asia	55,772,169	56,558,196	+1.41%
Iran	Asia	Southern Asia	54,822,004	56,366,212	+2.82%
Egypt	Africa	Northern Africa	54,788,680	56,134,478	+2.46%
World			5,237,441,434	5,327,231,041	+1.71%