World Population by Country in 1981

In 1981, the world reached a total population of 4,528,777,306 and 🇨🇳China was the most populous country that year, with a total of 997,721,071 people. Followed by 🇮🇳India, with the second largest population globally of 703,696,250 people in total. The country with the lowest population count for the year was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 742 people.

The geographic region with the largest population in 1981 was Asia with a total population of 2,684,687,839 people, closely followed by Africa with a population of 497,620,643, and Americas with a population of 625,567,975 people recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the largest populous of 965,367,501 people on record. Followed by Eastern Asia with a population of 1,199,374,754, and South-Eastern Asia with 361,404,142 people in the sub-region.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries had the largest population with a total of 3,547,079,594 people. While the lowest population for 1981 was found in No income group available with a population of 15,887,698 people in that segment.