The World: Population - Age 70-74 (1981) - Top 100+
| Rank | Country | Population | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States of America | 6,991,887 | 1981 | |
| 2. | Indonesia | 1,565,056 | 1981 | |
| 3. | Brazil | 1,294,461 | 1981 | |
| 4. | Pakistan | 984,154 | 1981 | |
| 5. | Bangladesh | 781,197 | 1981 | |
| 6. | Mexico | 704,654 | 1981 | |
| 7. | Argentina | 635,419 | 1981 | |
| 8. | Turkey | 622,472 | 1981 | |
| 9. | Nigeria | 565,272 | 1981 | |
| 10. | Philippines | 540,685 | 1981 | |
| 11. | Myanmar | 385,503 | 1981 | |
| 12. | Ethiopia | 302,542 | 1981 | |
| 13. | Serbia | 263,780 | 1981 | |
| 14. | Colombia | 247,912 | 1981 | |
| 15. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 237,158 | 1981 | |
| 16. | Tanzania | 205,166 | 1981 | |
| 17. | Peru | 188,715 | 1981 | |
| 18. | Sri Lanka | 184,223 | 1981 | |
| 19. | Nepal | 145,351 | 1981 | |
| 20. | Malaysia | 144,212 | 1981 | |
| 21. | Kenya | 135,693 | 1981 | |
| 22. | Ghana | 104,028 | 1981 | |
| 23. | Afghanistan | 99,431 | 1981 | |
| 24. | Uganda | 95,926 | 1981 | |
| 25. | Mozambique | 94,302 | 1981 | |
| 26. | Madagascar | 89,044 | 1981 | |
| 27. | Syria | 88,831 | 1981 | |
| 28. | Mali | 73,323 | 1981 | |
| 29. | Cameroon | 72,725 | 1981 | |
| 30. | Somalia | 67,227 | 1981 | |
| 31. | Guatemala | 63,098 | 1981 | |
| 32. | Burkina Faso | 58,180 | 1981 | |
| 33. | Cambodia | 55,127 | 1981 | |
| 34. | Haiti | 52,904 | 1981 | |
| 35. | Dominican Republic | 52,904 | 1981 | |
| 36. | Angola | 52,376 | 1981 | |
| 37. | Burundi | 51,137 | 1981 | |
| 38. | Cote d'Ivoire | 48,525 | 1981 | |
| 39. | Rwanda | 46,148 | 1981 | |
| 40. | Senegal | 44,406 | 1981 | |
| 41. | Malawi | 43,878 | 1981 | |
| 42. | Niger | 41,558 | 1981 | |
| 43. | Guinea | 41,006 | 1981 | |
| 44. | Sierra Leone | 39,599 | 1981 | |
| 45. | Paraguay | 38,674 | 1981 | |
| 46. | Zambia | 38,127 | 1981 | |
| 47. | Lebanon | 38,039 | 1981 | |
| 48. | Chad | 37,738 | 1981 | |
| 49. | Benin | 34,986 | 1981 | |
| 50. | Eritrea | 30,176 | 1981 | |
| 51. | Honduras | 27,251 | 1981 | |
| 52. | Libya | 25,331 | 1981 | |
| 53. | Panama | 24,736 | 1981 | |
| 54. | Kosovo | 21,891 | 1981 | |
| 55. | Nicaragua | 20,175 | 1981 | |
| 56. | Togo | 19,074 | 1981 | |
| 57. | Lesotho | 16,894 | 1981 | |
| 58. | Trinidad and Tobago | 16,886 | 1981 | |
| 59. | Jordan | 15,759 | 1981 | |
| 60. | Mauritania | 15,097 | 1981 | |
| 61. | Republic of Congo | 14,979 | 1981 | |
| 62. | Liberia | 14,974 | 1981 | |
| 63. | Central African Republic | 14,803 | 1981 | |
| 64. | Namibia | 13,267 | 1981 | |
| 65. | Botswana | 12,730 | 1981 | |
| 66. | Papua New Guinea | 12,214 | 1981 | |
| 67. | Gabon | 11,010 | 1981 | |
| 68. | Guinea-Bissau | 10,132 | 1981 | |
| 69. | Guyana | 8,093 | 1981 | |
| 70. | Barbados | 7,058 | 1981 | |
| 71. | Cape Verde | 6,021 | 1981 | |
| 72. | Swaziland | 4,797 | 1981 | |
| 73. | Comoros | 4,487 | 1981 | |
| 74. | Suriname | 4,112 | 1981 | |
| 75. | Bhutan | 3,556 | 1981 | |
| 76. | Djibouti | 2,920 | 1981 | |
| 77. | The Bahamas | 2,524 | 1981 | |
| 78. | Bahrain | 2,099 | 1981 | |
| 79. | Saint Lucia | 1,898 | 1981 | |
| 80. | Solomon Islands | 1,877 | 1981 | |
| 81. | Grenada | 1,817 | 1981 | |
| 82. | Belize | 1,795 | 1981 | |
| 83. | Brunei | 1,576 | 1981 | |
| 84. | Dominica | 1,465 | 1981 | |
| 85. | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,298 | 1981 | |
| 86. | Samoa | 1,273 | 1981 | |
| 87. | Seychelles | 1,245 | 1981 | |
| 88. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,182 | 1981 | |
| 89. | Western Sahara | 1,107 | 1981 | |
| 90. | Aruba | 1,089 | 1981 | |
| 91. | Vanuatu | 962 | 1981 | |
| 92. | Tuvalu | 113 | 1981 |
