Each type of integer has a different range of storage capacity

Type     Capacity

Int16    (-32,768 to +32,767) or (โˆ’2^15 to +2^15โˆ’1)

Int32    (-2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647) or (โˆ’2^31 to +2^31โˆ’1)

Int64    (-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to +9,223,372,036,854,775,807) or (โˆ’2^63 to +2^63โˆ’1)

As stated by James Sutherland in his answer:

int and Int32 are indeed synonymous; int will be a little more familiar looking, Int32 makes the 32-bitness more explicit to those reading your code. I would be inclined to use int where I just need 'an integer', Int32 where the size is important (cryptographic code, structures) so future maintainers will know it's safe to enlarge an int if appropriate, but should take care changing Int32 variables in the same way.

The resulting code will be identical: the difference is purely one of readability or code appearance.

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I know that it stores 32 bits, but don't int and int32 do the same? Also, I want to use char in a program. Can I use int8_t instead? What is the difference? To summarize: what is the difference between int32, int, int32_t, int8 and int8_t in C? More on stackoverflow.com
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Use them. They aren't "relics of the past" and communicate a lot more concise information than "unsigned int" with less characters(uint32_t aka "unsigned 32 bit integer"). Especially in the context of reading a file format where you need to explicitly communicate "16 bit integer, 32 bit integer, 8 bit bool". There is a lot of code that uses stuff like intptr_t and size_t and uint64_t to this day since it is more concise and communicates more information about its size and intended usage. More on reddit.com
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if int and int32 the same, why golang keeps these two?

https://golang.org/pkg/builtin/#int

int is a signed integer type that is at least 32 bits in size. It is a distinct type, however, and not an alias for, say, int32.

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