The world’s population in 1943

2.28B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.

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Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes French Equatorial Africa, Nazi Germany, French Indochina, French West Africa, Korea, Mandatory Palestine.

Largest populations in 1943

RegionPopulation
1Nazi Germany59.7M
2Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN57.9M
3Empire of Japan57.1M
4United Kingdom47.3M
5Brazil44.4M
6Java44.4M
7Shandong44.1M
8Sichuan43.6M
9British India (Bengal)41.2M
10Henan40.1M

The largest relative change from 1942: Delhi, IN (+83k people).