The world’s population in 1944

2.30B 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 1944

RegionPopulation
1Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN58.5M
2Nazi Germany58.0M
3Empire of Japan57.5M
4United Kingdom47.5M
5Brazil45.5M
6Java45.0M
7Shandong44.4M
8Sichuan43.8M
9British India (Bengal)41.6M
10Henan40.4M

The largest relative change from 1943: Delhi, IN (+83k people).