The world’s population in 1949
2.44B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1949 map →Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes French Equatorial Africa, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, French Indochina, French West Africa, Yugoslavia.
Largest populations in 1949
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (Allied occupation) | 65.0M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 61.9M |
| 3 | West Germany | 52.2M |
| 4 | Brazil | 50.9M |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 48.6M |
| 6 | Java | 47.7M |
| 7 | Shandong | 46.0M |
| 8 | Sichuan | 45.0M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 43.3M |
| 10 | Henan | 41.7M |
The largest relative change from 1948: Israel (+301k people).