The world’s population in 1950
2.48B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1950 map →Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes French Equatorial Africa, Czechoslovakia, Germany, French Indochina, French West Africa, Yugoslavia.
Largest populations in 1950
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (Allied occupation) | 67.2M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 62.6M |
| 3 | Brazil | 51.9M |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 48.8M |
| 5 | Java | 48.2M |
| 6 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 47.2M |
| 7 | Shandong | 46.3M |
| 8 | Sichuan | 45.3M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 43.6M |
| 10 | Henan | 41.9M |
The largest relative change from 1949: Israel (+196k people).