The world’s population in 1951
2.53B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1951 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 1951
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (Allied occupation) | 67.4M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 63.2M |
| 3 | Brazil | 53.8M |
| 4 | Java | 49.3M |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 49.0M |
| 6 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 47.6M |
| 7 | Shandong | 47.3M |
| 8 | Sichuan | 46.2M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 44.5M |
| 10 | Henan | 42.8M |
The largest relative change from 1950: Mountain, US (+6.7M people).