The world’s population in 1952
2.57B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1952 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 1952
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 68.5M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 64.3M |
| 3 | Brazil | 55.8M |
| 4 | Java | 50.4M |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 49.2M |
| 6 | Shandong | 48.3M |
| 7 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 48.1M |
| 8 | Sichuan | 47.1M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 45.5M |
| 10 | Henan | 43.7M |
The largest relative change from 1951: Tripura, IN (+50k people).