The world’s population in 1953
2.64B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1953 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 1953
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 69.5M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 65.3M |
| 3 | Sichuan | 63.0M |
| 4 | Brazil | 57.7M |
| 5 | Java | 51.5M |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 49.5M |
| 7 | Shandong | 48.9M |
| 8 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 48.7M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 46.5M |
| 10 | Henan | 44.2M |
The largest relative change from 1952: Sichuan (+15.9M people).