The world’s population in 1954
2.68B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1954 map →Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes French Equatorial Africa, Czechoslovakia, Germany, French West Africa, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Yugoslavia.
Largest populations in 1954
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 70.5M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 66.4M |
| 3 | Sichuan | 63.5M |
| 4 | Brazil | 59.6M |
| 5 | Java | 52.6M |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 49.7M |
| 7 | Shandong | 49.4M |
| 8 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 49.2M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 47.5M |
| 10 | Henan | 44.7M |
The largest relative change from 1953: Beijing, CN (+265k people).