The world’s population in 1955
2.73B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1955 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 1955
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 72.2M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 67.4M |
| 3 | Sichuan | 64.0M |
| 4 | Brazil | 61.5M |
| 5 | Java | 53.8M |
| 6 | Shandong | 50.0M |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 49.9M |
| 8 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 49.7M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 48.6M |
| 10 | Henan | 45.3M |
The largest relative change from 1954: Beijing, CN (+290k people).