The world’s population in 1956
2.78B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1956 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 1956
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 72.1M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 68.5M |
| 3 | Sichuan | 64.5M |
| 4 | Brazil | 63.4M |
| 5 | Java | 55.0M |
| 6 | Shandong | 50.6M |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 50.2M |
| 8 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 50.2M |
| 9 | East Pakistan | 49.6M |
| 10 | Henan | 45.8M |
The largest relative change from 1955: Beijing, CN (+318k people).