The world’s population in 1959
2.94B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1959 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 1959
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 74.2M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 71.6M |
| 3 | Brazil | 69.1M |
| 4 | Sichuan | 66.1M |
| 5 | Java | 58.7M |
| 6 | East Pakistan | 53.0M |
| 7 | Shandong | 52.4M |
| 8 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 51.8M |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 50.9M |
| 10 | Henan | 47.4M |
The largest relative change from 1958: Beijing, CN (+419k people).