The world’s population in 1960
2.99B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1960 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 1960
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 75.7M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 72.7M |
| 3 | Brazil | 71.0M |
| 4 | Sichuan | 66.6M |
| 5 | Java | 60.0M |
| 6 | East Pakistan | 54.1M |
| 7 | Shandong | 53.0M |
| 8 | Federal Republic of Germany, DE | 52.3M |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 51.2M |
| 10 | Henan | 48.0M |
The largest relative change from 1959: Middle Atlantic, US (+12.4M people).