The world’s population in 1961

3.05B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.

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Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes Czechoslovakia, Germany, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Yugoslavia.

Largest populations in 1961

RegionPopulation
1Japan75.6M
2Uttar Pradesh73.8M
3Brazil73.3M
4Sichuan67.2M
5Java61.4M
6East Pakistan55.3M
7Shandong53.6M
8Federal Republic of Germany, DE52.9M
9United Kingdom51.4M
10Henan48.6M

The largest relative change from 1960: Mountain, US (+7.0M people).