The world’s population in 1962

3.11B 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 1962

RegionPopulation
1Japan76.4M
2Brazil75.7M
3Uttar Pradesh75.2M
4Sichuan67.8M
5Java62.7M
6East Pakistan56.5M
7Shandong54.2M
8Federal Republic of Germany, DE53.5M
9United Kingdom51.7M
10Henan49.2M

The largest relative change from 1961: Beijing, CN (+551k people).