The world’s population in 1963

3.17B 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 1963

RegionPopulation
1Brazil78.0M
2Japan77.3M
3Uttar Pradesh76.7M
4Sichuan68.3M
5Java64.1M
6East Pakistan57.7M
7Shandong54.9M
8Federal Republic of Germany, DE54.1M
9United Kingdom52.0M
10Henan49.7M

The largest relative change from 1962: Beijing, CN (+604k people).