The world’s population in 1964

3.23B 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 1964

RegionPopulation
1Brazil80.4M
2Japan78.2M
3Uttar Pradesh78.1M
4Sichuan68.9M
5Java65.5M
6East Pakistan58.9M
7Shandong55.5M
8Federal Republic of Germany, DE54.7M
9United Kingdom52.2M
10Henan50.3M

The largest relative change from 1963: Beijing, CN (+661k people).