The world’s population in 1965

3.30B 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 1965

RegionPopulation
1Brazil82.8M
2Japan80.1M
3Uttar Pradesh79.6M
4Sichuan70.5M
5Java66.9M
6East Pakistan60.2M
7Shandong56.4M
8Federal Republic of Germany, DE55.2M
9United Kingdom52.5M
10Henan51.4M

The largest relative change from 1964: Jordan (+89k people).