The world’s population in 1966

3.36B 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 1966

RegionPopulation
1Brazil85.1M
2Uttar Pradesh81.0M
3Japan79.9M
4Sichuan72.0M
5Java68.4M
6East Pakistan61.5M
7Shandong57.4M
8Federal Republic of Germany, DE55.7M
9Pakistan53.1M
10United Kingdom52.8M

The largest relative change from 1965: Jordan (+90k people).