The world’s population in 1968

3.49B 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 1968

RegionPopulation
1Brazil89.8M
2Uttar Pradesh84.0M
3Japan82.0M
4Sichuan75.2M
5Java71.4M
6East Pakistan64.1M
7Shandong59.3M
8Pakistan57.2M
9Federal Republic of Germany, DE56.9M
10Henan54.9M

The largest relative change from 1967: Kuwait (+54k people).