The world’s population in 1969

3.56B 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 1969

RegionPopulation
1Brazil92.2M
2Uttar Pradesh85.4M
3Japan83.1M
4Sichuan76.9M
5Java73.0M
6East Pakistan65.5M
7Shandong60.2M
8Pakistan59.2M
9Federal Republic of Germany, DE57.4M
10Henan56.1M

The largest relative change from 1968: Kuwait (+59k people).