The world’s population in 1970

3.63B 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 1970

RegionPopulation
1Brazil94.5M
2Uttar Pradesh86.9M
3Japan85.1M
4Sichuan78.6M
5Java74.6M
6East Pakistan66.9M
7Pakistan61.2M
8Shandong61.2M
9Federal Republic of Germany, DE58.0M
10Henan57.3M

The largest relative change from 1969: Middle Atlantic, US (+12.4M people).