The world’s population in 1971

3.70B 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 1971

RegionPopulation
1Brazil97.2M
2Uttar Pradesh88.3M
3Japan86.4M
4Sichuan80.3M
5Java76.1M
6Bangladesh69.1M
7Pakistan63.3M
8Shandong62.2M
9Henan58.6M
10Federal Republic of Germany, DE58.1M

The largest relative change from 1970: Mountain, US (+7.4M people).