The world’s population in 1973

3.85B 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 1973

RegionPopulation
1Uttar Pradesh92.8M
2Japan88.0M
3Sichuan83.8M
4Java79.2M
5Bangladesh73.9M
6Pakistan67.4M
7Shandong64.3M
8Henan61.2M
9Bihar59.1M
10Federal Republic of Germany, DE58.5M

The largest relative change from 1972: Kuwait (+51k people).