The world’s population in 1975

3.99B 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 1975

RegionPopulation
1Uttar Pradesh97.3M
2Sichuan87.4M
3Java82.5M
4Bangladesh73.7M
5Pakistan71.6M
6Shandong66.4M
7Henan63.9M
8Bihar61.8M
9Nigeria61.0M
10Federal Republic of Germany, DE58.8M

The largest relative change from 1974: Kuwait (+58k people).