The world’s population in 1976

4.07B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.

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Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes Czechoslovakia, Germany, Timor (whole island), Yugoslavia.

Largest populations in 1976

RegionPopulation
1Uttar Pradesh99.6M
2Sichuan89.3M
3Java84.2M
4Bangladesh75.9M
5Pakistan73.7M
6Shandong67.5M
7Henan65.3M
8Bihar63.1M
9Nigeria62.4M
10Mexico59.4M

The largest relative change from 1975: United Arab Emirates (+74k people).