The world’s population in 1990

5.21B 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 1990

RegionPopulation
1Sichuan109.1M
2Nigeria86.9M
3Henan85.5M
4Bihar84.7M
5Shandong84.4M
6Mexico81.2M
7Maharashtra77.3M
8Jiangsu67.1M
9West Bengal66.7M
10Vietnam66.0M

The largest relative change from 1989: Yemen (+3.1M people).