The world’s population in 1991

5.29B 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 1991

RegionPopulation
1Sichuan109.5M
2Nigeria89.0M
3Bihar86.4M
4Henan86.1M
5Shandong84.9M
6Mexico82.7M
7Germany, DE80.3M
8Maharashtra78.9M
9West Bengal68.1M
10Jiangsu67.6M

The largest relative change from 1990: Mountain, US (+5.6M people).