The world’s population in 1992

5.37B 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), Serbia and Montenegro.

Largest populations in 1992

RegionPopulation
1Sichuan109.9M
2Nigeria92.4M
3Bihar88.7M
4Henan86.6M
5Shandong85.5M
6Mexico84.3M
7Germany, DE81.0M
8Maharashtra80.7M
9West Bengal69.3M
10Vietnam68.5M

The largest relative change from 1991: North, BR (+3.0M people).