The world’s population in 1993

5.45B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.

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Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes Germany, Timor (whole island), Serbia and Montenegro.

Largest populations in 1993

RegionPopulation
1Sichuan110.4M
2Nigeria95.9M
3Bihar91.1M
4Henan87.2M
5Shandong86.0M
6Mexico85.8M
7Maharashtra82.5M
8Germany, DE81.3M
9West Bengal70.5M
10Vietnam69.6M

The largest relative change from 1992: Nagaland, IN (+78k people).