The world’s population in 1994

5.52B 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 1994

RegionPopulation
1Sichuan110.8M
2Nigeria99.3M
3Bihar93.4M
4Henan87.8M
5Mexico87.4M
6Shandong86.6M
7Maharashtra84.3M
8Germany, DE81.5M
9West Bengal71.7M
10Guangdong71.0M

The largest relative change from 1993: Guatemala (−1.5M people).