The world’s population in 1995

5.60B 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 1995

RegionPopulation
1Sichuan111.2M
2Bihar95.8M
3Mexico89.0M
4Henan88.3M
5Shandong87.1M
6Maharashtra86.1M
7Germany, DE81.8M
8Guangdong73.2M
9West Bengal72.9M
10Madhya Pradesh72.2M

The largest relative change from 1994: Guatemala (+2.0M people).