The world’s population in 1996

5.68B 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 1996

RegionPopulation
1Sichuan111.6M
2Bihar98.2M
3Mexico90.6M
4Henan88.9M
5Maharashtra87.9M
6Shandong87.7M
7Germany, DE82.0M
8Guangdong75.4M
9West Bengal74.1M
10Madhya Pradesh73.7M

The largest relative change from 1995: Equatorial Guinea (+36k people).