The world’s population in 1999

5.92B 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).

Largest populations in 1999

RegionPopulation
1Bihar105.2M
2Mexico95.7M
3Maharashtra93.3M
4Henan90.6M
5Shandong89.4M
6Guangdong82.7M
7Sichuan82.3M
8Germany, DE82.2M
9Madhya Pradesh78.2M
10West Bengal77.8M

The largest relative change from 1998: Qatar (+33k people).