The world’s population in 2000

6.00B 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 2000

RegionPopulation
1Bihar107.6M
2Mexico97.5M
3Maharashtra95.1M
4Henan91.2M
5Shandong90.0M
6Guangdong85.2M
7Sichuan82.3M
8Germany, DE82.3M
9Madhya Pradesh79.7M
10West Bengal79.0M

The largest relative change from 1999: Timor (whole island), ID/TIMOR (−746k people).