The world’s population in 2001

6.08B 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 2001

RegionPopulation
1Mexico98.9M
2Maharashtra96.9M
3Henan91.5M
4Shandong90.5M
5Guangdong87.0M
6Bihar83.0M
7Germany, DE82.4M
8Sichuan82.2M
9West Bengal80.2M
10Vietnam78.6M

The largest relative change from 2000: Madhya Pradesh (−19.3M people).