The world’s population in 2002

6.15B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.

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Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes Germany.

Largest populations in 2002

RegionPopulation
1Maharashtra98.4M
2Henan91.8M
3Shandong91.1M
4Guangdong88.7M
5Bihar85.1M
6Germany, DE82.5M
7Sichuan82.0M
8West Bengal81.3M
9Vietnam79.5M
10Eastern UP, IN78.5M

The largest relative change from 2001: Bahrain, BH (+48k people).