The world’s population in 2003

6.23B 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 2003

RegionPopulation
1Maharashtra100.0M
2Henan92.1M
3Shandong91.7M
4Guangdong90.5M
5Bihar87.2M
6Germany, DE82.5M
7West Bengal82.4M
8Sichuan81.8M
9Vietnam80.5M
10Eastern UP, IN79.8M

The largest relative change from 2002: Gabon (+244k people).