The world’s population in 2005

6.39B 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 2005

RegionPopulation
1Guangdong94.3M
2Shandong92.8M
3Henan92.6M
4Bihar91.4M
5West Bengal84.6M
6Eastern UP, IN82.5M
7Germany, DE82.4M
8Vietnam82.4M
9Sichuan81.4M
10Punjab, PK80.5M

The largest relative change from 2004: Qatar (+107k people).