The world’s population in 2008

6.66B 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 2008

RegionPopulation
1Bihar97.8M
2Shandong94.6M
3Henan93.5M
4West Bengal87.9M
5Eastern UP, IN86.6M
6Punjab, PK86.4M
7Vietnam85.1M
8Germany, DE82.0M
9Andhra Pradesh82.0M
10Sichuan80.8M

The largest relative change from 2007: United Arab Emirates (+815k people).