The world’s population in 2009

6.75B 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 2009

RegionPopulation
1Bihar99.9M
2Shandong95.2M
3Henan93.7M
4West Bengal89.1M
5Punjab, PK88.5M
6Eastern UP, IN88.0M
7Vietnam86.0M
8Andhra Pradesh82.8M
9Germany, DE81.8M
10Sichuan80.6M

The largest relative change from 2008: United Arab Emirates (+938k people).