The world’s population in 2011

6.93B 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 2011

RegionPopulation
1Shandong96.7M
2Henan94.6M
3Punjab, PK92.8M
4West Bengal91.3M
5Eastern UP, IN90.9M
6Vietnam88.1M
7Andhra Pradesh84.6M
8Ethiopia81.7M
9Sichuan80.6M
10Egypt80.5M

The largest relative change from 2010: Central-West, BR (+1.4M people).