The world’s population in 2012

7.02B 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 2012

RegionPopulation
1Shandong97.1M
2Henan95.3M
3Punjab, PK95.0M
4Eastern UP, IN92.4M
5West Bengal91.9M
6Vietnam89.2M
7Andhra Pradesh85.1M
8Ethiopia83.7M
9Egypt82.5M
10Southeast, BR81.4M

The largest relative change from 2011: Sudan (−7.8M people).