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This is a list of countries by population in 1900. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in the year 1900.
| Rank | Country/Territory | Population c. 1900 estimate[1] | Percentage of
World Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | World | 1,700,000,000 | - |
| 1 |  Qing China[1] |
400,000,000 | 23.5% |
| — |  British Empire[a] |
384,000,000 | 22.5% |
| 2 |  British Raj[b][1] (UK) |
294,000,000 | 17.3% |
| — |  Russian Empire (including Finland and Poland) |
136,305,900 | 8.0% |
| 3 | Russian Empire (excluding Finland and Poland) |
119,546,234 | 7.0% |
| — | Russian Empire[1] (Russia proper only) |
87,162,000 | 5.1% |
| — |  France (including colonies) |
78,790,700 | 4.6% |
| 4 |  United States[c][1] (US proper only) |
75,994,575 | 4.5% |
| 5 |  Germany[2] |
56,367,178 | 3.3% |
| 6 |  Austria-Hungary[1] |
47,295,100 | 2.8% |
| — |  Empire of Japan (including Taiwan) |
46,605,000 | 2.7% |
| 7 | Empire of Japan[3] (Japan proper only) |
43,847,000 | 2.6% |
| 8 |  Dutch East Indies[d][1] (Netherlands) |
42,746,000 | 2.5% |
| 9 | United Kingdom[1] |
39,875,900 | 2.3% |
| 10 | France (Metropolitan France only)[1] |
38,900,000 | 2.3% |
| 11 |  Italy[1] |
32,475,000 | 1.9% |
| — |  Ottoman Empire[e][f][1] |
31,706,300 | 1.9% |
| 12 |  Spain[1] |
18,594,000 | 1.1% |
| 13 |  Brazil[1] |
17,984,000 | 1.1% |
| 14 |  Korean Empire[4] |
17,082,000 | 1.0% |
| 15 |  Mexico[1] |
13,607,000 | 0.8% |
| — |  Portuguese Empire |
12,434,000 | 0.7% |
| 16 |  Abyssinia[1] |
12,180,600[5] | 0.7% |
| — |  Egypt[1] (UK) |
10,186,000 | 0.6% |
| 17 |  Persia[1] |
9,860,000 | 0.6% |
| — |  Northern Nigeria (UK) |
8,500,000 | 0.5% |
| — |  Southern Nigeria (UK) |
7,500,000 | 0.4% |
| — | Philippine Islands[1] (United States) |
7,409,000 | 0.4% |
| — |  Union between Sweden and Norway[1] |
7,354,400 | 0.4% |
| 18 |  Morocco[6] |
7,000,000 | 0.4% |
| 19 |  Belgium[1] |
6,693,500 | 0.4% |
| 20 |  Siam[1] |
6,320,000 | 0.4% |
| 21 |  Romania[1] |
6,000,000 | 0.4% |
| — | Tonkin[1] (France) |
6,000,000 | 0.4% |
| — |  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan[1] (UK/Egypt) |
5,588,000 | 0.3% |
| 22 | Portugal[1] (Portugal proper only) |
5,450,000 | 0.3% |
| — |  Canada[1] |
5,301,000 | 0.3% |
| 23 |  Sweden[1] (Union between Sweden and Norway) |
5,136,400 | 0.3% |
| 24 | Netherlands[1] |
5,104,100 | 0.3% |
| — | Portuguese West Africa[1] (Portugal) |
4,790,000 | 0.3% |
| — | Algeria[1] (France) |
4,675,000 | 0.3% |
| — |  Annam[1] (France protectorate) |
4,620,000 | 0.3% |
| 25 |  Afghanistan[1] |
4,550,000 | 0.3% |
| 26 |  Argentina[1] |
4,542,000 | 0.3% |
| — |  Ireland[1] (UK) |
4,470,000 | 0.3% |
| — |  Arabia[g] |
4,218,000 | 0.2% |
| — |  Tibet (China) |
4,200,000 | 0.2% |
| 27 |  Colombia[h][1] |
4,157,000 | 0.2% |
| — |  Ceylon[1] (UK) |
3,912,000 | 0.2% |
| — |  Australia[1] (UK) |
3,765,300 | 0.2% |
| 28 |  Bulgaria[1] |
3,744,300 | 0.2% |
| 29 |  Nepal[1] |
3,599,000 | 0.2% |
| — | Cameroon (Germany) |
3,500,000 | 0.2% |
| — | German East Africa (Germany) |
3,500,000 | 0.2% |
| 30 |  Switzerland[1] |
3,315,400 | 0.2% |
| 31 |  Chile[1] |
3,110,100 | 0.18% |
| 32 |  Peru[1] |
3,000,000 | 0.18% |
| — | Cochin-China[1] (France) |
2,968,500 | 0.17% |
| — | Taiwan[7] (Japan) |
2,758,161 | 0.16% |
| — | Ruanda-Urundi (Germany) |
2,700,000 | 0.16% |
| — | Sudan[1] (France) |
2,672,000 | 0.16% |
| — | Finland[1] (Russia) |
2,655,900 | 0.16% |
| 33 |  Serbia[1][i] |
2,579,800 | 0.15% |
| 34 |  Greece[8] |
2,504,070 | 0.15% |
| — |  Cape Colony (UK) |
2,500,000 | 0.15% |
| 35 |  Venezuela[1] |
2,445,000 | 0.14% |
| 36 |  Denmark[1] |
2,430,000 | 0.14% |
| — | Madagascar[1] (France) |
2,249,500 | 0.13% |
| — | Portuguese East Africa[1] (Portugal) |
2,239,000 | 0.13% |
| — | Upper Volta[1] (France) |
2,222,000 | 0.13% |
| — |  Norway[1] (Union between Sweden and Norway) |
2,218,000 | 0.13% |
| — |  Tunis[1] (France) |
1,900,000 | 0.11% |
| 37 |  Bolivia[1] |
1,766,000 | 0.10% |
| — |  Uganda[1][j] (UK) |
1,649,900 | 0.10% |
| — | Cuba[1] (United States) |
1,600,000 | |
| — |  Gold Coast[1] (UK) |
1,486,400 | |
| — | Niger[1] (France) |
1,459,000 | |
| — | French Guinea (France)[k] |
1,459,000 | |
| — |  Kenya[1] (UK) |
1,352,000 | |
| — |  South African Republic |
1,400,000 | |
| — | Ivory Coast[1] (France) |
1,355,000 | |
| 38 |  Ecuador[1] |
1,271,900 | |
| — |  Bukhara (Russia) |
1,250,000 | |
| — | Senegal[1] (France) |
1,200,000 | |
| — |  Cambodia[1][l] (France) |
1,103,000 | |
| — | Sierra Leone[1] (UK) |
1,027,000 | |
| — | Puerto Rico[1] (United States) |
986,000 | |
| 39 |  Uruguay[1] |
943,000 | |
| — | Natal[1][m] (UK) |
925,100 | |
| — | Togoland (Germany) |
920,000 | |
| — | Malaya (UK) |
900,000 | |
| 40 |  Guatemala[1] |
885,000 | |
| — |  Nyasaland[1] (UK) |
717,000 | |
| — | Chad[1] (France) |
675,000 | |
| — |  New Zealand[1] (UK) |
802,200 | |
| 41 |  El Salvador[1] |
801,000 | |
| — |  Northern Rhodesia (UK) |
770,000 | |
| — |  Jamaica[1] (UK) |
720,000 | |
| — |  Southern Rhodesia[1] (UK) |
692,000 | |
| 42 |  Liberia[1] |
641,000 | |
| 43 |  Paraguay[1] |
635,600 | |
| — | Oubangui-Chari (France) |
630,000 | |
| 44 |  Dominican Republic[1] |
600,000 | |
| — | Dahomey (France) |
570,000 | |
| — |  Straits Settlements (UK) |
550,000 | |
| 45 |  Spanish Honduras[1] |
543,700 | |
| — | Mauretania[1] (France) |
502,000 | |
| 46 |  Muscat and Oman |
500,000 | |
| — |  Sarawak (UK) |
500,000 | |
| — | Portuguese India (Portugal) |
475,000 | |
| — | Laos[1] (France) |
473,000 | |
| 47 |  Nicaragua[1] |
429,300 | |
| — |  Italian Somaliland (Italy) |
400,000 | |
| — | Khiva (Russia) |
400,000 | |
| 48 |  Orange Free State |
400,000 | |
| — | Territory of Papua (UK, de facto Australia) |
400,000 | |
| — | Basutoland (UK) |
383,000 | |
| — | Mauritius (UK) |
375,000 | |
| 49 |  Costa Rica |
341,600 | |
| — |  Hong Kong (UK) |
325,000 | |
| 50 |  Montenegro |
320,000 | |
| — | Trinidad and Tobago (UK) |
320,000 | |
| — |  Crete (Ottoman Empire) |
310,000 | |
| — |  North Borneo (UK) |
300,000 | |
| — |  British Guiana (UK) |
300,000 | |
| — |  British Somaliland (UK) |
300,000 | |
| — | Portuguese Timor (Portugal) |
300,000 | |
| — |  Bhutan (Indian Empire) |
280,000 | |
| — | French India (France) |
280,000 | |
| — | Belgian Congo (France) |
280,000 | |
| — | Azores (Portugal) |
260,000 | |
| 51 |  Luxembourg |
252,000 | |
| — | Zanzibar (UK) |
250,000 | |
| — | Cyprus (UK) |
240,000 | |
| — | Gabon (France) |
240,000 | |
| — |  Newfoundland (UK) |
230,000 | |
| — | Eritrea (Italy) |
220,000 | |
| — | German South-West Africa (Germany) |
210,000 | |
| — | Guinea (Portugal) |
200,000 | |
| — |  Malta (UK) |
195,000 | |
| — | Guadeloupe (France) |
190,000 | |
| — | German New Guinea (Germany) |
188,000 | |
| — | Kwang-Chou-Wan (France) |
185,000 | |
| — | Martinique (France) |
185,000 | |
| — |  Barbados (UK) |
182,000 | |
| — | Réunion (France) |
178,000 | |
| — | Gambia (UK) |
165,000 | |
| — | Madeira (Portugal) |
160,000 | |
| — |  Hawaii (United States) |
154,000 | |
| — | Spanish Guinea (or Río Muni) (Spain) |
150,000 | |
| — | Cape Verde (Portugal) |
140,000 | |
| — | British Solomon Islands (UK) |
135,000 | |
| — |  Fiji (UK) |
125,000 | |
| — | Comoros (France) |
112,000 | |
| — | Bechuanaland (UK) |
90,000 | |
| — | Swaziland (UK) |
90,000 | |
| — | Surinam (Netherlands) |
86,000 | |
| — |  Iceland (Denmark) |
82,000 | |
| — | Macau (Portugal) |
80,000 | |
| — | Bahrain (UK) |
70,000 | |
| — | Grenada (UK) |
70,000 | |
| — | Trucial Oman (UK) |
70,000 | |
| — |  Alaska (United States) |
63,592 | |
| — | São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal) |
61,000 | |
| — | Kiaochow (Germany) |
60,000 | |
| — | Sikkim (Indian Empire) |
60,000 | |
| — |  Isle of Man (UK) |
57,000 | |
| — | Maldives (UK) |
56,000 | |
| — | Bahamas (UK) |
55,000 | |
| — |  Jersey (UK) |
54,000 | |
| — | New Caledonia (France) |
54,000 | |
| — | French Somaliland (France) |
50,000 | |
| — | German Solomon Islands (Germany) |
50,000 | |
| — | New Hebrides (UK and France) |
50,000 | |
| — | Saint Lucia (UK) |
50,000 | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UK) |
49,000 | |
| — |  Aden Protectorate (UK) |
45,000 | |
| — |  British Honduras (UK) |
45,000 | |
| — | Saint Kitts (with Nevis) (UK) |
45,000 | |
| — | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
44,000 | |
| — |  Guernsey (UK) |
42,000 | |
| — | Kuwait (UK) |
40,000 | |
| — | Rio de Oro (Spain) |
40,000 | |
| — | German Samoa (Germany) |
37,000 | |
| — | Caroline Islands (Germany) |
36,000 | |
| — | Antigua (with Barbuda and Redonda) (UK) |
35,000 | |
| — | Dominica (UK) |
32,000 | |
| — | Gilbert Islands (UK) |
30,000 | |
| — | French Polynesia (France) |
30,000 | |
| — | Gibraltar (UK) |
29,000 | |
| — | Danish Virgin Islands (Denmark) |
28,000 | |
| — | Fernando Po (Spain) |
25,000 | |
| — | French Guiana (France) |
24,000 | |
| — | Brunei (UK) |
22,000 | |
| — | Spanish Morocco[n] (Spain) |
22,000 | |
| — | Seychelles (UK) |
22,000 | |
| — |  Tonga (UK) |
21,000 | |
| — | Bermuda (UK) |
20,000 | |
| 52 |  Monaco |
19,000 | |
| — | Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
17,000 | |
| — | Micronesia (Germany) |
15,000 | |
| — | Witu (UK) |
15,000 | |
| — | Marshall Islands (Germany) |
15,000 | |
| — | Greenland (Denmark) |
13,000 | |
| — | Guam (United States) |
12,000 | |
| — | Montserrat (UK) |
12,000 | |
| — | Qatar (UK) |
11,000 | |
| 53 |  San Marino |
11,000 | |
| 54 |  Liechtenstein |
10,000 | |
| 55 |  Andorra |
6,000 | |
| — | Cook Islands (UK) |
6,000 | |
| — | American Samoa (United States) |
6,000 | |
| — | Wallis and Futuna (France) |
6,000 | |
| — |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
5,500 | |
| — | British Virgin Islands (UK) |
5,000 | |
| — |  Cayman Islands (UK) |
5,000 | |
| — | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
5,000 | |
| — | Anguilla (UK) |
4,500 | |
| — |  Saint Helena (UK) |
4,500 | |
| — | Palau (Germany) |
4,000 | |
| — |  Niue (UK) |
4,000 | |
| — | Elobey, Annobón and Corisco (Spain) |
3,000 | |
| — |  Neutral Moresnet |
3,000 | |
| — | Mariana Islands (Germany) |
2,500 | |
| — | Ellice Islands (UK) |
2,400 | |
| — |  Falkland Islands (UK) |
2,300 | |
| — | Nauru (Germany) |
1,500 | |
| — | Christmas Island (UK) |
900 | |
| — | Cocos Islands (UK) |
650 | |
| — | Tokelau Islands (UK) |
500 | |
| — |  Pitcairn Islands (UK) |
170 | |
| — | Ascension Island (UK) |
100 | |
| — | Tristan da Cunha (UK) |
95 | |
| — | Phoenix Islands (UK) |
69 | |
| 56 |  Tavolara (claimed by Italy) |
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Notes[]
- ^ please see references for each constituent.
- ^ unofficially the "Indian Empire". Comprises modern-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and Burma.
- ^ excludes external territories
- ^ modern-day Indonesia
- ^ Highly centralized. Certain subdivisions, such as the Cretan State, were listed separately.
- ^ does not include the tributary states of Egypt, Bulgaria, East Rumelia, Samos, or Thasos
- ^ Mostly Tihamah, Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut, Yemen
- ^ including modern-day Panama
- ^ figures for Serbia are from 1902.
- ^ figures for Uganda are from 1902
- ^ figures are for 1901.
- ^ figures for Cambodia are from 1901.
- ^ figures are from 1901.
- ^ mainly Ceuta and Melilla.
References[]
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- ^ Statistik des Deutschen Reichs. Band 150: Die Volkszählung am 1. Dezember 1900 im Deutschen Reich. Berlin, 1903, according to Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte 1871 - 1990 © 2006 by Dr. Michael Rademacher M.A., http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/fremdsprachen.html
- ^ Estimated population as of Jan, 1. 1900. Meiji go-nen ikō wagakoku no jinkō (1930). [1].
- ^ 권태환 신용하 (1977). 조선왕조시대 인구추정에 관한 일시론 (in Korean).
- ^ Epstein, M. (2016-12-24). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1933. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-27062-6.
- ^ Martin, Frederick; Keltie, Sir John Scott; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Epstein, Mortimer; Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry; Paxton, John; (Librarian), Brian Hunter (1905). "The Statesman's Year-book".
- ^ Population as of December 31, 1899, based on koseki registration system. The first census population of Taiwan was 3,039,751 on October 1, 1905. Taiwan genjū jinkō tōkei-hyō (1925).[2]
- ^ Michalopoulos, Ioannis G., ed. (May 1931), Στατιστικὴ Ἑπετηρὶς τῆς Ἑλλάδος–1930 [Statistical Yearbook of Greece–1930] (PDF) (in Greek and French), Athens: Hellenic Statistical Authority, p. 23, archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016
- Kurt Witthauer. Bevölkerung der Erde (1958)
- Calendario atlante de Agostini, anno 99 (2003)
- The Columbia gazetteer of the world (1998)
- Britannica book of the year : world data (1997)
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