List of countries by population in 1900
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 were having a census in the year 1900 which were on various dates in the 1900s.
| Rank | Country/Territory | Population c. 1900 estimate[1] |
|---|---|---|
| - | World | 1,700,000,000 |
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Qing China | 415,001,488 |
| 2 |  Indian Empire[lower-alpha 1] (UK) | 280,912,000 |
| 3 |  Russian Empire | 119,546,234 |
| 4 |  United States[lower-alpha 2] (US proper only) | 75,994,575 |
| 5 |  Germany | 56,000,000 |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Austria-Hungary | 51,356,465 |
| 7 |  Dutch East Indies[lower-alpha 3] (Netherlands) | 45,500,000 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Empire of Japan (Japan proper only) | 42,000,000 |
| 9 |  United Kingdom (Including Ireland) | 38,000,000 |
| 10 |  France | 38,000,000 |
| 11 | _crowned.svg.png){kind=small} Italy | 32,000,000 |
| 12 |  Ottoman Empire[lower-alpha 4] | 30,860,000 |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | 20,750,000 |
| 14 |  Brazil | 17,000,000 |
| 15 |  Mexico | 12,050,000 |
| 16 | .svg.png){kind=small} Korean Empire | 12,000,000 |
| 17 | Northern Nigeria (UK) | 8,500,000 |
| 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} Egypt (UK) | 8,000,000 |
| 19 |  Morocco | 8,000,000[2][3] |
| 20 | Philippines (United States) | 8,000,000 |
| 21 | Southern Nigeria (UK) | 7,500,000 |
| 22 |  Siam | 7,200,000 |
| 23 |  Persia | 7,000,000 |
| 24 |  Romania | 6,630,000 |
| 25 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 6,136,000 |
| 26 | Annam (France) | 6,000,000 |
| 27 | Tongking (France) | 6,000,000 |
| 28 |  Argentina | 5,800,000 |
| 29 | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal (Portugal proper only) | 5,758,000 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 5,616,000 |
| 31 |  Canada | 5,500,000 |
| 32 | .svg.png){kind=small} Sweden | 5,140,000 |
| 33 | .svg.png){kind=small} Afghanistan | 5,000,000 |
| 34 |  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (UK/Egypt) | 4,800,000 |
| 35 |  Nepal | 4,789,000 |
| 36 |  Colombia | 4,604,000 |
| 37 |  Arabia [lower-alpha 5] | 4,218,000 |
| 38 |  Tibet | 4,200,000 |
| 40 | .svg.png){kind=small} Abyssinia | 4,000,000 |
| 41 | Algeria (France) | 4,000,000 |
| 42 |  Australia (UK) | 4,000,000 |
| 43 |  Ceylon (UK) | 3,700,000 |
| 44 | .svg.png){kind=small} Peru | 3,700,000 |
| 45 |  Switzerland | 3,525,300 |
| 46 | Cameroon (Germany) | 3,500,000 |
| 47 | German East Africa (Germany) | 3,500,000 |
| 48 |  Ireland (UK) | 3,220,000 |
| 49 | Cochin-China (France) | 3,200,000 |
| 50 |  Bulgaria | 3,154,000 |
| 51 |  Chile | 2,867,000 |
| 52 | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece | 2,800,000 |
| 53 | Sudan (France) | 2,800,000 |
| 54 |  Gold Coast (UK) | 2,800,000 |
| 55 | .svg.png){kind=small} Venezuela | 2,741,000 |
| 56 | Madagascar (France) | 2,706,700 |
| 57 | Ruanda-Urundi (Germany) | 2,700,000 |
| 58 | Finland (Russia) | 2,655,900 |
| 59 | .svg.png){kind=small} Serbia | 2,650,000 |
| 60 | Portuguese East Africa (Portugal) | 2,600,000 |
| 61 |  Cape Colony (UK) | 2,500,000 |
| 62 | Portuguese West Africa (Portugal) | 2,400,000 |
| 63 | Upper Volta (France) | 2,375,000 |
| 64 |  Norway[lower-alpha 6] | 2,240,000 |
| 65 |  Denmark | 2,182,000 |
| 66 |  Tunis (France) | 1,890,000 |
| 67 |  Uganda (UK) | 1,800,000 |
| 68 |  Kenya (UK) | 1,700,000 |
| 69 | French Guinea (France) | 1,600,000 |
| 70 | Niger (France) | 1,570,000 |
| 71 |  Cambodia (France) | 1,500,000 |
| 72 | Cuba (United States) | 1,500,000 |
| 73 |  Bolivia | 1,500,000 |
| 74 |  South African Republic | 1,400,000 |
| 75 |  Ecuador | 1,271,000 |
| 76 | Bukhara (Russia) | 1,250,000 |
| 77 | Senegal (France) | 1,230,000 |
| 78 | Natal (UK) | 1,200,000 |
| 79 | .svg.png){kind=small} El Salvador | 1,116,300 |
| 80 | Porto Rico (United States) | 1,100,000 |
| 81 |  Guatemala | 1,046,000 |
| 82 |  Uruguay | 1,026,000 |
| 83 | Sierra Leone (UK) | 1,000,000 |
| 84 |  New Zealand (UK) | 967,000 |
| 85 | Ivory Coast (France) | 950,000 |
| 86 | Togoland (Germany) | 920,000 |
| 87 | Malaya (UK) | 900,000 |
| 88 | .svg.png){kind=small} Nyasaland (UK) | 850,000 |
| 89 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jamaica (UK) | 820,000 |
| 90 | Chad (France) | 810,000 |
| 91 | .svg.png){kind=small} Northern Rhodesia (UK) | 770,000 |
| 92 |  Southern Rhodesia (UK) | 734,000 |
| 93 |  Paraguay | 715,000 |
| 94 |  Liberia | 664,000 |
| 95 | Oubangui-Chari (France) | 630,000 |
| 96 |  Dominican Republic | 610,000 |
| 97 | Dahomey (France) | 570,000 |
| 98 | .svg.png){kind=small} Straits Settlements (UK) | 550,000 |
| 99 | Laos (France) | 550,000 |
| 100 | Mauretania (France) | 540,000 |
| 101 |  Nicaragua | 515,000 |
| 102 |  Spanish Honduras | 505,000 |
| 103 |  Muscat and Oman | 500,000 |
| 104 | .svg.png){kind=small} Sarawak (UK) | 500,000 |
| 105 | Portuguese India (Portugal) | 475,000 |
| 106 | .svg.png){kind=small} Italian Somaliland (Italy) | 400,000 |
| 107 | Khiva (Russia) | 400,000 |
| 108 |  Orange Free State | 400,000 |
| 109 | Territory of Papua (UK, de facto Australia) | 400,000 |
| 110 | Basutoland (UK) | 383,000 |
| 111 | Mauritius (UK) | 375,000 |
| 113 |  Costa Rica | 341,600 |
| 114 | .png){kind=small} Hong Kong (UK) | 325,000 |
| 115 |  Montenegro | 320,000 |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago (UK) | 320,000 |
| 117 |  Crete (Ottoman Empire) | 310,000 |
| 118 |  North Borneo (UK) | 300,000 |
| 119 | .png){kind=small} British Guiana (UK) | 300,000 |
| 120 | .png){kind=small} British Somaliland (UK) | 300,000 |
| 121 | Portuguese Timor (Portugal) | 300,000 |
| 122 |  Bhutan (Indian Empire) | 280,000 |
| 123 | French India (France) | 280,000 |
| 124 | French Congo (France) | 280,000 |
| 125 | Azores (Portugal) | 260,000 |
| 126 |  Luxembourg | 252,000 |
| 127 | Zanzibar (UK) | 250,000 |
| 128 | Cyprus (UK) | 240,000 |
| 129 | Gabon (France) | 240,000 |
| 130 |  Newfoundland (UK) | 230,000 |
| 131 | Eritrea (Italy) | 220,000 |
| 132 | German South-West Africa (Germany) | 210,000 |
| 133 | Guinea (Portugal) | 200,000 |
| 134 |  Malta (UK) | 195,000 |
| 135 | Guadeloupe (France) | 190,000 |
| 136 | German New Guinea (Germany) | 188,000 |
| 137 | Kwang-Chou-Wan (France) | 185,000 |
| 138 | Martinique (France) | 185,000 |
| 139 | .png){kind=small} Barbados (UK) | 182,000 |
| 140 | Réunion (France) | 178,000 |
| 141 | Gambia (UK) | 165,000 |
| 142 | Madeira (Portugal) | 160,000 |
| 143 |  Hawaii (United States) | 154,000 |
| 144 | Spanish Guinea (or Rio Muni) (Spain) | 150,000 |
| 145 | Cape Verde (Portugal) | 140,000 |
| 146 | British Solomon Islands (UK) | 135,000 |
| 147 |  Fiji (UK) | 125,000 |
| 148 | Comoros (France) | 112,000 |
| 149 | Bechuanaland (UK) | 90,000 |
| 150 | Swaziland (UK) | 90,000 |
| 151 | Surinam (Netherlands) | 86,000 |
| 152 |  Iceland (Denmark) | 82,000 |
| 153 | Macau (Portugal) | 80,000 |
| 154 | Bahrain (UK) | 70,000 |
| 155 | Grenada (UK) | 70,000 |
| 156 | Trucial Oman (UK) | 70,000 |
| 157 |  Alaska (United States) | 63,592 |
| 158 | São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal) | 61,000 |
| 159 | Kiaochow (Germany) | 60,000 |
| 160 | Sikkim (Indian Empire) | 60,000 |
| 161 |  Isle of Man (UK) | 57,000 |
| 162 | Maldives (UK) | 56,000 |
| 163 | Bahamas (UK) | 55,000 |
| 164 |  Jersey (UK) | 54,000 |
| 165 | New Caledonia (France) | 54,000 |
| 166 | French Somaliland (France) | 50,000 |
| 167 | German Solomon Islands (Germany) | 50,000 |
| 168 | New Hebrides (UK and France) | 50,000 |
| 169 | Saint Lucia (UK) | 50,000 |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UK) | 49,000 |
| 171 |  Aden Protectorate (UK) | 45,000 |
| 172 | .svg.png){kind=small} British Honduras (UK) | 45,000 |
| 173 | Saint Kitts (with Nevis) (UK) | 45,000 |
| 174 | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) | 44,000 |
| 175 |  Guernsey (UK) | 42,000 |
| 176 | Kuwait (UK) | 40,000 |
| 177 | Rio de Oro (Spain) | 40,000 |
| 178 | German Samoa (Germany) |
37,000 |
| 179 | Caroline Islands (Germany) |
36,000 |
| 180 | Antigua (with Barbuda and Redonda) (UK) | 35,000 |
| 181 | Dominica (UK) | 32,000 |
| 182 | Gilbert Islands (UK) | 30,000 |
| 183 | French Polynesia (France) | 30,000 |
| 184 | Gibraltar (UK) | 29,000 |
| 185 | Danish Virgin Islands (Denmark) | 28,000 |
| 186 | Fernando Po (Spain) | 25,000 |
| 187 | French Guiana (France) | 24,000 |
| 188 | Brunei (UK) | 22,000 |
| 189 | Spanish Morocco [lower-alpha 7] (Spain) | 22,000 |
| 190 | Seychelles (UK) | 22,000 |
| 191 |  Tonga | 21,000 |
| 192 | Bermuda (UK) | 20,000 |
| 193 |  Monaco | 19,000 |
| 194 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 17,000 |
| 195 | Micronesia (Germany) | 15,000 |
| 196 | Witu (UK) | 15,000 |
| 197 | Marshall Islands (Germany) | 15,000 |
| 198 | Greenland (Denmark) | 13,000 |
| 199 | Guam (United States) | 12,000 |
| 200 | Montserrat (UK) | 12,000 |
| 201 | Qatar (UK) | 11,000 |
| 202 |  San Marino | 11,000 |
| 203 |  Liechtenstein | 10,000 |
| 204 |  Andorra | 6,000 |
| 205 | Cook Islands (UK) | 6,000 |
| 206 | American Samoa (United States) | 6,000 |
| 207 | Wallis and Futuna (France) | 6,000 |
| 208 |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 5,500 |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 5,000 |
| 210 |  Cayman Islands (UK) | 5,000 |
| 211 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 5,000 |
| 212 | Anguilla (UK) | 4,500 |
| 213 |  Saint Helena (UK) | 4,500 |
| 214 | Palau (Germany) | 4,000 |
| 215 |  Niue (UK) | 4,000 |
| 216 | Elobey, Annobón and Corisco (Spain) | 3,000 |
| 217 |  Neutral Moresnet | 3,000 |
| 218 | Mariana Islands (Germany) | 2,500 |
| 219 | Ellice Islands (UK) | 2,400 |
| 220 |  Falkland Islands (UK) | 2,300 |
| 221 | Nauru (Germany) | 1,500 |
| 222 | Christmas Island (UK) | 900 |
| 223 | Cocos Islands (UK) | 650 |
| 224 | Tokelau Islands (UK) | 500 |
| 225 |  Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 170 |
| 226 | Ascension Island (UK) | 100 |
| 227 | Tristan da Cunha (UK) | 95 |
| 228 | Phoenix Islands (UK) | 69 |
| 229 |  Tavolara | 55 |
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See also
- List of countries by population
- List of countries by population in 1800
- List of countries by population in 1907
- List of countries by population in 2000
- List of countries by population in 2005
Notes
- ↑ Officially 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.
- ↑ Mostly Tihamah, Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut, Yemen
- ↑ In personal union with Sweden.
- ↑ Mainly Ceuta and Melilla.
References
- ↑ "Population statistics: historical demography". Various sources (below). Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ http://books.google.co.ma/books?ei=CtjfU-3jI6H4yQPDm4BQ&id=KtA7AQAAMAAJ&dq=Morocco++eight+million&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=eight+million
- ↑ http://books.google.co.ma/books?id=tZoeAQAAMAAJ&q=Morocco++eight+million&dq=Morocco++eight+million&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CtjfU-3jI6H4yQPDm4BQ&redir_esc=y
- 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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