List of countries by population in 1900
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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 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 |  Qing Empire |
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 |  Austria-Hungary |
51,356,465 |
| 7 |  Dutch East Indies[lower-alpha 3] (Netherlands) |
45,500,000 |
| 8 |  Empire of Japan (Japan proper only) |
42,000,000 |
| 9 |  United Kingdom (Including Ireland) |
38,000,000 |
| 10 |  France |
38,000,000 |
| 11 |  Italy |
32,000,000 |
| 12 |  Ottoman Empire[lower-alpha 4] |
30,860,000 |
| 13 | 23x15px Spain | 20,750,000 |
| 14 |  Brazil |
17,000,000 |
| 15 |  Mexico |
12,050,000 |
| 16 |  Korean Empire |
12,000,000 |
| 17 | Northern Nigeria (UK) |
8,500,000 |
| 18 |  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 |  Belgium |
6,136,000 |
| 26 | Annam (France) |
6,000,000 |
| 27 | Tongking (France) |
6,000,000 |
| 28 |  Argentina |
5,800,000 |
| 29 |  Portugal (Portugal proper only) |
5,758,000 |
| 30 | Netherlands |
5,616,000 |
| 31 |  Canada |
5,500,000 |
| 32 |  Sweden |
5,140,000 |
| 33 |  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 |  Abyssinia |
4,000,000 |
| 41 | Algeria (France) |
4,000,000 |
| 42 |  Australia (UK) |
4,000,000 |
| 43 |  Ceylon (UK) |
3,700,000 |
| 44 |  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 |  Greece |
2,800,000 |
| 53 | Sudan (France) |
2,800,000 |
| 54 |  Gold Coast (UK) |
2,800,000 |
| 55 |  Venezuela |
2,741,000 |
| 56 | Madagascar (France) |
2,706,700 |
| 57 | Ruanda-Urundi (Germany) |
2,700,000 |
| 58 | Finland (Russia) |
2,655,900 |
| 59 |  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 |  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 | 23x15px Nyasaland (UK) | 850,000 |
| 89 |  Jamaica (UK) |
820,000 |
| 90 | Chad (France) |
810,000 |
| 91 |  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 |  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 |  Sarawak (UK) |
500,000 |
| 105 | Portuguese India (Portugal) |
475,000 |
| 106 |  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 |  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 |  British Guiana (UK) |
300,000 |
| 120 |  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 |  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 | 23x15px 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 |  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 | 23x15px 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 | 23x15px Fernando Po (Spain) | 25,000 |
| 187 | French Guiana (France) |
24,000 |
| 188 | Brunei (UK) |
22,000 |
| 189 | 23x15px 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 | 23x15px 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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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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