List of countries by population in 1907
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| Rank | Country /Territory | Population 1907 estimate |
|---|---|---|
| - | World | 1,750,000,000 |
| 1 |  Qing China |
415,964,000 |
| 2 |  Indian Empire (UK) |
289,606,000 |
| 3 |  Russian Empire |
151,010,000 |
| 4 |  United States |
87,000,000 |
| 5 |  German Empire |
67,000,000 |
| 6 |  Austria-Hungary |
50,000,000 |
| 7 |  Dutch East Indies (Netherlands) |
45,500,000 |
| 8 |  Japan |
42,000,000 |
| 9 |  United Kingdom |
39,700,000 |
| 10 |  France |
38,343,000 |
| 11 |  Italy |
34,640,700 |
| 12 |  Ottoman Empire |
20,800,000[1] |
| 13 | 23x15px Brazil | 20,750,000 |
| 14 | 23x15px Spain | 20,750,000 |
| 15 |  Congress Poland (Russia) |
17,138,700 |
| 16 |  Bohemia (Austria-Hungary) |
12,825,000 |
| 17 |  Mexico |
12,050,000[2] |
| 18 |  Korean Empire |
12,000,000 |
| 19 |  Northern Nigeria (UK) |
8,500,000 |
| 20 |  Egypt (UK) |
8,000,000 |
| 21 |  Morocco |
8,000,000[3][4] |
| 22 | Philippines (United States) |
8,000,000 |
| 23 |  Southern Nigeria (UK) |
7,500,000 |
| 24 |  Siam |
7,200,000 |
| 25 |  Persia |
7,000,000 |
| 27 |  Romania |
6,630,000 |
| 28 |  Belgium |
6,136,000 |
| 29 | Annam (France) |
6,000,000 |
| 30 | Tongking (France) |
6,000,000 |
| 31 |  Argentina |
5,800,000 |
| 32 |  Portugal |
5,758,000 |
| 33 | Netherlands |
5,616,000 |
| 34 |  Canada (UK) |
5,500,000 |
| 35 |  Sweden |
5,377,713 |
| 36 |  Afghanistan |
5,000,000 |
| 37 | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (UK and Egypt) |
4,800,000 |
| 38 |  Nepal |
4,789,000 |
| 39 |  Colombia |
4,604,000 |
| 40 |  Ireland (UK) |
4,390,000 |
| 41 |  Arabia (mainly includes (Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut and Yemen) |
4,218,000 |
| 43 |  Abyssinia |
4,000,000 |
| 44 | Algeria (France) |
4,000,000 |
| 45 |  Australia |
4,000,000 |
| 46 |  Ceylon (UK) |
3,700,000 |
| 47 |  Peru |
3,700,000 |
| 48 |  Switzerland |
3,525,300 |
| 49 | Cameroon (Germany) |
3,500,000 |
| 50 |  Tibet (Qing Empire) |
3,300,000 |
| 50 |  Formosa (Japan) |
3,500,000 |
| 51 |  German East Africa (Germany) |
3,500,000 |
| 52 | Cochin-China (France) |
3,200,000 |
| 53 |  Bulgaria |
3,154,000 |
| 54 |  Chile |
2,867,000 |
| 55 |  Greece |
2,800,000 |
| 56 | French Sudan (France) |
2,800,000 |
| 57 |  Gold Coast (UK) |
2,800,000 |
| 58 |  Venezuela |
2,741,000 |
| 59 | Madagascar (France) |
2,706,700 |
| 60 | Ruanda-Urundi (Germany) |
2,700,000 |
| 61 |  Serbia |
2,650,000 |
| 62 | Portuguese East Africa (Portugal) |
2,600,000 |
| 63 | Grand Duchy of Finland (Russia) |
2,431,000 |
| 64 | Portuguese West Africa (Portugal) |
2,400,000 |
| 65 | Upper Volta (France) |
2,375,000 |
| 66 |  Norway |
2,324,800 |
| 67 | 23x15px Croatia-Slavonia (Austria-Hungary) | 2,201,000 |
| 68 |  Denmark |
2,182,000 |
| 69 | Tunis (France) |
1,890,000 |
| 70 |  Uganda (UK) |
1,800,000 |
| 71 |  Kenya (UK) |
1,700,000 |
| 72 | French Guinea (France) |
1,600,000 |
| 73 | Niger (France) |
1,570,000 |
| 74 |  Cape Colony (UK) |
2,500,000 |
| 75 |  Cambodia (France) |
1,500,000 |
| 76 |  Cuba |
1,500,000 |
| 77 |  Bolivia |
1,500,000 |
| 78 |  Transvaal Colony (UK) |
1,400,000 |
| 79 |  Ecuador |
1,271,000 |
| 80 | Bukhara (Russia) |
1,250,000 |
| 81 | Senegal (France) |
1,230,000 |
| 82 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austria-Hungary) |
1,200,000 |
| 83 |  Colony of Natal (UK) |
1,200,000 |
| 84 |  El Salvador |
1,116,300 |
| 85 | Porto Rico (United States) |
1,100,000 |
| 86 |  Guatemala |
1,046,000 |
| 87 |  Uruguay |
1,026,000 |
| 88 |  Sierra Leone (UK) (including protectorate) |
1,000,000 |
| 89 | Tripoli (Ottoman Empire) |
1,000,000 |
| 90 |  New Zealand |
967,000 |
| 91 | Ivory Coast (France) |
950,000 |
| 91 | Togoland (Germany) |
920,000 |
| 92 |  Federated Malay States (UK) |
900,000 |
| 93 | 23x15px Nyasaland (UK) | 850,000 |
| 94 |  Jamaica (UK) |
820,000 |
| 95 | Chad (France) |
810,000 |
| 96 |  Northern Rhodesia (UK) |
770,000 |
| 97 |  Southern Rhodesia (UK) |
734,000 |
| 98 |  Paraguay |
715,000 |
| 99 |  Liberia |
664,000 |
| 100 | Oubangui-Chari (France) |
630,000 |
| 101 |  Dominican Republic |
610,000 |
| 102 | Dahomey (France) |
570,000 |
| 103 |  Straits Settlements (UK) |
550,000 |
| 104 | Laos (France) |
550,000 |
| 105 | Mauretania (France) |
540,000 |
| 106 |  Nicaragua |
515,000 |
| 107 |  Honduras |
505,000 |
| 108 |  Muscat and Oman |
500,000 |
| 109 |  Sarawak |
500,000 |
| 110 | Portuguese India (Portugal) |
475,000 |
| 111 |  Italian Somaliland (Italy) |
400,000 |
| 112 | Khiva (Russia) |
400,000 |
| 113 |  Orange River Colony (earlier called Orange Free State) (UK) |
400,000 |
| 114 |  Territory of Papua (UK, de facto Australia) |
400,000 |
| 115 |  Basutoland (UK) |
383,000 |
| 116 |  Mauritius (UK) |
375,000 |
| 117 | 23x15px Canary Islands (Spain) | 360,000 |
| 118 |  Costa Rica |
341,600 |
| 119 |  Hong Kong (UK) |
325,000 |
| 120 |  Montenegro |
320,000 |
| 121 |  Trinidad and Tobago (UK) |
320,000 |
| 122 |  Panama |
318,000 |
| 123 |  Crete |
310,000 |
| 124 |  North Borneo (UK) |
300,000 |
| 125 |  British Guiana (UK) |
300,000 |
| 126 |  British Somaliland (UK) |
300,000 |
| 127 | Portuguese Timor (Portugal) |
300,000 |
| 128 |  Bhutan (Indian Empire) |
280,000 |
| 129 | French India (France) |
280,000 |
| 130 | Middle Congo (also called French Congo) (France) |
280,000 |
| 131 | Azores (Portugal) |
260,000 |
| 132 |  Luxembourg |
252,000 |
| 133 |  Zanzibar (UK and Oman) |
250,000 |
| 134 | Cyprus (UK) |
240,000 |
| 135 |  Newfoundland |
230,000 |
| 136 | Gabon (France) |
240,000 |
| 137 | Eritrea (Italy) |
220,000 |
| 138 | German South West Africa (Germany) |
210,000 |
| 140 | Portuguese Guinea (Portugal) |
200,000 |
| 141 |  Malta (UK) |
195,000 |
| 142 | Guadeloupe (France) |
190,000 |
| 143 | German New Guinea (Germany) |
188,000 |
| 144 | Kwang-Chou-Wan (France) |
185,000 |
| 145 | Martinique (France) |
185,000 |
| 146 |  Barbados (UK) |
182,000 |
| 147 | Réunion (France) |
178,000 |
| 148 | Gambia (UK) |
165,000 |
| 149 | Madeira (Portugal) |
160,000 |
| 150 |  Hawaii (United States) |
154,000 |
| 151 | 23x15px Spanish Guinea (or Rio Muni) (Spain) | 150,000 |
| 152 | Cape Verde (Portugal) |
140,000 |
| 153 | 23x15px British Solomon Islands (UK) | 135,000 |
| 154 |  Fiji (UK) |
125,000 |
| 155 | Comoros (France) |
112,000 |
| 156 | Bechuanaland (UK) |
90,000 |
| 157 | Swaziland (UK) |
90,000 |
| 158 | Surinam (Netherlands) |
86,000 |
| 159 |  Iceland (Denmark) |
82,000 |
| 160 | Macau (Portugal) |
80,000 |
| 161 | Bahrain (UK) |
70,000 |
| 162 | Grenada (UK) |
70,000 |
| 163 | Trucial Oman (UK) |
70,000 |
| 164 | São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal) |
61,000 |
| 165 | Kiaochow (Germany) |
60,000 |
| 166 |  Sikkim (Indian Empire) |
60,000 |
| 167 |  Isle of Man (UK) |
57,000 |
| 168 | Maldives (UK) |
56,000 |
| 169 | Bahamas (UK) |
55,000 |
| 170 |  Jersey (UK) |
54,000 |
| 171 | New Caledonia (France) |
54,000 |
| 172 | French Somaliland (France) |
50,000 |
| 173 | German Solomon Islands (Germany) |
50,000 |
| 174 | and New Hebrides (shared between UK and France) |
50,000 |
| 175 | Saint Lucia (UK) |
50,000 |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UK) |
49,000 |
| 177 |  Aden Protectorate (UK) |
45,000 |
| 178 | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
44,000 |
| 179 |  British Honduras (UK) |
45,000 |
| 180 | Saint Kitts (with Nevis) (UK) |
45,000 |
| 181 |  Guernsey (UK) |
42,000 |
| 182 | Kuwait (UK) |
40,000 |
| 183 | 23x15px Rio de Oro (Spain) | 40,000 |
| 184 | German Samoa |
37,000 |
| 185 | Caroline Islands (Germany) |
36,000 |
| 186 | Antigua (with Barbuda and Redonda) (UK) |
35,000 |
| 187 | Dominica (UK) |
32,000 |
| 188 |  Gilbert and Ellice Islands (UK) |
30,000 |
| 189 | French Polynesia (France) |
30,000 |
| 190 | Gibraltar (UK) |
29,000 |
| 191 | Danish Virgin Islands (Denmark) |
28,000 |
| 192 | 23x15px Fernando Po (Spain) | 25,000 |
| 193 | French Guiana (France) |
24,000 |
| 194 |  Brunei (UK) |
22,000 |
| 195 | 23x15px Spanish Morocco (mainly Ceuta and Melilla) (Spain) | 22,000 |
| 196 | Seychelles (UK) |
22,000 |
| 197 |  Tonga (UK) |
21,000 |
| 198 | Bermuda (UK) |
20,000 |
| 199 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
17,000 |
| 200 |  Monaco |
19,000 |
| 201 | Micronesia (Germany) |
15,000 |
| 202 | Witu (UK) |
15,000 |
| 203 | Marshall Islands (Germany) |
15,000 |
| 204 | Greenland (Denmark) |
13,000 |
| 205 | Guam (United States) |
12,000 |
| 206 | Montserrat (UK) |
12,000 |
| 207 | Qatar (UK) |
11,000 |
| 208 |  San Marino |
11,000 |
| 209 |  Liechtenstein |
10,000 |
| 210 |  Andorra |
6,000 |
| 211 | Cook Islands (UK) |
6,000 |
| 212 | American Samoa (United States) |
6,000 |
| 213 | Wallis and Futuna (France) |
6,000 |
| 214 |  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
5,500 |
| 215 | British Virgin Islands (UK) |
5,000 |
| 216 |  Cayman Islands (UK) |
5,000 |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
5,000 |
| 218 | Anguilla (UK) |
4,500 |
| 219 |  Saint Helena (UK) |
4,500 |
| 220 | Palau (Germany) |
4,000 |
| 221 |  Niue (UK) |
4,000 |
| 222 | 23x15px Elobey, Annobón and Corisco (Spain) | 3,000 |
| 223 |  Moresnet (Neutral territory) |
3,000 |
| 224 | Mariana Islands (Germany) |
2,500 |
| 225 | Ellice Islands (UK) |
2,400 |
| 226 |  Falkland Islands (UK) |
2,300 |
| 227 | Nauru (Germany) |
1,500 |
| 228 | Christmas Island (UK) |
900 |
| 229 |  Vatican City |
700 |
| 230 | Cocos Islands (UK) |
650 |
| 231 | Tokelau Islands (UK) |
500 |
| 232 |  Pitcairn Islands (UK) |
170 |
| 233 | Ascension Island (UK) |
c. 100-200? |
| 234 | Tristan da Cunha (UK) |
95 |
| 235 | Phoenix Islands (UK) |
60 |
References
- ↑ The Nuttall encyclopedia, page 1866
- ↑ The Nuttall Encyclopedia, page 1264
- ↑ 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
Originally this site incorporated statistics from the Nuttall Encyclopedia published in 1907. The list includes the populations of all countries, states and territories listed in the Encyclopedia with an estimated population. The populations listed here, rounded to the nearest 1,000, represent the best estimate of population by the editors of the Nuttall Encyclopedia.
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http://www.zum.de/psm/imperialismus/kolonialatlas05/atlas002.php
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