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 China |
415,001,488 |
| - |  British Empire |
383,811,684 |
| 2 |  Indian Empire[a] (UK) |
280,912,000 |
| - |  Russian Empire Includes Finland and Poland |
136,305,900 |
| 3 | Russian Empire (excludes Finland and Poland) |
119,546,234 |
| - |   German and Austrian Alliance |
118,595,465 |
| 4 |  United States[b] (US proper only) |
75,994,575 |
| - | Russian Empire (Russia Proper Only) |
67,500,000 |
| 5 | Germany |
56,000,000 |
| 6 | Austria-Hungary |
51,356,465 |
| 7 |  Dutch East Indies[c] (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 |
| - |  Ottoman Empire[d] |
30,860,000 |
| 12 |  Spain |
18,520,000 |
| 13 |  Brazil |
17,000,000 |
| - |  Portuguese Empire |
12,434,000 |
| 14 |  Mexico |
12,050,000 |
| 15 |  Korean Empire |
12,000,000 |
| - | Northern Nigeria (UK) |
8,500,000 |
| - |  Egypt (UK) |
8,000,000 |
| 16 |  Morocco |
8,100,000 |
| - | Southern Nigeria (UK) |
7,500,000 |
| - |  Philippine Islands (United States) |
10,990,030[2] |
| 17 |  Siam |
7,200,000 |
| 18 |  Persia |
7,000,000 |
| 19 |  Romania |
6,630,000 |
| 20 |  Belgium |
6,136,000 |
| - | Annam (France) |
6,000,000 |
| - | Tongking (France) |
6,000,000 |
| 21 |  Argentina |
5,800,000 |
| 22 | Portugal (Portugal proper only) |
5,758,000 |
| 23 | Netherlands |
5,616,000 |
| - |  Canada |
5,500,000 |
| 24 |  Sweden |
5,140,000 |
| 25 |  Afghanistan |
5,000,000 |
| - |  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (UK/Egypt) |
4,800,000 |
| 26 |  Nepal |
4,789,000 |
| 27 |  Colombia |
4,604,000[e] |
| 28 |  Arabia [f] |
4,218,000 |
| - |  Tibet (China till 1912) |
4,200,000 |
| 29 |  Abyssinia |
4,000,000 |
| - | Algeria (France) |
4,000,000 |
| - |  Australia (UK) |
4,000,000 |
| - |  Ceylon (UK/Sri Lanka) |
3,700,000 |
| 30 |  Peru |
3,700,000 |
| 31 |  Switzerland |
3,525,300 |
| - | Cameroon (Germany) |
3,500,000 |
| - | German East Africa (Germany) |
3,500,000 |
| - |  Ireland (UK) |
3,220,000 |
| - | Cochin-China (France) |
3,200,000 |
| 32 |  Bulgaria |
3,154,000 |
| 33 |  Chile |
2,867,000 |
| 34 |  Greece |
2,800,000 |
| - | Sudan (France) |
2,800,000 |
| - |  Gold Coast (UK) |
2,800,000 |
| 35 |  Venezuela |
2,741,000 |
| - | Madagascar (France) |
2,706,700 |
| - | Ruanda-Urundi (Germany) |
2,700,000 |
| - | Finland (Russia) |
2,655,900 |
| 36 |  Serbia |
2,650,000 |
| - | Portuguese East Africa (Portugal) |
2,600,000 |
| - |  Cape Colony (UK) |
2,500,000 |
| - | Portuguese West Africa (Portugal) |
2,400,000 |
| - | Upper Volta (France) |
2,375,000 |
| - |  Norway[g] |
2,240,000 |
| 37 |  Denmark |
2,182,000 |
| - |  Tunis (France) |
1,890,000 |
| - |  Uganda (UK) |
1,800,000 |
| - |  Kenya (UK) |
1,700,000 |
| - | French Guinea (France) |
1,600,000 |
| - | Niger (France) |
1,570,000 |
| - |  Cambodia (France) |
1,500,000 |
| - | Cuba (United States) |
1,500,000 |
| 38 |  Bolivia |
1,500,000 |
| - |  South African Republic |
1,400,000 |
| 39 |  Ecuador |
1,271,000 |
| - |  Bukhara (Russia) |
1,250,000 |
| - | Senegal (France) |
1,230,000 |
| - | Natal (UK) |
1,200,000 |
| 40 |  El Salvador |
1,116,300 |
| - | Porto Rico (United States) |
1,100,000 |
| 41 |  Guatemala |
1,046,000 |
| 42 |  Uruguay |
1,026,000 |
| - | Sierra Leone (UK) |
1,000,000 |
| - |  New Zealand (UK) |
967,000 |
| - | Ivory Coast (France) |
950,000 |
| - | Togoland (Germany) |
920,000 |
| - | Malaya (UK) |
900,000 |
| - |  Nyasaland (UK) |
850,000 |
| - |  Jamaica (UK) |
820,000 |
| - | Chad (France) |
810,000 |
| - |  Northern Rhodesia (UK) |
770,000 |
| - |  Southern Rhodesia (UK) |
734,000 |
| 43 |  Paraguay |
715,000 |
| 44 |  Liberia |
664,000 |
| - | Oubangui-Chari (France) |
630,000 |
| - |  Dominican Republic (UK) |
610,000 |
| - | Dahomey (France) |
570,000 |
| - |  Straits Settlements (UK) |
550,000 |
| - | Laos (France) |
550,000 |
| - | Mauretania (France) |
540,000 |
| 45 |  Nicaragua |
515,000 |
| 46 |  Spanish Honduras |
505,000 |
| 47 |  Muscat and Oman |
500,000 |
| - |  Sarawak (UK) |
500,000 |
| - | Portuguese India (Portugal) |
475,000 |
| - |  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 |
| - | French 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 Rio 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 [h] (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) |
55 |
See also[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Including modern-day Panama
- ^ Mostly Tihamah, Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut, Yemen
- ^ In personal union with Sweden.
- ^ Mainly Ceuta and Melilla.
References[edit]
- ^ "Population statistics: historical demography". Various sources (below). Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ http://www.populstat.info/
- 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)
