List of countries by population in 1939
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This is a list of countries by population in 1939. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1939 (which were on various dates in that year).
| Rank | Country/Territory | Population c. 1939 | Percentage of
World Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | World[1] | 2,300,000 | – |
| 1 |  British Empire[2][3]
|
466,877,000 | 20.3 |
| 2 |  Empire of Japan[2][3]
|
304,119,000 | 13.2 |
| 3 |  Nationalist China[3] |
267,568,000 | 13.8 |
| 4 |  Soviet Union[5] |
170,600,000 | 7.4 |
| 5 |  United States[3]
|
147,500,800 | 6.4 |
| 6 |  France[2][3][6]
|
110,000,000 | 4.8 |
| 7 |  Germany[2][3]
|
80,520,000 | 3.5 |
| 8 |  Netherlands[3]
|
78,164,000 | 3.4 |
| 9 |  Italy[2][3][9]
|
56,393,774 | 2.4 |
| 10 |  Brazil[3] |
40,289,000 | 1.7 |
| 11 |  Poland[3] |
34,849,000 | 1.5 |
| 12 |  Kingdom of Spain and.svg){kind=small} Second Spanish Republic[3]
|
26,372,800 | 1.1 |
| 13 |  Belgium[3]
|
22,491,000 | 1.0 |
| 14 |  Mexico[3] |
19,320,000 | 0.8 |
| 15 |  Turkey[3] |
17,370,000 | 0.8 |
| 16 |  Egypt[3] |
16,492,000 | 0.7 |
| 17 |  Romania[3] |
15,970,000 | 0.7 |
| 18 |  Yugoslavia[3] |
15,490,000 | 0.7 |
| 19 |  Siam[3] |
15,023,000 | 0.7 |
| 20 |  Iran[3] |
14,340,000 | 0.6 |
| 21 |  Argentina[3] |
13,948,000 | 0.6 |
| 22 |  Canada[3] |
11,267,000 | 0.5 |
| 23 |  Hungary[3] |
9,129,000 | 0.4 |
| 24 |  Colombia[3] |
8,896,000 | 0.4 |
| 25 |  Portugal[3]
|
8,107,000 | 0.4 |
| 26 |  Afghanistan[3] |
7,400,000 | 0.3 |
| 27 |  Greece[3] |
7,222,000 | 0.3 |
| 28 |  Peru[3] |
6,572,000 | 0.3 |
| 29 |  Bulgaria[3] |
6,458,000 | 0.3 |
| 30 |  Sweden[3] |
6,341,000 | 0.3 |
| 31 |  Nepal[3] |
6,087,000 | 0.3 |
| 32 |  Chile[3] |
4,914,000 | 0.2 |
| 33 |  Cuba[3] |
4,235,000 | 0.2 |
| 34 |  Switzerland[3] |
4,210,000 | 0.2 |
| 35 |  Denmark[3]
|
3,812,500 | 0.2 |
| 36 |  Tibet[3] |
3,722,000 | 0.2 |
| 37 |  Finland[3] |
3,700,000 | 0.2 |
| 38 |  Iraq[3] |
3,698,000 | 0.2 |
| 39 |  Morocco[3] |
3,628,000 | 0.2 |
| 40 |  Slovak Republic[3] |
3,577,000 | 0.2 |
| 41 |  Ireland[3] |
2,960,000 | 0.1 |
| 42 |  Norway[3] |
2,945,000 | 0.1 |
| 43 |  Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen[3][note 2] |
2,775,000 | 0.1 |
| 44 |  Haiti[3] |
2,707,000 | 0.1 |
| 45 |  Saudi Arabia[3] |
2,670,000 | 0.1 |
| 46 |  Bolivia[3] |
2,659,000 | 0.1 |
| 47 |  Lithuania[3] |
2,575,000 | 0.1 |
| 48 |  Ecuador[3] |
2,412,000 | 0.1 |
| 49 |  Guatemala[3] |
2,150,000 | 0.1 |
| 50 |  Latvia[3] |
1,994,500 | 0.1 |
| 51 |  Uruguay[3] |
1,953,000 | 0.1 |
| 52 |  Dominican Republic[3] |
1,634,000 | 0.1 |
| 53 |  El Salvador[3] |
1,459,600 | 0.1 |
| 54 |  Estonia[3] |
1,134,000 | – |
| 55 |  Albania[3] |
1,073,000 | – |
| 56 |  Honduras[3] |
1,096,950 | – |
| 57 |  Mongolian People's Republic[3] |
819,000 | – |
| 58 |  Nicaragua[3] |
806,000 | – |
| 59 |  Liberia[3] |
780,000 | – |
| 60 |  Costa Rica[3] |
623,400 | – |
| 61 |  Panama[3] |
605,000 | – |
| 62 |  Danzig[11][note 3] |
408,000 | – |
| 63 |  Luxembourg[3] |
295,000 | – |
| 64 |  Monaco[3] |
24,000 | – |
| 65 |  San Marino[3] |
14,500 | – |
| 66 |  Liechtenstein[3] |
13,000 | – |
| 67 |  Andorra[3] |
6,000 | – |
| 68 |  Vatican City[3] |
1,000 | – |
| 69 |  Communist China |
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Contents
See also[edit]
- List of countries by population
- List of countries by population in 1907
- List of countries by population in 2000
- List of countries by population in 2005
- List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan
Notes[edit]
- ^ The population of the Crown Colony of Aden was derived by taking the population ratio between North and South Yemen in 1975 (see reference) and applying that same distribution to both Yemens in 1939
- ^ The population of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was derived by taking the population ratio between North and South Yemen in 1975 (see reference) and applying that same distribution to both Yemens in 1939
- ^ The figures for Danzig are from 1929.
Constituents[edit]
- ^
Jamaica – ?- Saint Lucia – ?
- Bermuda – ?
- Barbados – ?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – ?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis – ?
- Montserrat – ?
- British Virgin Islands – ?
- Cayman Islands – ?
- The Bahamas – ?
- Grenada – ?
- Dominica – ?
- British Windward Islands – ?
- British Leeward Islands – ?
- British Honduras – ?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis – ?
- Trinidad and Tobago – ?
- ^
Union of South Africa – 10,160,000- Sierra Leone – ?
- British Mauritius – ?
- Gambia Colony and Protectorate – ?
- Basutoland – ?
- Gold Coast – ?
- Bechuanaland Protectorate – ?
- British Somaliland – ?
- Uganda Protectorate – ?
- Zanzibar – ?
- Nyasaland – ?
- Swaziland – ?
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan – ?
- Seychelles – ?
- Colonial Nigeria – ?
- British Cameroons – ?
- British Kenya – ?
- Tanganyika – ?
- South-West Africa – ?
- Southern Rhodesia – ?
- Northern Rhodesia – ?
- ^ Including:
- ^
- Colony of Niger – ?
- French Sudan – ?
- French Guinea – ?
- French Upper Volta – ?
- French Dahomey – ?
- French Togoland – ?
- ^
- French Morocco – 6,622,200
- French Tunisia – 2,781,000
- French Algeria – 7,517,000
- ^
- ^
- French Chad – ?
- French Congo – ?
- French Cameroons – ?
- Ubangi-Shari – ?
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References[edit]
- ^ "U.S. Census BureauWorld Population Historical Estimates of World Population". Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Mark Harrison, ed. (1998), "The Economics of WWII"., Cambridge University Press
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp "Population Statistics". Library.uu.nl. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Abstract of Statistics 2011" (PDF). H.M. Government of Gibraltar Statistics Office.
- ^ A. G. Volkov Census of 1937 Facts and Fictions originally published in Перепись населения СССР 1937 года. История и материалы/Экспресс-информация. Серия "История статистики". Выпуск 3–5 (часть II). М., 1990/ с. 6–63
- ^ Tony Chafer, The end of empire in French West Africa: France's successful decolonisation? (2002)see Chafer abstract
- ^ a b "Spanish Morocco".
- ^ According to the preceding reference, French Morocco contained 90% of the Moroccan population in 1955. This ratio was used for the Moroccan population of 1939. Please update if more accurate information is available.
- ^ Istat (December 2010). "I censimenti nell'Italia unita I censimenti nell'Italia unita Le fonti di stato della popolazione tra il XIX e il XXI secolo ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI STATISTICA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI DEMOGRAFIA STORICA Le fonti di stato della popolazione tra il XIX e il XXI secolo" (PDF). Annali di Statistica. XII. 2: 269. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ Population distribution according to first reference was 10% in Spanish Morocco and 90% for French Morocco in 1955. This ratio was used to divide the 1939 total Moroccan population figures. Please update if more accurate information is found.
- ^ Mason, John Brown (1946). The Danzig Dilemma, A Study in Peacemaking by Compromise. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-2444-9. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
