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This is a list of countries by population in 1900, with colonial possessions being counted towards the ruling country's total (such as Poland counting towards Russia and Cuba counting as part of the United States).
Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in the year 1900.
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Rank | Country/Territory | Population c. 1900 estimate | Percentage of World Population |
---|---|---|---|
— | World | 1,700,100,000[1] | 100% |
1 | British Empire constituents
| ~400,800,000[citation needed] | 23.51% |
2 | Qing China constituents
| 400,000,000[citation needed] | 23.5% |
3 | Russian Empire constituents
| 136,305,900[citation needed] | 8.0% |
4 | United States constituents
| 78,816,167[citation needed] | 4.6% |
5 | French Empire constituents
| 78,790,700[citation needed] | 4.6% |
6 | German Empire constituents
| 67,609,178[4] | 4.0% |
7 | Austria-Hungary | 48,300,000 [citation needed] | 2.8% |
8 | Dutch Empire constituents
| 47,980,100[citation needed] | 2.8% |
9 | Empire of Japan | 46,605,000[5] | 2.7% |
10 | Kingdom of Italy constituents
| 33,095,000[citation needed] | 1.9% |
11 | Ottoman Empire[a] constituents
| 31,706,300[citation needed] | 1.9% |
12 | Sokoto Caliphate | 10-20,000,000[6][7][b] | 0.6-1.1% |
13 | Spanish Empire constituents
| 18,834,000[citation needed] | 1.1% |
14 | Brazil | 17,984,000[citation needed] | 1.1% |
16 | Korean Empire | 17,082,000[8] | 1.0% |
17 | Belgian colonial empire constituents
| 15,426,500[citation needed] | 0.9% |
18 | Mexico | 13,607,000[citation needed] | 0.8% |
19 | Portuguese Empire constituents
| 12,434,000[citation needed] | 0.7% |
20 | Ethiopian Empire | 12,180,600[9] | 0.7% |
21 | Qajar Iran | 9,860,000[citation needed] | 0.6% |
22 | Philippines | 7,409,000[citation needed] | 0.4% |
23 | Union between Sweden and Norway | 7,354,400[citation needed] | 0.4% |
24 | Morocco | 7,000,000[10] | 0.4% |
25 | Siam | 6,320,000[citation needed] | 0.4% |
26 | Romania | 6,000,000[citation needed] | 0.4% |
27 | Afghanistan | 4,550,000[citation needed] | 0.3% |
28 | Argentina | 4,542,000[citation needed] | 0.3% |
29 | Jabal Shammar[c] | ~4,218,000[citation needed] | ~0.2% |
30 | Colombia[d] | 4,157,000[citation needed] | 0.2% |
31 | Bulgaria | 3,744,300[citation needed] | 0.2% |
32 | Nepal[e] | 3,599,000[citation needed] | 0.2% |
33 | Switzerland | 3,315,400[citation needed] | 0.2% |
34 | Chile | 3,110,100[citation needed] | 0.18% |
35 | Peru | 3,000,000[citation needed] | 0.18% |
36 | Serbia | 2,579,800[f][citation needed] | 0.15% |
37 | Danish Empire constituents
| 2,569,000[citation needed] | 0.15% |
39 | Venezuela | 2,445,000[citation needed] | 0.14% |
40 | Bolivia | 1,766,000[citation needed] | 0.1% |
41 | South African Republic | 1,400,000[citation needed] | |
42 | Ecuador | 1,271,900[citation needed] | |
43 | Uruguay | 943,000[citation needed] | |
44 | Guatemala | 885,000[citation needed] | |
45 | El Salvador | 801,000[citation needed] | |
46 | Liberia | 641,000[citation needed] | |
47 | Paraguay | 635,600[citation needed] | |
48 | Dominican Republic | 600,000[citation needed] | |
49 | Honduras | 543,700[citation needed] | |
50 | Muscat and Oman | 500,000[citation needed] | |
51 | Nicaragua | 429,300[citation needed] | |
52 | Orange Free State | 400,000[citation needed] | |
53 | Costa Rica | 341,600[citation needed] | |
54 | Montenegro | 320,000[citation needed] | |
55 | Bhutan[g] | 280,000[citation needed] | |
56 | Luxembourg | 252,000[citation needed] | |
57 | Monaco | 19,000[citation needed] | |
58 | San Marino | 11,000[citation needed] | |
59 | Liechtenstein | 10,000[citation needed] | |
60 | Andorra | 6,000[citation needed] |
Notes
- ^ The Ottoman empire was highly centralized, so certain subdivisions (such as the Cretan State) are listed separately. This total also doesn't include the tributary states of Egypt, Bulgaria, East Rumelia, Samos, or Thasos
- ^ 1837 estimate
- ^ Includes all of modern-day Saudi Arabia
- ^ Includes modern-day Panama
- ^ Nominally independent British protectorate
- ^ 1902 figure
- ^ Nominally independent British protectorate
References
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