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
2  Indian Empire[lower-alpha 1] (UK) 280,912,000
-  Russian Empire Includes Finland and Poland 136,305,900
3  Russian Empire (excludes Finland and Poland) 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 France 38,000,000
11  Italy 32,000,000
12  Ottoman Empire[lower-alpha 4] 30,860,000
13 Spain Spain 18,520,000
14 Brazil Brazil 17,000,000
15  Mexico 12,050,000
16  Korean Empire 12,000,000
17 United Kingdom Northern Nigeria (UK) 8,500,000
18 Egypt Egypt (UK) 8,000,000
19  Morocco 8,000,000[2][3]
20 United States Philippines (United States) 8,000,000
21 United Kingdom Southern Nigeria (UK) 7,500,000
22 Thailand Siam 7,200,000
23 Persia 7,000,000
24  Romania 6,630,000
25  Belgium 6,136,000
26 French Indochina Annam (France) 6,000,000
27 France Tongking (France) 6,000,000
28  Argentina 5,800,000
29 Portugal 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 Egypt 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
39 Ethiopia Abyssinia 4,000,000
40 France Algeria (France) 4,000,000
41  Australia (UK) 4,000,000
42 Dominion of Ceylon Ceylon (UK/Sri Lanka) 3,700,000
43  Peru 3,700,000
44   Switzerland 3,525,300
45 German Empire Cameroon (Germany) 3,500,000
46 German Empire German East Africa (Germany) 3,500,000
47 Ireland Ireland (UK) 3,220,000
48 France Cochin-China (France) 3,200,000
50 Bulgaria Bulgaria 3,154,000
51  Chile 2,867,000
52 Greece Greece 2,800,000
53 France Sudan (France) 2,800,000
54  Gold Coast (UK) 2,800,000
55  Venezuela 2,741,000
56 France Madagascar (France) 2,706,700
57 German Empire Ruanda-Urundi (Germany) 2,700,000
58 Russian Empire Finland (Russia) 2,655,900
59  Serbia 2,650,000
60 Portugal Portuguese East Africa (Portugal) 2,600,000
61 Cape Colony (UK) 2,500,000
62 Portugal Portuguese West Africa (Portugal) 2,400,000
63 France Upper Volta (France) 2,375,000
64  Norway[lower-alpha 6] 2,240,000
65  Denmark 2,182,000
66 Tunisia Tunis (France) 1,890,000
67  Uganda (UK) 1,800,000
68  Kenya (UK) 1,700,000
69 France French Guinea (France) 1,600,000
70 France Niger (France) 1,570,000
71  Cambodia (France) 1,500,000
72 United States Cuba (United States) 1,500,000
73  Bolivia 1,500,000
74  South African Republic 1,400,000
75  Ecuador 1,271,000
76 Russia Bukhara (Russia) 1,250,000
77 France Senegal (France) 1,230,000
78 United Kingdom Natal (UK) 1,200,000
79  El Salvador 1,116,300
80 United States Porto Rico (United States) 1,100,000
81  Guatemala 1,046,000
82  Uruguay 1,026,000
83 United Kingdom Sierra Leone (UK) 1,000,000
84  New Zealand (UK) 967,000
85 France Ivory Coast (France) 950,000
86 German Empire Togoland (Germany) 920,000
87 United Kingdom Malaya (UK) 900,000
88 Nyasaland (UK) 850,000
89  Jamaica (UK) 820,000
90 France Chad (France) 810,000
91  Northern Rhodesia (UK) 770,000
92  Southern Rhodesia (UK) 734,000
93  Paraguay 715,000
94  Liberia 664,000
95France Oubangui-Chari (France) 630,000
96 Dominican Republic 610,000
97France Dahomey (France) 570,000
98 Straits Settlements (UK) 550,000
99France Laos (France) 550,000
100France Mauretania (France) 540,000
101 Nicaragua 515,000
102Honduras Spanish Honduras 505,000
103 Muscat and Oman 500,000
104 Sarawak (UK) 500,000
105Portugal Portuguese India (Portugal) 475,000
106Italy Italian Somaliland (Italy) 400,000
107Russia Khiva (Russia) 400,000
108 Orange Free State 400,000
109United Kingdom Territory of Papua (UK, de facto Australia) 400,000
110United Kingdom Basutoland (UK) 383,000
111United Kingdom Mauritius (UK) 375,000
113 Costa Rica 341,600
114Hong Kong Hong Kong (UK) 325,000
115 Montenegro 320,000
116United Kingdom 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
121Portugal Portuguese Timor (Portugal) 300,000
122 Bhutan (Indian Empire) 280,000
123France French India (France) 280,000
124France French Congo (France) 280,000
125Portugal Azores (Portugal) 260,000
126 Luxembourg 252,000
127United Kingdom Zanzibar (UK) 250,000
128United Kingdom Cyprus (UK) 240,000
129France Gabon (France) 240,000
130Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland (UK) 230,000
131Italy Eritrea (Italy) 220,000
132German Empire German South-West Africa (Germany) 210,000
133Portugal Guinea (Portugal) 200,000
134 Malta (UK) 195,000
135France Guadeloupe (France) 190,000
136German Empire German New Guinea (Germany) 188,000
137France Kwang-Chou-Wan (France) 185,000
138France Martinique (France) 185,000
139 Barbados (UK) 182,000
140France Réunion (France) 178,000
141United Kingdom Gambia (UK) 165,000
142Portugal Madeira (Portugal) 160,000
143Hawaii Hawaii (United States) 154,000
144Spain Spanish Guinea (or Rio Muni) (Spain) 150,000
145Portugal Cape Verde (Portugal) 140,000
146United Kingdom British Solomon Islands (UK) 135,000
147 Fiji (UK) 125,000
148France Comoros (France) 112,000
149United Kingdom Bechuanaland (UK) 90,000
150United Kingdom Swaziland (UK) 90,000
151Netherlands Surinam (Netherlands) 86,000
152 Iceland (Denmark) 82,000
153Portugal Macau (Portugal) 80,000
154United Kingdom Bahrain (UK) 70,000
155United Kingdom Grenada (UK) 70,000
156United Kingdom Trucial Oman (UK) 70,000
157United States Alaska (United States) 63,592
158Portugal São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal) 61,000
159German Empire Kiaochow (Germany) 60,000
160India Sikkim (Indian Empire) 60,000
161 Isle of Man (UK) 57,000
162United Kingdom Maldives (UK) 56,000
163United Kingdom Bahamas (UK) 55,000
164 Jersey (UK) 54,000
165France New Caledonia (France) 54,000
166France French Somaliland (France) 50,000
167German Empire German Solomon Islands (Germany) 50,000
168United Kingdom France New Hebrides (UK and France) 50,000
169United Kingdom Saint Lucia (UK) 50,000
170United Kingdom Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UK) 49,000
171Colony of Aden Aden Protectorate (UK) 45,000
172 British Honduras (UK) 45,000
173United Kingdom Saint Kitts (with Nevis) (UK) 45,000
174Netherlands Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 44,000
175 Guernsey (UK) 42,000
176United Kingdom Kuwait (UK) 40,000
177Spain Rio de Oro (Spain) 40,000
178German Empire German Samoa (Germany) 37,000
179German Empire Caroline Islands (Germany) 36,000
180United Kingdom Antigua (with Barbuda and Redonda) (UK) 35,000
181United Kingdom Dominica (UK) 32,000
182United Kingdom Gilbert Islands (UK) 30,000
183France French Polynesia (France) 30,000
184United Kingdom Gibraltar (UK) 29,000
185Denmark Danish Virgin Islands (Denmark) 28,000
186Spain Fernando Po (Spain) 25,000
187France French Guiana (France) 24,000
188United Kingdom Brunei (UK) 22,000
189Spain Spanish Morocco [lower-alpha 7] (Spain) 22,000
190United Kingdom Seychelles (UK) 22,000
191 Tonga 21,000
192United Kingdom Bermuda (UK) 20,000
193 Monaco 19,000
194Denmark Faroe Islands (Denmark) 17,000
195German Empire Micronesia (Germany) 15,000
196United Kingdom Witu (UK) 15,000
197German Empire Marshall Islands (Germany) 15,000
198Denmark Greenland (Denmark) 13,000
199United States Guam (United States) 12,000
200United Kingdom Montserrat (UK) 12,000
201United Kingdom Qatar (UK) 11,000
202 San Marino 11,000
203 Liechtenstein 10,000
204 Andorra 6,000
205New Zealand Cook Islands (UK) 6,000
206United States American Samoa (United States) 6,000
207France Wallis and Futuna (France) 6,000
208 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 5,500
209United Kingdom British Virgin Islands (UK) 5,000
210 Cayman Islands (UK) 5,000
211France Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 5,000
212United Kingdom Anguilla (UK) 4,500
213 Saint Helena (UK) 4,500
214German Empire Palau (Germany) 4,000
215 Niue (UK) 4,000
216Spain Elobey, Annobón and Corisco (Spain) 3,000
217 Neutral Moresnet 3,000
218German Empire Mariana Islands (Germany) 2,500
219United Kingdom Ellice Islands (UK) 2,400
220 Falkland Islands (UK) 2,300
221German Empire Nauru (Germany) 1,500
222Straits Settlements Christmas Island (UK) 900
223Straits Settlements Cocos Islands (UK) 650
224United Kingdom Tokelau Islands (UK) 500
225Pitcairn Islands Pitcairn Islands (UK) 170
226United Kingdom Ascension Island (UK) 100
227United Kingdom Tristan da Cunha (UK) 95
228United Kingdom Phoenix Islands (UK) 69
229 Tavolara 55
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Notes

  1. Officially the "Indian Empire". Comprises modern-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and Burma.
  2. excludes External Territories
  3. Modern-day Indonesia
  4. Highly centralized. Certain subdivisions, such as the Cretan State, were listed separately.
  5. Mostly Tihamah, Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut, Yemen
  6. In personal union with Sweden.
  7. Mainly Ceuta and Melilla.

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