- List of countries by population in 1900
-
This is a list of countries by population in 1900. It is a list of countries in the world by population at the beginning of the year 1900.
Rank Country/Territory Population
1900
estimate- World 1,633,000,000 - 
British Empire367,000,000 1 
Qing Dynasty300,000,000 2 
India (UK)200,000,000 3 
Russia132,000,000 - 
French Empire81,500,000 4 
United States76,212,168 5 
Germany56,000,000 - 
Dutch Empire51,246,000 6 Dutch East Indies (Netherlands)45,500,000 7 
Japan42,000,000 8 United Kingdom38,000,000 9 France38,000,000 10 
Italy33,000,000 11 
Austria-Hungary32,000,000 12 
Ottoman Empire30,860,000 13 
Spain20,750,000 14 
Brazil17,000,000 - 
Portuguese Empire12,434,000 15 
Mexico12,050,000 16 
Korea12,000,000 17 Burma (United Kingdom)9,606,000 18 Northern Nigeria (United Kingdom)8,500,000 19 
Egypt (UK/Ottoman Empire)8,000,000 20 Philippines (US)8,000,000 21 Southern Nigeria (UK)7,500,000 22 
Siam7,200,000 23 
Persia7,000,000 24 
Romania6,630,000 25 
Belgium6,136,000 26 
Annam (France)6,000,000 27 Tongking (France)6,000,000 28 
Argentina5,800,000 29 Portugal5,758,000 30 Netherlands5,616,000 31 
Canada (UK)5,500,000 32 
Sweden5,140,000 33 
Afghanistan5,000,000 34 
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (UK and Egypt)4,800,000 35 
Nepal4,789,000 36 
Colombia4,604,000 37 
Chile4,409,000 
Tibet4,200,000 38 
Arabia (mainly includes (Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut and Yemen)4,218,000 39 
Morocco4,162,000 40 
Abyssinia4,000,000 41 Algeria (France)4,000,000 42 
Australia (UK)4,000,000 43 
Ceylon (UK)3,700,000 44 
Peru3,700,000 45 
Switzerland3,525,300 46 Cameroon (Germany)3,500,000 47 German East Africa (Germany)3,500,000 48 Cochin-China (France)3,200,000 49 
Bulgaria (Ottoman Empire)3,154,000 50 Chile2,867,000 51 
Greece2,800,000 52 Sudan (France)2,800,000 53 
Gold Coast (UK)2,800,000 54 
Venezuela2,741,000 55 Madagascar (France)2,706,700 56 Ruanda-Urundi (Germany)2,700,000 57 
Serbia2,650,000 58 Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)2,600,000 59 
Cape Colony (UK)2,500,000 60 Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)2,400,000 61 Upper Volta (France)2,375,000 62 
Norway (Union with Sweden)2,240,000 63 
Denmark2,182,000 64 
Tunis (France)1,890,000 65 
Uganda (UK)1,800,000 66 
Kenya (UK)1,700,000 67 French Guinea (France)1,600,000 68 Niger (France)1,570,000 69 
Cambodia (France)1,500,000 70 Cuba (US)1,500,000 71 
Bolivia1,500,000 72 
South African Republic1,400,000 73 
Ecuador1,271,000 74 Bukhara (Russia)1,250,000 75 Senegal (France)1,230,000 76 Natal (UK)1,200,000 77 
El Salvador1,116,300 78 Porto Rico (United States)1,100,000 79 
Guatemala1,046,000 80 
Uruguay1,026,000 81 Sierra Leone (UK) (including protectorate)1,000,000 82 
New Zealand (UK)967,000 83 Ivory Coast (France)950,000 84 Togoland (Germany)920,000 85 Malaya (UK)900,000 86 
Nyasaland (UK)850,000 87 
Jamaica (UK)820,000 88 Chad (France)810,000 89 
Northern Rhodesia (UK)770,000 90 
Southern Rhodesia (UK)734,000 91 
Paraguay715,000 92 
Liberia664,000 93 Oubangui-Chari (France)630,000 94 
Dominican Republic610,000 95 Dahomey (France)570,000 96 
Straits Settlements (UK)550,000 97 Laos (France)550,000 98 Mauretania (France)540,000 99 
Nicaragua515,000 100 
Honduras505,000 101 
Muscat and Oman500,000 102 
Sarawak500,000 103 Portuguese India (Portugal)475,000 104 
Italian Somaliland (Italy)400,000 105 Khiva (Russia)400,000 106 
Orange Free State400,000 107 Territory of Papua (UK, de facto Australia)400,000 108 Basutoland (UK)383,000 109 Mauritius (UK)375,000 110 Canary Islands (Spain)360,000 111 
Costa Rica341,600 112 
Hong Kong (UK)325,000 113 
Montenegro320,000 114 Trinidad and Tobago (UK)320,000 115 
Crete (Ottoman Empire)310,000 116 
North Borneo (UK)300,000 117 
British Guiana (UK)300,000 118 
British Somaliland (UK)300,000 119 Portuguese Timor (Portugal)300,000 120 
Bhutan280,000 121 French India (France)280,000 122 Middle Congo (also called French Congo) (France)280,000 123 Azores (Portugal)260,000 124 
Luxembourg252,000 125 Zanzibar (UK and Oman)250,000 126 Cyprus (UK)240,000 127 
Newfoundland (UK)230,000 128 Gabon (France)240,000 129 Eritrea (Italy)220,000 130 German South West Africa (Germany)210,000 131 Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)200,000 132 
Malta (UK)195,000 133 Guadeloupe (France)190,000 134 German New Guinea (Germany)188,000 135 Kwang-Chou-Wan (France)185,000 136 Martinique (France)185,000 137 
Barbados (UK)182,000 138 Réunion (France)178,000 139 Gambia (UK)165,000 140 Madeira (Portugal)160,000 141 
Hawaii (United States)154,000 142 Spanish Guinea (or Rio Muni) (Spain)150,000 143 Cape Verde (Portugal)140,000 144 British Solomon Islands (UK)135,000 145 
Fiji (UK)125,000 146 Comoros (France)112,000 147 Bechuanaland (UK)90,000 148 Swaziland (UK)90,000 149 Dutch Guiana (Netherlands)86,000 150 
Iceland (Denmark)82,000 151 Macau (Portugal)80,000 152 Bahrain (UK)70,000 153 Grenada (UK)70,000 154 Trucial Oman (UK)70,000 155 São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)61,000 156 Kiaochow (Germany)60,000 157 Sikkim (British India)60,000 158 
Isle of Man (UK)57,000 159 Maldives (UK)56,000 160 Bahamas (UK)55,000 161 
Jersey (UK)54,000 162 New Caledonia (France)54,000 163 French Somaliland (France)50,000 164 German Solomon Islands (Germany)50,000 165 and New Hebrides (shared between UK and France)50,000 166 Saint Lucia (UK)50,000 167 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UK)49,000 168 
Aden Protectorate (UK)45,000 169 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)44,000 170 
British Honduras (UK)45,000 171 Saint Kitts (with Nevis) (UK)45,000 172 
Guernsey (UK)42,000 173 Kuwait (UK)40,000 174 Rio de Oro (Spain)40,000 175 German Samoa37,000 176 Caroline Islands (Germany)36,000 177 Antigua (with Barbuda and Redonda) (UK)35,000 178 Dominica (UK)32,000 179 Gilbert Islands (UK)30,000 180 French Polynesia (France)30,000 181 Gibraltar (UK)29,000 182 Danish Virgin Islands (Denmark)28,000 183 Fernando Po (Spain)25,000 184 French Guiana (France)24,000 185 Brunei (UK)22,000 186 Spanish Morocco (mainly Ceuta and Melilla) (Spain)22,000 187 Seychelles (UK)22,000 188 
Tonga (UK- Protectorate but not a colony)21,000 189 Bermuda (UK)20,000 190 
Monaco19,000 191 Faroe Islands (Denmark)17,000 192 Micronesia (Germany)15,000 193 Witu (UK)15,000 194 Marshall Islands (Germany)15,000 195 Greenland (Denmark)13,000 196 Guam (United States)12,000 197 Montserrat (UK)12,000 198 Qatar (UK)11,000 199 
San Marino11,000 200 
Liechtenstein10,000 201 
Andorra6,000 202 Cook Islands (UK)6,000 203 American Samoa (United States)6,000 204 Wallis and Futuna (France)6,000 205 
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)5,500 206 British Virgin Islands (UK)5,000 207 
Cayman Islands (UK)5,000 208 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)5,000 209 Anguilla (UK)4,500 210 
Saint Helena (UK)4,500 211 Palau (Germany)4,000 212 
Niue (UK)4,000 213 Elobey, Annobón and Corisco (Spain)3,000 214 
Moresnet (Neutral territory)3,000 215 Mariana Islands (Germany)2,500 216 Ellice Islands (UK)2,400 217 
Falkland Islands (UK)2,300 218 Nauru (Germany)1,500 219 Christmas Island (UK)900 220 Cocos Islands (UK)650 221 Tokelau Islands (UK)500 222 
Pitcairn Islands (UK)170 223 Goust (France)150 224 Ascension Island (UK)100 225 Tristan da Cunha (UK)95 226 Phoenix Islands (UK)60 -
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
See also
- 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 countries by population in 1800
References
The other main sources are:
Categories:- Lists of countries
- Lists by population
- 1900
-
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
