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Population by Country in 1900

217 countries

Country
1900
China395.9M
India280.7M
United States74.8M
Russia64.8M
Germany55.8M
Japan44.4M
United Kingdom41.1M
France40M
Indonesia38.2M
Italy33.3M
Bangladesh26.8M
Poland24.3M
Ukraine23.5M
Nigeria18.7M
Spain18.6M
Pakistan18.3M
Brazil18.1M
Ethiopia17.7M
Turkey14M
Mexico13.3M
Czech Republic12.1M
Vietnam11.8M
Romania11M
Iran10.1M
Egypt9.9M
South Korea9.7M
DR Congo9.5M
Myanmar9.4M
Thailand7.4M
Hungary7.1M
Belgium6.7M
Philippines6.6M
Austria6M
North Korea5.4M
Canada5.4M
Portugal5.4M
Sudan5.2M
South Africa5.2M
Netherlands5.1M
Sweden5.1M
Nepal5.1M
Greece5M
Belarus5M
Tanzania5M
Algeria4.7M
Afghanistan4.7M
Argentina4.7M
Morocco4.7M
Ireland4.4M
Mozambique4.3M
Kazakhstan4.2M
Sri Lanka4.1M
Colombia4M
Bulgaria4M
Kenya4M
Uzbekistan3.9M
Uganda3.8M
Australia3.7M
Peru3.7M
Switzerland3.3M
Cameroon3.2M
Chile3.1M
Angola3.1M
Yemen3M
Slovakia2.9M
Cambodia2.8M
Taiwan2.8M
Ghana2.7M
Venezuela2.7M
Madagascar2.7M
Finland2.6M
Denmark2.6M
Lithuania2.5M
Croatia2.5M
Iraq2.4M
Mali2.3M
Serbia2.3M
Burkina Faso2.3M
Norway2.2M
Georgia2.2M
Latvia2.1M
Saudi Arabia2.1M
Malaysia2.1M
Malawi2.1M
Azerbaijan1.9M
Tunisia1.9M
South Sudan1.9M
Bolivia1.8M
Chad1.8M
Syria1.8M
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.8M
Cuba1.7M
Burundi1.6M
Haiti1.6M
Zambia1.6M
Guinea1.5M
Somalia1.5M
Rwanda1.5M
Ivory Coast1.5M
Moldova1.5M
Ecuador1.5M
Laos1.4M
Senegal1.4M
Guatemala1.4M
Niger1.3M
Benin1.2M
Zimbabwe1.1M
Kyrgyzstan1.1M
Sierra Leone1.1M
Central African Republic1M
Puerto Rico981.4K
Tajikistan957.7K
Slovenia937.2K
Uruguay919.7K
Estonia873.4K
Armenia863.2K
Papua New Guinea841.8K
El Salvador839.4K
New Zealand809.1K
Albania806K
North Macedonia802.2K
Turkmenistan760.9K
Togo746.2K
Jamaica727.7K
Mongolia696.7K
Eritrea571.9K
Nicaragua553.5K
Honduras530.3K
Dominican Republic521.4K
Libya514.4K
Lebanon501.4K
Liberia490.2K
Paraguay463.6K
Montenegro442.7K
Mauritius392.8K
Oman379.6K
Gabon369.7K
Mauritania359.5K
Israel359.3K
Timor Leste329.4K
Costa Rica317.2K
Hong Kong310.9K
Guyana297.5K
Guinea Bissau295.2K
Palestine291.8K
Trinidad and Tobago273.3K
Bhutan269.1K
Panama257.2K
Jordan254.4K
Lesotho249.2K
Cyprus236.7K
Luxembourg235.6K
Singapore212.2K
Malta206.2K
Namibia203.7K
Barbados193.5K
Martinique191.1K
Guadeloupe183.5K
Reunion172.6K
Gambia167.1K
Botswana165.7K
Cape Verde151.4K
Equatorial Guinea135.2K
Solomon Islands133K
Fiji126.5K
Eswatini109.1K
Kuwait98.8K
Suriname88.4K
Comoros85.7K
Iceland77.9K
Bahrain77K
Maldives64.2K
Grenada62.4K
Vanuatu59.8K
Bahamas58.8K
New Caledonia56.6K
Saint Lucia53K
United Arab Emirates48.9K
Saint Kitts and Nevis48.2K
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines44.3K
Djibouti42.3K
Sao Tome and Principe41.3K
Marshall Islands39.6K
Belize37.8K
Samoa35.1K
Antigua and Barbuda34.6K
French Polynesia30K
Kiribati28.7K
Dominica28.5K
Micronesia24.5K
Tonga21.4K
Monaco21.3K
Seychelles21.1K
Brunei17K
United States Virgin Islands16.8K
Qatar16.1K
French Guiana15K
Faroe Islands14.8K
Montserrat13K
Greenland12.8K
Liechtenstein10.3K
San Marino10.1K
Guam9.7K
Aruba9.6K
Cook Islands9K
American Samoa6.6K
Palau5.7K
Saint Pierre and Miquelon5.2K
Andorra4.5K
Anguilla4K
Tuvalu3.7K
Falkland Islands2.2K
Nauru1.9K
Western Sahara843
Tokelau350
Turks and Caicos Islands254
Mayotte200

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At the turn of the 20th century, China had 400 million people living in it. This made it the country with the world's biggest population at the time.

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