Rank |
Country/Territory |
Population c. 1900 estimate
|
Percentage of World Population
|
— |
World |
1,700,100,000[1] |
100%
|
1 |
British Empire
- British Asia – 301,041,000
-
- India – 241,000,000
- Bangladesh – 30,000,000
- Pakistan – 23,000,000
- Burma – 8,000,000
- Ceylon – 3,912,000
- Malaya – 900,000
- Straits Settlements – 550,000
- Sarawak – 500,000
- British Hong Kong – 325,000
- North Borneo – 300,000
- Cyprus – 240,000
- Bahrain – 70,000
- Trucial Oman – 70,000
- Maldives – 57000
- Aden Protectorate – 45,000
- Sheikhdom of Kuwait – 40,000
- Brunei – 22,000
- Qatar – 11,000
- British Africa – 44,587,195
-
- Egypt – 10,000,000[2][3]
- Northern Nigeria – 8,500,000
- Southern Nigeria – 7,500,000
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan – 5,588,000
- Cape Colony – 2,500,000
- Uganda – 1,649,000
- Gold Coast – 1,486,400
- Kenya – 1,352,000
- Sierra Leone (including protectorate) – 1,027,000
- Colony of Natal – 925,100
- Northern Rhodesia – 770,000
- Nyasaland – 717,000
- Southern Rhodesia – 692,000
- Basutoland – 383,000
- Mauritius– 375,000
- Somaliland – 300,000
- Zanzibar (UK and Oman) – 250,000
- Gambia – 165,000
- Bechuanaland – 90,000
- Swaziland – 90,000
- Seychelles – 22,000
- Witu Sultanate – 15,000
- Saint Helena – 4,500
- Ascension Island – 100
- Tristan da Cunha – 95
- United Kingdom – 44,498,900
- Canada – 5,301,000
- Australia – 3,765,700
- British West Indies – 1,685,000
-
- Jamaica – 720,000
- Trinidad and Tobago – 320,000
- Barbados – 182,000
- Grenada – 70,000
- Bahamas – 55,000
- Saint Lucia – 50,000
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – 49,000
- British Honduras – 45,000
- Saint Kitts and Nevis – 45,000
- Antigua and Barbuda – 35,000
- Dominica – 32,000
- Bermuda – 20,000
- Montserrat – 12,000
- Turks and Caicos Islands – 5,500
- British Virgin Islands – 5,000
- Cayman Islands – 5,000
- Anguilla – 4,500
- New Zealand – 802,200
- British Guiana – 300,000
- Newfoundland – 230,000
- Western Pacific Territories – 375,689
- Malta – 195,000
- Gibraltar – 29,000
- Falkland Islands – 2,300
|
~400,800,000[citation needed]
|
23.51%
|
2 |
Qing China
|
400,000,000[citation needed]
|
23.5%
|
|
3 |
Russian Empire
|
136,305,900[citation needed]
|
8.0%
|
4 |
United States
|
78,816,167[citation needed]
|
4.6%
|
5 |
French Empire
- French Third Republic – 38,900,000
- French Indochina – 15,164,500
- French West Africa – 11,439,000
-
- French Sudan – 2,672,000
- Upper Volta – 2,222,000
- Colony of Niger – 1,459,000
- French Guinea – 1,459,000
- Ivory Coast – 1,355,000
- Senegal – 1,200,000
- Colony of Dahomey and Dependencies – 570,000
- Colony of Mauritania – 502,000
- French North Africa – 5,575,000
- Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies – 2,539,500
- French Equatorial Africa – 1,825,000
- French India – 280,000
- French West Indies – 375,000
- Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan – 185,000
- New Caledonia – 54,000
- French Somaliland – 50,000
- New Hebrides – 50,000
- French Polynesia – 30,000
- French Guiana – 24,000
- Wallis and Futuna – 6,000
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon – 5,000
|
78,790,700[citation needed]
|
4.6%
|
6 |
German Empire
- Germany – 56,367,178
- Kamerun – 3,500,000
- German East Africa – 3,500,000
- Ruanda-Urundi – 2,700,000
- Togoland – 920,000
- German South West Africa – 210,000
- German New Guinea – 188,000
- Kiaochow – 60,000
- German Solomon Islands – 50,000
- German Samoa – 37,000
- Caroline Islands – 36,000
- Micronesia – 15,000
- Marshall Islands – 15,000
- Palau – 4,000
- Neutral Moresnet – 3,000
- Mariana Islands – 2,500
- Nauru – 1,500
|
67,609,178[4]
|
4.0%
|
7 |
Austria-Hungary
- Hungary – 6,800,000
- Austria – 6,000,000
- Bohemia – 6,000,000
- Galicia – 5,300,000
- Moravia – 3,000,000
- Slovakia – 2,700,000
- Croatia-Slavonia – 2,100,000
- Transylvania – 2,100,000
- Bosnia – 1,600,000
- Dalmatia – 1,300,000
- Carniola – 1,200,000
- Südtirol – 500,000
|
48,300,000 [citation needed]
|
2.8%
|
8 |
Dutch Empire
|
47,980,100[citation needed]
|
2.8%
|
9 |
Empire of Japan
|
46,605,000[5]
|
2.7%
|
10 |
Kingdom of Italy
|
33,095,000[citation needed]
|
1.9%
|
11 |
Ottoman Empire[a]
- Turkey – 14,000,000
- Yemen – 2,500,000
- Kosovo – 1,600,000
- Aleppo – 1,500,000
- Salonica – 1,300,000
- Manastir – 1,000,000
- Damascus – 1,000,000
- Eastern Rumelia – 900,000
- Baghdad – 800,000
- Hiyaz – 600,000
- Beirut – 530,000
- Tripoli – 500,000
- Scutari – 350,000
- Cretan State – 310,000
- Mosul – 300,000
- Basora – 200,000
- Zor – 100,000
|
31,706,300[citation needed]
|
1.9%
|
12 |
Sokoto Caliphate
|
10-20,000,000[6][7][b]
|
0.6-1.1%
|
13 |
Spanish Empire
|
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
|
15,426,500[citation needed]
|
0.9%
|
18 |
Mexico
|
13,607,000[citation needed]
|
0.8%
|
19 |
Portuguese Empire
- Portugal – 5,450,000
- Portuguese West Africa – 4,790,000
- Portuguese East Africa – 2,239,000
- Portuguese India – 475,000
- Portuguese Timor – 300,000
- Azores – 260,000
- Guinea – 200,000
- Madeira – 160,000
- Cape Verde – 140,000
- Macau – 80,000
- São Tomé and Príncipe – 61,000
|
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
|
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]
|
|