Rank Country /Territory Population
1935
estimate
Percentage of

World Population

World 3,514,245,075 — 
1  China 1,000,089,235 28.5%
2 British Empire (including colonies)
constituents
934,265,033 26.6%
3  Japan (including colonies)
constituents
291,760,469 8.3%
4  Soviet Union
subdivisions
287,870,228 8.2%
5  United States[2]
constituents
240,237,248 6.8%
6 Netherlands Dutch Empire
constituents
152,599,858 4.3%
7 France (including colonies)[3][4][5]
subdivisions
141,249,643 4.0%
7  Brazil[4] 104,706,198 3.0%
8  Germany 85,190,556 2.4%
9 Italy (including colonies)
subdivisions
77,316,316 2.2%
10 Ethiopia Ethiopia 72,709,299 2.1%
11  Thailand 66,636,630 1.9%
12  Turkey 59,614,362 1.7%
13 Spain Spain (including colonies)[4]
subdivisions
50,031,670 1.4%
14  Argentina[4] 45,808,747 1.3%
15  Poland[4] 42,885,900 1.2%
16  Mexico[4] 42,771,079 1.2%
17  Iran[4] 38,425,919 1.1%
18  Yugoslavia[4] 32,105,942 0.9%
19  Egypt[4] 26,923,353 0.8%
20  Belgium (including colonies)[4]
subdivisions
26,660,397 1.2%
21  Romania[4] 24,348,251 0.7%
22  Portugal (including colonies)[4]
subdivisions
21,264,309 0.9%
23  Hungary[4] 16,818,391 0.7%
24  Colombia[4] 12,574,571 0.5%
25  Afghanistan[4] 12,506,347 0.5%

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Abstract of Statistics 2011" (PDF). H.M. Government of Gibraltar Statistics Office.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Population Statistics: Historical Demography was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Economics of WWII was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Cite error: The named reference Population Statistics was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Tony Chafer, The end of empire in French West Africa: France's successful decolonisation? (2002)see Chafer abstract Archived 2017-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Spanish Morocco was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Annuario Generale, Consociazione Turistica Italiana, Roma, 1938
  8. ^ Grasselli, Enrico. "L’esercito italiano in Francia e in Oriente" p. 370-371

References edit

  •   Wood, James, ed. (1907), The Nuttall Encyclopædia , London and New York: Frederick Warne .—Originally this article incorporated statistics from the Nuttall Encyclopedia published in 1907. The list includes the populations of all countries, states and territories listed in the Encyclopedia with an estimated population. The populations listed here, rounded to the nearest 1,000, represent the best estimate of population by the editors of the Nuttall Encyclopedia.

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