| Rank |
Country /Territory |
Population
1907
estimate |
| - |
World |
1,700,000,000 |
| 1 |
 China (Qing Dynasty) |
300,000,000 - 400,000,000 |
| 2 |
 British India |
263,539,000 - 314,417,000 |
| 3 |
 Russian Empire |
c. 150,000,000 |
| 4 |
 United States |
87,008,000 |
| 5 |
 German Empire |
62,010,000 |
| 6 |
 Dutch East Indies (Netherlands) |
45,880,000 |
| 7 |
 Empire of Japan |
40,000,000 |
| 8 |
 Austria-Hungary |
40,000,000 |
| 9 |
 United Kingdom |
39,700,000 |
| 10 |
 France |
38,343,000 |
| 11 |
 Italy |
33,640,700 |
| 12 |
 Ottoman Empire |
28,000,000 |
| 13 |
 Spain |
19,671,000 |
| 14 |
 Korean Empire |
17,000,000 |
| 15 |
 Mexico |
14,677,000 |
| 16 |
 Congo Free State (Belgium) |
14,000,000 - 30,000,000 |
| 17 |
 Brazil |
14,000,000 |
| 18 |
 Poland (Russia) |
11,138,700 |
| 19 |
 Bohemia (Austria-Hungary) |
9,825,000 |
| 20 |
Burma (British India) |
9,606,000 |
| 21 |
Northern Nigeria (UK) |
8,500,000 |
| 22 |
 Egypt (UK) |
8,000,000 |
| 23 |
Philippines (United States) |
8,000,000 |
| 24 |
Southern Nigeria (UK) |
7,500,000 |
| 25 |
 Siam |
7,200,000 |
| 26 |
 Persia |
7,000,000 |
| 27 |
 Romania |
6,630,000 |
| 28 |
 Belgium |
6,136,000 |
| 29 |
 Annam (France) |
6,000,000 |
| 30 |
Tongking (France) |
6,000,000 |
| 31 |
 Argentina |
5,800,000 |
| 32 |
 Portugal |
5,758,000 |
| 33 |
Netherlands |
5,616,000 |
| 34 |
 Canada |
5,500,000 |
| 35 |
 Sweden |
5,377,713 |
| 36 |
 Afghanistan |
5,000,000 |
| 37 |
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (UK and Egypt) |
4,800,000 |
| 38 |
 Nepal |
4,789,000 |
| 39 |
 Colombia |
4,604,000 |
| 40 |
 Ireland (UK) |
4,390,000 |
| 41 |
 Arabia (mainly includes (Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut and Yemen) |
4,218,000 |
| 42 |
Morocco (France) |
4,162,000 |
| 43 |
 Abyssinia |
4,000,000 |
| 44 |
Algeria (France) |
4,000,000 |
| 45 |
 Australia |
4,000,000 |
| 46 |
 Ceylon (UK) |
3,700,000 |
| 47 |
 Peru |
3,700,000 |
| 48 |
 Switzerland |
3,525,300 |
| 49 |
Cameroon (Germany) |
3,500,000 |
| 50 |
Formosa (Japan) |
3,500,000 |
| 51 |
German East Africa (Germany) |
3,500,000 |
| 52 |
Cochin-China (France) |
3,200,000 |
| 53 |
 Bulgaria |
3,154,000 |
| 54 |
 Chile |
2,867,000 |
| 55 |
 Greece |
2,800,000 |
| 56 |
French Sudan (France) |
2,800,000 |
| 57 |
 Gold Coast (UK) |
2,800,000 |
| 58 |
 Venezuela |
2,741,000 |
| 59 |
Madagascar (France) |
2,706,700 |
| 60 |
Ruanda-Urundi (Germany) |
2,700,000 |
| 61 |
 Serbia |
2,650,000 |
| 62 |
Portuguese East Africa (Portugal) |
2,600,000 |
| 63 |
 Grand Duchy of Finland (Russia) |
2,431,000 |
| 64 |
Portuguese West Africa (Portugal) |
2,400,000 |
| 65 |
Upper Volta (France) |
2,375,000 |
| 66 |
 Norway |
2,324,800 |
| 67 |
 Croatia-Slavonia (Austria-Hungary) |
2,201,000 |
| 68 |
 Denmark |
2,182,000 |
| 69 |
Tunis (France) |
1,890,000 |
| 70 |
 Uganda (UK) |
1,800,000 |
| 71 |
 Kenya (UK) |
1,700,000 |
| 72 |
French Guinea (France) |
1,600,000 |
| 73 |
Niger (France) |
1,570,000 |
| 74 |
 Cape Colony (UK) |
2,500,000 |
| 75 |
 Cambodia (France) |
1,500,000 |
| 76 |
 Cuba |
1,500,000 |
| 77 |
 Bolivia |
1,500,000 |
| 78 |
 Transvaal (UK) |
1,400,000 |
| 79 |
 Ecuador |
1,271,000 |
| 80 |
Bukhara (Russia) |
1,250,000 |
| 81 |
Senegal (France) |
1,230,000 |
| 82 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austria-Hungary) |
1,200,000 |
| 83 |
Natal (UK) |
1,200,000 |
| 84 |
 El Salvador |
1,116,300 |
| 85 |
Porto Rico (United States) |
1,100,000 |
| 86 |
 Guatemala |
1,046,000 |
| 87 |
 Uruguay |
1,026,000 |
| 88 |
Sierra Leone (UK) (including protectorate) |
1,000,000 |
| 89 |
Tripoli (Ottoman Empire) |
1,000,000 |
| 90 |
 New Zealand |
967,000 |
| 91 |
Ivory Coast (France) |
950,000 |
| 91 |
Togoland (Germany) |
920,000 |
| 92 |
Federated Malay States (UK) |
900,000 |
| 93 |
 Nyasaland (UK) |
850,000 |
| 94 |
 Jamaica (UK) |
820,000 |
| 95 |
Chad (France) |
810,000 |
| 96 |
 Northern Rhodesia (UK) |
770,000 |
| 97 |
 Southern Rhodesia (UK) |
734,000 |
| 98 |
 Paraguay |
715,000 |
| 99 |
 Liberia |
664,000 |
| 100 |
Oubangui-Chari (France) |
630,000 |
| 101 |
 Dominican Republic |
610,000 |
| 102 |
Dahomey (France) |
570,000 |
| 103 |
 Straits Settlements (UK) |
550,000 |
| 104 |
Laos (France) |
550,000 |
| 105 |
Mauretania (France) |
540,000 |
| 106 |
 Nicaragua |
515,000 |
| 107 |
 Honduras |
505,000 |
| 108 |
 Muscat and Oman |
500,000 |
| 109 |
 Sarawak |
500,000 |
| 110 |
Portuguese India (Portugal) |
475,000 |
| 111 |
Italian Somaliland (Italy) |
400,000 |
| 112 |
Khiva (Russia) |
400,000 |
| 113 |
 Orange River Colony (earlier called Orange Free State) (UK) |
400,000 |
| 114 |
Territory of Papua (UK, de facto Australia) |
400,000 |
| 115 |
Basutoland (UK) |
383,000 |
| 116 |
Mauritius (UK) |
375,000 |
| 117 |
Canary Islands (Spain) |
360,000 |
| 118 |
 Costa Rica |
341,600 |
| 119 |
 Hong Kong (UK) |
325,000 |
| 120 |
 Montenegro |
320,000 |
| 121 |
Trinidad and Tobago (UK) |
320,000 |
| 122 |
 Panama |
318,000 |
| 123 |
 Crete |
310,000 |
| 124 |
 North Borneo (UK) |
300,000 |
| 125 |
 British Guiana (UK) |
300,000 |
| 126 |
 British Somaliland (UK) |
300,000 |
| 127 |
Portuguese Timor (Portugal) |
300,000 |
| 128 |
 Bhutan |
280,000 |
| 129 |
French India (France) |
280,000 |
| 130 |
Middle Congo (also called French Congo) (France) |
280,000 |
| 131 |
Azores (Portugal) |
260,000 |
| 132 |
 Luxembourg |
252,000 |
| 133 |
Zanzibar (UK and Oman) |
250,000 |
| 134 |
Cyprus (UK) |
240,000 |
| 135 |
 Newfoundland |
230,000 |
| 136 |
Gabon (France) |
240,000 |
| 137 |
Eritrea (Italy) |
220,000 |
| 138 |
German South West Africa (Germany) |
210,000 |
| 140 |
Portuguese Guinea (Portugal) |
200,000 |
| 141 |
 Malta (UK) |
195,000 |
| 142 |
Guadeloupe (France) |
190,000 |
| 143 |
German New Guinea (Germany) |
188,000 |
| 144 |
Kwang-Chou-Wan (France) |
185,000 |
| 145 |
Martinique (France) |
185,000 |
| 146 |
 Barbados (UK) |
182,000 |
| 147 |
Réunion (France) |
178,000 |
| 148 |
Gambia (UK) |
165,000 |
| 149 |
Madeira (Portugal) |
160,000 |
| 150 |
 Hawaii (United States) |
154,000 |
| 151 |
Spanish Guinea (or Rio Muni) (Spain) |
150,000 |
| 152 |
Cape Verde (Portugal) |
140,000 |
| 153 |
British Solomon Islands (UK) |
135,000 |
| 154 |
 Fiji (UK) |
125,000 |
| 155 |
Comoros (France) |
112,000 |
| 156 |
Bechuanaland (UK) |
90,000 |
| 157 |
Swaziland (UK) |
90,000 |
| 158 |
Dutch Guiana (Netherlands) |
86,000 |
| 159 |
 Iceland (Denmark) |
82,000 |
| 160 |
Macau (Portugal) |
80,000 |
| 161 |
Bahrain (UK) |
70,000 |
| 162 |
Grenada (UK) |
70,000 |
| 163 |
Trucial Oman (UK) |
70,000 |
| 164 |
Sao Tomé and Principe (Portugal) |
61,000 |
| 165 |
Kiaochow (Germany) |
60,000 |
| 166 |
Sikkim (British India) |
60,000 |
| 167 |
 Isle of Man (UK) |
57,000 |
| 168 |
Maldives (UK) |
56,000 |
| 169 |
Bahamas (UK) |
55,000 |
| 170 |
 Jersey (UK) |
54,000 |
| 171 |
New Caledonia (France) |
54,000 |
| 172 |
French Somaliland (France) |
50,000 |
| 173 |
German Solomon Islands (Germany) |
50,000 |
| 174 |
and New Hebrides (shared between UK and France) |
50,000 |
| 175 |
Saint Lucia (UK) |
50,000 |
| 176 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UK) |
49,000 |
| 177 |
 Aden Protectorate (UK) |
45,000 |
| 178 |
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
44,000 |
| 179 |
 British Honduras (UK) |
45,000 |
| 180 |
Saint Kitts (with Nevis) (UK) |
45,000 |
| 181 |
 Guernsey (UK) |
42,000 |
| 182 |
Kuwait (UK) |
40,000 |
| 183 |
Rio de Oro (Spain) |
40,000 |
| 184 |
German Samoa |
37,000 |
| 185 |
Caroline Islands (Germany) |
36,000 |
| 186 |
Antigua (with Barbuda and Redonda) (UK) |
35,000 |
| 187 |
Dominica (UK) |
32,000 |
| 188 |
Gilbert Islands (UK) |
30,000 |
| 189 |
French Polynesia (France) |
30,000 |
| 190 |
Gibraltar (UK) |
29,000 |
| 191 |
Danish Virgin Islands (Denmark) |
28,000 |
| 192 |
Fernando Po (Spain) |
25,000 |
| 193 |
French Guiana (France) |
24,000 |
| 194 |
Brunei (UK) |
22,000 |
| 195 |
Spanish Morocco (mainly Ceuta and Melilla) (Spain) |
22,000 |
| 196 |
Seychelles (UK) |
22,000 |
| 197 |
 Tonga (UK) |
21,000 |
| 198 |
Bermuda (UK) |
20,000 |
| 199 |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
17,000 |
| 200 |
 Monaco |
19,000 |
| 201 |
Micronesia (Germany) |
15,000 |
| 202 |
Witu (UK) |
15,000 |
| 203 |
Marshall Islands (Germany) |
15,000 |
| 204 |
Greenland (Denmark) |
13,000 |
| 205 |
Guam (United States) |
12,000 |
| 206 |
Montserrat (UK) |
12,000 |
| 207 |
Qatar (UK) |
11,000 |
| 208 |
 San Marino |
11,000 |
| 209 |
 Liechtenstein |
10,000 |
| 210 |
 Andorra |
6,000 |
| 211 |
Cook Islands (UK) |
6,000 |
| 212 |
American Samoa (United States) |
6,000 |
| 213 |
Wallis and Futuna (France) |
6,000 |
| 214 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
5,500 |
| 215 |
British Virgin Islands (UK) |
5,000 |
| 216 |
 Cayman Islands (UK) |
5,000 |
| 217 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
5,000 |
| 218 |
Anguilla (UK) |
4,500 |
| 219 |
 Saint Helena (UK) |
4,500 |
| 220 |
Palau (Germany) |
4,000 |
| 221 |
 Niue (UK) |
4,000 |
| 222 |
Elobey, Annobón and Corisco (Spain) |
3,000 |
| 223 |
 Moresnet (Neutral territory) |
3,000 |
| 224 |
Mariana Islands (Germany) |
2,500 |
| 225 |
Ellice Islands (UK) |
2,400 |
| 226 |
 Falkland Islands (UK) |
2,300 |
| 227 |
Nauru (Germany) |
1,500 |
| 228 |
Christmas Island (UK) |
900 |
| 229 |
 Vatican City |
700 |
| 230 |
Cocos Islands (UK) |
650 |
| 231 |
Tokelau Islands (UK) |
500 |
| 232 |
 Pitcairn Islands (UK) |
170 |
| 233 |
Goust |
150 |
| 234 |
Ascension Island (UK) |
c. 100-200? |
| 235 |
Tristan da Cunha (UK) |
95 |
| 236 |
 Tavolara |
60 |
| 237 |
Phoenix Islands (UK) |
60 |
[edit] References
Originally this site 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.
The other main sources are:
http://www.populstat.info/
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Page
http://www.zum.de/psm/imperialismus/kolonialatlas05/atlas002.php
[edit] See also
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