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
-
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 |
Dutch Empire
|
47,980,100[
citation needed]
|
2.8%
|
8 |
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
-
Transylvania – 2,100,000
-
Bosnia – 1,600,000
-
Dalmatia – 1,300,000
-
Carniola – 1,200,000
-
Croatia-Slavonia – 1,000,000
-
Südtirol – 500,000
|
47,295,100 [
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]
|
|