List of countries by population in 1900
Introduction  Historical Demographics 175pxAltar of Domitius Ahenobarbus Articles Demographic history  Historical demography World population estimates List of Countries by Population 1800 '''1900'''  1939This is a '''list of countries by population in 1900''', with colonial possessions being counted towards the ruling country's total (such as Poland counting towards Russia and Cuba counting as part of the United States).Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in the year 1900.
Map World map of 1910 showing colonial possessions and commercial highways
List  Rank  Country/Territory  Population  estimate'''Percentage of''' World Population —  World  1,700,100,000  100% 1   ~400,800,00023.51% 2   400,000,00023.5% 3    136,305,9008.0% 4  78,816,1674.6% 5  French Empire 78,790,7004.6% 6  German Empire 67,609,1784.0% 7   47,980,1002.8% 8   47,295,100 2.8% 9   46,605,0002.7% 10   33,095,0001.9% 11   31,706,3001.9%12   Sokoto Caliphate10-20,000,0000.6-1.1% 13   Spanish Empire 18,834,0001.1% 14   Brazil 17,984,0001.1% 16   17,082,0001.0% 17  Belgian colonial empire 15,426,5000.9% 18   13,607,0000.8% 19   Portuguese Empire 12,434,0000.7% 20   Ethiopian Empire 12,180,6000.7% 21   Qajar Iran 9,860,0000.6% 22   Philippines 7,409,0000.4% 23  25px Union between Sweden and Norway 7,354,4000.4% 24   7,000,0000.4% 25   Siam 6,320,0000.4% 26   6,000,0000.4% 27  4,550,0000.3% 28   4,542,0000.3% 29  Emirate of Jabal Shammr ~4,218,000~0.2% 30  4,157,0000.2% 31   Bulgaria 3,744,3000.2% 32   3,599,0000.2% 33   3,315,4000.2% 34   3,110,1000.18% 35   3,000,0000.18% 36   2,579,8000.15% 37   Danish Empire 2,569,0000.15% 38   Greece 2,504,0700.15% 39   2,445,0000.14% 40   1,766,0000.1% 41   1,400,000 42   1,271,900 43   943,000 44   885,000 45   801,000 46   641,000 47   635,600 48   600,000 49   543,700 50   Muscat and Oman 500,000 51   429,300 52   Orange Free State 400,000 53   341,600 54   320,000 55   280,000 56   252,000 57   19,000 58   11,000 59   10,000 60   6,000
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