List of countries by population in 1939

Map of countries in 1939.
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This is a list of countries by population in 1939. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1939 (which were on various dates in that year).

Rank Country/Territory Population c. 1939 Percentage of

World Population

-   World[1] 2,300,000 -
1 United Kingdom British Empire[2][3]
466,858,000 20.3
2  Empire of Japan[2][3]
304,119,000 13.2
3  Nationalist China[3] 267,568,000 13.8
4  Soviet Union 170,557,000 7.4
5  United States[3]
147,500,800 6.4
6 France France[2][3][4] 110,000,000 4.8
7  Germany[2][3]
80,520,000 3.5
8  Netherlands[3]
78,164,000 3.4
9  Italy[2][3][7] 56,393,774 2.4
10  Brazil[3] 40,289,000 1.7
11 Poland Poland[3] 34,849,000 1.5
12  Kingdom of Spain and
Second Spanish Republic[3] 		26,372,800 1.1
13 Belgium Belgium[3]
22,491,000 1.0
14  Mexico[3] 19,320,000 0.8
15  Turkey[3] 17,370,000 0.8
16 Egypt Egypt[3] 16,492,000 0.7
17 Romania Romania[3] 15,970,000 0.7
18  Yugoslavia[3] 15,490,000 0.7
19  Siam[3] 15,023,000 0.7
20  Iran[3] 14,340,000 0.6
21  Argentina[3] 13,948,000 0.6
22  Canada[3] 11,267,000 0.5
23 Hungary Hungary[3] 9,129,000 0.4
24  Colombia[3] 8,896,000 0.4
25  Portugal[3]
8,107,000 0.4
26 Afghanistan Afghanistan[3] 7,400,000 0.3
27 Greece Greece[3] 7,222,000 0.3
28  Peru[3] 6,572,000 0.3
29 Bulgaria Bulgaria[3] 6,458,000 0.3
30  Sweden[3] 6,341,000 0.3
31 Nepal Nepal[3] 6,087,000 0.3
32  Chile[3] 4,914,000 0.2
33  Cuba[3] 4,235,000 0.2
34   Switzerland[3] 4,210,000 0.2
35  Denmark[3]
3,812,500 0.2
36  Finland[3] 3,700,000 0.2
37 Iraq Iraq[3] 3,698,000 0.2
38  Morocco[3] 3,628,000 0.2
39 Slovakia Slovak Republic[3] 3,577,000 0.2
40  Ireland[3] 2,960,000 0.1
41  Norway[3] 2,945,000 0.1
42  Haiti[3] 2,707,000 0.1
43  Saudi Arabia[3] 2,670,000 0.1
44  Bolivia[3] 2,659,000 0.1
45  Lithuania[3] 2,575,000 0.1
46  Ecuador[3] 2,412,000 0.1
47  Guatemala[3] 2,150,000 0.1
48  Latvia[3] 1,994,500 0.1
49  Uruguay[3] 1,953,000 0.1
50  Dominican Republic[3] 1,634,000 0.1
51  El Salvador[3] 1,459,600 0.1
52  Estonia[3] 1,134,000 -
53  Albania[3] 1,073,000 -
54  Honduras[3] 1,096,950 -
55  Mongolian People's Republic[3] 819,000 -
56  Nicaragua[3] 806,000 -
57  Liberia[3] 780,000 -
58  Costa Rica[3] 623,400 -
59  Panama[3] 605,000 -
60  Luxembourg[3] 295,000 -
61 Iceland[3] 118,900 -
62  Monaco[3] 24,000 -
63  San Marino[3] 14,500 -
64  Liechtenstein[3] 13,000 -
65  Andorra[3] 6,000 -
66   Vatican City[3] 1,000 -
67  Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen ? ?
68 Communist China ? ?
69  Danzig ? ?
70  Tibet ? ?
71  People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ? ?
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Note: The aggregate populations will exceed the total population because some states existed in multiple entities. For example, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Hapsburg Monarchy had holdings that were also part of the Holy Roman Empire (though not all of the Prussian and Hapsburg territories shared this aspect). In another case, the province of Wallachia was a vassal of the Ottoman sultan, but also a tributary of the Russian Empire.

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census BureauWorld Population Historical Estimates of World Population". Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Mark Harrison, ed. (1998), "The Economics of WWII"., Cambridge University Press
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 "Population Statistics". Library.uu.nl. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Tony Chafer, The end of empire in French West Africa: France's successful decolonisation? (2002)see Chafer abstract
  5. 1 2 "Spanish Morocco".
  6. ↑ According to the preceding reference, French Morocco contained 90% of the Moroccan population in 1955. This ratio was used for the Moroccan population of 1939. Please update if more accurate information is available.
  7. ↑ Istat (December 2010). "I censimenti nell'Italia unita I censimenti nell'Italia unita Le fonti di stato della popolazione tra il XIX e il XXI secolo ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI STATISTICA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI DEMOGRAFIA STORICA Le fonti di stato della popolazione tra il XIX e il XXI secolo" (PDF). Annali di Statistica. XII. 2: 269. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Population distribution according to first reference was 10% in Spanish Morocco and 90% for French Morocco in 1955. This ratio was used to divide the 1939 total Moroccan population figures. Please update if more accurate information is found.
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