List of countries by population in 1900

Historical demographics Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus Articles Demographic history Historical demography Classical · Medieval World population estimates List of countries by population 1800 1900 1939 This 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.

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Rank Country/Territory Population estimatePercentage ofworld population — World 1,650,000,000 100% 1 412,000,00025.00% 2 400,000,00024.2% 3 136,305,9008.3% 4 78,816,1674.8% 5 French Empire 78,790,7004.8% 6 German Empire 67,609,178Statistik des Deutschen Reichs. Band 150: Die Volkszählung am 1. Dezember 1900 im Deutschen Reich. Berlin, 1903, according to Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte 1871 – 1990 2006 by Dr. Michael Rademacher M.A.4.1% 7 48,300,000 2.8% 8 47,980,1003.0% 9 46,606,000Estimated population of Japan Proper as of Jan, 1. 1900. Meiji go-nen ikō wagakuni no jinkō (1930) . Population of Taiwan as of December 31, 1899 (Meiji 22), based on koseki registration system. Shisei Yonjū-nen no Taiwan (1937) . The first census population of Taiwan was 3,039,751 on October 1, 1905. Taiwan genjū jinkō tōkei-hyō (1905) .2.7% 10 33,095,0001.9% 11 31,706,3001.9%12 Sokoto Caliphate10,000,000–20,000,0000.6-1.1% 13 Spanish Empire 18,834,0001.1% 14 Brazil 17,984,0001.1% 15 17,082,0001.0% 16 Belgian colonial empire 15,426,5000.9% 17 13,607,0000.8% 18 Portuguese Empire 12,434,0000.7% 19 Ethiopian Empire 12,180,6000.7% 20 Qajar Iran 9,860,0000.6% 21 Siam 8,131,2470.5% 22 Philippines 7,409,0000.4% 23 Union between Sweden and Norway 7,354,4000.4% 24 7,000,0000.4% 25 6,000,0000.4% 26 4,550,0000.3% 27 4,542,0000.3% 28 Jabal Shammar ~4,218,000~0.2% 29 4,157,0000.2% 30 Bulgaria 3,744,3000.2% 31 Kingdom of Nepal 3,599,0000.2% 32 3,315,4000.2% 33 3,110,1000.18% 34 3,000,0000.18% 35 2,579,8000.15% 36 Danish Empire 2,569,0000.15% 37 2,445,0000.14% 38 1,766,0000.1% 39 1,400,000 40 1,271,900 41 ~1,000,000 42 943,000 43 885,000 44 801,000 45 641,000 46 635,600 47 600,000 48 543,700 49 Muscat and Oman 500,000 50 429,300 51 Orange Free State 400,000 52 341,600 53 320,000 54 280,000 55 252,000 56 19,000 57 11,000 58 10,000 59 6,000

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