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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).
Population by Country in 1900. At the turn of the 20th century, the global population included around 1.65 billion people, as compared to the nearly 8.5 billion people of today. Here’s a closer look at which countries had the largest populations back in 1900, as well as a few factors that influenced population distribution at the time.
Population growth through history from 5000 BC to the current year (2024) for the entire population of the world.
Countries Ordered by Population in 1900. List of countries ordered by their population size. Year. Download. Sources. Did you know that by 2022, India would have a larger population than China?
3 Mac 2023 · China’s population in 1900, during the Qing Empire, was only about a third of the People’s Republic of China’s population of 1.4 billion today. Ethiopia (Abyssinia in 1900) grew from an estimated 4 million people in 1900 to 90 million today, a growth of 22.5 times and the largest one we could find.
The world population tripled between 1500 and 1900, to an estimated 1564 million. In that period, the populations of the United Kingdom and the United States increased more than ten-fold, the population of the Netherlands increased five-fold.
Historical population. Before 1950. The following table uses astronomical year numbering for dates, negative numbers corresponding roughly to the corresponding year BC (for example, −10,000 = 8,000 BC, etc.).
