The world’s population in 1909

1.73B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.

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Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes French Congo, Austrian Galicia, German Empire, French Indochina, French West Africa, Korean Empire, Ottoman Empire.

Largest populations in 1909

RegionPopulation
1United States90.6M
2Russia83.3M
3German Empire62.3M
4Austrian Galicia51.0M
5Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN48.2M
6United Kingdom43.3M
7French Third Republic38.8M
8Empire of Japan38.3M
9Sichuan34.5M
10Shandong33.2M

The largest relative change from 1908: Cuba (+70k people).