The world’s population in 1915

1.82B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.

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

Largest populations in 1915

RegionPopulation
1United States99.1M
2Russia90.3M
3German Empire67.1M
4Austrian Galicia51.8M
5Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN47.6M
6United Kingdom44.8M
7Empire of Japan41.6M
8French Third Republic39.1M
9Sichuan36.7M
10Shandong35.6M

The largest relative change from 1914: Germany (+18.9M people).