The world’s population in 1916
1.84B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1916 map →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 1916
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 100.5M |
| 2 | Russia | 90.6M |
| 3 | German Empire | 66.9M |
| 4 | Austrian Galicia | 51.9M |
| 5 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN | 47.4M |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 44.9M |
| 7 | Empire of Japan | 42.2M |
| 8 | French Third Republic | 38.9M |
| 9 | Sichuan | 37.1M |
| 10 | Shandong | 36.1M |
The largest relative change from 1915: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (+1.0M people).