The world’s population in 1918
1.86B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1918 map →Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes French Equatorial Africa, Austrian Galicia, Czechoslovakia, German Empire, French Indochina, French West Africa, Korea, Ottoman Empire, Mandatory Palestine, Yugoslavia.
Largest populations in 1918
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 91.2M |
| 2 | German Empire | 66.4M |
| 3 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN | 47.1M |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 45.3M |
| 5 | Empire of Japan | 43.2M |
| 6 | French Third Republic | 38.6M |
| 7 | Sichuan | 37.9M |
| 8 | Shandong | 37.0M |
| 9 | Henan | 34.2M |
| 10 | Kingdom of Italy | 33.1M |
The largest relative change from 1917: Austrian Galicia (−32.9M people).