The world’s population in 1919

1.86B 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, Czechoslovakia, Weimar Republic, French Indochina, French West Africa, Korea, Ottoman Empire, Mandatory Palestine, Yugoslavia.

Largest populations in 1919

RegionPopulation
1Russian SFSR91.4M
2Weimar Republic60.5M
3Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN47.0M
4United Kingdom45.5M
5Empire of Japan43.3M
6French Third Republic38.4M
7Sichuan38.3M
8Shandong37.4M
9Henan34.6M
10Kingdom of Italy34.6M

The largest relative change from 1918: Aden and the protectorates (−142k people).