The world’s population in 1920

1.88B 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 1920

RegionPopulation
1Russian SFSR91.6M
2Weimar Republic60.8M
3Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN46.8M
4United Kingdom45.7M
5Empire of Japan44.1M
6Sichuan38.7M
7French Third Republic38.2M
8Shandong37.9M
9Henan35.0M
10Kingdom of Italy34.9M

The largest relative change from 1919: First Republic of Armenia, ARM (+279k people).