The world’s population in 1922

1.90B 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 1922

RegionPopulation
1Russian SFSR91.9M
2Weimar Republic61.3M
3Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN47.0M
4Empire of Japan45.1M
5United Kingdom43.0M
6Sichuan39.0M
7French Third Republic38.8M
8Shandong38.3M
9Kingdom of Italy35.4M
10Henan35.3M

The largest relative change from 1921: United Kingdom (−2.8M people).