The world’s population in 1923

1.92B 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, Mandatory Palestine, Yugoslavia.

Largest populations in 1923

RegionPopulation
1Russian SFSR92.1M
2Weimar Republic61.5M
3Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN47.3M
4Empire of Japan45.6M
5United Kingdom43.2M
6Sichuan39.2M
7French Third Republic39.1M
8Shandong38.5M
9Kingdom of Italy35.5M
10Henan35.5M

The largest relative change from 1922: French Lebanon (+155k people).