The world’s population in 1926

1.97B 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 1926

RegionPopulation
1Russian SFSR92.7M
2Weimar Republic62.3M
3Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN48.2M
4Empire of Japan47.6M
5United Kingdom43.9M
6French Third Republic40.0M
7Sichuan39.6M
8Shandong39.1M
9Henan36.0M
10Kingdom of Italy35.9M

The largest relative change from 1925: Mongolia (+32k people).