The world’s population in 1928
2.00B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1928 map →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 1928
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 95.1M |
| 2 | Weimar Republic | 63.0M |
| 3 | Empire of Japan | 49.0M |
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN | 48.8M |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 44.3M |
| 6 | French Third Republic | 40.4M |
| 7 | Sichuan | 39.9M |
| 8 | Shandong | 39.5M |
| 9 | Java | 36.5M |
| 10 | Henan | 36.3M |
The largest relative change from 1927: Byelorussian SSR (+302k people).