The world’s population in 1929
2.02B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1929 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 1929
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 96.3M |
| 2 | Weimar Republic | 63.4M |
| 3 | Empire of Japan | 49.7M |
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN | 49.2M |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 44.5M |
| 6 | French Third Republic | 40.6M |
| 7 | Sichuan | 40.0M |
| 8 | Shandong | 39.7M |
| 9 | Java | 37.0M |
| 10 | British India (Bengal) | 36.5M |
The largest relative change from 1928: Byelorussian SSR (+302k people).