The world’s population in 1931
2.06B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1931 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 1931
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 98.7M |
| 2 | Weimar Republic | 64.1M |
| 3 | Empire of Japan | 51.2M |
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN | 49.8M |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 44.9M |
| 6 | French Third Republic | 41.1M |
| 7 | Sichuan | 40.4M |
| 8 | Shandong | 40.2M |
| 9 | Java | 38.0M |
| 10 | British India (Bengal) | 37.2M |
The largest relative change from 1930: French Tunisia (+144k people).