The world’s population in 1932

2.08B 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 1932

RegionPopulation
1Russian SFSR99.9M
2Weimar Republic64.4M
3Empire of Japan52.0M
4Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN50.5M
5United Kingdom45.1M
6French Third Republic41.1M
7Sichuan40.7M
8Shandong40.5M
9Java38.6M
10British India (Bengal)37.5M

The largest relative change from 1931: French Syria (+105k people).