The world’s population in 1934

2.13B 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, Nazi Germany, French Indochina, French West Africa, Korea, Mandatory Palestine, Yugoslavia.

Largest populations in 1934

RegionPopulation
1Russian SFSR102.4M
2Nazi Germany65.5M
3Empire of Japan53.4M
4Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN51.8M
5United Kingdom45.5M
6Sichuan41.3M
7Shandong41.2M
8French Third Republic41.1M
9Java39.6M
10British India (Bengal)38.2M

The largest relative change from 1933: French Syria (+105k people).