The world’s population in 1935

2.14B 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 1935

RegionPopulation
1Nazi Germany66.1M
2Empire of Japan54.1M
3Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN52.5M
4United Kingdom45.7M
5Sichuan41.5M
6Shandong41.5M
7French Third Republic41.1M
8Java40.1M
9Brazil38.6M
10British India (Bengal)38.5M

The largest relative change from 1934: French Syria (+105k people).