The world’s population in 1938
2.20B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1938 map →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 1938
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nazi Germany | 68.1M |
| 2 | Empire of Japan | 55.2M |
| 3 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN | 54.5M |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 46.3M |
| 5 | Shandong | 42.5M |
| 6 | Sichuan | 42.3M |
| 7 | Java | 41.7M |
| 8 | French Third Republic | 41.0M |
| 9 | Brazil | 40.2M |
| 10 | British India (Bengal) | 39.5M |
The largest relative change from 1937: Nazi Germany exclave (−42k people).