The world’s population in 1940
2.22B people. One hexagon represents 100,000 people.
Open the 1940 map →Drawn as they stood de facto, the map this year includes French Equatorial Africa, Nazi Germany, French Indochina, French West Africa, Korea, Mandatory Palestine, Yugoslavia.
Largest populations in 1940
| Region | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nazi Germany | 65.1M |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, IN | 55.9M |
| 3 | Empire of Japan | 55.6M |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 46.7M |
| 5 | Shandong | 43.2M |
| 6 | Sichuan | 42.9M |
| 7 | Java | 42.8M |
| 8 | Brazil | 41.2M |
| 9 | British India (Bengal) | 40.2M |
| 10 | Henan | 39.4M |
The largest relative change from 1939: Kingdom of Romania (−2.3M people).