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Population distribution by country in 1939

This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, occupied or colonized territories for empires), providing an approximate overview of the world population before World War II.

Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1939 (which were on various dates in that year).

Rank Country/territory Population c. 1939 Percentage of world's population
  World[1] 2,300,000,000 –
1 List of countries by population in 1939 British Empire[2][3]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 United Kingdom – 47,760,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 India – 377,800,000
    • British Africa – 80,235,225
      constituents
        • Nigeria – 19,753,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Egypt – 16,492,000
        • Anglo-Egyptian Sudan – 6,342,500
        • Tanganyika – 5,372,812
        • Kenya – 4,500,000
        • Uganda – 3,747,200
        • Gold Coast – 3,700,300
        • Sierra Leone – 1,974,700
        • Nyasaland – 1,680,000
        • Southern Rhodesia – 1,400,000
        • Northern Rhodesia – 1,390,000
        • British Cameroons – 1,024,425
        • Basutoland – 622,000
        • Mauritius – 422,000
        • British Somaliland – 350,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Bechuanaland Protectorate – 275,000
        • Gambia – 205,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Swaziland – 158,000
        • Zanzibar – 150,088
        • Seychelles – 31,500
    • Burma – 16,119,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Australia – 6,968,000
    • Malaya – 5,386,300
      constituents
        • Federated Malay States — 2,145,000
        •   Unfederated Malay States — 1,871,000
        • Straits Settlements — 1,370,300
    • British West Indies – 3,702,600
      constituents
        • Jamaica – 1,178,600
        • British Honduras – 55,000
        • Trinidad and Tobago – 476,000
        • British Guiana – 339,000
        • Windward Islands – 216,100
          constituents
            • Grenada – 89,000
            • List of countries by population in 1939 Saint Lucia – 69,100
            • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – 58,000
        • Barbados – 177,000
        • Leeward Islands – 142,400
          constituents
            • Dominica – 50,600
            • Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla – 37,600
            • Antigua and Barbuda – 34,100
            • Montserrat – 13,700
            • British Virgin Islands – 6,400
        • The Bahamas – 67,000
        • Bermuda – 30,500
    • List of countries by population in 1939 New Zealand – 1,668,800
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Mandatory Palestine – 1,466,500
    • Papua and New Guinea – 1,292,000
    • Hong Kong — 1,282,000
    • Aden[note 1] – 994,000
    • Jordan — 991,000
    • Sarawak — 460,000
    • British Western Pacific Territories – 425,820
      constituents
        • Fiji — 210,500
        • Solomon Islands — 95,000
        • New Hebrides — 43,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Tonga — 35,000
        • Gilbert and Ellice Islands — 33,400
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Niue — 4,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Nauru – 3,400
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Tokelau — 1,300
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Pitcairn Islands – 220
    • Cyprus — 393,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Muscat and Oman — 386,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Newfoundland – 314,900
    • North Borneo — 300,000
    • Malta – 269,000
    •   Trucial States — 110,000
    • Maldives — 87,000
    • Kuwait — 50,000
    • Brunei – 38,000
    • Gibraltar[4] – 19,000
    • Saint Helena – 4,700
    • Falkland Islands – 2,400
 545,463,825 23.7%
2 List of countries by population in 1939 Japanese Empire[2][3]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Japan – 71,900,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Recently occupied China – 200,000,000
      including
        • Reformed Government of the Republic of China
        • Provisional Government of the Republic of China
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Mengjiang
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Manchukuo – 50,000,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Korea – 24,326,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Formosa – 6,586,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 South Pacific Mandate – 127,000
 304,119,000 13.2%
3 List of countries by population in 1939 China[3] 267,568,000 11.6%
4 List of countries by population in 1939 Soviet Union[5]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Russian SFSR – 108,377,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Ukrainian SSR – 32,425,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Uzbek SSR – 6,271,269
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Kazakh SSR – 6,081,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Byelorussian SSR – 5,568,994
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Georgian SSR – 3,540,023
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Azerbaijan SSR – 3,205,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Kirghiz SSR – 1,458,213
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Tajik SSR – 1,458,091
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Armenian SSR – 1,282,338
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Turkmen SSR – 1,251,883
 170,918,811 7.4%
5 List of countries by population in 1939 United States[3]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 United States – 131,028,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Hawaii – 422,770
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Alaska – 59,278
    • Puerto Rico – 1,543,913
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Philippines – 16,000,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Guam – 22,800
 148,594,713 6.5%
6 List of countries by population in 1939 French Empire[2][3][6]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 France – 42,000,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French Indochina – 24,664,000
    • French North Africa[7][note 2] – 16,920,000
      constituents
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Algeria – 7,517,000
        • French Morocco – 6,622,200
        • French Tunisia – 2,781,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French West Africa – 13,393,200
      constituents
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Sudan – 3,635,100
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Upper Volta – 3,308,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Guinea – 2,065,500
        • List of countries by population in 1939 Colony of Niger – 1,809,600
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Dahomey – 1,532,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Togoland – 1,043,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French Equatorial Africa – 4,421,000
      constituents
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Congo – 2,400,000
        • List of countries by population in 1939 French Chad – 2,021,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French Madagascar – 3,900,000
    • Syria – 2,516,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French Cameroons – 2,381,272
    • Lebanon – 1,168,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French Comoros – 137,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French Polynesia – 51,200
    • List of countries by population in 1939 French Guiana – 24,000
 111,524,472 4.8%
7 List of countries by population in 1939 Germany[2][3][8]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Germany – 69,314,000
    • Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia – 7,380,000
    • Austria – 6,658,000
    • Sudetenland – 3,261,636
    • Memel – 141,645
 86,755,281 3.8%
8 List of countries by population in 1939 Dutch Empire[3]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Netherlands – 8,729,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Dutch East Indies – 69,435,000
    • Dutch Guyana – 173,100
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Aruba – 29,200
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Curaçao and Dependencies – ?
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Sint Maarten – ?
 78,366,300 3.4%
9 List of countries by population in 1939 Italian Empire[2][3][9]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Italy – 43,400,000
    • Italian East Africa – 12,100,000
    • Albania[10] – 1,063,893
    • Italian Libya – 893,774
    • Italian Islands of the Aegean[11] – 132,489
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Italian concession of Tientsin[12] – 6,261
 57,596,517 2.5%
10 List of countries by population in 1939 Brazil[3] 40,289,000 1.8%
11 List of countries by population in 1939 Poland[3] 34,849,000 1.5%
12 List of countries by population in 1939 Spanish Empire[3]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Spain – 25,637,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Spanish Morocco[7][3][note 3] – 735,800
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Spanish Sahara[13]– 450,000
 26,822,800 1.2%
13 List of countries by population in 1939 Belgian Empire[3]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Belgium – 8,387,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Belgian Congo – 10,304,100
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Ruanda-Urundi – 3,800,000
 22,491,000 1.0%
14 List of countries by population in 1939 Romania[3] 19,933,800 0.9%
15 List of countries by population in 1939 Mexico[3] 19,320,000 0.8%
16 List of countries by population in 1939 Portuguese Empire[3]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Portugal – 7,627,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Mozambique – 5,086,500
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Angola – 3,740,800
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Portuguese India – 624,100
      constituents
        • Goa – 583,700
        • Dadra and Nagar Haveli – 40,400
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Portuguese Timor – 480,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Portuguese Guinea – 420,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Macau – 374,700
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Cape Verde – 181,300
    • List of countries by population in 1939 São Tomé and Príncipe – 61,000
 18,595,400 0.8%
17 List of countries by population in 1939 Turkey[3] 17,370,000 0.8%
18 List of countries by population in 1939 Yugoslavia[3] 15,490,000 0.7%
19 List of countries by population in 1939 Thailand[3] 15,023,000 0.7%
20 List of countries by population in 1939 Persia[3] 14,340,000 0.6%
21 List of countries by population in 1939 Argentina[3] 13,948,000 0.6%
22 List of countries by population in 1939 Canada[14][a] 11,267,000 0.5%
23 List of countries by population in 1939 Union of South Africa[b] 10,160,000 0.4%
24 List of countries by population in 1939 Hungary[3] 9,129,000 0.4%
25 List of countries by population in 1939 Colombia[3] 8,896,000 0.4%
26 List of countries by population in 1939 Greece[3] 7,222,000 0.3%
27 List of countries by population in 1939 Afghanistan 6,970,000 0.3%
28 List of countries by population in 1939 Peru[3] 6,572,000 0.3%
29 List of countries by population in 1939 Bulgaria[3] 6,458,000 0.3%
30 List of countries by population in 1939 Sweden[3] 6,341,000 0.3%
31 List of countries by population in 1939 Nepal[3] 6,087,000 0.3%
32 List of countries by population in 1939 Chile[3] 4,914,000 0.2%
33 List of countries by population in 1939 Cuba[3] 4,235,000 0.18%
34 List of countries by population in 1939  Switzerland[3] 4,210,000 0.18%
35 List of countries by population in 1939 Denmark (including colonies)[3][15][16]
subdivisions
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Denmark – 3,795,000
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Iceland – 118,900
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Faroe Islands – 26,900
    • List of countries by population in 1939 Greenland – 18,400
 3,959,200 0.17%
36 List of countries by population in 1939 Finland[3] 3,700,000 0.16%
37 List of countries by population in 1939 Iraq[3] 3,698,000 0.16%
38 List of countries by population in 1939 Venezuela[3] 3,628,000 0.16%
39 List of countries by population in 1939 Ireland[3] 2,960,000 0.13%
40 List of countries by population in 1939 Norway[3] 2,945,000 0.13%
41 List of countries by population in 1939 Yemen[3][note 4] 2,775,000 0.12%
42 List of countries by population in 1939 Haiti[3] 2,707,000 0.12%
43 List of countries by population in 1939 Saudi Arabia[3] 2,670,000 0.12%
44 List of countries by population in 1939 Bolivia[3] 2,659,000 0.12%
45 List of countries by population in 1939 Slovakia[17] 2,655,000 0.12%
46 List of countries by population in 1939 Lithuania[3] 2,575,000 0.11%
47 List of countries by population in 1939 Ecuador[3] 2,412,000 0.10%
48 List of countries by population in 1939 Guatemala[3] 2,150,000 0.093%
49 List of countries by population in 1939 Latvia[3] 1,994,500 0.087%
50 List of countries by population in 1939 Uruguay[3] 1,953,000 0.085%
51 List of countries by population in 1939 Dominican Republic[3] 1,634,000 0.071%
52 List of countries by population in 1939 El Salvador[3] 1,459,600 0.063%
53 List of countries by population in 1939 Estonia[3] 1,134,000 0.049%
54 List of countries by population in 1939 Honduras[3] 1,096,950 0.048%
55 List of countries by population in 1939 Albania[3] 1,073,000 0.047%
56 List of countries by population in 1939 Tibet[3] 1,000,000 0.043%
57 List of countries by population in 1939 Paraguay[3] 931,800 0.041%
58 List of countries by population in 1939 Mongolia[3] 819,000 0.036%
59 List of countries by population in 1939 Nicaragua[3] 806,000 0.035%
60 List of countries by population in 1939 Liberia[3] 780,000 0.034%
61 List of countries by population in 1939 Costa Rica[3] 623,400 0.027%
62 List of countries by population in 1939 Panama[3] 605,000 0.026%
63 List of countries by population in 1939 Bhutan (semi-independent British protectorate) 470,000 0.020%
64 List of countries by population in 1939 Danzig[18][note 5] 408,000 0.018%
65 List of countries by population in 1939 Luxembourg[3] 295,000 0.013%
66 List of countries by population in 1939 Monaco[3] 24,000 0.0010%
67 List of countries by population in 1939 San Marino[3] 14,500 0.00063%
68 List of countries by population in 1939 Liechtenstein[3] 13,000 0.00057%
69 List of countries by population in 1939 Andorra[3] 6,000 0.00026%
70 List of countries by population in 1939 Vatican City[3] 1,000 0.000046%
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