Rank | Country /Territory | Population 1935 estimate |
Percentage of
World Population |
— | World | 3,514,245,075 |
— |
1 | China | 1,000,089,235 |
28.5% |
2 | (including colonies)
- British Raj – 652,408,776
- British Africa – 70,202,925
-
- Nigeria – 19,753,000
- South Africa — 10,160,000
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan – 6,342,500
- Tanganyika – 5,372,812
- Kenya – 4,500,000
- Uganda – 3,747,200
- 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
- Bechuanaland Protectorate – 275,000
- Gambia – 205,000
- Swaziland – 158,000
- Zanzibar – 150,088
- Seychelles – 31,500
- United Kingdom – 66,796,807
- Canada – 36,026,676
- Burma – 32,748,784
- Malaya – 31,505,208
- Australia – 23,932,502
- Hong Kong — 7,474,200
- New Zealand – 4,609,755
- British West Indies – 3,702,600
- Jamaica – 1,178,600
- British Honduras – 55,000
- Trinidad and Tobago – 476,000
- British Guiana – 339,000
- Windward Islands – 216,100
- Barbados – 177,000
- Leeward Islands – 142,400
- The Bahamas – 67,000
- Bermuda – 30,500
- Mandatory Palestine - 1,466,500
- Papua and New Guinea – 1,292,000
- Aden[note 1] – 994,000
- Jordan — 991,000
- Bhutan – 470,000
- Sarawak — 460,000
- British Western Pacific Territories – 425,820
- Cyprus — 393,000
- Muscat and Oman — 386,000
- Newfoundland – 314,900
- North Borneo — 300,000
- Malta – 269,000
- Trucial States — 110,000
- Maldives — 87,000
- Kuwait — 50,000
- Brunei – 38,000
- Gibraltar[1] – 19,000
-
Saint Helena – 4,700
- Falkland Islands – 2,400
|
934,265,033 |
26.6% |
3 | Japan (including colonies)
|
291,760,469 |
8.3% |
4 | Soviet Union
- Russian SFSR - 146,748,590
- Ukrainian SSR - 41,762,138
- Uzbek SSR - 33,905,000
- Kazakh SSR - 18,448,000
- Azerbaijan SSR - 9,981,400
- Byelorussian SSR - 9,452,000
- Tajik SSR - 9,121,600
- Kirghiz SSR - 6,523,500
- Turkmen SSR - 5,240,000
- Georgian SSR - 3,723,000
- Armenian SSR - 2,965,000
|
287,870,228 |
8.2% |
5 | United States[2]
- United States – 189,569,843
- Philippines – 43,629,412
- Cuba – 5,919,993
- Puerto Rico – 1,100,000
- Guam – 12,000
- American Samoa – 6,000
|
240,237,248 |
6.8% |
6 | Dutch Empire
|
152,599,858 |
4.3% |
7 | France (including colonies)[3][4][5]
- France – 67,399,000
- French Indochina – 32,890,171
- French North Africa[6][note 2] – 16,920,000
- French Equatorial Africa – 4,421,000
- French West Africa – 13,393,200
-
- French Sudan – 3,635,100
- French Upper Volta – 3,308,000
- French Guinea – 2,065,500
- Colony of Niger – 1,809,600
- French Dahomey – 1,532,000
- French Togoland – 1,043,000
- Syria – 2,516,000
- French Cameroons – 2,381,272
- Lebanon – 1,168,000
- French Comoros – 137,000
- French Polynesia – 51,200
- French Guiana – 24,000
|
141,249,643 |
4.0% |
7 | Brazil[4] |
104,706,198 |
3.0% |
8 | Germany |
85,190,556 |
2.4% |
9 | Italy (including colonies)
- Italy – 60,257,566
- Italian Libya – 6,959,000
- Italian Somaliland – 6,360,000
- Italian Eritrea – 3,601,000
- Italian Islands of the Aegean[7] – 132,489
- Italian concession of Tientsin[8] – 6,261
|
77,316,316 |
2.2% |
10 | Ethiopia |
72,709,299 |
2.1% |
11 | Thailand |
66,636,630 |
1.9% |
12 | Turkey |
59,614,362 |
1.7% |
13 | Spain (including colonies)[4]
|
50,031,670 |
1.4% |
14 | Argentina[4] |
45,808,747 |
1.3% |
15 | Poland[4] |
42,885,900 |
1.2% |
16 | Mexico[4] |
42,771,079 |
1.2% |
17 | Iran[4] |
38,425,919 |
1.1% |
18 | Yugoslavia[4] |
32,105,942 |
0.9% |
19 | Egypt[4] |
26,923,353 |
0.8% |
20 | Belgium (including colonies)[4]
|
26,660,397 |
1.2% |
21 | Romania[4] |
24,348,251 |
0.7% |
22 | Portugal (including colonies)[4]
- Portugal – 10,295,909
- Mozambique - 5,086,500
- Angola - 3,740,800
- Portuguese India - 624,100
- Portuguese Timor - 480,000
- Portuguese Guinea - 420,000
- Macau - 374,700
- Cape Verde - 181,300
- São Tomé and Príncipe - 61,000
|
21,264,309 |
0.9% |
23 | Hungary[4] |
16,818,391 |
0.7% |
24 | Colombia[4] |
12,574,571 |
0.5% |
25 | Afghanistan[4] |
12,506,347 |
0.5% |