Rank	Country /Territory	Population 1907 estimate
-	World	1,700,000,000
1	China (Qing Dynasty)	300,000,000 - 400,000,000
2	India (UK)	263,539,000 - 314,417,000
3	Russian Empire	c. 150,000,000
4	United States	87,008,000
5	German Empire	62,010,000
6	Dutch East Indies (Netherlands)	45,880,000
7	Empire of Japan	40,000,000
8	Austria-Hungary	40,000,000
9	United Kingdom	39,700,000
10	France	38,343,000
11	Italy	33,640,700
12	Ottoman Empire	28,000,000
13	Spain	19,671,000
14	Korean Empire	17,000,000
15	Mexico	14,677,000
16	Congo Free State (Belgium)	14,000,000 - 30,000,000
17	Brazil	14,000,000
18	Poland (Russia)	11,138,700
19	Bohemia (Austria-Hungary)	9,825,000
20	Burma (British India)	9,606,000
21	Northern Nigeria (UK)	8,500,000
22	Egypt (UK)	8,000,000
23	Philippines (United States)	8,000,000
24	Southern Nigeria (UK)	7,500,000
25	Siam	7,200,000
26	Persia	7,000,000
27	Romania	6,630,000
28	Belgium	6,136,000
29	Annam (France)	6,000,000
30	Tongking (France)	6,000,000
31	Argentina	5,800,000
32	Portugal	5,758,000
33	Netherlands	5,616,000
34	Canada	5,500,000
35	Sweden	5,377,713
36	Afghanistan	5,000,000
37	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (UK and Egypt)	4,800,000
38	Nepal	4,789,000
39	Colombia	4,604,000
40	Ireland (UK)	4,390,000
41	Arabia (mainly includes (Hejaz, Nejd, Hadramaut and Yemen)	4,218,000
42	Morocco (France)	4,162,000
43	Abyssinia	4,000,000
44	Algeria (France)	4,000,000
45	Australia	4,000,000
46	Ceylon (UK)	3,700,000
47	Peru	3,700,000
48	Switzerland	3,525,300
49	Cameroon (Germany)	3,500,000
50	Formosa (Japan)	3,500,000
51	German East Africa (Germany)	3,500,000
52	Cochin-China (France)	3,200,000
53	Bulgaria	3,154,000
54	Chile	2,867,000
55	Greece	2,800,000
56	French Sudan (France)	2,800,000
57	Gold Coast (UK)	2,800,000
58	Venezuela	2,741,000
59	Madagascar (France)	2,706,700
60	Ruanda-Urundi (Germany)	2,700,000
61	Serbia	2,650,000
62	Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)	2,600,000
63	Grand Duchy of Finland (Russia)	2,431,000
64	Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)	2,400,000
65	Upper Volta (France)	2,375,000
66	Norway	2,324,800
67	Croatia-Slavonia (Austria-Hungary)	2,201,000
68	Denmark	2,182,000
69	Tunis (France)	1,890,000
70	Uganda (UK)	1,800,000
71	Kenya (UK)	1,700,000
72	French Guinea (France)	1,600,000
73	Niger (France)	1,570,000
74	Cape Colony (UK)	2,500,000
75	Cambodia (France)	1,500,000
76	Cuba	1,500,000
77	Bolivia	1,500,000
78	Transvaal (UK)	1,400,000
79	Ecuador	1,271,000
80	Bukhara (Russia)	1,250,000
81	Senegal (France)	1,230,000
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austria-Hungary)	1,200,000
83	Natal (UK)	1,200,000
84	El Salvador	1,116,300
85	Porto Rico (United States)	1,100,000
86	Guatemala	1,046,000
87	Uruguay	1,026,000
88	Sierra Leone (UK) (including protectorate)	1,000,000
89	Tripoli (Ottoman Empire)	1,000,000
90	New Zealand	967,000
91	Ivory Coast (France)	950,000
91	Togoland (Germany)	920,000
92	Federated Malay States (UK)	900,000
93	Nyasaland (UK)	850,000
94	Jamaica (UK)	820,000
95	Chad (France)	810,000
96	Northern Rhodesia (UK)	770,000
97	Southern Rhodesia (UK)	734,000
98	Paraguay	715,000
99	Liberia	664,000
100	Oubangui-Chari (France)	630,000
101	Dominican Republic	610,000
102	Dahomey (France)	570,000
103	Straits Settlements (UK)	550,000
104	Laos (France)	550,000
105	Mauretania (France)	540,000
106	Nicaragua	515,000
107	Honduras	505,000
108	Muscat and Oman	500,000
109	Sarawak	500,000
110	Portuguese India (Portugal)	475,000
111	Italian Somaliland (Italy)	400,000
112	Khiva (Russia)	400,000
113	Orange River Colony (earlier called Orange Free State) (UK)	400,000
114	Territory of Papua (UK, de facto Australia)	400,000
115	Basutoland (UK)	383,000
116	Mauritius (UK)	375,000
117	Canary Islands (Spain)	360,000
118	Costa Rica	341,600
119	Hong Kong (UK)	325,000
120	Montenegro	320,000
121	Trinidad and Tobago (UK)	320,000
122	Panama	318,000
123	Crete	310,000
124	North Borneo (UK)	300,000
125	British Guiana (UK)	300,000
126	British Somaliland (UK)	300,000
127	Portuguese Timor (Portugal)	300,000
128	Bhutan	280,000
129	French India (France)	280,000
130	Middle Congo (also called French Congo) (France)	280,000
131	Azores (Portugal)	260,000
132	Luxembourg	252,000
133	Zanzibar (UK and Oman)	250,000
134	Cyprus (UK)	240,000
135	Newfoundland	230,000
136	Gabon (France)	240,000
137	Eritrea (Italy)	220,000
138	German South West Africa (Germany)	210,000
140	Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)	200,000
141	Malta (UK)	195,000
142	Guadeloupe (France)	190,000
143	German New Guinea (Germany)	188,000
144	Kwang-Chou-Wan (France)	185,000
145	Martinique (France)	185,000
146	Barbados (UK)	182,000
147	Réunion (France)	178,000
148	Gambia (UK)	165,000
149	Madeira (Portugal)	160,000
150	Hawaii (United States)	154,000
151	Spanish Guinea (or Rio Muni) (Spain)	150,000
152	Cape Verde (Portugal)	140,000
153	British Solomon Islands (UK)	135,000
154	Fiji (UK)	125,000
155	Comoros (France)	112,000
156	Bechuanaland (UK)	90,000
157	Swaziland (UK)	90,000
158	Dutch Guiana (Netherlands)	86,000
159	Iceland (Denmark)	82,000
160	Macau (Portugal)	80,000
161	Bahrain (UK)	70,000
162	Grenada (UK)	70,000
163	Trucial Oman (UK)	70,000
164	Sao Tomé and Principe (Portugal)	61,000
165	Kiaochow (Germany)	60,000
166	Sikkim (British India)	60,000
167	Isle of Man (UK)	57,000
168	Maldives (UK)	56,000
169	Bahamas (UK)	55,000
170	Jersey (UK)	54,000
171	New Caledonia (France)	54,000
172	French Somaliland (France)	50,000
173	German Solomon Islands (Germany)	50,000
174	and New Hebrides (shared between UK and France)	50,000
175	Saint Lucia (UK)	50,000
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (UK)	49,000
177	Aden Protectorate (UK)	45,000
178	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	44,000
179	British Honduras (UK)	45,000
180	Saint Kitts (with Nevis) (UK)	45,000
181	Guernsey (UK)	42,000
182	Kuwait (UK)	40,000
183	Rio de Oro (Spain)	40,000
184	German Samoa	37,000
185	Caroline Islands (Germany)	36,000
186	Antigua (with Barbuda and Redonda) (UK)	35,000
187	Dominica (UK)	32,000
188	Gilbert Islands (UK)	30,000
189	French Polynesia (France)	30,000
190	Gibraltar (UK)	29,000
191	Danish Virgin Islands (Denmark)	28,000
192	Fernando Po (Spain)	25,000
193	French Guiana (France)	24,000
194	Brunei (UK)	22,000
195	Spanish Morocco (mainly Ceuta and Melilla) (Spain)	22,000
196	Seychelles (UK)	22,000
197	Tonga (UK)	21,000
198	Bermuda (UK)	20,000
199	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	17,000
200	Monaco	19,000
201	Micronesia (Germany)	15,000
202	Witu (UK)	15,000
203	Marshall Islands (Germany)	15,000
204	Greenland (Denmark)	13,000
205	Guam (United States)	12,000
206	Montserrat (UK)	12,000
207	Qatar (UK)	11,000
208	San Marino	11,000
209	Liechtenstein	10,000
210	Andorra	6,000
211	Cook Islands (UK)	6,000
212	American Samoa (United States)	6,000
213	Wallis and Futuna (France)	6,000
214	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	5,500
215	British Virgin Islands (UK)	5,000
216	Cayman Islands (UK)	5,000
217	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	5,000
218	Anguilla (UK)	4,500
219	Saint Helena (UK)	4,500
220	Palau (Germany)	4,000
221	Niue (UK)	4,000
222	Elobey, Annobón and Corisco (Spain)	3,000
223	Moresnet (Neutral territory)	3,000
224	Mariana Islands (Germany)	2,500
225	Ellice Islands (UK)	2,400
226	Falkland Islands (UK)	2,300
227	Nauru (Germany)	1,500
228	Christmas Island (UK)	900
229	Vatican City	700
230	Cocos Islands (UK)	650
231	Tokelau Islands (UK)	500
232	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	170
233	Goust	150
234	Ascension Island (UK)	c. 100-200?
235	Tristan da Cunha (UK)	95
236	Tavolara	60
237	Phoenix Islands (UK)	60

References

Originally this site incorporated statistics from the Nuttall Encyclopedia published in 1907. The list includes the populations of all countries, states and territories listed in the Encyclopedia with an estimated population. The populations listed here, rounded to the nearest 1,000, represent the best estimate of population by the editors of the Nuttall Encyclopedia.

The other main sources are:

http://www.populstat.info/

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Page

http://www.zum.de/psm/imperialismus/kolonialatlas05/atlas002.php

See also

• List of countries by population in 2005
• List of countries by population