List of countries by population in 1925

This is a list of countries by population in 1925. It is not a complete list: some nations that existed at the time are not yet listed.

Map of the world in 1925

Rank	Country	Population 1925 estimate	Percentage of World Population
—	World	~2,000,000,000[1]	—
1	China	~466,849,143[2]	~23.3%
2	British Empire constituents  United Kingdom — 47,307,000  British Raj — 318,942,000 British Africa — 47,993,000 Other Asian colonies — 13,373,000  Canada — 9,047,000  Australia — 7,603,000 European dependencies — 656,000  British West Indies — 2,012,000	449,223,000[3]	22.5%
3	Soviet Union	147,000,000[4]	7.4%
4	United States constituents  United States — 115,829,000  Philippines — 10,400,000	126,229,000[5][6]	6.3%
5	France	99,086,400[7]	5%
6	Empire of Japan	84,567,297	4.2%
7	Germany	62,411,000[8]	3.1%
8	Dutch Empire constituents  Netherlands — 7,366,000  Dutch East Indies — 50,200,000  Surinam — ~134,994  Netherlands Antilles — 44,000	~58,140,994[9]	2.9%
9	Kingdom of Italy constituents  Italy — 39,165,000  Italy Libya — ~906,000  Italian Somaliland — 400,000  Italian Eritrea — 220,000	~40,691,000[4]	2%
10	Brazil	30,600,000[6]	1.5%
11	Poland	26,425,000[4]	1.3%
12	Spanish Empire constituents  Spain — 22,160,000  Spanish Guinea (or Río Muni) — 150,000  Rio de Oro — 40,000  Fernando Po — 25,000  Spanish Morocco (mainly Ceuta and Melilla) — 22,000  Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco — 3,000	22,400,000[10][11][12]	1.1%
11	Belgian colonial empire constituents  Belgium — 7,748,000  Belgian Congo — 10,300,000	18,048,000[6]	0.9%
12	Mexico	16,000,000[6]	0.8%
13	Portugal constituents  Portugal — 6,370,000  Portuguese East Africa — ~3,998,656  Portuguese West Africa — ~3,154,200  Portuguese India — ~558,869  Portuguese Timor — ~401,250  Portuguese Guinea — ~323,750  Macau — ~245,769  Cape Verde — ~163,231  São Tomé and Príncipe — 61,000	~15,276,725[13][14][15]	0.76%
14	Turkey	14,200,000[6]	0.71%
15	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	14,000,000[4]	0.7%
16	Romania	14,000,000	0.7%
17	Czechoslovakia	13,537,000[4]
18	Ethiopian Empire	12,700,000[6]
19	Qajar Iran	12,500,000[6]
20	Siam	11,200,000[6]
21	Argentina	10,500,000[16][17]
22	Hungary	8,299,000[4]
23	Colombia	7,061,000[4]
24	Austria	6,582,000[4]
25	Emirate of Afghanistan	6,100,000[6]
26	Sweden	6,053,562[18]
27	Kingdom of Greece	~5,952,230[19]
28	Nepal	5,553,000[20]
29	Peru	5,120,000[6]
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