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The empire's population was classified into white people, also referred to as Europeans, and non-white people, variously referred to as persons of color, negros and natives. [ 3 ] [ 10 ] The largest ethnic grouping in the empire was Indians (including what are now Pakistanis and Bangladeshis ), who were classified into 118 groups on the basis ...
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.
The British Empire comprised the ... 23 percent of the world population at the ... After the Fall of France in June 1940, Britain and the empire stood alone ...
Although not a direct measure of population, the lay subsidy rolls of 1334 can be used as a measure of both a settlement's size and stature and the table gives the 30 largest towns and cities in England according to that report. [12] The lay subsidy, an early form of poll tax, however, omitted a sizeable proportion of the population.
[b] In 1939 the British Empire and the Commonwealth together comprised a global power, with direct or de facto political and economic control of 25% of the world's population, and of 30% of its land mass. [3] The contribution of the British Empire and Commonwealth in terms of manpower and materiel was critical to the Allied war-effort. From ...
The basis of the British Empire was founded in the age ... that by 1901 80% of the British population lived in ... million in 1910, 228 million in 1940, and 153 ...
1940 in the British Empire (26 C) 1941 in the British Empire (20 C, 1 P) 1942 in the British Empire (26 C, 2 P) 1943 in the British Empire (25 C)
Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands (to 15 May 1940, from 5 May 1945) Capital: Amsterdam: Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 10 December 1945. Under occupation by Germany from 10 May 1940 to 5 May 1945 , also had a government in exile from 15 May 1940 to 5 May 1945.