Japanese Overseas Possessions
Japan annexed Taiwan after the First Sino-Japanese War, while victory in the Russo-Japanese War gained Japan the Kwantung Leased Territory, Karafuto, and Korea. These acquisitions increased the area controlled by Japanese to 262,912 square miles (680,939 km2).
The total population of the Empire of Japan, including Taiwan, Korea and Karafuto was 64,940,034 in Dec 31, 1908, which could be broken down as follows:
- Japan proper: 51,742,486
- Korea: 9,918,566
- Taiwan: 3,252,589
- Karafuto: 26,393
And the population of concessions as of Dec 31, 1908 was as follows:
- Kwantung: 427,117
- Railway Zone: 28,307
Territory | 1920-10-01 | 1925-10-01 | 1930-10-01 | 1935-10-01 | 1940-10-01 | Area as of 1920 (km2) |
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Empire of Japan | 76,988,379 | 83,456,929 | 90,396,043 | 97,697,555 | 103,727,610 | 674,612.076 |
Japan Proper | 55,963,053 | 59,736,822 | 64,450,005 | 69,254,148 | 73,114,308 | 381,808.042 |
Taiwan | 3,655,308 | 3,993,408 | 4,592,537 | 5,212,426 | 5,872,084 | 35,973.550 |
Korea | 17,264,119 | 19,522,945 | 21,058,305 | 22,899,038 | 24,326,327 | 220,740.718 |
Karafuto | 105,899 | 203,754 | 295,196 | 331,943 | 414,891 | 36,089.766 |
Concessions | 919,568 | 1,054,074 | 1,328,011 | 1,656,726 | 1,367,334 | 4,168.804 |
Kwantung | 688,130 | 765,776 | 955,741 | 1,134,081 | 1,367,334 | 3,374.655 |
Railway Zone | 231,438 | 288,298 | 372,270 | 522,645 | To Manchuria | 242.149 |
Tsingtao | 248,209 | To Republic of China | 552.000 | |||
South Pacific Mandate | 52,222 | 56,294 | 69,626 | 102,537 | 131,258 | 2,514.026 |
Total | 78,208,378 | 84,567,297 | 91,793,680 | 99,456,818 | 105,226,202 | 681,294.906 |
The census population in 1940 was:
- Japan proper: 73,114,308 (of whom 71,810,022 were Japanese, 1,241,315 were Koreans, 22,499 were Taiwanese, 986 were Karafuto natives, 249 were South Pacific natives, and 39,237 of other nationalities)
- Korea: 24,327,326 (of whom 707,742 were Japanese, 23,547,465 were Koreans, 226 were Taiwanese, 2 were South Pacific natives, and 70,892 of other nationalities)
- Formosa: 5,746,959 (of whom 312,386 were Japanese, 5,510,259 were Taiwanese, 2,376 were Koreans, and 47,062 of other nationalities)
- Karafuto: 339,357 (of whom 394,603 were Japanese, 19,505 were Koreans, 396 were Karafuto natives, 35 were Taiwanese, and 352 of other nationalities)
- Kwantung: 1,889,123 (of whom 198,188 were Japanese, 6,384 were Koreans, 550 were Taiwanese, 1,158,083 were of Manchurian nationality, and 4,129 of other nationalities)
- South Seas Mandate: 161,792 (of whom 77,011 were Japanese, 50,648 were South Pacific natives, 3,472 were Koreans, 7 were Taiwanese, and 120 of other nationalities)
Total: 105,226,202 (of whom 73,499,952 were Japanese, 24,820,517 were Koreans, 5,533,576 were Taiwanese, 50,899 were South Pacific natives, 1,382 were Karafuto natives, 1,158,083 were of Manchurian nationality in Kwangtung, and 161,792 of other nationalities)
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