Demographics of Imperial Japan - Japanese Overseas Possessions

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)
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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