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France 1939. Continental pop is about the same as 2022 Ukraine pop estimate, with colonies over double. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_popu
by adolph 5y ago
France 1939. Continental pop is about the same as 2022 Ukraine pop estimate, with colonies over double.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_in_1939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_populatio...
- Mikeb85 5y agoNot including overseas colonies France 1939 was 40 million, Ukraine population 2021 (edit - and apparently 2022 as well) was 43.5 million. And IMO overseas colonies don't count as they weren't invaded and also weren't included in the democratic process back then. Also bigger is bigger. But the fact that the next biggest was France in WWII is a great example of how significant the invasion of Ukraine actually is...