The British Empire (original) (raw)
The British Empire in 1924
The inter-war years period was something of a theoretical highpoint of Empire. Britain had been on the winning side of World War One and had been awarded a number of German and Turkish Colonies as League of Nations Mandates to govern. Of course, Britain had been fundamentally weakened by the four year long devastating war, but the relative decline in British power had not yet been fully appreciated by most people. Indeed, Britain held a huge British Empire exhibition in 1924 to celebrate the power and opportunities within the Empire. On paper, the British Empire appeared at its zenith, in reality it was going to be all down hill from here.
| Colony Name | Square Miles | Population | Annual Revenue(in Pounds Sterling) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 94,285 | 44,095,601 | 910,775,000 |
| Aden | 10,387 | 66,923 | 38,235 |
| Anglo-Egyptian Sudan | 1,014,000 | 5,850,000 | 3,880,000 |
| Ascension | 34 | 200 | - |
| Australia | 2,974,600 | 5,510,229 | 64,897,046 |
| Bahamas | 4,404 | 53,000 | 470,987 |
| Bahrain | 250 | 110,000 | - |
| Barbados | 166 | 155,800 | 340,815 |
| Basutoland | 11,700 | 498,781 | 209,800 |
| Bechuanaland | 275,000 | 152,980 | 84,980 |
| Bermuda | 20 | 20,127 | 201,380 |
| Brunei | 4,000 | 25,454 | 18,800 |
| Cameroons | 191,130 | 2,550,000 | 52,000 |
| Canada | 3,603,336 | 8,788,480 | 78,512,435 |
| Ceylon | 25,480 | 4,574,550 | 4,707,839 |
| Cyprus | 3,580 | 310,709 | 658,375 |
| Falkland Islands | 7,500 | 3,240 | 71,588 |
| Fiji | 7,083 | 157,266 | 752,083 |
| Gambia | 4,130 | 208,800 | 183,201 |
| Gibraltar | 2 | 17,160 | 249,133 |
| Gold Coast | 80,000 | 2,080,208 | 3,016,520 |
| Guiana | 89,500 | 307,391 | 968,957 |
| Honduras | 8,598 | 45,317 | 227,409 |
| India | 1,802,629 | 318,942,480 | 135,633,000 |
| Iraq | 143,250 | 2,849,280 | 3,437,000 |
| Irish Free State | 26,593 | 3,160,000 | 27,000,000 |
| Jamaica | 4,431 | 2,807,000 | 1,920,807 |
| Kenya | 246,800 | 2,807,000 | 2,979,000 |
| Leeward Islands | 715 | 122,240 | 304,100 |
| Malta | 118 | 213,024 | 1,063,750 |
| Mauritius | 809 | 385,000 | 2,678,000 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 162,734 | 263,000 | 1,734,000 |
| New Guinea | 89,770 | 417,600 | 91,644 |
| New Zealand | 103,568 | 1,250,940 | 26,250,000 |
| Nigeria | 336,700 | 18,500,000 | 4,876,746 |
| Norfolk Island | 13 | 717 | - |
| North Borneo | 31,000 | 208,000 | 372,119 |
| Nyasaland | 39,600 | 1,200,000 | 267,970 |
| Palestine | 9,000 | 757,180 | 2,269,000 |
| Papua Territory | 90,540 | 275,900 | 68,138 |
| Rhodesia, Northern | 281,000 | 931,500 | 235,000 |
| Rhodesia, Southern | 149,000 | 806,600 | 1,485,000 |
| Samoa | 1,250 | 37,791 | 135,569 |
| Sarawak | 42,000 | 600,000 | 331,000 |
| Seychelles | 158 | 25,000 | 41,317 |
| Sierra Leone | 31,660 | 1,541,311 | 638,315 |
| Somaliland | 68,000 | 300,000 | 80,270 |
| South Africa | 473,000 | 6,928,580 | 28,884,270 |
| South West Africa | 322,500 | 227,430 | 806,800 |
| St Helena | 47 | 3,600 | 7,000 |
| Straits Settlements | 52,000 | 2,788,000 | 10,966,119 |
| Swaziland | 6,678 | 133,560 | 87,104 |
| Tanganyika | 365,000 | 4,124,447 | 1,262,844 |
| Togoland | 33,600 | 1,030,000 | 127,444 |
| Tonga | 11,450 | 205,000 | 201,512 |
| Uganda | 109,000 | 3,066,327 | 803,173 |
| Windward Islands | 516 | 165,000 | 225,914 |
| Zanzibar | 1,020 | 200,000 | 455,773 |
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