Nation | GDP | ' |
United States | 529 | 0.206237817 |
United Kingdom | 473 | 0.184405458 |
China | 242 | 0.094346979 |
Germany | 239 | 0.093177388 |
Russia | 238 | 0.092787524 |
France | 164 | 0.063937622 |
Austria-Hungary | 100.5 | 0.038849903 |
Japan | 89 | 0.034697856 |
Italy | 95 | 0.037037037 |
Netherlands | 70 | 0.027290448 |
Spain | 46 | 0.017933723 |
Canada | 35 | 0.013645224 |
Belgium | 34 | 0.013255361 |
Australia | 28 | 0.010916179 |
Brazil | 24 | 0.009356725 |
Sweden | 17 | 0.00662768 |
Switzerland | 16 | 0.006237817 |
Mexico | 15 | 0.005847953 |
Ottoman Empire | 14 | 0.00545809 |
Denmark | 12 | 0.004678363 |
Portugal | 11 | 0.004288499 |
Egypt | 9 | 0.003508772 |
Greece | 9 | 0.003508772 |
Argentina | 8 | 0.003118908 |
Iran | 8 | 0.003118908 |
Bulgaria | 7 | 0.002729045 |
Serbia | 7 | 0.002729045 |
Thailand | 7 | 0.002729045 |
New Zealand | 6 | 0.002339181 |
Norway | 6 | 0.002339181 |
Colombia | 5 | 0.001949318 |
Peru | 4 | 0.001559454 |
Chile | 3 | 0.001169591 |
Venezuela | 3 | 0.001169591 |
Bolivia | 2 | 0.000779727 |
Cuba | 2 | 0.000779727 |
Ecuador | 2 | 0.000779727 |
Ethiopia | 2 | 0.000779727 |
Haiti | 2 | 0.000779727 |
Dominican Republic | 1 | 0.000389864 |
El Salvador | 1 | 0.000389864 |
Guatemala | 1 | 0.000389864 |
Honduras | 1 | 0.000389864 |
Nicaragua | 1 | 0.000389864 |
Paraguay | 1 | 0.000389864 |
Somalia | 1 | 0.000389864 |
Uruguay | 1 | 0.000389864 |
This list is based upon The Word Economy by Angus Maddison. I have adjusted the figures to reflect pre-WW1 boundaries. Colonies are included with the ruling nation. However, most British areas in the Middle East were actually protectorates and listed separately. The amounts are in billions of 1990 dollars. The figures have some problems because they are based upon modern boundaries and it is unclear whether the GDP represents the modern borders or historical borders.
There figures can be used as guide to area values. Note that some nations clearly had trouble turning their GDP's into effective military power (such as Russia and China).
Here are the figures with the colonies broken out:
Nation | Owner | GDP |
Algeria | France | 6 |
Angola | Portugal | 1 |
Argentina | Argentina | 8 |
Australia | Australia | 28 |
Austria | Austria-Hungary | 23 |
Bahrain | Bahrain | 0 |
Belgium | Belgium | 32 |
Benin | France | 1 |
Bolivia | Bolivia | 2 |
Botswana | United Kingdom | 0 |
Brazil | Brazil | 24 |
Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 7 |
Burkina Faso | France | 1 |
Burma | United Kingdom | 8 |
Burundi | Germany | 0 |
Cameroon | Germany | 1 |
Canada | Canada | 35 |
Cape Verde | Portugal | 0 |
Central African Rep. | France | 0 |
Chad | France | 1 |
Chile | Chile | 3 |
China | China | 242 |
Colombia | Colombia | 5 |
Comoros | France | 0 |
Congo | France | 0 |
Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 0 |
Côte d\'Ivoire | France | 1 |
Cuba | Cuba | 2 |
Czechoslovakia | Austria-Hungary | 28 |
Denmark | Denmark | 12 |
Djibouti | France | 0 |
Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 1 |
Ecuador | Ecuador | 2 |
Egypt | Egypt | 9 |
El Salvador | El Salvador | 1 |
Ethiopia and Eritrea | Ethiopia | 2 |
Finland | Russia | 6 |
France | France | 144 |
Gabon | France | 0 |
Gambia | United Kingdom | 0 |
Germany | Germany | 237 |
Ghana | United Kingdom | 2 |
Greece | Greece | 9 |
Guatemala | Guatemala | 1 |
Guinea | France | 0 |
Guinea Bissau | Portugal | 0 |
Haiti | Haiti | 2 |
Honduras | Honduras | 1 |
Hungary | Austria-Hungary | 16 |
India | United Kingdom | 204 |
Indonesia | Netherlands | 45 |
Iran | Iran | 8 |
Iraq | Ottoman Empire | 2 |
Israel | Ottoman Empire | 0 |
Italy | Italy | 95 |
Jamaica | United Kingdom | 1 |
Japan | Japan | 72 |
Jordan | Ottoman Empire | 0 |
Kenya | United Kingdom | 1 |
Kuwait | Kuwait | 0 |
Lebanon | Ottoman Empire | 0 |
Lesotho | United Kingdom | 0 |
Liberia | Liberia | 0 |
Madagascar | France | 2 |
Malawi | France | 0 |
Malaysia | United Kingdom | 3 |
Mali | France | 1 |
Mauritania | France | 0 |
Mauritius | France | 0 |
Mexico | Mexico | 15 |
Morocco | France | 4 |
Mozambique | Portugal | 3 |
Namibia | Germany | 0 |
Netherlands | Netherlands | 25 |
New Zealand | New Zealand | 6 |
Nicaragua | Nicaragua | 1 |
Niger | France | 1 |
Nigeria | United Kingdom | 9 |
Norway | Norway | 6 |
Oman | Oman | 0 |
Panama | Panama | 0 |
Paraguay | Paraguay | 1 |
Peru | Peru | 4 |
Philippines | United States | 10 |
Portugal | Portugal | 7 |
Puerto Rico | United States | 1 |
Reunion | France | 0 |
Russia | Russia | 232 |
Rwanda | Germany | 0 |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
Senegal | France | 1 |
Seychelles | France | 0 |
Sierra Leone | United Kingdom | 1 |
Singapore | United Kingdom | 0 |
Somalia | Somalia | 1 |
South Africa | United Kingdom | 10 |
South Korea | Japan | 14 |
Spain | Spain | 46 |
Sri Lanka | United Kingdom | 4 |
Sudan | United Kingdom | 2 |
Swaziland | United Kingdom | 0 |
Sweden | Sweden | 17 |
Switzerland | Switzerland | 16 |
Taiwan | Japan | 3 |
Tanzania | Germany | 1 |
Thailand | Thailand | 7 |
Togo | Germany | 0 |
Trinidad | United Kingdom | 0 |
Tunisia | France | 1 |
Turkey | Ottoman Empire | 10 |
UAE | Trucial States | 0 |
Uganda | United Kingdom | 1 |
United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 225 |
United States | United States | 518 |
Uruguay | Uruguay | 1 |
Venezuela | Venezuela | 3 |
West Bank/Gaza | Ottoman Empire | 0 |
Yemen | Ottoman Empire | 2 |
Serbia | Serbia | 7 |
Croatia-Slovenia | Austria-Hungary | 7 |
Zaire | Belgium | 2 |
Zambia | United Kingdom | 1 |
Zimbabwe | United Kingdom | 1 |