By the beginning of world war 1, about how much of the world's population lived in a colony?

A) one-sixteenth

B) one-eighth

C) one-third

D) one half

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Zoe Rivas

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2 March, 01:41

By the beginning of world war 1, about how much of the world's population lived in a colony?

A) one-sixteenth

B) one-eighth

C) one-third

D) one half

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Jaida Simmons · Answer 1

By the beginning of the First World War, the world population was about 1.6 billion. Europe and North America controlled 84 % of the land surface. There were only 35 independent countries and almost half of them were in the Americas. Asia had the largest part of world's population : about 60% and around 390 million of its inhabitants lived in colonies. Also the whole Africa was colonized (about 4.5 % of the world population). Therefore we can calculate that about 33 % of the world's population lived in colony. Answer: C) one-third.

By the beginning of world war 1, about how much of the world's population lived in a colony?A) one-sixteenthB) one-eighthC) one-thirdD) one half

By the beginning of world war 1, about how much of the world's population lived in a colony?

A) one-sixteenth

B) one-eighth

C) one-third

D) one half