Approximately 132 million people according to Source United States Census Bureau PopClock (http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html). contributed by Jeff Kapler
118,000,000
Hiroshima had a population of 344,000 according to the 1940 census.
Buenos Aires had a population of over 14,000 in 1940. Buenos Aires was founded in 1536 and is home today to over two million people.
The population of England at the 1951 census was 41,042,200.
Texas had an 1850 population of 212,592 residents. The US Census did not record the number of Hispanics until the 1940 census and even then it was only as a five percent sample of the population. The 1850 Mexican American population is variously estimated at between 15 and 25%.
Italy
250,000,0000
The 1940 US Census recorded 499,261 residents.
1940
27 %
In 1940, the population of Alaska was approximately 72,524 people.
1940 - 132,164,569 1950 - 150,697,361 1960 - 179,323,175 1970 - 203,392,031
There are a great many people that died in 1940. There were millions of people who died all around the world.
The world population in 1950 was estimated to be around 2.5 billion people. This marked a significant increase from earlier centuries due to advancements in healthcare and food production. The population growth continued to accelerate in the following decades.
According to the United States Census, the population of the United States in 1930 was 123,202,624. By 1940 the population had risen to 132,164,569.
The population of Europe in 1940 was approximately 540 million people.
The 1960 US Census recorded 7,781,984 residents. It was the first decade that the population had fallen in the history of the Census.
1900-1940 the population went from 91,000 to 895,000. 1940-1980 the population went from 895,000 to 970,000. 1980-present the population went from 970,000 to 1,054,000.