Population of the Baltic states 1922-1935

This graph shows the total population of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the years between 1922 and 1935, as well as the total number of males and females. After the First World War the Baltic states began claiming their independence from tsarist Russia, as the events of the Russian Revolution took place.Inter-war EstoniaThe Estonian War of Independence from 1918 to 1920 led to the country's first period of independence, until it became occupied by the Soviet Union again in 1940 during the Second World War. After Estonia gained independence the country experienced a period of political turmoil, including a failed coup d'etat in 1924, and was hit hard by the Great Depression in 1929 before things became more stable in the mid 1930s. Between 1939 and 1945 Estonia's population was devastated by the Second World War, with some estimates claiming that as many as 7.3 percent of all civilians perished as a result of the conflict. From the graph we can see the population grew by 119 thousand people during the 12 years shown, growing from 1.107 million to 1.126 million. The number of women was also higher than the number of men during this time, by 67 thousand in 1922 and 68 thousand in 1934.Inter-war LatviaFor Latvia, Independence was a hard-won struggle that had devastated the population in the late 1910s. Similarly to Estonia, the advent of independence brought many challenges to Latvia, and a period of political and economic turmoil followed, which was exacerbated by the Great Depression in 1929. After economic recovery began in 1933, and a coup d'etat established stricter control in 1934, the Latvian economy and political landscape became more stable and the quality of life improved. This lasted until the Second World War, where Latvia became one of the staging grounds of Germany's war against Soviet Russia, and approximately 12.5 percent of all civilians died. From the data we can see that Latvia's population between 1925 and 1935 grew steadily by 95,000 in this decade, with the number of men and women growing at a similar rate.Inter-war LithuaniaLithuania's experience in the interwar period was slightly different to that of Latvia and Estonia. The end of the First World War led to a growing movement for independence from German, Russian or Polish influence, however these countries were reluctant to cede control to one another, and independence was finally achieved in 1922. A right wing dictatorship was established in 1926, which maintained political and civil control until the outbreak of the Second World War, however interference from other nations, particularly Germany, was ever-present in Lithuanian economic activity. From the graph we have only one set of figures, showing that the Lithuanian population was just over 2 million in 1929, with approximately 5 percent more women than men. World War II again devastated Lithuania's population, with almost 14.4 percent of the entire population falling during the conflict.

此图展示了爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛在1922年至1935年间的总人口，以及男性和女性的总数。第一次世界大战后，波罗的海国家开始宣称从沙皇俄国独立，随着俄国革命的爆发。爱沙尼亚独立战争（1918年至1920年）导致该国首次获得独立，直到第二次世界大战期间于1940年再次被苏联占领。爱沙尼亚获得独立后，国家经历了政治动荡的时期，包括1924年的未遂政变，并在1929年受到大萧条的严重打击，直至20世纪30年代中期局势逐渐稳定。1939年至1945年，第二次世界大战使爱沙尼亚的人口遭受巨大破坏，据估计，多达7.3%的平民因冲突而丧生。从图中我们可以看出，在展示的12年间，人口增长了11.9万人，从110.7万增至112.6万。女性的数量也在这段时间内超过了男性，1922年为6.7万人，1934年为6.8万人。

对于拉脱维亚来说，独立是一场艰苦的斗争，它在20世纪10年代末摧毁了人口。与爱沙尼亚相似，独立的到来给拉脱维亚带来了许多挑战，随后是政治和经济动荡的时期，这一时期在大萧条（1929年）的加剧下更为严重。1933年开始经济复苏，1934年政变确立了更严格的控制，拉脱维亚的经济和政治格局变得更加稳定，生活质量得到改善。这种情况一直持续到第二次世界大战，拉脱维亚成为德国对抗苏联战争的前线之一，约有12.5%的平民在战争中丧生。从数据中我们可以看出，1925年至1935年间，拉脱维亚的人口在这十年间稳步增长了9.5万人，男性和女性的增长率相似。

立陶宛在战间的经历与拉脱维亚和爱沙尼亚略有不同。第一次世界大战的结束导致了一场从德国、俄罗斯或波兰影响下争取独立的运动日益高涨，然而这些国家都不愿意相互让步，最终在1922年实现了独立。1926年建立了一个右翼独裁政权，它维持了政治和公民控制，直到第二次世界大战的爆发，但来自其他国家的干涉，尤其是德国的干涉，在立陶宛的经济活动中始终存在。从图中我们可以看到，1929年立陶宛的人口略超过200万，女性比男性多约5%。第二次世界大战再次摧毁了立陶宛的人口，冲突中有近14.4%的整个人口丧生。