West Prussia was a province (1772–1824 and 1878–1918) of the Kingdom of Prussia.

Created from lands lost by Poland during its First Partition (1772), it included the former Polish province of Royal Prussia, except for Warmia, which was included in East Prussia.

In 1793, during the Second Partition of Poland, the city of Gdansk (Danzig) was incorporated into West Prussia. West and East Prussia were combined as a single province in 1824–1878. Most of West Prussia returned to Poland in 1919, and both the eastern remainder (which in the meanwhile was joined to the Prussian province of East Prussia), and the western remainder (which in the meanwhile formed Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia) in 1945.

Population of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1890

Schleswig-Holstein

Population of Prussia and its Provinces in 1890

	Inhabitants	non-German citizens*
East Prussia	1,958,663	2,189
West Prussia	1,433,681	1,976
City of Berlin	1,578,794	17,704
Brandenburg	2,541,783	5,213
Pomerania	1,520,889	1,405
Posen	1,751,642	1,438
Silesia	4,224,458	24,811
Saxony	2,580,010	4,642
1,217,437	37,821
Hannover	2,278,361	8,089
Westphalia	2,428,661	9,879
Hessen-Nassau	1,664,426	9,801
Rhineland	4,710,391	39,669
Hohenzollern	66,720	161

• The numbers for "non-German citizens" represent only people, who did not speak German language.

• Administration of West Prussia before 1919

• Pomerania
• Eastern Pomerania
• Pomeranian Voivodship
• Maps of Prussia maps 1570–1920 with western and eastern Prussia

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