List of countries by population in 1500

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This is a list of countries by population in 1500. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1500 (which were on various dates in that year).

Country/Territory Population c. 1500 estimate Percentage of World Population
  World[1] 438,000,000 -
Imperial seal of Ming dynasty.svg Ming Empire[2] 125,000,000 28.5%
Ashikaga mon.svg Ashikaga shogunate [3] 17,000,000 3.9%
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Domains of the French Crown 16,250,000 3.7%
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire[5] 16,000,000 3.7%
Inca Empire[8][9] 12,000,000 2.7%
Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Ottoman Empire [10] 11,000,000 2.5%
Royal Banner of the Crown of Castile (Early Style)-Variant.svg Royal Banner of Aragón.svg Spanish Empire 8,550,000 2.0%
Alex K Kingdom of Poland-flag.svg Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.svg Polish–Lithuanian Union [12] 7,500,000 1.7%
Aztec Triple Alliance.png Aztec Empire [9] 6,000,000 1.4%
Flag of Hungary (15th century, rectangular).svgCoat of arms of Croatia 1495.svgUnion of Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia[13][14] 4,000,000 0.9%
Flag of vijaynagara.jpg Vijayanagara Empire[15] 4,000,000 0.9%
Flag Portugal (1495).svg Kingdom of Portugal[11] 3,000,000 0.7%
Flag of England.svg English Crown 2,750,000 0.6%
Coat of arms of the Vatican City.svg Papal States[4] 2,000,000 0.5%
Bandera de Nápoles - Trastámara.svg Kingdom of Naples[4] 2,000,000 0.5%
Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice[4] 1,500,000 0.3%
Sweden-Flag-1562.svg Crown of Sweden[6] 900,000 0.2%
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway 840,000 0.2%
Flag of Florence.svg Republic of Florence[4] 750,000 0.2%
Royal Banner of Scotland.svg Kingdom of Scotland[19] 500,000 0.1%

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Angus Maddison, 2003, The World Economy: Historical Statistics, Vol. 2, OECD, Paris. (2008, ggdc.net)
  2. ^ Edwin Oldfather Reischauer, John King Fairbank, Albert M. Craig (1960) A history of East Asian civilization, Volume 1. East Asia: The Great Tradition, George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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  5. ^ John Pike. "Holy Roman Empire - 1500 - The German Empire". 
  6. ^ a b c "Appendix B Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820 at 'www.ggdc.net/MADDISON/other_books/appendix_B.pdf'". 
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  9. ^ a b ""La catastrophe démographique" (The Demographical Catastrophe"), L'Histoire n°322, July–August 2007, p. 17.". 
  10. ^ Behar, Cem, ed. 1996. Osmanlı Đmparatorluğu'nun ve Türkiye'nin nüfusu, 1500-1927. Ankara: T.C. Basbakanlık Devlet Đstatistik Enstitüsü = State Institute of Statistics Prime Ministry Republic of Turkey.
  11. ^ a b "Castile, Aragon, Granada, and Portugal 1400-1517". Retrieved 19 July 2016. 
  12. ^ a b Norman John Greville Pounds. "An Historical Geography of Europe, 1500-1840". Retrieved 10 August 2016. 
  13. ^ "Tacitus: Historical Atlas". Retrieved 25 July 2016. 
  14. ^ Miller, Jaroslav. "Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, 1500–1700". Retrieved 25 July 2016. 
  15. ^ "Globalising Migration History: The Eurasian Experience (16th-21st Centuries)". p. 101. Retrieved 28 July 2016. 
  16. ^ Connolly, S. J. "Contested Island: Ireland 1460-1630". p. 404. 
  17. ^ "Map of Control of Ireland in 1500". 
  18. ^ Only about 1/3 of Ireland was under the English Crown in 1500 (through direct control by the crown, such as The Pale, or through the Anglo-Irish Lords).
  19. ^ Houston, R.A. & White, I. D. (Cambridge University Press) (1989). "Scottish Society: 1500-1800 at 'www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031'". 
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