This is a list of countries by population in 1600 . Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1600 (which were on various dates in that year).
Rank
Country/Territory
Population c. 1600 estimate
Percentage of World Population
-
World
579,000,000
-
1
Ming Empire [1]
160,000,000
27.6
2
Mughal Empire [2] [3]
88,000,000
15.2
3
Iberian Union [4]
Kingdom of Spain - 8,240,000
New Spain - 5,470,000
Peru - 4,690,000
Kingdom of Naples - 2,250,000
Portugal - 2,000,000
Spanish Netherlands (Belgium) - 2,000,000
Kingdom of Sicily - 1,800,000
Philippines - 667,000
Viceroyalty of Brazil - 100,000
Cuba [5] - 20,000
New Granada - ?
Río de la Plata - ?
Chile - ?
Guatemala - ?
Puerto Rico - ?
Yucatán - ?
Provincias Internas - ?
Viceroyalty of Sardinia - ?
Duchy of Milan - ?
Duchy of Luxemburg - ?
Franche-Comté - ?
Bahrain - ?
Andorra
Portuguese India
29,997,000
5.2
4
Ottoman Empire [6]
Anatolia - 7,275,000
Egypt Eyalet - 5,000,000
Ottoman Algeria - 2,250,000
Bulgaria - 1,250,000
Syria - 1,175,000
Iraq - 1,070,000
Serbia - 1,057,000
Beylik of Tunis - 1,000,000
Ottoman Tripolitania - 500,000
Sidon Eyalet - 292,000
Bosnia Eyalet - 449,000
Moldavia - 236,000
Palestine - 161,000
Ottoman Cyprus - 98,000
Habesh Eyalet - ?
Ottoman Albania [7] - 200,000
Wallachia - ?
Eyalet of the Archipelago - ?
26,000,000
4.5
5
Holy Roman Empire [6]
20,300,000
3.5
6
Kingdom of France [8]
20,000,000
3.5
7
Tokugawa shogunate [6]
18,500,000
3.2
8
Tsardom of Russia [9]
14,000,000
2.4
9
Joseon [6]
9,879,000
1.7
10
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth [10]
7,950,000
1.4
11
British Crown [9]
5,600,000
1.0
12
Habsburg Monarchy [6] [11]
5,550,000
1.0
13
Đại Việt [6]
4,447,000
0.8
14
Persia [12]
3,200,000
0.6
15
Kingdom of Morocco [6]
2,250,000
0.4
16
Myanmar [6]
2,380,000
0.4
17
Ayutthaya Kingdom [6]
2,236,000
0.4
18
Ethiopian Empire [6]
2,104,000
0.4
19
Dutch Republic [6]
1,500,000
0.3
20
Kingdom of Sweden [13]
1,300,000
0.2
21
Denmark–Norway [13] [14] [15]
1,000,000
0.2
22
Kingdom of Scotland [16]
800,000
0.2
23
Kingdom of Lan Xang [6]
319,000
0.1
24
Trucial Sheikhs [6]
35,000
-
25
Vijayanagara Empire
?
?
26
Tondaiman
?
?
27
Republic of Venice
?
?
28
Kingdom of Kongo
?
?
29
Arakan
?
?
30
Taungoo Empire
?
?
31
Duchy of Prussia
?
?
32
Khanate of Khiva
?
?
33
Funj
?
?
34
Ryukyu Kingdom
?
?
35
Crimean Khanate
?
?
36
Principality of Moldavia
?
?
37
Papal States
?
?
38
Republic of Ragusa
?
?
39
Duchy of Parma
?
?
40
Duchy of Savoy
?
?
41
Republic of Genoa
?
?
42
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
?
?
43
Duchy of Urbino
?
?
44
Republic of Lucca
?
?
45
Duchy of Mantua
?
?
46
Kingdom of Kozhikode
?
?
47
Duchy of Mirandola
?
?
48
Duchy of Modena and Reggio
?
?
49
Adil Shahi dynasty
?
?
50
Qutb Shahi dynasty
?
?
51
Garhwal Kingdom
?
?
52
Thanjavur Nayak kingdom
?
?
53
Kingdom of Middag
?
?
54
Most Serene Republic of San Marino
?
?
55
Deccan Sultanates
?
?
56
Shirvan
?
?
57
Qasim Khanate
?
?
58
Khanate of Bukhara
?
?
59
Pashalik of Timbuktu
?
?
60
Dendi Kingdom
?
?
61
Kingdom of Kartli
?
?
62
Kingdom of Imereti
?
?
63
Samtskhe-Saatabago
?
?
64
Kingdom of Kakheti
?
?
65
Aceh Sultanate
?
?
66
Sultanate of Sulu
?
?
67
Kaabu
?
?
68
Ahmadnagar Sultanate
?
?
69
Empire of Great Fulo
?
?
70
Ahom kingdom
?
?
71
Venad
?
?
72
Avar Khanate
?
?
73
Alodia
?
?
74
Kingdom of Arakan
?
?
75
Bonoman
?
?
76
Denkyira
?
?
77
Johor Sultanate
?
?
78
Golden Horde
?
?
79
Kingdom of Kandy
?
?
80
Sultanate of Bali
?
?
81
Ulster
?
?
82
Benin Empire
?
?
83
Monaco
?
?
84
Bruneian Empire
?
?
85
Nogai Horde
?
?
86
Perak Sultanate
?
?
87
Kingdom of Kotte
?
?
88
Moghulistan
?
?
89
Four Oirat
?
?
90
Champa
?
?
91
Cherokee
?
?
92
Republic of Cospaia
?
?
93
Crimean Khanate
?
?
94
Muscogee
?
?
95
Gujarat Sultanate
?
?
96
Tír Eoghain
?
?
97
Garha-Mandla
?
?
98
Chanda-Sirpur
?
?
99
Deogarh-Nagpur
?
?
100
Sheikdom of al-Hassa
?
?
101
Hausa Kingdoms
?
?
102
Rinpungpa
?
?
103
Wyandot people
?
?
104
Kingdom of Ava
?
?
105
Iroquois
?
?
106
Bornu Empire
?
?
107
Swahili people
?
?
108
Kazakh Khanate
?
?
109
Knights Hospitaller
?
?
110
Cambodia
?
?
111
Khandesh Sultanate
?
?
112
Oman
?
?
113
Leinster
?
?
114
Lan Na
?
?
115
Sultanate of Makassar
?
?
116
Sultanate of Maldives
?
?
117
Phagmodrupa Dynasty
?
?
118
Mali Empire
?
?
119
Oyo Empire
?
?
120
Manipur
?
?
121
Kingdom of Mutapa
?
?
122
Shawnee
?
?
123
Nepal
?
?
124
Kingdom of Desmond
?
?
125
Kingdom of Mrauk U
?
?
126
Northern Yuan dynasty
?
?
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