List of countries by population in 1700

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This is a list of countries by population in 1700. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1700 which were on various dates in the 1700s.

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Country/Territory Population c. 1700 estimate Percentage of World Population
  World[1] 682,000,000 -
Imperial standard of the Qing Emperor.svg Qing Empire[2] 210,715,000 30.9%
Imperial Seal of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire [4] 158,400,000 23.2%
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire[2][5][6] 55,000,000 8.1%
Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg Tokugawa shogunate [7] 28,000,000 4.1%
Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Ottoman Empire[6] 24,779,000 3.6%
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France[2] 21,000,000 3.1%
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire[8] 15,000,000 2.2%
Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Tsardom of Russia[6] 14,000,000 2.1%
Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[9] 9,000,000 1.3%
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British Empire [10][11] 8,988,939 1.3%
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Habsburg Monarchy[14] 5,300,000 0.8%
 Portuguese Empire[14] 2,300,000 0.3%
Flag of Ducal Prussia.svg Duchy of Prussia [15] 2,000,000 0.3%
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg Swedish Empire[14] 1,985,000 0.3%
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway[14] 1,300,400 0.2%
Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo.svg Kingdom of Kongo[16] 500,000 0.07%

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "The World at Six Billion". UN Population Division. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. , Table 2
  2. ^ a b c "Population Statistics: Historical Demography". Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  3. ^ a b (a) Yoshio Oguchi, "Demographics of Satsuma Domian", Reimeikan Chōsa Kenkyū Hōkoku (no. 11), pp. 87–134 (1998). (b) Yoshio Oguchi, "Demographics of Satsuma Domian and early modern Ryūkyū", Reimeikan Chōsa Kenkyū Hōkoku (no. 13), pp. 1–42 (2000) (all in Japanese).
  4. ^ "The European Union and Global Social Change". Retrieved 26 June 2017. 
  5. ^ "A History of Spain and Portugal". Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  6. ^ a b c "Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1". Retrieved 6 May 2016. 
  7. ^ Jean-Noël Biraben, "The History of the Human Population From the First Beginnings to the Present" in "Demography: Analysis and Synthesis: A Treatise in Population" (Eds: Graziella Caselli, Jacques Vallin, Guillaume J. Wunsch) Vol 3, Chapter 66, pp 5–18, Academic Press, San Diego. (2005)
  8. ^ J.P. Sommerville. "The Holy Roman Empire in the Seventeenth Century". Retrieved 21 May 2017. 
  9. ^ Based on 1618 population map (p.115), 1618 languages map (p.119), 1657-1667 losses map (p.128) and 1717 map (p.141) from Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, Poland a Historical Atlas, Hippocrene Books, 1987, ISBN 0-88029-394-2
  10. ^ Mitchison, A History of Scotland, pp. 291–2 and 301-2.
  11. ^ MArshall, John (1838). "Statistics of the British Empire". 
  12. ^ Grada, C. O. "The Population of Ireland: 1700-1900, A Survey". 
  13. ^ "ESTIMATED POPULATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES: 1610 TO 1780". 
  14. ^ a b c d "European Population History". Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  15. ^ "History of Prussia". Retrieved 24 May 2016. 
  16. ^ Thornton, John (1977). "Demography and History in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1550–1750". The Journal of African History 18 (4): 526.
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  • Calendario atlante de Agostini, anno 99 (2003)
  • The Columbia gazetteer of the world (1998)
  • Britannica book of the year : world data (1997)