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.

Rank Country/Territory Population c. 1700 estimate Percentage of World Population
-   World[1] 682,000,000 -
1 Imperial standard of the Qing Emperor.svg Qing Empire[2]
210,715,000 30.9
2 Imperial Seal of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire 145,000,000 21.3
3 Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spanish Empire[2][4][5] 55,000,000 8.1
4 Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg Tokugawa shogunate [6]
28,000,000 4.1
5 Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Ottoman Empire[5]
24,779,000 3.6
6 Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France[2] 21,000,000 3.1
7 Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Tsardom of Russia[5] 14,000,000 2.1
8 Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire
16,000,000 2.3
9 Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British Empire[2] ? ?
10 Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[8] 9,000,000 1.3
11 Flag of the king of Joseon.svg Joseon 5,500,000 0.8
12 Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Habsburg Monarchy[9] 5,300,000 0.8
13  Portuguese Empire[9] 2,300,000 0.3
14 Flag of Ducal Prussia.svg Duchy of Prussia [10] 2,000,000 0.3
15 Statenvlag.svg Dutch Republic 1,794,000 0.3
16 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway[9]
1,300,400 0.2
17 Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg Swedish Empire
1,400,000 0.2
18 Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo.svg Kingdom of Kongo[11] 500,000 0.1
19 Kingdom of Kozhikode ? ?
20 Chitradurga ? ?
21 Flag of Tehri Garhwal.svg Garhwal Kingdom ? ?
22 Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Thanjavur Maratha kingdom ? ?
23 Flag of Mysore.svg Kingdom of Mysore ? ?
24 Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Nayakas of Keladi ? ?
25 TamilNadu Logo.svg Madurai Nayak dynasty ? ?
26 TamilNadu Logo.svg Tondaiman ? ?
27 Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice.svg Republic of Venice ? ?
28 Safavid Flag.svg Persia ? ?
28 Ethiopian Pennants.svg Ethiopian Empire ? ?
29 Pre-1962 Flag of Nepal (with spacing).svg Nepal ? ?
30 Flag of Ankole.svg Ankole ? ?
31 Flag of Rakhine.svg Rakhine ? ?
32 Flag of Asahan.svg Asahan Sultanate ? ?
33 Ahom insignia plain.svg Ahom kingdom ? ?
34 Flag of Thailand (Ayutthaya period).svg Ayutthaya Kingdom ? ?
35 Dahomey ? ?
36 Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Empire ? ?
37 Sirmur State ? ?
38 Mantua Flag 1575-1707 (new).svg Duchy of Mantua ? ?
39 Flag of the Duchy of Modena.svg Duchy of Modena and Reggio ? ?
40 Early Swiss cross.svg Old Swiss Confederacy ? ?
41 Flag of the Duchy of Parma.svg Duchy of Parma ? ?
42 Savoie flag.svg Duchy of Savoy ? ?
43 Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1562-1737).svg Grand Duchy of Tuscany ? ?
44 Flag of Morocco 1666 1915.svg Morocco ? ?
45 CoA Pontifical States 02.svg Papal States ? ?
46 Bali ? ?
47 Kingdom of Bamum ? ?
48 Bemba people ? ?
49 Flag of the Sultanate of Banten.svg Banten Sultanate ? ?
50 Benin Empire ? ?
51 Flag of Cirebon Sultanate.jpg Sultanate of Cirebon ? ?
52 Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan ? ?

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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 d "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. ^ "A History of Spain and Portugal". Retrieved 29 June 2016. 
  5. ^ a b c "Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1". Retrieved 6 May 2016. 
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ a b Personal Union with English Crown
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ a b c "European Population History". Retrieved 30 June 2016. 
  10. ^ "History of Prussia". Retrieved 24 May 2016. 
  11. ^ 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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