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 Qing Empire[2] 210,715,000 32.9
2 Mughal Empire 145,000,000 21.3
3 Spanish Empire[2][3][4] 55,000,000 7.7
4 Ottoman Empire[4]
24,779,000 4.4
5 Kingdom of France[2] 21,000,000 3.1
6 Holy Roman Empire
16,000,000 2.3
7 Tsardom of Russia[4] 14,000,000 2.1
8 British Empire[2] ? ?
9 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[6] 9,000,000 1.3
10 Joseon 5,500,000 0.8
11 Habsburg Monarchy[7] 5,300,000 0.8
12  Portuguese Empire[7]
2,300,000 0.3
13 Duchy of Prussia [8] 2,000,000 0.3
14 Dutch Republic 1,794,000 0.3
15 Denmark–Norway[7]
1,300,400 0.2
16 Swedish Empire 1,400,000 0.2
17 Kingdom of Kongo[9] 500,000 0.1
18 Tokugawa shogunate ? ?
19 Kingdom of Kozhikode ? ?
20 Chitradurga ? ?
21 Garhwal Kingdom ? ?
22 Thanjavur Maratha kingdom ? ?
23 Kingdom of Mysore ? ?
24 Nayakas of Keladi ? ?
25 Madurai Nayak dynasty ? ?
26 Tondaiman ? ?
27 Republic of Venice ? ?
28 Persia ? ?
28 Ethiopian Empire ? ?
29 Nepal ? ?

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Notes

References

  1. ^ "The World at Six Billion". UN Population Division. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help), Table 2
  2. ^ a b c d "Population Statistics: Historical Demography". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ^ "A History of Spain and Portugal". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b Personal Union with English Crown
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ a b c "European Population History". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  8. ^ "History of Prussia". Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  9. ^ Thornton, John (1977). "Demography and History in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1550–1750". The Journal of African History 18 (4): 526.
  • Kurt Witthauer. Bevölkerung der Erde (1958)
  • Calendario atlante de Agostini, anno 99 (2003)
  • The Columbia gazetteer of the world (1998)
  • Britannica book of the year : world data (1997)
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