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Population of Europe 1444

The population of Europe around this time is from 50-70 million people with many sources having populations around this number. I will provide what I found to be a fairly accurate amount for the countries during this exact date with what land they owned. Not all of it is finished, however, most of the major powers in Europe have been done (excluding the HRE).

Population of Europe 1444

Country	Region	Population
France	French Region	6 million
Ottomans	Balkan/Anatolian Region	4.788 million
Castile	Iberian Region	4.4 million
England	British Isles/French Region	4.3 million
LIthuania	Eastern Europe Region	3.101 million
Hungary	Hungarian Region	3.073 million
Burgundy	French/Lowlands Region	2.438 million
Bohemia	German/Czech Region	2.169 million
Naples	Italian Region	1.569 million
Aragon	Iberian/Italian Region	1.566 million
Venice	Italian/Balkan/Meditteranean Region	1.477 million
Poland	Eastern European Region	1.345 million
Muscovy	Russian Region	1.183 million
Portugal	Iberian/Moroccan Region	1.043 million
Brittany	French Region	924,000
Austria	German Region	854,000
Savoy	Italian/French Region	785,000
Milan	Italian Region	620,000
Provence	French Region	600,000
Novgorod	Russian Region	568,000
Denmark	Scandinavian Region	536,000
Sweden	Scandinavian Region	474,000
Genoa	Italian/Crimean Region	463,500
Papal States	Italian/French Region	439,000
Scotland	British Isles Region	360,000
Norway	Scandinavian Region	317,000
Mazovia	Eastern Europe Region	303,000
Granada	Iberian Region	246,000
Byzantium	Balkans Region	215,000
Navarra	Iberian Region	110,000

To get the numbers I have here, I used https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/pop-in-eur.aspto help figure out what the population was in the given area and use a seperate source to determine the population density in the area and which countries controlled which areas. In the source above, it has the population being around 50 million people in Europe, which in the table above, has around 46 million people in Europe. Going based off the link used, there should be about 4 million people split among the remaining HRE states, the holy orders (Teutonic and Livonian Order), and any other remaining Balkan countries.

The counties of Europe had a large boom in population, up until however, the Black Plague struck again and devastated Europe, especially around the 1340s-1420s time period. Parts of Germany were reduced by up to 40% and Provence, a notable state in France during the 1400s, had almost half of its population die to the plague.

To add further to this, countries like France, who would normally have a much larger population, have their population split among the English controlled France, the Burgundians, Provence, Brittany, Savoy, and Lorraine.

Overall, the population of Europe is based off of estimations, especially during this time period where there was little to no written records of the population at that time. Using credible sources and good estimations can assist with finding the closest amount possible for the true number of people in Europe.

This Graph here displays the European population steadily rising up until the introduction of the Black Plague in Europe (around the 1340s) where the population was cut almost by 1/3 of its inhabitants.