Talk:List of largest European cities in history

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I propose to revise this article as Estimated population of European cities in history or something like that, for less reliable sources or estimates exist comapered to the List of largest cities throughout history. I shall summarize the following data into Tables with top five or top ten cities with three references later. At least Den123456dk, 87.49.155.91, or 83.88.130.152 have not cited reliable sources for most of the cases (Matt Rosenberg is just citing Chandler's data; Britannica's notorious estimate for Sarai (1,600 ha х 500 persons/ha) is too high for a city of unloading houses; Choirokoitia, Sesklo, Dimini are too obscure to be mentioned here as largest Eurpoean cities; Dobrovody, Maydanets, and Talianki's estimated popuations are upper limits, not averaged figures). Aurichalcum (talk) 08:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

At least three persons (Tertius Chandler, Paul Bairoch, and George Modelski) have estimated the population of European cities:

• Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox, 3000 Years of Urban Growth, New York, NY: Academic Press, 1974. ISBN 0127851097

• Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census, Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987. ISBN 0889462070

• Paul Bairoch, Jean Batou and Pierre Chèvre, La Population des Villes Européennes, 800-1850: Banque de données et analyse sommaire des résultats", Geneva, Switzerland: Droz, 1988.

• George Modelski, World Cities: -3000 to 2000, Washington DC: FAROS 2000, 2003. ISBN 2003094994

• Brian R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000, 5th Ed., New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. ISBN 0333994116 Aurichalcum (talk) 12:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

i don't think it is wise just to use one source as George Modelski or others, but use some of the information from Modelski, Modelski estimates knossos in 1500 BC at 50,000 and thats not the normal concensus, thats 80,000 to 100,000. But i will use some of the Modelski estimates which is in line whit other sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.161.51.214 (talk) 11:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Who estimated the population of the city or urban of Knossos, but not the metropolitan area including the port and the palace at 100,000? The old palace of Knossos is about 20 ha, while the intensive settlement covers over 75 ha without fortifications. So the urban area of Knossos (excluding the port 8 km apart) is roughly around 1 km2. To keep the population of 100,000 within the city, population density must be about 1,000 persons per hectare, only possible in cities of modern times.

Julius Beloch estimated the population of Knossos at 30,000 based on Strabo's accounts on Knossos (Die Bevölkerung der griechisch-römischen Welt, 1886).

Todd Whitelaw estimated the population of Knossos at 15,000 (American Journal of Archaeology 95: 79-108, 1991).

Ian Morris estimated the population of Knossos at 1,250-2,500 based on the density of 12.5 to 25 persons per hectare (Burial and Ancient Society, 1991).

Sing C. Chew mentioned that Knossos had controlled over lands with a population of about 50,000 (World Ecological degration, 2001). This is not the estimated population of the city of Knossos proper.

M. Podini stated that the estimated population of 100,000 including port and place (Lost cities from the Ancient world, 2002). This is not the estimated population of the city of Knossos proper.Aurichalcum (talk) 18:27, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

George Modelski (2003) including Constantinople

City	Country	3800-3700 B.C.	3600-3500 B.C.	1800 B.C.	1700 B.C.	1600 B.C.	1500 B.C.	1400 B.C.	1300 B.C.	1200 B.C.	1000 B.C.
Dobrovody	Ukraine	< 10,000
Maydanets	Ukraine		< 10,000
Tallyanky	Ukraine		< 10,000
Knossos	Greece			> 10,000	15,000	15,000	50,000	> 10,000
Akrotiri	Greece						20,000
Mycenae	Greece								> 10,000	30,000
Pylos	Greece									10,000
Argos	Greece										> 10,000

Modelski stated that Dobrovody, Maydanets, Tallyanky could have housed up to 10,000 people with a population density of between 35 and 70 p/ha, though the latter point had not yet finally determined, citing personal communication with Mikhail Videiko in 2002. The published estimates by Kruts in 1989 are 7,000 for Maydanets and 14,000 for Tallyanky (Kruts, S. I. Paleoantropologia Severnogo Prichernomorya epokhi rannego metalla (Paleoanthropology of the North Pontic Region in the Period of Early Metal), In Pitskhelauri, K. N., and Chernykh, E. N. Eds., Kavkaz v sisteme paleometallicheskikh kultur Evrazii, Metsniereba, Tbilisi, 1989, pp. 146–156.).Aurichalcum (talk) 18:27, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Modelski only estimated the population of cities with more than a million inhabitants after A.D. 1100.

City	Country	500 B.C.	400 B.C.	300 B.C.	200 B.C.	100 B.C.	A.D. 1	100	200	300	400	500	600	700	800	900	1000	1800	1900
Agrigento	Italy	100,000
Syracuse	Italy	100,000	120,000	200,000
Rome	Italy	100,000	150,000	250,000	210,000	400,000	800,000	1,000,000	1,200,000	1,000,000	800,000	100,000
Athens	Greece		100,000
Capua	Italy			100,000				170,000	240,000	170,000	100,000
Trier	Germany									100,000
Milan	Italy									100,000
Emerita	Spain									100,000	100,000
Constantinople	Turkey										400,000	500,000	600,000	400,000	400,000	500,000	600,000
Córdoba	Spain														160,000	200,000	450,000
Thessaloniki	Greece															100,000	100,000
Venice	Italy																100,000
Seville	Spain																100,000
London	United Kingdom																	1,000,000	6,500,000
Paris	France																		3,300,000
Berlin	Germany																		2,700,000
Vienna	Austria																		1,700,000
Saint Petersburg	Russia																		1,400,000
Manchester	United Kingdom																		1,400,000
Birmingham	United Kingdom																		1,200,000
Moscow	Russia																		1,100,000
Glasgow	United Kingdom																		1,000,000

Paul Bairoch (1988) - from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1850-

Top 12 cities and some additional cities.Aurichalcum (talk) 14:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

City	Country	800	900	1000	1200	1300	1400	1500	1600	1700	1750	1800	1850
Berlin	Germany					5,000	5,000	9,000	10,000	55,000	113,000	172,000	437,000
Cologne	Germany	15,000	21,000	21,000	50,000	54,000	40,000	45,000	40,000	40,000	44,000	41,000	110,000
Essen	Germany							3,000				2,000	9,000
Hamburg	Germany				2,000	8,000	22,000	15,000	40,000	70,000	90,000	130,000	149,000
Regensburg	Germany	25,000		40,000		11,000		22,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	23,000	22,000
Speyer	Germany	20,000		25,000	30,000	25,000	20,000	13,000	8,000	2,000	3,000	5,000	10,000
Trier	Germany	15,000		20,000	25,000	11,000	10,000	8,000	5,000	7,000	9,000	13,000	19,000
Vienna	Austria				12,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	50,000	114,000	175,000	247,000	431,000
Antwerp	Belgium				15,000	17,000	5,000	30,000	47,000	67,000	43,000	62,000	88,000
Bruges	Belgium			12,000	25,000	40,000	125,000	35,000	27,000	35,000	28,000	31,000	50,000
Brussels	Belgium			1,000		18,000	26,000	33,000	50,000	80,000	59,000	66,000	132,000
Ghent	Belgium			8,000	25,000		56,000	55,000	31,000	52,000	44,000	55,000	107,000
Ypres	Belgium				40,000	30,000	10,000	10,000	5,000	12,000	11,000	12,000	17,000
Preslav	Bulgaria	30,000	60,000	30,000		20,000						30,000
Veliko Turnovo	Bulgaria			20,000	35,000	35,000		20,000	20,000				15,000
Almería	Spain			27,000		18,000	25,000	30,000	7,000	10,000	9,000	7,000	23,000
Barbastro	Spain	28,000	36,000	35,000				2,000	4,000	3,000		7,000	8,000
Barcelona	Spain			5,000		48,000	38,000	20,000	32,000	34,000	50,000	100,000	220,000
Cartagena	Spain			33,000		5,000		4,000	5,000	12,000	20,000	25,000	22,000
Córdoba	Spain	160,000		450,000	60,000	60,000	40,000	35,000	31,000	31,000	34,000	40,000	36,000
Granada	Spain	15,000		26,000	60,000	150,000	100,000	70,000	69,000	70,000	70,000	70,000	62,000
León	Spain			15,000	40,000	25,000		5,000	4,000	3,000		6,000	10,000
Madrid	Spain					3,000		13,000	65,000	140,000	160,000	168,000	281,000
Mérida (Emerita)	Spain	30,000	40,000	30,000		12,000		10,000	6,000	50,000	5,000	5,000	6,000
Seville	Spain	30,000	40,000	90,000	80,000	90,000	70,000	45,000	135,000	72,000	66,000	96,000	113,000
Toledo	Spain	25,000		37,000	35,000	42,000	45,000	32,000	80,000	23,000	20,000	18,000	15,000
Laon	France		28,000	25,000		20,000	8,000	10,000		5,000	7,000	7,000	10,000
Lyon	France	12,000		20,000	22,000	20,000	33,000	50,000	35,000	97,000	114,000	109,000	177,000
Metz	France	25,000	14,000	16,000	27,000	30,000	25,000	15,000	20,000	19,000	30,000	46,000	57,000
Paris	France	25,000		20,000	110,000	150,000	275,000	225,000	300,000	500,000	570,000	550,000	1,053,000
Rouen	France	10,000		12,000	15,000	35,000	35,000	40,000	70,000	50,000	66,000	80,000	101,000
Tours	France	20,000		20,000	20,000	25,000	13,000	60,000	65,000	21,000	16,000	13,000	33,000
Birmingham	United Kingdom					1,000		1,000	2,000	7,000	24,000	71,000	233,000
Glasgow	United Kingdom					2,000	2,000	4,000	8,000	13,000	25,000	70,000	345,000
Liverpool	United Kingdom							1,000	2,000	6,000	22,000	83,000	376,000
London	United Kingdom			25,000	25,000	35,000	45,000	50,000	200,000	575,000	675,000	948,000	2,236,000
Manchester	United Kingdom					2,000			10,000	8,000	18,000	84,000	303,000
Athens	Greece			15,000		25,000	35,000	10,000	33,000	13,000	10,000	12,000	30,000
Thessaloniki	Greece		50,000	40,000	30,000	50,000	42,000	19,000	50,000	40,000	45,000	70,000	70,000
Pest	Hungary						7,000	10,000		4,000		25,000	119,000
Dublin	Ireland			4,000	9,000	11,000	15,000	8,000	5,000	60,000	129,000	200,000	262,000
Amalfi	Italy					13,000		2,000		2,000		5,000	7,000
Bologna	Italy				35,000	40,000	45,000	50,000	63,000	63,000	69,000	68,000	74,000
Florence	Italy					95,000	55,000	55,000	76,000	72,000	74,000	81,000	94,000
Genoa	Italy			15,000	30,000	100,000	100,000	58,000	63,000	65,000	87,000	90,000	128,000
Messina	Italy			1,000	30,000	27,000		25,000	50,000	40,000	27,000	35,000	62,000
Milan	Italy					100,000	90,000	100,000	120,000	125,000	124,000	135,000	209,000
Naples	Italy	50,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	60,000	45,000	125,000	275,000	300,000	339,000	430,000	409,000
Palermo	Italy	10,000	30,000	350,000	150,000	51,000	27,000	55,000	105,000	100,000	124,000	139,000	168,000
Pisa	Italy			9,000	17,000	38,000	23,000	10,000	13,000	11,000	15,000	23,000	34,000
Rome	Italy	50,000	40,000	35,000	35,000	30,000	33,000	55,000	100,000	135,000	158,000	153,000	175,000
Salerno	Italy			50,000		10,000	3,000	5,000	11,000	8,000	8,000	10,000	21,000
Siena	Italy				12,000	50,000	17,000	16,000	19,000	16,000	15,000	17,000	22,000
Venice	Italy		37,000	45,000	70,000	110,000	100,000	100,000	151,000	138,000	150,000	138,000	127,000
Verona	Italy	30,000	25,000	20,000	33,000	30,000	35,000	50,000	45,000	35,000	45,000	51,000	51,000
Amsterdam	Netherlands					1,000	3,000	15,000	54,000	200,000	210,000	217,000	225,000
Gdańsk	Poland					9,000	20,000	30,000	80,000	40,000	48,000	37,000	64,000
Warsaw	Poland					2,000		5,000	12,000	15,000	20,000	63,000	167,000
Lisbon	Portugal	15,000		15,000	15,000	35,000	55,000	65,000	130,000	180,000	185,000	195,000	240,000
Bolghar	Russia			25,000		50,000
Feodosiya	Ukraine					40,000	85,000	50,000	40,000	36,000	44,000	5,000	8,000
Kiev	Ukraine			45,000	40,000	5,000			14,000	15,000	23,000	20,000	61,000
Saint Petersburg	Russia									2,000	95,000	220,000	524,000
Moscow	Russia					30,000	30,000	36,000	80,000	130,000	130,000	300,000	440,000
Velikiy Novgorod	Russia			18,000	30,000	40,000	50,000	42,000	10,000		9,000	4,000	17,000
Smolensk	Russia			1,000	40,000	25,000	25,000	50,000	64,000	40,000	5,000	12,000	9,000
Trakai	Lithuania						50,000					2,000	5,000
Prague	Czech Republic			10,000	10,000	30,000	95,000	70,000	100,000	48,000	59,000	76,000	118,000
Ohrid	Republic of Macedonia		30,000	40,000		5,000						8,000	5,000

Aurichalcum (talk) 14:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Chandler (1987)

Maybe I shall summarize later... Aurichalcum (talk) 12:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Chandler's estimates prior to 650 B.C. are rather unreliable compared to those provided by Modelski.

City	Country	1600 B.C.	1360 B.C.	1200 B.C.	Comments
Setúbal	Portugal	25–60,000			Maybe Zambujal of the culture of Vila Nova de São Pedro ?
Córdoba	Spain	20–24,000	25–30,000		Cannot identify the neolithic site that Chandler called Córdoba
Seville	Spain			20–24,000	Maybe Tartessos ?
Knossos	Greece	20–24,000	30,000		Based on Beloch (1886)
Gortyn	Greece	20–24,000
Mycenae	Greece		30,000	30,000	Based on Alsop (1964) and Homer's Iliad
Argos	Greece		20–24,000	24,000	Based on Iliad

The maximum population of Rome estimated by Chandler is 600,000 around the years 171–180; 500,000 within the Aurelian's wall around the years 271–280 (not shown in the Table below). His estimates are apparently based upon the Little Rome (400 persons per hectare), while Modelski estimates follow the traditional Big Rome (as high as 800 persons per hectare).

City	Country	430 B.C.	200 B.C.	A.D. 100	A.D. 361	A.D. 500	A.D. 622
Cádiz	Spain			65,000
Seville	Spain			37–40,000			40,000
London	United Kingdom			30,000
Vienne	France		30–35,000		45,000
Lyon	France			50,000
Nîmes	France			44,000
Arles	France				40,000
Syracuse	Italy	125,000	100,000	51–60,000	45–50,000
Agrigento	Italy	40,000
Taranto	Italy	40,000
Rome	Italy	35,000	150,000	450,000	150,000	100,000	50,000
Messina	Italy	38,000	35,000
Crotone	Italy	35,000
Gela	Italy	35,000
Olbia	Italy		30,000
Capua	Italy			36,000
Milan	Italy			30,000	40,000
Ostia Antica	Italy			30,000
Trier	Germany				60,000
Athens	Greece	155,000	75,000	75,000	50–60,000
Corinth	Greece	70,000	70,000	50,000
Sparta	Greece	40,000	30,000
Argos	Greece	40,000
Corfu	Greece	35,000
Elis	Greece	30,000
Rhodes	Greece		42,000
Thessaloniki	Greece			35,000	42,000		40,000
Gortyn	Greece			30,000
Constantinople	Turkey			36,000	300,000	400,000	350,000
Kerch	Ukraine	30–35,000

Aurichalcum (talk) 08:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Top 12 and additional cities.

City	Country	800	900	1000	1100	1150	1200	1250	1300	1350	1400	1450	1500	1550	1575	1600	1650
Dublin	Ireland						19,000		25,000		50,000					24,000
London	United Kingdom			15,000	25,000		40,000		45,000		50,000	60,000	50,000	74,000	112,000	187,000	410,000
Lisbon	Portugal	15,000		15,000			15,000		35,000	45,000	55,000	60,000	55,000	62,000	85,000	100,000	170,000
Córdoba	Spain	160,000	200,000	450,000	60,000	60,000	60,000		40,000		36,000		30,000			32,000
Seville	Spain	35,000	40,000	90,000	125,000	125,000	150,000	75,000	90,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	46,000	70,000	100,000	126,000	60,000
Mérida	Spain	30,000	40,000
Toledo	Spain	25,000	25,000	31,000	31,000		32,000		33,000		45,000		35,000	55,000	72,000	57,000
Cartagena	Spain	15–25,000		33,000
Barbastro	Spain		36,000
Almería	Spain			35,000	35,000		15–18,000		25,000		25,000
Granada	Spain				60,000	60,000	60,000	75,000	90,000	60,000	90,000	165,000	70,000	70,000	60,000	68,000
León	Spain				30,000		40,000		25,000
Barcelona	Spain						15,000		30,000		36,000		29,000			35,000	59,000
Madrid	Spain															80,000	125,000
Metz	France	25,000					23,000		32,000		25,000		30,000
Paris	France	25,000		20,000	30,000	50,000	110,000	160,000	228,000	215,000	280,000	150,000	185,000	210,000	220,000	245,000	455,000
Tours	France	20,000					20,000		25,000		25,000		20,000			20,000
Laon	France			25,000			15–20,000
Rouen	France			20,000	25,000		40,000	45,000	50,000	40,000	80,000	50,000	50,000	74,000	66,000	60,000	81,000
Lyon	France						22,000		35,000		35,000		40,000	58,000		30,000	80,000
Bruges	Belgium						25,000		50,000		60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000		25,000
Ghent	Belgium						25,000		42,000	57,000	70,000	80,000	80,000	50,000	50,000	31,000
Ypres	Belgium						15–20,000		30,000		20,000
Brussels	Belgium										26,000		31,000			25,000	63,000
Antwerp	Belgium												37,000	70,000	110,000	48,000
Amsterdam	Netherlands															48,000	165,000
Rome	Italy	50,000	40,000	35,000	35,000		35,000		30,000		33,000		38,000	58,000	70,000	102,000	110,000
Verona	Italy	30,000		20,000	30,000		33,000		36,000		35,000		39,000	53,000	52,000	54,000
Naples	Italy	30,000	25,000	30,000	30,000		35,000		40,000	40,000	40,000	75,000	114,000	209,000	215,000	224,000	265,000
Milan	Italy	25,000	20,000	30,000	42,000	45,000	60,000	65,000	60,000	50,000	80,000	83,000	89,000	75,000	98,000	107,000	105,000
Messina	Italy	25,000					35,000		25,000		15,000		31,000		59,000	63,000
Palermo	Italy		35,000	75,000	90,000	125,000	150,000	75,000	35,000		25,000		39,000	60,000	70,000	105,000	132,000
Venice	Italy		35,000	45,000	55,000	60,000	70,000	90,000	110,000	85,000	110,000	100,000	115,000	171,000	157,000	151,000	134,000
Amalfi	Italy			35,000	25,000
Salerno	Italy			15–20,000	50,000	40,000
Genoa	Italy			15,000			30,000	55,000	85,000	70,000	66,000	76,000	62,000	63,000	64,000	65,000	72,000
Bologna	Italy						35,000	55,000	40,000		43,000	49,000	55,000	59,000	65,000	62,000
Siena	Italy						15,000		21,000		16,000		22,000
Florence	Italy						15,000		60,000	40,000	61,000	53,000	70,000	59,000	60,000	65,000	66,000
Pisa	Italy						30,000	50,000	25,000
Vienna	Austria								21,000		24,000		40,000			30,000	65,000
Cologne	Germany	15,000		21,000	25,000	40,000	50,000	52,000	52,000		40,000		38,000			37,000
Trier	Germany	15,000		20,000			25,000		15,000
Speyer	Germany				35,000		30,000		30,000		15,000
Hamburg	Germany										22,000		22,000			29,000
Gdańsk	Poland												30,000			49,000	77,000
Warsaw	Poland															35,000
Trakai	Lithuania									50,000	50,000	50,000
Prague	Czech Republic			15,000			22,000		40,000	50,000	95,000	70,000	70,000	70,000	70,000	110,000
Budapest	Hungary								15,000		20,000		23,000			25,000
Pliska	Bulgaria	34,000
Preslav	Bulgaria		40,000	30,000
Veliko Tarnovo	Bulgaria						35,000	50,000	35,000	55,000
Ohrid	Republic of Macedonia			40,000
Thessaloniki	Greece	40,000	50,000	40,000	50,000	50,000	30,000	40,000	50,000		42,000		40,000			50,000
Athens	Greece								25,000		35,000		35,000			33,000
Constantinople	Turkey	250,000	300,000	300,000	200,000	200,000	150,000	100,000	100,000	80,000	75,000	45,000	200,000	660,000	680,000	700,000	700,000
Edirne	Turkey						15–20,000		18,000		36,000	85,000	127,000	156,000	171,000	150,000	120,000
Kiev	Ukraine		20,000	45,000	50,000	50,000	30,000
Feodosiya (Caffa)	Ukraine								40,000		75,000	60,000	35,000			30,000
Atil	Russia	30,000	40,000
Velikiy Novgorod	Russia			18,000	25,000		25,000		30,000	40,000	45,000	55,000	37,000
Smolensk	Russia					40,000	35,000		25,000		25,000		50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000
Bolghar	Russia						18–25,000		30,000
Sarai	Russia							80,000	100,000	120,000
Moscow	Russia										30,000		80,000	75,000	60,000	80,000	100,000

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City	Country	1675	1700	1750	1775	1800	1825	1850	1862	1875	1900	1914	1925	1936	1950	1970	1975
Dublin	Ireland		80,000	125,000	137,000	165,000	194,000	263,000	313,000	333,000	382,000		418,000		595,000		850,000
London	United Kingdom	485,000	550,000	676,000	710,000	861,000	1,335,000	2,320,000	2,803,000	4,241,000	6,480,000	7,419,000	7,742,000	9,710,000	8,860,000	10,875,000	10,500,000
Glasgow	United Kingdom					84,000	173,000	345,000	429,000	635,000	1,015,000	1,125,000	1,396,000	1,355,000	1,320,000		1,900,000
Manchester	United Kingdom					81,000	178,000	412,000	488,000	590,000	1,435,000	1,600,000	1,725,000	2,390,000	2,382,000	2,850,000	2,700,000
Liverpool	United Kingdom					76,000	170,000	425,000	505,000	650,000	940,000	1,300,000	1,235,000	1,290,000	1,260,000		1,600,000
Birmingham	United Kingdom					71,000	122,000	294,000	338,000	480,000	1,248,000	1,500,000	1,700,000	1,900,000	2,196,000	2,705,000	2,700,000
Lisbon	Portugal	178,000	188,000	213,000	219,000	237,000	258,000	262,000	280,000	243,000	363,000	455,000	567,000		875,000		1,600,000
Córdoba	Spain		27,000			28,000		34,000			52,000
Seville	Spain		80,000	68,000		96,000	83,000	117,000			148,000		212,000		383,000		685,000
Toledo	Spain		25,000
Cartagena	Spain			38,000		29,000		31,000			78,000
Almería	Spain					21,000		20,000			47,000
Granada	Spain		35,000	45,000		53,000		58,000			75,000
Barcelona	Spain		43,000	55,000		113,000	93,000	166,000	193,000	240,000	552,000	626,000	803,000	1,235,000	1,425,000	2,975,000	3,500,000
Madrid	Spain	115,000	105,000	110,000	132,000	182,000	201,000	216,000	303,000	373,000	539,000	623,000	791,000	1,220,000	1,527,000	3,400,000	4,150,000
Metz	France		28,000	31,000		37,000		57,000			58,000
Paris	France	540,000	530,000	556,000	600,000	547,000	855,000	1,314,000	1,800,000	2,250,000	3,330,000	4,000,000	4,800,000	5,950,000	5,900,000	8,875,000	9,400,000
Tours	France		33,000			22,000		33,000			64,000
Rouen	France		63,000	67,000		80,000	87,000	104,000			185,000				225,000
Lyon	France	117,000	97,000	115,000	151,000	110,000	141,000	220,000	333,000	356,000	508,000	615,000	691,000		646,000		1,170,000
Bruges	Belgium		35,000	27,000		31,000		50,000			53,000
Ghent	Belgium		49,000	35,000		51,000		108,000			198,000				228,000
Brussels	Belgium		70,000	55,000		66,000	86,000	210,000	283,000	327,000	561,000	685,000	801,000		964,000	1,990,000	2,100,000
Antwerp	Belgium		67,000	43,000		53,000		103,000		178,000	361,000		466,000		610,000		1,097,000
Amsterdam	Netherlands	195,000	210,000	219,000	209,000	195,000	196,000	225,000	268,000	289,000	510,000	601,000	718,000		859,000		1,800,000
Rome	Italy	105,000	138,000	146,000	148,000	142,000	125,000	158,000	194,000	251,000	438,000	570,000	758,000	1,155,000	1,665,000	2,960,000	3,600,000
Verona	Italy		50,000	49,000		55,000		52,000			66,000
Naples	Italy	170,000	207,000	310,000	355,000	430,000	350,000	413,000	447,000	450,000	563,000	691,000	852,000		1,210,000	1,930,000	1,900,000
Milan	Italy	114,000	113,000	110,000	117,000	122,000	156,000	182,000	226,000	267,000	491,000	655,000	917,000	1,103,000	1,400,000	3,560,000	3,800,000
Messina	Italy		45,000	29,000		37,000		66,000			93,000
Palermo	Italy	128,000	125,000	111,000	127,000	135,000	154,000	170,000	175,000	188,000	255,000		370,000		470,000		672,000
Venice	Italy	138,000	143,000	158,000	151,000	146,000	99,000	141,000			171,000		226,000		354,000
Genoa	Italy		67,000	72,000		49,000	95,000	110,000		160,000	269,000		525,000		676,000		865,000
Bologna	Italy		63,000	66,000		66,000		71,000			132,000		200,000		346,000		560,000
Siena	Italy							21,000
Florence	Italy		68,000	74,000		61,000	89,000	107,000		172,000	203,000				384,000		660,000
Pisa	Italy							25,000
Vienna	Austria	85,000	105,000	169,000	196,000	231,000	288,000	426,000	670,000	1,020,000	1,698,000	2,149,000	1,865,000	1,870,000	1,755,000	1,968,000	1,600,000
Cologne	Germany		37,000	44,000		41,000		95,000		166,000	437,000	621,000	698,000		692,000		1,800,000
Trier	Germany										43,000
Hamburg	Germany		63,000	72,000		117,000	130,000	194,000	225,000	348,000	895,000	1,300,000	1,369,000	1,500,000	1,580,000	2,335,000	2,200,000
Berlin/W. Berlin	Germany		26,000	113,000	136,000	172,000	222,000	446,000	582,000	1,045,000	2,707,000	3,500,000	4,013,000	4,226,000	3,707,000	2,150,000	2,000,000
Essen	Germany										766,000	1,800,000	3,400,000	3,500,000	4,900,000	5,450,000	5,500,000
Regensburg	Germany										45,000
Gdańsk	Poland		50,000	47,000		41,000		64,000			140,000		226,000				730,000
Warsaw	Poland		21,000	26,000		75,000	124,000	163,000		311,000	724,000	906,000	1,002,000	1,229,000	803,000		1,900,000
Prague	Czech Republic		48,000	58,000		77,000	98,000	117,000			474,000	670,000	745,000		951,000		1,275,000
Budapest	Hungary					54,000	87,000	156,000	210,000	325,000	785,000	1,050,000	1,318,000	1,492,000	1,500,000	2,325,000	2,000,000
Thessaloniki	Greece		40,000	45,000		62,000		75,000			140,000		263,000		217,000		600,000
Athens	Greece							30,000			181,000		571,000		1,140,000	2,450,000	3,300,000
Constantinople	Turkey	750,000	700,000	625,000	600,000	570,000	675,000	785,000	820,000	873,000	900,000	1,125,000	817,000		1,035,000	2,825,000	3,200,000
Edirne	Turkey	100,000	85,000	82,000		80,000	88,000	85,000
Kiev	Ukraine							52,000			300,000	625,000	463,000		800,000		1,900,000
Feodosiya (Caffa)	Ukraine		23,000	28,000
Moscow	Russia	105,000	114,000	146,000	177,000	248,000	257,000	373,000	346,000	600,000	1,120,000	1,805,000	1,764,000	4,050,000	5,100,000	9,800,000	10,700,000
Saint Petersburg	Russia			74,000	164,000	220,000	438,000	502,000	565,000	764,000	1,439,000	2,133,000	1,430,000	2,983,000	2,700,000	4,350,000	4,280,000

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Do I miss something? To me the page is unusable. You can only scroll to the right from under the table, but then the years are out of sight. If you do scroll, the name of the cities disappear also. --Dominique Meeùs (talk) 14:11, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Vienna

There is Vieanna missing in the last table. 109.81.215.30 (talk) 19:28, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Tables are too big, the entire article is unreadable

Your should organize this mass of data differently. 212.7.159.74 (talk) 02:23, 2 January 2022 (UTC)