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A sortable table of historical populations of settlements, organized so that you can find out what the largest cities were at a given time in history.

About the numbers[edit]

(I know these explanations are a bit hard to process when I write them in words; I'll give some examples once I get this table off the ground.)

Exponential growth[edit]

These figures are based on the assumption that populations grow and shrink exponentially. While this is a drastic oversimplification, it is far more realistic than a linear model, but not too much harder to work with. Here is a description of how it works:

Interpolation[edit]

Imagine I have a source, that gives the population of a city every hundred years or so. Let's say I want to estimate the city's population sometime between 100 and 200 CE. Over this hundred-year time period, the city's population increased by a certain fraction of itself. The 100th root of this fraction is the number that the city's population multiplied by in one year (if you multiply by the 100th root 100 times, you get the original proportion). If I multiply the population in 100 CE by the 100th root, I get the population in 101 CE. If I do this 32 times (or raise my root to the 32nd power), I get the population in 132 CE.

Extrapolation[edit]

For numbers that lie outside the range of my sources, I will take the two nearest ones, and use the ratio between them to get my root. In other words, I will assume that the population grew at the same rate as it did within the bounds. Be warned that these numbers can only decrease in accuracy the farther they are from a sourced number.

If a settlement starts / stops existing, I will not extrapolate for fear of overestimating. Instead, I will place a "1" at the time when the settlement started / stopped existing, and interpolate based on that. This is based on the assumption that if a settlement existed, its population was at least 1. Usually, these numbers are massive underestimates, but I prefer this to overshooting.

Combining sources[edit]

Sources often disagree with each other, especially in the case of ancient cities. My method for integrating multiple sources is this: I take each source, and interpolate its data using the exponential growth method. Then, for each year, I take the average of the numbers I get (whether sourced or interpolated), and this number is my estimate. These appear within the main tables in bold, without any citations. I provide the original numbers in separate tables in the bottom half of the page. They are organized alphabetically by city, so that you can find them easily.

When font is normal, the data comes from a single source, or two sources that provide data for exactly the same years (just averaged). If cited, it comes directly from the source. If not, it is an interpolation/extrapolation.

N.B.: Sources often do not coincide in time. When I am extrapolating one source and interpolating others (one source "runs out" of data), I find the nearest year with at least one sourced number, and use my average for that year as a placeholder in the row for the source that ran out. Then I interpolate based on that. You will see these placeholders in bold italic font.

Rounding[edit]

All non-integer estimates are truncated (always rounded down, not up, to the nearest one). All averages are rounded to the nearest whole.

The tables![edit]

Stone Age[edit]

Settlement Modern location -9400 -7500 -7250 -7200 -7000 -6850 -6500 -6400 -6000 -5700 -5400 -5000
'Ain Ghazal  Jordan 1 4 2,750[1][2] 2,750 2,750([2]) 458[2] 79 21 5 1
Beidha  Jordan 1 1,000[1] 125 1
Çatalhöyük  Turkey 1 72 171 5,304[1][3] 4,869 3,989 3,768 3,000[1] 1
El Tajín  Mexico 1 (-5600) 1 2
Eridu  Iraq 1 8
Jericho  Palestine 1,000[4] 2,500[4] (8350-7370 BCE) 1,732 1,609 1,200[1]
Kerma  Sudan 1 1 1 2 3 5 7 14 24 41 84
Nineveh  Iraq 1 1 3 9
Rey  Iran 1 1 2 5
Sesklo  Greece 1 4 7 42 159 599 3,500[1]
Tell Brak  Syria 1 12 144 4,000[1]
Xinzheng  China 1 1 3 7
Zhengzhou  China 1 1 1 2 3 5 6 12 21 35 70

Ancient[edit]

Settlement Modern location -5000 -4400 -4200 -4000 -3800 -3700 -3600 -3500 -3400 -3300 -3200 -3100
Aleppo  Syria 1 3 4 7 10 13 16 19 24 29 35 43
Anshan  Iran 10,000[1]
Athens  Greece 1 4 8 13 23 30 39 51 66 87 113 147
Dobrovody  Ukraine 10,000[1]
El Tajín  Mexico 2 7 10 15 21 25 30 35 42 50 59 70
Eridu  Iraq 8 197 569 1,637 4,715 8,000[1] 5,986 4,479 3,352 2,508 1,877 1,404
Habuba Kabira  Syria 7,000[1]
Heliopolis  Egypt 1
Jerusalem  Israel 1 2 2 4 5 8 11 16 24
Kerma  Sudan 84 246 351 501 715 854 1,021 1,219 1,456 1,740 2,078 2,482
Kish  Iraq 1
Larsa  Iraq 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000 10,000
Mari  Syria 1 2 4 7 12 20 34 56 93
Maydanets  Ukraine 1 70 289 1,193 4,923 10,000[1] 1
Memphis  Egypt 30,000[1]
Nekhen  Egypt 1 28 86 264 805 1,407 2,458 4,294 7,500[1] 7,941 8,409 8,904
Nineveh  Iraq 9 38 60 96 151 190 239 300 377 474 596 749
Rey  Iran 5 14 20 28 40 47 56 66 79 93 110 130
Sais  Egypt 1
Sesklo  Greece 3,500[1] 1
Shahr-e Sukhteh  Iran 1 20,000[1]
Susa  Iran 1 9 89 275 845 2,601 8,000[1] 8,678 9,414 10,212
Talianki  Ukraine 12,500[1]
Tell Brak  Syria 4,000[1] 4,573 4,781 5,000[1] 5,848 6,324 6,839 7,397 8,000[1] 11,208 15,702 22,000[1]
Tell Leilan  Syria 1 10 23 52 116 172 256 380 565 840 1,249 1,856
Thebes  Egypt 1 2
Ur  Iraq 1 2 5 13 32 77 184 441
Uruk  Iraq 1 165 910 5,000[1] 8,386 11,000 12,543 14,308 16,325 20,472 25,769 32,500
Xinzheng  China 7 26 40 61 92 113 138 170 209 257 316 388
Yin  China 1 6 10 19 36 48 65 88 118 160 216 291
Zhengzhou  China 70 196 276 389 547 649 769 912 1,082 1,283 1,521 1,804


Settlement Modern location -3000 -2900 -2800 -2700 -2600 -2500 -2400 -2300 -2200 -2100
Adab  Iraq 11,000[1] 11,629 12,295 13,000[1] 11,401 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000
Akkad  Iraq 36,000[1]
Aleppo  Syria 53 65 79 97 118 144 176 215 262 320
Anshan  Iran 10,000 10,000 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000
Athens  Greece 191 249 323 421 547 712 926 1,204 1,567 2,037
Babylon  Iraq 1 9 84
Bad-tibira  Iraq 16,000[1]
Ebla  Syria 1 4 19 82 361 1,577 6,879 30,000[1] 6,879 1,577
El Tajín  Mexico 83 99 117 139 165 196 232 276 327 388
Eridu  Iraq 1,051 786 588 440 329 246 184 138 103 77
Harappa  Pakistan 35,000[1] 23,052 15,182 10,000[1] 2,154 464
Heliopolis  Egypt 2 5 11 25 58 131 296 668 1,508 3,400
Isin  Iraq 1 8 69 577 4,804
Jerusalem  Israel 34 48 69 98 140 200 284 405 577 821
Kerma  Sudan 2,965 3,541 4,230 5,052 6,035 7,208 8,609 10,283 12,283 14,671
Kesh  Iraq 11,000[1]
Kish  Iraq 34 1,169 40,000[1] 34,199 29,240 25,000[1] 15,811 10,000[1] 15,874 25,198
Lagash  Iraq 40,000[1] 40,000[1] 20,000 10,000[1] 14,962 22,388
Larsa  Iraq 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000[1] 13,195 17,411 22,973 30,314
Mari  Syria 154 256 424 703 1,164 1,928 3,192 5,286 8,753 14,494
Memphis  Egypt 30,301 30,606 30,914 31,225 31,539 31,856 32,176 32,500[1] 39,869 48,909
Mohenjo-daro  Pakistan 41,250[1] 20,000[1] 20,000 20,000[1] 15,874 12,599
Namazga-Tepe  Turkmenistan 1 118 14,000[1] 14,000 14,000
Nekhen  Egypt 9,428 9,983 10,570 11,193 11,852 12,549 13,288 14,071 14,899 15,776
Nineveh  Iraq 941 1,183 1,486 1,867 2,346 2,948 3,704 4,653 5,847 7,346
Nippur  Iraq 13,000[1] 15,007 17,324 20,000[1] 14,142 10,000[1] 11,696 13,679
Rey  Iran 154 183 216 256 303 358 424 501 593 702
Sais  Egypt 1 2 3 5 9 14 21 33 52 81
Shahr-e Sukhteh  Iran 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000[1] 20,000 20,000[1] 141 1
Shangqiu  China 1 1 3 5 10 18 33
Shuruppak  Iraq 1 141 20,000[1] 18,945 17,946 17,000[1] 25 1 (-2350)
Susa  Iran 11,078 12,017 13,036 14,142 15,341 16,642 18,053 19,583 21,244 23,045
Taosi  China 10,000[1] 11,832 14,000[1]
Tell Brak  Syria 21,312 20,645 20,000[1] 18,171 16,509 15,000[1] 15,000 15,000[1] 4,509 1,355
Tell Leilan  Syria 2,759 4,100 6,094 9,056 13,458 20,000[1] 20,000 20,000[1] 3,838 736
Thebes  Egypt 5 14 34 82 200 483 1,169 2,828 6,839 16,540
Umma  Iraq 26,000[1] 28,432 31,091 34,000[1] 26,076 20,000[1] 15,874 12,599
Ur  Iraq 1,053 2,513 6,000[1] 8,042 10,779 14,447 19,364 25,955 34,789 46,629
Uruk  Iraq 38,906 46,591 55,811 58,420 61,459 50,000[1] 52,304 54,714 57,235 59,873
Xinzheng  China 477 585 719 883 1,085 1,333 1,637 2,011 2,470 3,034
Yin  China 393 529 714 962 1,298 1,750 2,359 3,180 4,287 5,779
Zabala  Iraq 1 3 13 51 193 719 2,682 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000
Zhengzhou  China 2,139 2,537 3,008 3,567 4,230 5,016 5,948 7,053 8,363 9,917


Settlement Modern location -2000 -1900 -1800 -1783 -1759 -1700 -1600 -1550
Adab  Iraq 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000[1]
Aleppo  Syria 391 477 582 602 631 710 867 957
Anshan  Iran 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000[1] 8,822 7,392 4,786 2,290 1,584
Athens  Greece 2,650 3,446 4,482 4,687 4,992 5,829 7,581 8,645
Avaris  Egypt 1 4 185 100,000[1] 1
Babylon  Iraq 772 7,084 65,000[1] 64,971 64,935 64,869 64,829 64,726
Ebla  Syria 361 82 19 14 10 4 1
El Tajín  Mexico 460 545 647 666 694 767 910 990
Eridu  Iraq 57 43 32 30 28 24 18 15
Erlitou  China 1 171 29,500[1] 16,463 7,226 954 30 5
Harappa  Pakistan 100 21 4 3 2 1
Hattusa  Turkey 1 37,000[1] 38,540
Heliopolis  Egypt 7,669 17,294 39,000[1] 36,240 32,674 25,327 16,448 13,255
Herakleopolis Magna  Egypt 23,000[1]
Isin  Iraq 40,000[1] 39,496 39,000[1] 31,153 22,686 10,403 2,775 1,433
Jerusalem  Israel 1,169 1,665 2,370 2,517 2,739 3,374 4,804 5,732
Kerma  Sudan 17,523 20,930 25,000[1] 24,729 24,353 23,452 22,000[1] 341
Kish  Iraq 40,000[1] 21,446 11,498 10,342 8,905 6,164 3,305 2,420
Lagash  Iraq 33,500[1] 18,303 10,000[1]
Larsa  Iraq 40,000[1] 28,284 20,000[1]
Mari  Syria 24,000[1] 35,327 52,000[1] 576 1
Memphis  Egypt 60,000[1] 47,189 37,500 36,561 35,384 33,168 31,268 33,745
Mohenjo-daro  Pakistan 10,000[1] 14,142 20,000[1]
Namazga-Tepe  Turkmenistan 14,000[1] 5,389 2,074 1,763 1,402 798 307 190
Nekhen  Egypt 16,705 17,688 18,729 18,912 19,174 19,832 21,000[1]
Nineveh  Iraq 9,230 11,596 14,570 15,146 15,999 18,306 23,000[1] 24,061
Nippur  Iraq 16,000[1] 11,177 7,808 7,346 6,741 5,455 3,811 3,185
Rey  Iran 830 982 1,162 1,196 1,245 1,375 1,627 1,769
Sais  Egypt 126 196 304 328 364 473 734 915
Shangqiu  China 60 108 194 214 246 348 626 839
Susa  Iran 25,000[1] 26,692 28,500[1] 28,184 27,744 26,692 25,000[1] 25,000
Tell Brak  Syria 407 122 36 30 22 11 3 1
Tell Leilan  Syria 141 27 5 3 2 1
Thebes  Egypt 40,000[1] 45,495 52,500 53,276 54,395 57,267 62,551 65,406
Umma  Iraq 10,000[1] 14,142 20,000[1]
Ur  Iraq 62,500[1] 29,933 14,336 12,649 10,600 6,866 3,288 2,275
Uruk  Iraq 62,632 65,518 68,537 69,064 69,815 71,696 75,000[1] 58,753
Xinzheng  China 3,727 4,578 5,623 5,823 6,117 6,906 8,483 9,401
Yin  China 7,791 10,504 14,160 14,898 16,005 19,090 25,735 29,880
Zabala  Iraq 10,000[1] 10,000 10,000[1]
Zhengzhou  China 11,760 13,945 16,536 17,022 17,732 19,608 23,251 25,319


Settlement Modern location -1500 -1480 -1400 -1360 -1300 -1200 -1155 -1136 -1100 -1060
Aleppo  Syria 1,058 1,100 1,290 1,397 1,575 1,921 2,101 2,182 2,345 2,539
Amarna  Egypt 30,000[1]
Anshan  Iran 1,096 946 524 390 251 120 86 75 57 42
Athens  Greece 9,859 10,391 12,822 14,243 16,675 21,686 24,408 25,658 28,203 31,329
Babylon  Iraq 64,651 64,628 64,582 64,719 64,620 64,764 67,536 68,785 71,288 74,291
Beijing  China 1 (-1046)
Dur-Kurigalzu  Iraq 1 40,000[1] 40,000 40,000[1] 1
El Tajín  Mexico 1,079 1,116 1,279 1,369 1,516 1,798 1,941 2,005 2,132 2,283
Ephesus  Turkey 1 1 2 3 5 14 21 25 34 49
Eridu  Iraq 13 12 10 9 7 5 4 4 4 3
Erlitou  China 1
Hastinapur  India 1 10 27 173 1,361
Hattusa  Turkey 40,144 40,804 43,555 45,000[1] 46,102 48,000[1]
Heliopolis  Egypt 10,682 9,798 6,937 5,837 4,505 2,925 2,409 2,219 1,900 1,598
Isin  Iraq 740 568 197 116 52 14 7 6 3 2
Izapa  Mexico 1 1 2 3 5 11 16 18 25 34
Jerusalem  Israel 6,839 7,340 9,737 11,215 13,862 19,735 23,135 24,741 28,096 33,524
Kerma  Sudan 5 1
Kish  Iraq 1,772 1,564 950 740 509 273 206 183 146 114
Luoyang  China 1 18 482
Memphis  Egypt 36,418 37,546 42,417 45,085 50,748 62,004 62,669 63,049 63,931 65,159
Namazga-Tepe  Turkmenistan 118 97 45 31 17 6 4 3 2 1
Nimrud  Iraq 1 3 5 15 47
Nineveh  Iraq 25,172 25,630 27,550 28,562 30,152 33,000[1] 33,626 33,893 34,407 34,986
Nippur  Iraq 2,662 2,478 1,860 1,611 1,299 907 772 721 634 549
Pi-Ramesses  Egypt 1 100,000[1] 2,470 517 26 1
Rey  Iran 1,925 1,990 2,277 2,435 2,694 3,187 3,437 3,549 3,770 4,032
Sais  Egypt 1,140 1,245 1,770 2,111 2,749 4,269 5,203 5,657 6,628 7,904
Shangqiu  China 1,124 1,264 2,019 2,552 3,626 6,512 8,474 9,472 11,694 14,779
Susa  Iran 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
Tell Brak  Syria 1
Thebes  Egypt 68,414 69,662 74,927 77,731 73,130 69,393 70,071 70,525 71,654 72,328
Ur  Iraq 1,574 1,359 754 561 361 173 124 108 82 61
Uruk  Iraq 46,026 41,744 28,246 23,234 17,334 10,637 8,539 7,782 6,528 5,370
Xinzheng  China 10,419 10,857 12,798 13,894 15,719 19,306 21,178 22,022 23,713 25,746
Yin  China 34,693 36,829 46,770 52,706 63,051 85,000[1]
Zhengzhou  China 27,571 28,527 32,693 35,000[1]

Iron Age-Classical[edit]

Settlement Modern location -1000 -950 -900 -850 -800 -753 -750 -700 -650 -612 -600 -550
Aleppo  Syria 2,861 3,160 3,491 3,856 4,259 4,677 4,705 5,197 5,741 6,192 6,341 7,005
Anshan  Iran 27 19 13 9 6 4 4 3 2 1 1 1
Anuradhapura  Sri Lanka 1 3 9 29 31 98 309 738 972 3,062
Athens  Greece 36,678 41,828 47,700 54,397 62,034 70,188 70,744 80,676 92,002 101,663 104,919 119,649
Ayodhya  India 1 4 20 91 414 1,706 1,867 8,424 38,000[1] 38,729 38,963 39,950
Babylon  Iraq 79,277 78,541 77,981 77,589 77,361 81,146 81,394 85,674 90,218 98,879 101,942 120,320
Beijing  China 1 1 2 3 4 6 6 8 11 15 16 22
Byzantium (Istanbul)  Turkey 1 (-657) 1 1 2 3
Carthage  Tunisia 1 (-830) 1 4 4 11 30 61 77 199
Chang'an (Xi'an)  China 77,500[1] 83,402 90,000 90,000 90,000 84,850 84,543 79,781 75,609 80,313 81,978 89,992
Constantinople see Byzantium  Turkey
Corduba (Córdoba)  Spain 1 1 2 2 3
Cuicuilco  Mexico 1 2 6 15 37 88 93 231 572 1,140 1,418 3,514
Ecbatana (Hamadan)  Iran 1 28
El Tajín  Mexico 2,528 2,753 2,998 3,264 3,555 3,851 3,871 4,215 4,590 4,897 4,998 5,442
Ephesus  Turkey 84 132 205 320 500 758 779 1,214 1,893 2,653 2,951 4,601
Eridu  Iraq 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hamadan see Ecbatana  Iran
Hastinapur  India 30,000[1] 32,632 35,496 38,611 42,000[1]
Heliopolis  Egypt 1,234 994 801 645 520 424 419 338 272 231 219 176
Isin  Iraq 1
Istanbul see Byzantium  Turkey
Izapa  Mexico 55 83 125 187 279 408 418 625 935 1,270 1,399 2,092
Jerusalem  Israel 40,000[1] 28,804 20,742 14,937 10,756 7,900 7,745 5,578 4,016 3,129 2,892 2,082
Jingzhou see Ying  China
Kanchipuram  India 1 1 2 2 4 6 6 8 12 16 18 26
Kerch see Panticapaeum  Ukraine
Kish  Iraq 78 57 42 30 22 16 16 12 8 6 6 4
Kosambi  India 55,000[1]
Linzi  China 77,500[1] 79,930 79,943 79,978 80,768
Luoyang  China 63,333[1] 63,707 64,146 64,543 65,000 68,336 68,561 72,524 76,597 79,386 80,303 99,044
Mandsaur  India 1 1 2 3 4 6 6 9 13 17 19 27
Ma'rib  Yemen 45,000[1]
Memphis  Egypt 67,500[1] 60,651 54,497 48,968 44,000[1] 49,722 50,111 57,072 65,000[1] 70,021 71,685 79,059
Miletus  Turkey 1 4 22 103 484 2,070 2,271 10,658 50,000[1]
Namazga-Tepe  Turkmenistan 1
Nimrud  Iraq 250 994 3,952 15,717 62,500[1]
Nineveh  Iraq 35,874 36,631 37,404 38,194 39,000[1] 60,710 62,449 100,000[1] 120,000[1] 1
Nippur  Iraq 443 370 309 258 216 182 180 151 126 110 105 88
Panticapaeum (Kerch)  Ukraine 1 21
Pyongyang  North Korea 25,000[1] 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000[1]
Qufu  China 1 3 10 31 100 295 316 1,000 3,162 7,585 10,000 31,622
Rey  Iran 4,460 4,851 5,276 5,739 6,242 6,755 6,789 7,384 8,032 8,561 8,736 9,502
Rome  Italy 1 1 3 13 36 50 179
Sais  Egypt 10,291 12,824 15,979 19,911 24,810 30,509 30,915 38,521 48,000[1]
Shangqiu  China 21,000[1] 24,546 28,692 33,539 39,204 45,398 45,825 53,565 62,613 70,498 73,188 85,550
Susa  Iran 25,000[1] 19,895 15,833 12,600 10,027 8,090 7,980 6,350 5,053 4,248 4,022 3,200
Suzhou  China 1 (-514)
Syracuse  Italy 1 (-734) 3 25 111 176 1,216
Taiyuan  China 1 (-859) 1 1 2 2 3 4 6 6 9
Thebes  Egypt 76,667 63,747 55,000 57,386 60,000[1]
Tikal  Guatemala 1 1 2 2 4 5 5 8 12 16 17 24
Tres Zapotes  Mexico 1 1 3 6 13 24 25 47 90 148 173 329
Ur  Iraq 39 27 19 13 9 6 6 4 3 2 2 1
Uruk  Iraq 4,006 3,138 2,458 1,926 1,508 1,199 1,182 925 725 602 568 445
Varanasi  India 1 2 6 17 45 112 119 309 805 1,664 2,094 5,446
Xiadu  China 100,000[1] 100,000
Xi'an see Chang'an  China
Xintian  China 40,000[1] 54,288 73,680
Xinzheng  China 29,126 32,279 35,774 39,647 43,939 48,397 48,696 53,968 59,811 64,671 66,287 73,463
Xuchang  China 1 1 2 3 6 9 9 15 24 34 38 60
Ye  China 1 1 1 3
Ying (Jingzhou)  China 20,000[1] 29,325 39,226 43,000[1]


Settlement Modern location -500 -490 -450 -430 -400 -350 -300 -270 -250 -200 -150 -100 -50 -44
Aleppo  Syria 7,738 7,893 8,547 8,894 9,441 10,429 11,520 12,228 12,725 14,056 15,526 17,150 18,944 19,172
Alexandria  Egypt 1 (-331) 150,000[1] 198,900 241,421 400,000 363,271 341,127 314,611 311,611
Antioch  Turkey 21,000[5] 35,424 50,199 120,000[1] 171,826 264,649 223,423 219,169
Anuradhapura  Sri Lanka 9,639 12,123 30,341 48,000[1] 50,230 54,182 58,444 61,160 63,041 68,000[1] 75,782 84,456 94,123 95,355
Anyi  China 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000[1]
Athens  Greece 136,447 140,080 155,604 164,000[1] 182,022 216,566 257,667[1] 158,270 114,365 50,760 22,530 10,000[1] 19,049 20,581
Ayodhya  India 40,962 41,168 42,001 42,423 43,065 44,156 45,275 45,960 46,423 47,599 48,806 50,043 51,311 51,465
Babylon  Iraq 143,176 147,011 164,633 175,000 150,000[1] 89,299 53,162 38,945 31,649 18,841 11,216 6,677 3,975 3,735
Beijing  China 30 32 41 49 56 76 105 126 143 196 268 366 500 519
Byzantium (Istanbul)  Turkey 7 7 13 16 24 45 83 121 155 289 537 999 1,857 2,001
Carthage  Tunisia 514 621 1,324 1,933 3,411 8,783 22,619 39,899 58,249 150,000[1] 140,166 130,977 122,391 121,399
Chang'an (Xi'an)  China 100,082 102,396 112,804 120,907 128,874 149,226 175,068 193,845 207,975 250,000 270,812 336,491 337,510 338,136
Chengdu  China 1 3 6 46 316 2,154 14,677 18,478
Constantinople see Byzantium  Turkey
Corduba (Córdoba)  Spain 4 5 7 8 11 16 24 31 36 54 81 121 180 189
Cuicuilco  Mexico 8,705 10,437 21,566 31,000[1] 31,610 32,655 33,733 34,398 34,848 36,000[1] 9,668 2,596 697 595
Datong see Pingcheng  China
Ecbatana (Hamadan)  Iran 820 1,605 23,517 90,000[1]
El Tajín  Mexico 5,926 6,028 6,453 6,676 7,026 7,651 8,331 8,768 9,072 9,879 10,757 11,713 12,754 12,886
Ephesus  Turkey 7,172 7,838 11,180 13,352 17,427 27,165 42,345 55,268 66,006 102,889 160,382 250,000[1] 281,336 285,351
Guangzhou  China 1 (-206) 1 2 4 8 8
Hamadan see Ecbatana  Iran
Heliopolis  Egypt 142 136 114 105 92 74 60 52 48 39 31 25 20 19
Istanbul see Byzantium  Turkey
Izapa  Mexico 3,129 3,391 4,679 5,496 6,998 10,465 15,650 19,924 23,404 35,000[1]
Jerusalem  Israel 1,500[6] 1,867 4,486 6,953 13,416 40,124 120,000[6] 125,386 129,111 138,914 149,462 160,810 173,020 174,547
Kanchipuram  India 38 41 55 63 79 114 164 205 237 342 492 709 1,021 1,067
Kerch see Panticapaeum  Ukraine
Kish  Iraq 3 3 2 2 1 1 1
Linzi  China 81,917 85,637 105,033 117,841 150,000[1] 188,745 237,500[1] 183,216 154,110 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000
Luoyang  China 123,298 124,369 128,866 131,247 144,518 145,174 146,640 143,822 142,016 137,745 143,587 152,459 165,495 167,342
Madurai  India 1 1 3 7 8
Mandsaur  India 39 42 57 66 83 120 174 217 251 364 526 761 1,100 1,150
Memphis  Egypt 87,191 88,915 96,159 100,000[1] 72,412 42,283 24,690 17,878 14,417 8,418 4,915 2,870 1,676 1,571
Nanjing  China 1 (-495) 1 5 11 33 215 1,376 4,183 8,778 56,000[1] 59,190 62,562 66,127 66,568
Nippur  Iraq 73 71 61 57 51 43 35 32 30 25 21 17 14 14
Paithan  India 60,000[1] 63,472 67,146 71,032 71,514
Panticapaeum (Kerch)  Ukraine 454 838 9,703 33,000[1]
Pataliputra (Patna)  India 1 2,154 100,000[1] 117,751 154,611 203,009 239,046 266,558 350,000[1] 266,770 203,333 154,981 150,012
Patna see Pataliputra  India
Pingcheng (Datong)  China 88,000[1] 88,944 89,898 90,862 90,979
Qufu  China 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1] 106,066 112,500[1]
Rey  Iran 10,335 10,510 11,241 11,625 12,226 13,298 14,464 15,212 15,732 17,111 18,611 20,242 22,017 22,240
Rome  Italy 646 835 2,323 3,875 8,349 30,000[7] 63,667 100,000[7] 117,092 174,502 253,630 373,794 608,484 646,163
Seleucia  Iraq 1 (-305) 1 58 598 200,000[1] 247,158 311,803 276,331 272,729
Shangqiu  China 100,000[1] 102,658 114,017 120,160 130,000[1] 114,017 100,000[1]
Sialkot  Pakistan 1 (-327) 1 2 2 5 11 22 44 48
Sravasti  India 46,000[1]
Susa  Iran 2,547 2,433 2,027 1,850 1,613 1,283 1,021 890 813 647 514 409 326 317
Suzhou  China 6 23 4,370 60,000[1] 80,375 81,011 81,660 82,362 82,833 84,024 86,616 89,344 92,216 92,570
Syracuse  Italy 8,380 12,329 57,754 125,000[1]
Taiyuan  China 14 15 20 23 29 43 62 77 90 130 188 272 394 412
Taxila  Pakistan 1 1 6 13 39 244 1,532 4,605 9,589 60,000[1] 27,312 12,433 5,659 5,149
Teotihuacan  Mexico 70,000[1] 71,588 73,212 74,874 75,076
Tikal  Guatemala 35 38 50 58 72 104 148 184 212 304 435 621 889 928
Tres Zapotes  Mexico 628 714 1,196 1,548 2,279 4,341 8,269 12,172 15,750 30,000[1] 18,768 11,741 7,345 6,943
Ujjain  India 94,000[1] 92,656 91,331 90,025 89,870
Ur  Iraq 1
Uruk  Iraq 348 332 273 247 214 167 131 113 102 80 63 49 38 37
Vaishali  India 45,000[1]
Varanasi  India 14,165 17,149 36,842 54,000[1] 53,872 53,659 53,447 53,321 53,236 53,026 52,817 52,609 52,401 52,376
Xiadu  China 100,000[1] 113,985 192,416 250,000[1] 300,000[1] 300,000 300,000[1]
Xi'an see Chang'an  China
Xianyang  China 1 100,000[1] 123,114 141,421 200,000[1]
Xintian  China 100,000[1] 39,516 963 150 9 1 (-376)
Xinzheng  China 81,416 83,108 90,231 94,018 100,000[1] 110,679 122,500[1]
Xuchang  China 95 104 150 181 238 375 593 779 935 1,476 2,330 3,676 5,801 6,127
Ye  China 6 7 12 15 22 42 79 114 147 275 514 960 1,793 1,932
Yong  China 100,000[1]


Settlement Modern location 1 50 70 100 150 200 250 300 350 361 400 450
Aleppo  Syria 20,926 23,069 24,006 25,483 28,148 31,093 34,345 37,938 41,906 42,834 46,290 51,132
Alexandria  Egypt 290,705 269,538 261,486 250,000[1] 218,912 191,691 167,854 146,982 128,705 125,000[1] 119,788 113,422
Antioch  Turkey 191,831 168,212 160,291 150,000[1] 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000[1] 150,000 150,000
Anuradhapura  Sri Lanka 104,896 116,648 121,816 130,000[1] 116,087 103,663 92,569 82,662 73,815 72,000[1] 71,697 71,311
Athens  Greece 36,288 68,242 88,310 130,000[1]
Ayodhya  India 52,611 53,918 54,460 55,284 56,685 58,122 59,595 61,105 62,654 63,000[1] 66,158 70,440
Babylon  Iraq 2,366 1,423 1,156 847 504 300 178 106 63 56 37 22
Beijing  China 683 927 1,051 1,267 1,731 2,365 3,232 4,415 6,032 6,460 8,241 11,258
Byzantium see Constantinople  Turkey
Carthage  Tunisia 114,367 107,015 104,152 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Chang'an (Xi'an)  China 345,815 219,215 183,828 142,276 117,520 100,205 103,346 106,744 119,490 122,736 151,022 204,675
Chengdu  China 100,000[1] 91,833 88,953 85,000 88,320 89,158 90,014 90,889 91,783 91,982 92,696 93,630
Constantinople (Istanbul)  Turkey 3,453 6,341 8,126 11,789 21,916 40,742 75,739 140,799 261,745 300,000[1] 330,798 374,952
Copán  Honduras 1 (426) 2
Corduba (Córdoba)  Spain 269 398 467 594 886 1,321 1,970 2,939 4,383 4,786 6,537 9,750
Ctesiphon[8]  Iraq 1 211 1,883 50,000 68,056 92,634 126,088 171,624 233,604 250,000[1] 285,240 337,781
Cuicuilco  Mexico 187 51 30 13 3 1
Datong see Pingcheng  China
El Tajín  Mexico 13,888 15,097 15,621 16,440 17,901 19,493 21,226 23,113 25,167 25,643 27,405 29,841
Ephesus  Turkey 316,601 355,445 372,638 400,000[1] 245,845 151,099 92,867 57,077 35,080 31,518 21,561 13,251
Guangzhou  China 16 31 40 61 120 235 462 907 1,782 2,066 3,497 6,865
Heliopolis  Egypt 16 13 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 3 2 2
Istanbul see Constantinople  Turkey
Jerusalem  Israel 186,158 200,000[9] 1 1 1 2 4 6 10 11 16 24
Kanchipuram  India 1,470 2,102 2,432 3,028 4,360 6,279 9,042 13,021 18,752 20,318 27,004 38,857
Linzi  China 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1]
Luoyang  China 184,271 241,871 271,655 324,934 295,931 270,102 247,098 226,609 221,138 220,549 220,380 267,831
Madurai  India 15 29 38 58 114 226 446 880 1,737 2,017 3,427 6,761
Mandsaur  India 1,591 2,283 2,646 3,301 4,772 6,899 9,975 14,421 20,849 22,610 30,141 43,576
Memphis  Egypt 978 577 465 337 196 115 67 39 22 20 13 7
Nanjing  China 69,895 73,795 75,449 78,000[1] 85,704 94,263 103,780 114,370 159,564 172,727 225,000 268,649
Nippur  Iraq 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 2
Paithan  India 75,144 79,404 81,211 84,000[1]
Patala (Thatta)  Pakistan 73,000[1]
Pataliputra (Patna)  India 118,127 90,527 81,209 69,000[1] 80,067 92,909 107,811 125,104 145,170 150,000[1] 140,873 129,981
Patna see Pataliputra  India
Peshawar  Pakistan 120,000[1]
Pingcheng (Datong)  China 91,837 92,802 93,199 93,798 94,804 95,821 96,849 97,888 98,938 99,171 100,000[1] 141,412
Pyay  Myanmar 1 (78) 2 17 121 872 6,249 44,747 69,000[1] 70,099 71,535
Rey  Iran 23,947 26,002 26,891 28,282 30,761 33,458 36,391 39,581 43,050 43,854 46,824 50,929
Rome  Italy 820,695 913,732 956,107 1,025,000 1,003,091 984,802 932,472 888,532 894,312 895,989 950,000[1] 80,000[1]
Seleucia  Iraq 250,000[1] 223,858 213,991 200,000[1] 17 1 (165)
Sialkot  Pakistan 89 175 230 348 692 1,377 2,738 5,443 10,820 12,586 21,509 42,759
Susa  Iran 259 207 189 165 131 104 83 66 52 50 41 33
Suzhou  China 95,240 98,360 99,680 101,714 97,982 94,642 91,660 89,003 86,643 86,161 88,186 90,913
Taiyuan  China 571 820 950 1,187 1,717 2,485 3,596 5,203 7,529 8,167 10,894 15,764
Taxila  Pakistan 2,576 1,191 869 542 246 112 51 23 10 8 4 2
Teotihuacan  Mexico 76,573 78,275 78,981 80,052 81,868 83,726 85,626 87,569 89,556 90,000[1] 112,578 150,000[10]
Thatta see Patala  Pakistan
Tikal  Guatemala 1,271 1,804 2,081 2,579 3,687 5,271 7,536 10,773 15,402 16,662 22,018 31,477
Tres Zapotes  Mexico 4,595 2,902 2,405 1,815 1,135 710 444 278 174 156 108 68
Ujjain  India 88,738 87,495 86,993 86,244 85,011 83,796 82,598 81,417 80,253 80,000[1]
Uruk  Iraq 30 23 21 18 14 11 8 7 5 5 4 3
Varanasi  India 52,195 51,993 51,911 51,788 51,583 51,380 51,177 50,975 50,774 50,730 50,574 50,374
Wanxian (Wanzhou)  China 100,000[1]
Xi'an see Chang'an  China
Xuchang  China 9,153 14,312 17,177 22,584 35,635 56,229 88,725 140,000[1]
Ye  China 3,347 6,172 7,923 11,523 21,514 40,166 74,988 140,000[1] 123,382 120,000[1] 100,000[1]

Medieval[edit]

Settlement Modern location 500 550 600 622 641 650 700 750 752 775 800 850 900 950
Aleppo  Syria 56,481 62,389 68,916 72,000[1] 71,444 71,182 69,745 68,337 68,281 67,644 66,957 65,606 64,281 62,984
Alexandria  Egypt 107,395 101,689 96,285 94,000[1] 98,078 100,072 111,907 125,141 125,702 132,335 139,941 156,492 175,000[1]
Angkor  Cambodia 1 300 90,000[1]
Anhilpur (Patan)  India 1 (745) 1 1 8 54 2,096 80,000[1]
Antioch  Turkey 150,000[1]
Anuradhapura  Sri Lanka 70,927 70,546 70,166 70,000[1]
Ayodhya  India 75,000[1]
Babylon  Iraq 13 7 4 3 3 2 1 1
Badami  India 1 (540) 3 3,509 70,000[1]
Baghdad  Iraq 1 (734) 190 368 700,000[1] 958,333[1]
Bacalar  Mexico 45,000[1]
Basra  Iraq 1 (636) 1 2 89 2,989 3,440 17,290 100,000[1]
Beijing  China 15,381 21,013 28,707 32,931 37,077 39,218 53,579 73,197 74,117 85,555 100,000[1]
Carthage  Tunisia 100,000[1] 5,462 298 83 27 16 1 (698)
Chang'an (Xi'an)  China 289,794 356,925 466,667 508,005 565,612 595,737 804,253 913,686 918,647 979,381 800,000[1] 663,324 550,000[1]
Chengdu  China 94,584 95,559 96,555 97,000 97,714 98,056 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1]
Chunar  India 72,000[1]
Constantinople (Istanbul)  Turkey 425,000[1] 319,252 254,265 247,051 235,255 229,872 202,206
Copán  Honduras 8 39 170 327 574 748 3,281 14,378 15,253 30,097 63,000[1] 17,748 5,000[11]
Córdoba  Spain 14,541 21,686 32,342 38,561 44,886 48,234 71,936 107,283 109,012 131,016 160,000[1] 173,205 187,500[1]
Ctesiphon  Iraq 400,000[1] 438,305 480,279 500,000[1] 53,973 18,803 53 1 (734)
Dali  China 95,000[1]
Datong  China 200,000[1]
El Tajín  Mexico 32,494 35,383 38,528 40,000[1] 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000[1] 44,721 50,000[1] 9,705
Ephesus  Turkey 8,144 5,005 3,076 2,483 2,064 1,890 1,162 714 700 559 439 269 165 101
Fustat  Egypt 1 1 71 2,677 3,094 16,362 100,000[1] 122,474 150,000[1] 158,883
Gao  Mali 72,000[1]
Guangzhou  China 13,475 26,448 51,913 69,846 90,248 101,895 200,000[1] 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000[1]
Gwalior  India 65,000[1]
Heliopolis  Egypt 1 1 1 1 1 1
Istanbul see Constantinople  Turkey
Jerusalem  Israel 37 57 87 105 123 133 203 309 315 382 472 720 1,098 1,674
Kanchipuram  India 56,000[1] 61,362 67,239 70,000[1] 67,673 66,598 60,930 55,744 55,546 53,319 51,000[1]
Kannauj  India 120,000[1] 114,917 112,585 100,465 89,650 89,243 84,688 80,000[1] 80,000 80,000[1]
Kyoto  Japan 200,000[1] 150,000[1] 173,205 200,000[1]
Lhasa  China 1 (637) 1 2 85 2,925 3,369 17,105 100,000[1]
Luoyang  China 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 354,423 356,586 369,444 357,459 357,075 353,171 350,000[1] 247,487 175,000[1]
Madurai  India 13,338 26,314 51,911 70,000[1] 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000[1]
Mandsaur  India 63,000[1]
Manyakheta  India 1 (814) 123 100,000[1]
Memphis  Egypt 4 2 1 1 1
Nanjing  China 325,000[1]
Nara  Japan 1 (710) 166 215 4,084 100,000[1]
Nippur  Iraq 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pataliputra  India 119,930 110,657 102,101 98,549 95,581 94,206 86,922 80,201 79,943 77,038 74,000[1]
Patan see Anhilpur  India
Patna see Pataliputra  India
Pingcheng see Datong  China
Prambanan  Indonesia 60,000[1] 60,991 62,000[1] 1 (930)
Pyay  Myanmar 73,000[1] 83,049 94,482 100,000[1]
Rey  Iran 55,394 60,250 65,531 68,000[1]
Rome  Italy 50,000[7] 47,834 45,762 44,880 44,131 43,780 41,884 40,070 40,000[7] 40,000 40,000[1][7]
Sialkot  Pakistan 85,000[1]
Susa  Iran 26 21 16 15 13 13 10 8 8 7 6 5 4 3
Suzhou  China 93,795 95,474 97,193 95,334 93,809 93,113 89,524 90,743 90,792 91,367 92,000 91,243 90,500
Taiyuan  China 22,811 33,007 47,761 56,192 64,662 69,109 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1]
Taxila  Pakistan 1
Teotihuacan  Mexico 125,000[1] 92,527 68,490 60,000[1]
Tikal  Guatemala 45,000[1] 44,125 43,267 42,895 42,576 42,426 41,601 40,792 40,760 40,394 40,000[1] 1,169 34 1
Tres Zapotes  Mexico 42 26 16 13 11 10 6 4 4 3 2 1 1
Uruk  Iraq 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Varanasi  India 50,176 49,978 49,780 49,694 49,619 49,584 49,388 49,194 49,186 49,096 49,000[1] 53,768 59,000[1]
Xi'an see Chang'an  China


Settlement Modern location 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1218 1244 1250 1300 1347 1350
Aleppo  Syria 61,712 60,466 59,246 58,050 56,878 56,462 55,866 55,730 54,604 53,568 53,502
El Tajín  Mexico 1,883 365 70 13 2 1 1 (1230)
Ephesus  Turkey 62 38 23 14 8 7 5 5 3 2 2
Fustat  Egypt 168,293 178,260 188,817 200,000[12] 1 (1168)
Jerusalem  Israel 2,553 3,893 5,935 9,050 13,798 16,061 2,000[9]
Susa  Iran 2 2 1 1 1 1

Renaissance-Early Modern[edit]

Settlement Modern location 1400 1425 1450 1475 1500 1516 1519 1525 1527 1550 1575 1590
Aleppo  Syria 52,422 51,890 51,364 50,843 50,327 50,000[13]
Ephesus  Turkey 1 1

Integrations of multiple sources[edit]

Alexandria
Source -300 -270 -250 -200 -150 -100 -50 -44 1 50 70 100
Chandler 150,000 184,671 212,132 300,000[1] 290,991 282,253 273,777 272,777 265,556 257,739 254,615 250,000[1]
Modelski 150,000 227,357 300,000 600,000[1] 452,411 341,127
Morris 150,000[1] 184,671 212,132 300,000[1] 346,410 400,000[1] 355,445 350,444 315,854 281,336 268,356 250,000
AVERAGE 150,000 198,900 241,421 400,000 363,271 341,127 314,611 311,611 290,705 269,538 261,486 250,000
Antioch
Source -200 -150 -100 -50 -44 1 50 70 100
Chandler 120,000[1] 124,562 129,298 134,214 134,816 139,316 144,505 146,678 150,000[1]
Morris 120,000 219,089 400,000[1] 312,631 303,521 244,346 191,919 173,903 150,000[1]
AVERAGE 120,000 171,826 264,649 223,423 219,169 191,831 168,212 160,291 150,000
Babylon
Source -1800 -1783 -1759 -1700 -1600 -1550 -1500 -1480 -1400 -1360 -1300 -1200 -1155 -1136 -1100 -1060
Chandler 65,000 64,559 63,942 62,449 60,000[1] 58,578 57,191 56,645 54,513 53,478 51,961 49,528 48,471 48,032 47,210 46,313
Modelski 64,764 71,414 74,422 80,476 87,780
Morris 65,000[1] 65,383 65,928 67,288 69,658 70,874 72,111 72,611 74,650 75,690 77,278 80,000[1] 82,723 83,900 86,177 88,779
AVERAGE 65,000 64,971 64,935 64,869 64,829 64,726 64,651 64,628 64,582 64,719 64,620 64,764 67,536 68,785 71,288 74,291
Source -1000 -950 -900 -850 -800 -753 -750 -700 -650 -612 -600 -550 -500 -490 -450 -430 -400
Chandler 45,000[1] 45,491 45,989 46,491 47,000[1] 50,737 50,985 55,309 60,000[1] 73,869 78,883 103,710 136,351 144,021 179,265 200,000[1] 150,000
Modelski 100,000[1] 93,784 87,955 82,488 77,361
Morris 92,831 96,349 100,000 103,789 107,721 111,554 111,803 116,039 120,436 123,889 125,000[1] 136,930 150,000[1] 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000[1]
AVERAGE 79,277 78,541 77,981 77,589 77,361 81,146 81,394 85,674 90,218 98,879 101,942 120,320 143,176 147,011 164,633 175,000 150,000
Baghdad
Source 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1218 1244 1250
Chandler 700,000[1] 793,725 900,000[1]
Modelski 958,333 928,708 900,000[1]
Morris 175,000[1]
Ring+++ 2,000,000[1] 2,000,000 2,000,000[1]
AVERAGE 958,333

Chang'an see Xi'an

Chengdu
Source 1 50 70 100 150 200 250 300 350 361
Chandler 100,000 83,666 77,905 70,000[1] 76,639 78,315 80,027 81,777 83,565 83,964
Modelski 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
AVERAGE 100,000 91,833 88,953 85,000 88,320 89,158 90,014 90,889 91,783 91,982
Source 400 450 500 550 600 622 641 650 700
Chandler 85,392 87,259 89,167 91,117 93,109 94,000[1] 95,427 96,111 100,000
Modelski 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1]
AVERAGE 92,696 93,630 94,584 95,559 96,555 97,000 97,714 98,056 100,000
Istanbul
Source 500 550 600 622 641 650 700 750 752 775 800 850 900 950
Chandler 400,000[1] 378,697 358,530 350,000[1] 331,313 322,813 279,411 241,844 240,451 225,000[1] 250,000[1] 273,861 300,000[1]
Morris 450,000[1] 259,807 150,000[1] 144,102 139,196 136,930 125,000[1]
AVERAGE 425,000 319,252 254,265 247,051 235,255 229,872 202,206
Linzi
Source -700 -650 -612 -600 -550 -500 -490 -450 -430 -400
Chandler 77,500 80,000[1] 76,121 74,936 70,193 65,751 64,897 61,589 60,000[1] 150,000
Modelski 100,000[1] 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000[1] 110,408 164,067 200,000[1] 200,000[1]
Morris 55,000[1] 59,791 63,709 65,000[1] 72,111 80,000[1] 81,605 89,442 93,524 100,000[1]
AVERAGE 77,500 79,930 79,943 79,978 80,768 81,917 85,637 105,033 117,841 150,000
Luoyang
Source -1000 -950 -900 -850 -800 -753 -750 -700 -650 -612 -600 -550
Chandler 55,000[1] 53,704 52,440 51,205 50,000[1] 55,559 55,934 62,573 70,000[1] 74,448 75,910 82,320
Modelski 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1] 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000[1] 141,421
Morris 35,000[1] 37,416 40,000[1] 42,426 45,000[1] 49,450 49,749 55,000[1] 59,791 63,709 65,000[1] 72,391
AVERAGE 63,333 63,707 64,146 64,543 65,000 68,336 68,561 72,524 76,597 79,386 80,303 99,044
Source -500 -490 -450 -430 -400 -350 -300 -270 -250 -200 -150 -100 -50 -44
Chandler 89,271 90,730 96,809 100,000[1] 93,554 83,721 74,921 70,092 67,046 60,000[1] 83,075 115,025 159,262 165,604
Modelski 200,000[1] 200,000 200,000 200,000[1] 240,000[1] 240,000 240,000[1] 235,663 232,816 225,848 219,089 212,531 206,170 205,420
Morris 80,622 82,377 89,790 93,742 100,000[1] 111,803 125,000[1] 125,711 126,188 127,387 128,598 129,820 131,054 131,203
AVERAGE 123,298 124,369 128,866 131,247 144,518 145,174 146,640 143,822 142,016 137,745 143,587 152,459 165,495 167,342
Source 1 50 70 100 150 200 250 300 350 361 400 450
Chandler 220,513 303,339 345,506 420,000[1] 382,799 348,894 317,992 289,827 264,157 258,822 240,760 219,435
Modelski 200,000[1] 288,743 335,433 420,000[1] 368,911 324,037 284,621 250,000[1] 223,606 218,185 200,000[1] 316,227
Morris 132,300 133,532 134,038 134,801 136,082 137,376 138,681 140,000[1] 175,650 184,639 220,380
AVERAGE 184,271 241,871 271,655 324,934 295,931 270,102 247,098 226,609 221,138 220,549 220,380 267,831
Source 500 550 600 622 641 650 700 750 752 775 800
Chandler 200,000[1] 200,000 200,000 200,000[1] 208,846 213,171 238,887 267,705 268,927 283,393 300,000[1]
Modelski 500,000[1] 500,000 500,000[1] 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000[1] 447,213 445,222 422,948 400,000[1]
AVERAGE 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 354,423 356,586 369,444 357,459 357,075 353,171 350,000
Memphis, Egypt
Source -2000 -1900 -1800 -1783 -1759 -1700 -1600 -1550 -1500 -1480 -1400 -1360 -1300 -1200 -1155 -1136 -1100 -1060 -1000
Chandler (+Etext) 60,000[1] 51,961 45,000[1] 42,344 38,859 31,464 22,000[1] 23,786 25,717 26,533 30,062 32,000[1] 37,829 50,000[1] 46,144 44,606 41,833 38,952 35,000[1]
Modelski 60,000[1] 42,426 30,000[1] 30,777 31,909 34,872 40,536 43,703 47,119 48,559 54,772 58,170 63,667 74,008 79,193 81,491 86,028 91,365 100,000[1]
AVERAGE 60,000 47,189 37,500 36,561 35,384 33,168 31,268 33,745 36,418 37,546 42,417 45,085 50,748 62,004 62,669 63,049 63,931 65,159 67,500
Nanjing
Source 100 150 200 250 300 350 361 400 450 500
Chandler 78,000[1] 88,409 100,208 113,582 128,740 145,922 150,000[1] 150,000 150,000 150,000[1]
Modelski 78,000 82,998 88,317 93,977 100,000[1] 173,205 195,453 300,000[1] 387,298 500,000[1]
AVERAGE 78,000 85,704 94,263 103,780 114,370 159,564 172,727 225,000 268,649 325,000
Rome
Source -270 -250 -200 -150 -100 -50 -44
Chandler (+Etext) 100,000 113,339 155,000[1] 185,240 221,381 264,573 270,292
De Kleijn 100,000[7] 120,845 194,004 311,451 500,000[7] 928,424 1,000,000[7]
Modelski 646,163
Morris 174,502 264,198 400,000[1] 632,455 668,199
AVERAGE 100,000 117,092 174,502 253,630 373,794 608,484 646,163
Source 1 50 70 100 150 200 250 300 350 361 400 450
Chandler 316,192 376,537 404,361 450,000[1] 496,263 547,283 603,547 665,597 734,025 750,000[1] 950,000
De Kleijn 1,166,589 1,384,970 1,485,449 1,650,000[7] 1,523,730 1,407,124 1,299,442 1,200,000[7] 1,148,912 1,137,968 1,100,000[7] 80,000[7]
Modelski 800,000[1] 893,419 934,616 1,000,000[1] 992,371 984,802
Morris 1,000,000[1] 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000[1] 1,000,000 1,000,000[1] 894,427 800,000[1] 800,000 800,000 800,000[1] 80,000
AVERAGE 820,695 913,732 956,107 1,025,000 1,003,091 984,802 932,472 888,532 894,312 895,989 950,000 80,000
Seleucia
Source -200 -150 -100 -50 -44 1
Chandler (+Etext) 200,000[1] 211,474 223,606 236,435 238,023 250,000[1]
Morris 200,000 282,842 400,000[1] 316,227 307,434 250,000
AVERAGE 200,000 247,158 311,803 276,331 272,729 250,000
Suzhou
Source -430 -400 -350 -300 -270 -250 -200 -150 -100 -50 -44
Chandler 60,000[1] 60,750 62,022 63,320 64,113 64,646 66,000[1] 70,144 74,549 79,231 79,812
Modelski 60,000 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000[1] 100,610 101,019 102,048 103,088 104,139 105,200 105,328
AVERAGE 60,000 80,375 81,011 81,660 82,362 82,833 84,024 86,616 89,344 92,216 92,570
Source 1 50 70 100 150 200 250 300 350 361 400 450
Chandler 84,207 89,386 91,590 95,000[1] 86,431 78,635 71,542 65,089 59,218 58,000[1] 61,142 65,421
Modelski 106,273 107,334 107,770 108,428 109,533 110,649 111,777 112,916 114,067 114,322 115,230 116,404
AVERAGE 95,240 98,360 99,680 101,714 97,982 94,642 91,660 89,003 86,643 86,161 88,186 90,913
Source 500 550 600 622 641 650 700 750 752 775 800 850 900 950
Chandler 70,000[1] 72,159 74,386 75,387 76,262 76,681 79,047 81,485 81,584 82,733 84,000[1] 82,486 81,000[1]
Modelski 117,590 118,789 120,000[1] 115,281 111,356 109,544 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000[1]
AVERAGE 93,795 95,474 97,193 95,334 93,809 93,113 89,524 90,743 90,792 91,367 92,000 91,243 90,500
Thebes, Egypt
Source -2000 -1900 -1800 -1783 -1759 -1700 -1600 -1550 -1500 -1480 -1400 -1360 -1300 -1200
Chandler (+Etext) 40,000 50,990 65,000[1] 65,523 66,269 68,140 71,433 73,139 74,885 75,595 78,504 80,000[1] 59,911 37,000[1]
Modelski 40,000[1] 40,000 40,000[1] 40,944 42,316 45,888 52,642 56,384 60,392 62,073 69,282 73,194 79,480 91,180
Morris 52,500 53,361 54,601 57,774 63,578 66,695 69,965 71,318 76,994 80,000[1] 80,000 80,000[1]
AVERAGE 40,000 45,495 52,500 53,276 54,395 57,267 62,551 65,406 68,414 69,662 74,927 77,731 73,130 69,393
Source -1155 -1136 -1100 -1060 -1000 -950 -900 -850 -800
Chandler 41,251 43,190 47,116 51,899 60,000[1] 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000[1]
Modelski 96,992 99,556 104,602 107,515 120,000[1] 81,240 55,000
Morris 71,971 68,829 63,245 57,571 50,000[1] 50,000 50,000[1] 54,772 60,000
AVERAGE 70,071 70,525 71,654 72,328 76,667 63,747 55,000 57,386 60,000
Uruk
Source -4000 nil -3800 -3700 -3600 -3500 -3400 -3300 -3200 -3100 -3000 -2900 -2800 -2700 -2600 -2500
Modelski 5,000 9,932 14,000[1] 15,767 17,758 20,000[1] 26,207 34,371 45,000[1] 54,513 66,038 80,000[1] 80,000 80,000[1] 50,000[1]
Morris 5,000[1] 6,839 8,000[1] 9,319 10,857 12,649 14,736 17,167 20,000 23,299 27,144 31,622 36,840 42,918 50,000[1]
AVERAGE 5,000 8,386 11,000 12,543 14,308 16,325 20,472 25,769 32,500 38,906 46,591 55,811 58,420 61,459 50,000
Xi'an
Source -1000 -950 -900 -850 -800 -753 -750 -700 -650 -612 -600 -550
Chandler 55,000[1] 55,000 55,000 55,000 55,000[1] 46,865 46,388 39,125 33,000[1] 40,739 43,541 57,451
Modelski 100,000[1] 111,803 125,000[1] 125,000 125,000[1] 122,834 122,697 120,436 118,217 116,558 116,039 113,901
Morris 75,609 83,643 86,353 98,625
AVERAGE 77,500 83,402 90,000 90,000 90,000 84,850 84,543 79,781 75,609 80,313 81,978 89,992
Source -500 -490 -450 -430 -400 -350 -300 -270 -250 -200 -150 -100 -50 -44
Chandler 75,804 80,126 100,020 118,120 131,972 174,131 229,758 271,336 303,155 400,000[1] 306,251 234,474 179,519 173,858
Modelski 111,803 111,388 109,743 108,930 107,721 105,737 103,789 102,637 101,876 100,000[1] 200,000 400,000[1] 400,000 400,000
Morris 112,640 115,674 128,648 135,670 146,929 167,809 191,657 207,562 218,893 250,000[1] 306,186 375,000[1] 433,012 440,551
AVERAGE 100,082 102,396 112,804 120,907 128,874 149,226 175,068 193,845 207,975 250,000 270,812 336,491 337,510 338,136
Source 1 50 70 100 150 200 250 300 350 361 400 450
Chandler 137,445 105,795 95,076 81,000[1] 80,807 80,615 80,423 80,232 80,041 80,000[1] 125,661 224,198
Modelski 400,000[1] 200,000 151,571 100,000[1] 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000[1] 100,000
Morris 500,000[1] 351,850 304,837 245,828 171,754 120,000[1] 129,614 140,000[1] 178,428 188,208 227,406 289,827
AVERAGE 345,815 219,215 183,828 142,276 117,520 100,205 103,346 106,744 119,490 122,736 151,022 204,675
Source 500 550 600 622 641 650 700 750 752 775 800 850 900 950
Chandler 400,000[1] 400,000 400,000 400,000[1] 448,205 473,026 638,162 860,948 871,322 1,000,000[1] 600,000[1]
Modelski 100,000[1] 200,000 400,000[1] 489,335 582,391 632,455 1,000,000[1] 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000[1] 800,000[1]
Morris 369,382 470,775 600,000[1] 634,679 666,239 681,731 774,596 880,111 884,619 938,142 1,000,000[1]
AVERAGE 289,794 356,925 466,667 508,005 565,612 595,737 804,253 913,686 918,647 979,381 800,000

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq ir is it iu iv iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn jo jp jq jr js jt ju jv jw jx jy jz ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt ku kv kw kx ky kz la lb lc ld le lf lg lh li lj lk ll lm ln lo lp lq lr ls lt lu lv lw lx ly lz ma mb mc md me mf mg mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr ps pt pu pv pw px py pz qa qb qc qd qe qf qg qh qi qj qk ql qm qn qo qp qq qr qs qt qu qv qw qx qy qz ra rb rc rd re rf rg rh ri rj rk Historical urban community sizes (Note: see this revision for some figures; I'm cheating a bit.)
  2. ^ a b c 'Ain Ghazal: Population was 3000 in -7000 and decreased to 1/6 of its former size within a few generations of -6500
  3. ^ Çatalhöyük
  4. ^ a b Jericho
  5. ^ Antioch
  6. ^ a b Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l History of Rome
  8. ^ I'm giving Ctesiphon special treatment because I want Seleucia-Ctesiphon to have a continuous presence on the list. At 100 CE I'm estimating Ctesiphon's population to be 1/4 of Seleucia's (a growing suburb, but nothing to gape at) and interpolating from there.
  9. ^ a b History of Jerusalem (Middle Ages) (Note: for 1244, I am taking the word "decimated" literally until I find a better source.)
  10. ^ Teotihuacan
  11. ^ Copán
  12. ^ Fustat
  13. ^ Aleppo
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