Historical urban community sizes
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This article lists historical urban community sizes based on the estimated populations of selected human settlements from 7000 BC – AD 1875, organized by archaeological periods.
Many of the figures are uncertain, especially in ancient times. Estimating population sizes before censuses were conducted is a difficult task.{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Matt|title=Largest Cities Throughout History|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/largest-cities-throughout-history-4068071|website=ThoughtCo|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=live}}
Neolithic settlements
{{Further|Neolithic architecture}}
Bronze Age
{{Further|Cities of the Ancient Near East}}
Iron Age
Middle Ages
class="wikitable sortable"
|+Early Middle Ages: 500-999 AD !City !Location !data-sort-type="number" |500 !data-sort-type="number" |600 !data-sort-type="number" |622 !data-sort-type="number" |700 !data-sort-type="number" |775 !data-sort-type="number" |800 !data-sort-type="number" |900 |
Aleppo
|Syria | | | | | | |
Athens
|Greece | | | | | | |
Alexandria
|Egypt | | | |60,000–100,000 |60,000–100,000 |
Angkor
|Cambodia | | | | |
Anhilpur
|India | | | | | | |
Antioch
|Turkey | | | | | | |
Anuradhapura
|Sri Lanka | | | | | | |
Arles
|France | | | | | |10,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=10}} | |
Ayodhya
|India | | | | | | |
Badami
|India | | | | | | |
Baghdad
|Iraq | | | | | |
Bakhalal
|Mexico | | | | | | |
Basra
|Iraq | | | | | | |
Benares
|India | | | | |
Carthage
|Tunisia | | | | | | |
Chang'an / Xi'an
|China |1,000,000{{efn|Haoqing, the capital of Western Zhou, was located 15 km SW of Chang'an, the capital of Sung and Tang dynasties as well as the present center of Xi'an. Han capital was located 5 km NW of the center of modern Xi'an. All these sites are now within the sub-provincial city of Xi'an.}} |
Chengdu
|China | | | | |
Chenla
|Cambodia | | | | | | |
Chunar
|India | | | | | | |
Constantinople
|Turkey |400,000–500,000{{cite web |work=History/Medieval Studies 303 |url=http://www.tulane.edu/~august/H303/handouts/Population.htm |title=Early Medieval and Byzantine Civilization: Constantine to Crusades |access-date=2015-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826083011/http://www.tulane.edu/~august/H303/handouts/Population.htm |archive-date=2015-08-26 }} |
Copán
|Honduras | | | | | | |
Cologne
|Germany | | | | | |
Córdoba
|Spain | | | | |
Ctesiphon
|Iraq | |200,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=305}}–500,000 | | | | |
Dali
|China | | | | | | |
Đại La /Hanoi
|Vietnam | | | | | | |25,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} |
Datong
|China | | | | | | |
Dorestad
|Netherlands | | | | |1,000–2,500 |1,000–2,500 | |
El Pilar
|Guatemala | | | | | | |
El Tajín
|Mexico | | | | |
Fanyang (Youzhou)
|China | | | | | | |
Florence
|Italy | |1,000 | | |2,000–2,500 |5,000 | |
Fustat
|Egypt | | | | | |
Gao
|Mali | | | | | | |
Granada
|Spain | | | | | | |20,000 |
Guangzhou
|China | | | | | |
Gwalior
|India | | | | | | |
Huari/Wari
|Peru | | | | | | |
Jiankang
|China | | | | | | |
Jinyang (Taiyuan)
|China | | | | | |
Kannauj
|India | | |230,000 |250,000 |250,000 |
Kanchi
|India | | | | |
Kyoto
|Japan | | | | |200,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=297}} |
Laon
|France | | | | | | |28,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=113}} |
Lhasa
|China | | | | | | |
London
|UK | | | | | |10,000–12,000 | |
Luoyang
|China | |
Lyon
|France | | | | | |12,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=114}} | |
Madurai
|India | | | | | |
Mainz
|Germany | | | | | |
Mandsaur
|India | | | | | | |
Manyakheta
|India | | | | | | |
Metz
|France | | | | | |25,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=115}} |14,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=115}} |
Milan
|Italy |30,000 | | | | |25,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=88}} |30,000 (875){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=89}} |
Naples
|Italy | | | | |30,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=89}} |30,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=89}} |30,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=89}} |
Nanjing
|China | | | | | | |
Nara
|Japan | | | | | | |
Orléans
|France | | | | | |10,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=10}} | |
Padua
|Italy | | | | | |15,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=10}} | |
Paris
|France | | | | | |20,000 |
Patna / Pataliputra
|India |500,000 |300,000 | |100,000 | | |
Pavia
|Italy | | | | | | |
Poitiers
|France | | |
Preslav
|Bulgaria | | | | | | |
Prambanan
|Indonesia | | | | | |
Provins
|France | | | | | |10,000 | |
Pyay
|Myanmar | | | | | |
Pliska
|Bulgaria | | | | | |34,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p={{page needed|date=July 2021}}}} | |
Ray
|Iran | | | | | | |
Regensburg
|Germany | | | | | |25,000 |
Reims
|France | | | | | | |
Rennes
|France | | | | | |10,000 | |
Rome
|Italy |100,000 |50,000{{sfn|Wickham|2015|p=112}} |50,000{{sfn|Wickham|2015|p=112}} |50,000{{sfn|Wickham|2015|p=112}} |50,000Meneghini and Santangeli Valenzani Roma nell'altomedioevo. Topografia e urbanistica della citta dal V al X seolo. Rome, 2004. pp. 22-3 |20,000–30,000{{sfn|Wickham|2015|p=112}} |
Rouen
|France | | | | | |10,000 | |
Seville
|Spain |20,000 |40,000 | |35,000 | |35,000 |
Sialkot
|Pakistan | | | | | | |
Speyer
|Germany | | | | | |20,000 | |
Suzhou
|China | | |
Teotihuacán
|Mexico | | | | | |
Thessaloniki
|Greece |100,000 |40,000 | |40,000 | |50,000 |
Tikal
|Guatemala | | | | | |
Toledo
|Spain | | | | | |25,000 |28,000 |
Toulouse
|France | | | | | | |
Tours
|France | | | | | |
Tula
|Mexico | | | | | |
Trier
|Germany | | | | |
Venice
|Italy | | | | | | |
Verona
|Italy | | | | | |25,000 |
Worms
|Germany | | | | | |10,000 | |
Wuchang
|China | | | | | |
Ye
|China | | | | | | |
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Renaissance: 1400–1599 !City !data-sort-type="number" |1400 !data-sort-type="number" |1450 !data-sort-type="number" |1500 !data-sort-type="number" |1550 !data-sort-type="number" |1575 |
Aachen
| | |15,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} | | |
Adrianople / Edirne |
Agra
| | | |250,000 |500,000 |
Ahmedabad
| |80,000–100,000 |300,000 |
Ahmednagar
| | | | |
Alessandria
| | | |8,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Antwerp
|18,000 (1374) |20,000 (1444) |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |90,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |
Asti
| | | |8,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Augsburg
|14,000 (1408){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=143}} |17,000 (1471){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=143}} |20,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |45,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} | |
Ayutthaya
| | |150,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=270}} |150,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=270}} |10,000 (1569){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=270}} |
Bago
| | | |
Beijing |
Bologna
|40,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=84}} | |55,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |61,731 (1569){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=84}}{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |72,395 (1588){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=84}} |
Brescia
|27,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=84}} |30,000 (1440){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=84}} |49,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |41,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Bursa
| | | |
Bruges
|25,000 |30,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |35,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |29,000 (1584){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=125}} |
Cairo |
Chan Chan
| |60,000–100,000Middendorf, 1898.{{full citation needed|date=July 2021}} | | |
Chang'an / Xi'an
| |
Cologne
| |30,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |35,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |
Como
| | |10,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |10,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Constantinople / Istanbul |
Crema
| | | |11,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Cremona
|35,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=85}} | |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |34,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Cuneo
| | | |6,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Cuttack
| |
Cusco
| | |45,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=189}} | | |
Delhi
| | |80,000–100,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |160,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |160,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |
Fes
| | |
Florence
|45,000–61,000{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AppsDAKOW3QC|title=Encyclopedia of the Black Death|first=Joseph P. |last=Byrne |date=16 January 2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781598842548}} |55,000–70,000{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2eaCwAAQBAJ|title=Energy, Cities and Sustainability: An Historical Approach|first=Harry|last=Margalit |date=19 February 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317528166}} | |
Fossano
| | | |9,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Gao
| | | | |
Gaur
| | | |
Ghent
| |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |50,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} | |
Genoa
|60,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |65,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Granada
| | |
Guangzhou |
Gwalior
| | | | |
Hangzhou |
Hanoi
| | |50,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} | | |
Jaunpur
| | | | |
Kalburgi
| | | | |
Kano
| | | | |
Khambhat
| | | | |
Kollam
| | | | |
Lodi
| | | |9,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
London
|40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |80,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} | |
Lyon
|50,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |70,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} | |
Lübeck
|17,200 |21,568 |25,444 |22,452 | |
Magdeburg
|18,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} | |
Mandu
| | | | |
Mantua
| | |28,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |38,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Milan
|125,000{{sfn|Hohenberg|Lees|2009|p={{page needed|date=July 2021}}}} |100,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |69,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |115,000 (1574) |
Modena
| | |18,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |16,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Nanjing |
Naples
|125,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=183}}–150,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |212,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |
Novara
| | | |7,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Nuremberg
|36,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} | |
Oyo-Ile
| |150,000 | | |
Padua
| | |27,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |32,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Paris
|100,000 (1422){{sfn|Fierro|1996|p=280}} |100,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |130,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |
Parma
| | |19,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |25,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Pavia
| | |16,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |13,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Piacenza
| | | |27,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Prague
|40,000 | |30,000 | | |
Rome
|33,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=92}} |33,500 (1458){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=92}} |38,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=92}}–55,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |45,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |80,000 (1580) |
Rouen
| | |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |65,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} | |
Samarkand
| | | | |
Seoul
| |
Seville
| |65,000 |
Suzhou
| | | | |
Tabriz
| | |
Tenochtitlan/Mexico City
| | |200,000-400,000{{Cite book|last=Denevan|first=William M.|year=1992|title=The Native population of the Americas in 1492|location=Madison, WI|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-13433-4 |edition=2nd |oclc=648253221}}{{Cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Michael E.|last2=Schreiber |first2=Katharina J.|date=2005-09-01|title=New World States and Empires: Economic and Social Organization |journal=Journal of Archaeological Research|volume=13|issue=3|pages=189–229|doi=10.1007/s10814-005-3106-3 |s2cid=1383573|issn=1573-7756}}{{Cite journal|last=Totten|first=Samuel|date=1992|title=BOOK REVIEWS|journal=Holocaust and Genocide Studies|volume=6 |issue=4|pages=430–434|doi=10.1093/hgs/6.4.430 |issn=8756-6583}} | |
Texcoco
| | | | |
Venice
|100,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |158,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |134,871 (1581) |
Verona
|14,800 | |38,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |52,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} | |
Vijayanagar
| | |
Early Modern era
class="wikitable sortable" |
City
!data-sort-type="number" |1600 !data-sort-type="number" |1650 !data-sort-type="number" |1700 !data-sort-type="number" |1750 !data-sort-type="number" |1800 !data-sort-type="number" |1825 !data-sort-type="number" |1850 !data-sort-type="number" |1875 |
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Aachen
|14,171 (1601) |12,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |15,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} | |24,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |35,428 |56,190 (1849){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=143}} |79,606 |
Adrianople/Edirne
| |
Alexandria
| | |15,000 (1693) |6,000 (1777) |4,000 (1798) |12,528 (1828) |138,000 |212,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Antwerp
|47,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |70,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |70,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |46,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |60,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} | |88,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |127,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |
Agra
| | | |149,008 (1872){{sfn|Mitchell|1998a|p=39}} |
Ahmedabad
|87,000 (1824) |94,390 (1846) |116,873 (1872){{sfn|Mitchell|1998a|p=39}} |
Amsterdam
|59,551The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness and Fall, 1477–1806. 1995. |235,224 |203,485 |197,231 (1820) |223,700{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |289,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Augsburg
|48,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |21,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |21,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |31,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=143}} |28,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} | |35,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=143}} |57,210 |
Ayutthaya
|100,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=270}} |125,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=320}} |150,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=270}} |150,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=270}} | | |30,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=270}} | |
Baltimore
| | | | |26,514 |80,620 (1830) |169,054 |299,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Barcelona
|64,000 |64,000 |73,000 |70,000 |120,000 |120,000 |167,000 |240,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Beijing |
Berlin
|25,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |12,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |55,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |220,277 |446,000 |1,045,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Birmingham
|2,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |4,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |7,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |23,688{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=133}} |73,670 (1801){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=133}} |122,000 |294,000 |480,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Bombay
| | | |100,000 | |163,000 (1826) | |718,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Bordeaux
|40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=352}} |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=352}} |50,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=352}} |67,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=352}} |88,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=352}} | |142,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=110}} |225,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Boston
| | |6,700 |20,000 |35,248 |61,392 (1830) |202,261 |450,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Breslau (Wrocław)
|33,000–40,000{{cite book|title=Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire: A Bio-bibliographical Handbook|author=Flood, J.|date=2006|issue=v. 1|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-091274-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B1ujbUq3NOcC|access-date=2016-09-22 |archive-date=2024-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531104601/https://books.google.com/books?id=B1ujbUq3NOcC|url-status=live}} |89,500 (1831) |
Bristol
|10,549{{sfn|Latimer|1900}} |15,000-20,000{{sfn|Latimer|1900}} |25,000{{sfn|Latimer|1900}} |43,275{{sfn|Shannon|Grebenik|1943}} |62,452{{sfn|Shannon|Grebenik|1943}} |94,180{{sfn|Shannon|Grebenik|1943}} |137,528{{sfn|Shannon|Grebenik|1943}} |206,874 (1881){{sfn|Shannon|Grebenik|1943}} |
Brussels
|55,000–60,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |66,297{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} | |208,000–251,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |327,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Bucharest
|60,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} | |50,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} |25,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} |34,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} | |104,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} |
Budapest
|25,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=155}} | | |24,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=155}} |54,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=155}} | |156,506{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=155}} |325,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Cairo
|350,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=196}} |350,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=196}} |300,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=196}} |210,960 |257,783 |267,160 |345,028 |
Calcutta
| | | |200,000 | |230,000 (1822) | |680,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Chicago
| | | | | |100 (1830) |29,963 |405,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Cologne
|40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |45,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |42,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |43,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}}{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |42,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=350}} |59,049 |94,781 (1849){{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |135,371 |
Copenhagen
|29,000 |93,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |101,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |150,000 |241,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Danzig
|50,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |70,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |50,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |46,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |61,900 |90,500 (1874) |
Delhi
| |200,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |500,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |100,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |125,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |150,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |156,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=247}} |154,417 (1872){{sfn|Mitchell|1998a|p=40}} |
Dhaka |
Dresden
|14,793 (1603) |16,000 (1648) |21,298 (1699) |63,209 (1755) |61,794 |61,886 (1830) |94,092 (1849) |197,295{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Dublin
|5,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=349}} |17,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=349}} |60,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=349}}–80,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=135}} |90,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=349}}–128,570 (1753){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=135}} |167,899 (1802){{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=349}} |194,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=327}} |263,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=328}} |310,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Edinburgh
| | |35,000 |55,000 |82,000 |145,000 |194,000 |274,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Edo (Tokyo)
|430,000 |780,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Esfahān
| |76,088 (1870) |
Genoa
|71,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |90,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |80,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |87,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |91,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |83,569 (1822) |100,696 |130,269 (1872) |
Glasgow{{cite book|editor1=J. Cunnison|editor2=J.B.S. Filfillan|year=1958|title=Third Statistical Account of Scotland GLASGOW |place=Glasgow|publisher=Collins |oclc=500429383}}
|7,000 |14,000 |14,000 |23,500{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |77,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=74}} |170,000 |346,000 |635,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Guangzhou |
Hangzhou
|50,000 (1864) |
Hanoi
|40,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} |100,000{{sfn|Boudarel|Nguyen|Nguyễn|2002|p=19}} |100,000{{sfn|Boudarel|Nguyen|Nguyễn|2002|p=19}} | |75,000{{sfn|Boudarel|Nguyen|Nguyễn|2002|p=19}} |81,000{{sfn|Boudarel|Nguyen|Nguyễn|2002|p=19}} |51,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} |255,000{{sfn|Boudarel|Nguyen|Nguyễn|2002|p=22}} |
Huế
| | | | | |60,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} | |50,325{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} |
Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon
| |24,000 | | | |50,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} |50,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|2013|p=271}} |
Hyderabad
|80,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=251}} |90,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=320}} |200,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=251}} |225,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=251}} |200,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=251}} |200,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=251}} |200,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=251}} |350,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=251}} |
Iași (Jassy)
| | | |20,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} |20,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} | |50,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=166}} |
Constantinople/Istanbul
|827,750 (1874) |
Hamburg
|75,000 |75,000–90,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |130,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |124,838 (1830) |348,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Kagoshima
| |50,000 |89,374 (1873) |
Kanazawa
|109,685 (1873) |
Kyoto
|350,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=321}} |362,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=328}} |377,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=323}} |350,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=327}} |323,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=328}} |238,663 (1873){{sfn|Mitchell|1998a|p=41}} |
Königsberg
| |40,000 (1663) |40,600 (1708) |60,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |59,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |67,125 |79,887 (1852) |122,636 |
Lahore
| | | | |99,000 (1872){{sfn|Mitchell|1998a|p=41}} |
Leipzig
|20,000 |14,000 (1648) |15,653 (1699) |35,000 |32,146 |41,506 |62,374 (1849) |209,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Lisbon
|148,000–213,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |180,000–237,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |240,000–259,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |235,000 (1870){{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |
Liverpool
| | |5,714 |22,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |77,653 (1801){{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |650,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
London
|200,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |400,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |575,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |675,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |865,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |
Lyon
|40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |75,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |97,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |114,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |102,167 (1793) |115,841 (1820) |254,000 |331,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Lübeck
|22,570 |31,068 |19,978 |17,644 |24,631 |25,600 |26,098 |44,799 |
Madras
| |15,000 | |55,000 |125,000 |172,000 |310,000 |400,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Madrid
|49,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |130,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |110,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |109,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}}{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |167,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |263,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |407,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Manchester
| |5,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |9,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |18,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |70,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=348}} |155,000 |412,000 |590,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Marseille
|40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |66,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |75,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |68,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}}{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |78,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |316,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Mexico City |
Milan{{sfn|Hohenberg|Lees|2009|p={{page needed|date=July 2021}}}}
|120,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |100,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |124,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |123,618{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}}{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |134,528{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |277,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Moscow
|200,000 (1638) |130,000–161,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |241,500 |373,800Almanach de Gotha pour l'an 1858 |601,969 (1871) |
Munich
|20,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |10,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |21,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |32,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}}{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |34,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |62,290 |96,398 |198,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Nagoya
| | |116,000 |125,193 (1873){{sfn|Mitchell|1998a|p=41}} |
Nanjing
| |
Naples
|400,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |176,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |216,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |305,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |427,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |450,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
New Orleans
| | | | |8,056 |46,082 (1830) |116,375 |210,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
New York City
| | |4,436 (1703) |13,296 (1749) |63,000 |170,000 |682,000 |
Nuremberg
|40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |25,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |40,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}} |30,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}}{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |27,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=351}}{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} | |54,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=75}} |91,017 |
Osaka
|220,000 |350,000–380,000{{cite book |author=F. Braudel |title=Capitalism and Material Life, 1400–1800 |year=1979}}{{cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |year=1963 |title=A History of Japan: 1615-1867 |place=Stanford, CA |publisher=Stanford University Press |page=113}} Note: These figures exclude military (samurai) population, which could account for a considerable portion of the population. |400,000 (1749) |300,000 |320,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Palermo
|105,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=319}}{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |128,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=320}} |100,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |118,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |139,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |168,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=327}} |182,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=328}} |219,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Paris
|220,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |430,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |510,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |576,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |581,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |
Philadelphia
| | |4,400 |14,563 (1753) |68,200 |138,000 |426,221 |791,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Prague
|60,000 |25,000 |39,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |58,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=76}}{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |77,403{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=76}}{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |98,000 |117,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=76}} |223,371 (1869) |
Rio de Janeiro
| | |20,000 |29,000 |44,000 | |166,419 |274,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Rome
|105,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |124,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |138,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |156,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |163,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=355}} |138,000 |170,000 |252,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Rouen
|60,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |82,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |64,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |67,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |81,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=353}} |92,083 (1836) |104,142 (1851){{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=120}} |104,902 (1876) |
Saint Petersburg
| | | |138,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=164}} |220,200{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=164}} |502,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=164}} |764,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Seoul
| | |
Seville
|65,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |96,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |66,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}}{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=76}} |96,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=356}} |75,000 (1820) |106,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=76}} |133,247 (1877) |
Shanghai
| | |45,000 |60,000 |100,000 |115,000 |250,000 |400,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Sunpu
| | | | | | |31,555 (1873){{sfn|Mitchell|1998a|p=42}} |
St. Louis
| | | | |925 (1799) |4,977 (1830) |77,860 |338,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Suzhou |
Turin
|24,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |37,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |42,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |57,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |82,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |109,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=327}} |138,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=328}} |216,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Warsaw
|35,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=159}} | |21,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=159}} |28,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=159}} |75,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=159}} |124,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=327}} |163,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=159}} |311,000{{sfn|Chandler|Fox|1974|p=329}} |
Venice{{sfn|Hohenberg|Lees|2009|p={{page needed|date=July 2021}}}}
|139,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |120,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |138,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |149,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |138,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=354}} |109,927 |106,000{{sfn|Mitchell|1998e|p=76}} |129,676 |
Vienna{{cite book |last=Steidl |first=Annemarie |year=2003 |title=Auf nach Wien! Die Mobilität des mitteleuropäischen Handwerks im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert am Beispiel der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Wien |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mWfVTxX-pH4C |access-date=February 12, 2013 |isbn=3-7028-0403-X |archive-date=2021-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526020947/https://books.google.com/books?id=mWfVTxX-pH4C |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.statistik.at/ |title=Statistiken |publisher=Statistik.at |access-date=2015-06-20 |archive-date=2015-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410031818/http://www.statistik.at/ |url-status=live }}
|50,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |60,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |114,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |175,400{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |231,000{{sfn|de Vries|1984|p=357}} |401,200 |551,300 |1,020,770 |
Xi'an |
Yamaguchi
| | | | | | | |
See also
- List of largest cities throughout history (7000 BC – AD 2000)
- List of largest cities, present day
- Estimates of historical world population
Notes
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Citations
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- {{cite book| last=Wilson| first=Alan| editor-last1=Bowman| editor-first1=Alan| editor-last2=Wilson| editor-first2=Andrew| title=Settlement, Urbanization, and Population| chapter=City Sizes and Urbanization in the Roman Empire| publisher=Oxford University Press| location=Oxford| year=2011| isbn=978-0-19-960235-3}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |first1=Peter |last1=Connolly |author-link=Peter Connolly (classical scholar) |first2=Hazel |last2=Dodge |title=The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-521409-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/ancientcitylifei00conn |url-access=registration }}
- {{cite journal |url=http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Emesmith9/1-CompleteSet/MES-05-CitySize.pdf |last=Smith |first=Michael E. |year=2005 |title=City Size in Late Post-Classic Mesoamerica |journal=Journal of Urban History |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=403–434 |doi=10.1177/0096144204274396 |s2cid=145452272 }}
External links
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/urbanisation/html/urbanisation.stm Interactive Map: Urban Growth] (BBC, covering 1955–2015)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150826083011/http://www.tulane.edu/~august/H303/handouts/Population.htm Early Medieval and Byzantine Civilization: Constantine to Crusades]