Historical urban community sizes
These are estimated populations of historical cities over time. Note that there are several problems with estimating the sizes of individual cities, and the highest estimates for a given city, in a given period, may be several times the lowest.
Neolithic settlements
Further information: Neolithic architecture
Town | 7000 BCE | 6000 BCE | 5000 BCE | 4000 BCE | 3800 BCE | 3700 BCE |
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'Ain Ghazal | 2,500[1] | |||||
Beidha | 1,000[2] | |||||
Çatalhöyük | 1,650 - 10,000[3] 2,500[1] 1,000[2] |
3,000[2] | ||||
Choirokoitia[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] | 300-600 | 2,000 | ||||
Jericho | 400 - 2,000[3] | |||||
Lepenski Vir | 150 - 1,000[11][12][13][14][15][16] | |||||
Nea Nikomedeia | 500 - 700[17] | |||||
Vinča-Belo Brdo | 2,000 - 2,500[18][19] | |||||
Sesklo | 1,000 - 5000[20][21][22][23] | |||||
Dobrovody | 16,000[24] | 10,000-16,000[25][26][27] | ||||
Fedorovka | 6,000[28] | |||||
Mehrgarh | 1,000- 10,000[29] | |||||
Maydanets | 10,000[30] | 10,000[31] | ||||
Nebelivka | 17,000[32] | |||||
Talianki | 15,000-25,000-30,000[33][34][35] | 10-15,000[36] | ||||
Tell Brak | 4,000[2] | 5,000[2] | ||||
Uruk | 5,000[2] |
Bronze Age
City | 3700 BCE | 3400 BCE | 3100 BCE | 2800 BCE | 2600 BCE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adab | 11,000 [37] | ||||
Anshan | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | |||
Bad-tibira | 16,000 [37] | ||||
Eridu | 6,000-10,000 [37] | ||||
Habuba Kabira | 6,000-8,000 [37] | ||||
Harappa | 35,000 [38] | ||||
Kish | 40,000 [37] | ||||
Lagash | 40,000 [39] | ||||
Larak/Larsa | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | |||
Manika, Greece[40][41][42][43][44][45][46] | 6,000-13,500 | 6,000-13,500 | |||
Memphis | 30,000 [47] | ||||
Mohenjo-daro | 41,250 [38] | ||||
Nekhen | 5,000-10,000 [37] | ||||
Nippur | 13,000 [37] | ||||
Shahr-i Sokhta | 20,000 [1] | ||||
Shuruppak | 20,000 [37] | ||||
Suheri | 13,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | |||
Susa | 8,000[2] | ||||
Tell Brak | 8,000[2] | 22,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | ||
Thebes, Greece | 4,000
6,000[48] | ||||
Umma | 26,000 [37] | ||||
Ur | 6,000 [37] | ||||
Uruk | 8,000[2] 14,000 [37] |
20,000 [37] | 40,000 [39]
50,000 [37] |
80,000 [37] | 80,000 [39] |
City | 2500 BCE | 2300 BCE | 2000 BCE | 1800 BCE | 1600 BCE | 1360 BCE | 1200 BCE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athens[49][50][51] | 10,000 | 10,000-15,000 | |||||
Akrotiri (Santorini)[52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] | 8,000-15,000-30,000 | ||||||
Adab | 13,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | |||
Akkad | 36,000 [37] | ||||||
Amarna | |||||||
Anshan | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | |||
Avaris/Pi-Ramses | 100,000 [39] | 160,000 [39] | |||||
Babylon | 65,000[2] | 80,000[2] | |||||
Dur-Kurigalzu | |||||||
Ebla | 30,000 [37] | ||||||
Erlitou | 24,000[2] 35,000 [37] |
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Harappa | 10,000 [37] | ||||||
Hattushash | |||||||
Hazor | |||||||
Heliopolis | |||||||
Heracleopolis | |||||||
Isin | 40,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | |||||
Kerma | |||||||
Kesh | 11,000 [37] | ||||||
Kish | 25,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 40,000 [39] | ||||
Knossos[62][63][64] | 1,300
2,000 |
18,000 | 20,000-40,000-100,000 | 30,000 | |||
Lagash | 40,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 30,000 [37][39] | 10,000 [37] | |||
Larak/Larsa | 10,000 [37] | 40,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | ||||
Manika, Greece[74] | 6,000
13,500 |
6,000
13,500 |
|||||
Malia | 5,000-10,000-12,500[75][76] | ||||||
Mari | |||||||
Memphis | 30,000 [37] 35,000[2] |
60,000 [2][37][39] | 30,000 [37] | ||||
Mohenjo-daro | 20,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | ||||
Mozah | 15,000 [37] | 15,000 [37] | |||||
Mycenae | 30,000[77][78] | ||||||
Namazga-Tepe | 14,000 [37] | 14,000 [37] | |||||
Nekhen | 21,000 [79] | ||||||
Niniveh | |||||||
Nippur | 20,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | ||||
Palaikastro | 18,000[80][81] | ||||||
Shahr-i Sokhta | 20,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | |||||
Shuruppak | 17,000 [37] | ||||||
Suheri | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | ||||
Susa | 25,000 [37] | 25,000 [37] | |||||
Taosi | 10,000[2] | 14,000[2] | |||||
Tell Brak | 15,000 [37] | 15,000 [37] | |||||
Tell Churra | 20,000 [37] | ||||||
Tell Leilan | 20,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | |||||
Thebes | 40,000 [37] | 40,000 [37] | 80,000 [2] | 80,000[2] | |||
Thebes, Greece[82][83][84] | 4,000
6,000 |
8,000 | |||||
Tiryns[85][86][87][88] | 1,200
1,800 |
10,000 | 10,000-15,000 | ||||
Umma | 34,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 20,000 [37] | |||
Ur | 60,000[2] 65,000 [79] |
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Uruk | 50,000 [2][37] | 75,000[2] | |||||
Yin (Anyang) | 50,000[2] 120,000 [39] | ||||||
Zabala | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | 10,000 [37] | ||||
Zhengzhou | 35,000[2] |
Iron Age
City | 1000 BCE | 900 BCE | 800 BCE | 700 BCE | 650 BCE | 600 BCE | 500 BCE | 430 BCE | 400 BCE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anuradhapura | 100,000 [79][89] | ||||||||
Anyi | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | |||||||
Athens | 168,000 [90] 160,000[91] |
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Ayodhya | |||||||||
Babylon | 100,000[92]
45,000 [89] |
47,000 [89] | 125,000[2] | 150,000[2] | 200,000 [79] | 150,000[2] | |||
Benares | |||||||||
Calah / Nimrud | |||||||||
Cerveteri | 25,000 | ||||||||
Chicheng | |||||||||
Cuicuilco | |||||||||
Ecbatana | |||||||||
Haojing | 100,000 [92] | 125,000 [39] | 125,000 [39] | 33,000 [79][89] | |||||
Hastinapur | |||||||||
Jerusalem | 40,000 [79][89] | ||||||||
Kerch | 40,000 [79][89] | ||||||||
Kingchow | |||||||||
Kalḫu (Nimrud) | 75,000[2] | ||||||||
Kosambi | 55,000 [89] | ||||||||
Kweiteh / Shangqiu | |||||||||
Linzi | 55,000[2] 100,000 [39] |
80,000 [89] 100,000 [39] |
65,000[2] 100,000 [39] |
80,000[2] 100,000 [39] |
60,000 [89] 200,000 [39] |
100,000[2] 200,000 [39] | |||
Luoyang | 35,000[2] 55,000 [89] 100,000 [98][99] |
40,000[2] | 45,000[2] 50,000 [89] |
55,000[2] 100,000 [39] |
70,000 [89] 100,000 [39] |
65,000[2] 100,000 [39] |
200,000 [39] | 200,000 [39] | 100,000[2] 240,000[39] |
Marib | 45,000 [89] | ||||||||
Memphis | 100,000[92] | ||||||||
Miletus | |||||||||
Niniveh | 100,000[2] | ||||||||
Pataliputra / Patna | 400,000[2] | ||||||||
Populonia | 25,000 | ||||||||
Pyongyang | |||||||||
Tarquinia | 20,000
25,000 |
||||||||
Qufu | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | |||||||
Sais | |||||||||
Shangqiu | 100,000 [39] | 130,000 [39] | |||||||
Sravasti | 70,000 [79][89] | ||||||||
Susa | 40,000 [79][89] | 200,000 [79][89] | |||||||
Suzhou | 100,000 [39] | ||||||||
Syracuse | 300,000 [89] | ||||||||
Thebes | 120,000 [92] 50,000[2] |
50,000[2] | |||||||
Vaisali | |||||||||
Veii | 25,000
40,000 |
||||||||
Volsinii | 13,000
25,000 |
||||||||
Vulci | 15,000
25,000 |
||||||||
Xiadu | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | 320,000 [39] | 300,000 [39] | |||||
Xintian | 100,000 [39] | ||||||||
Xinzheng | 100,000 [39] | ||||||||
Xue | |||||||||
Yong | 100,000 [39] |
City | 300 BCE | 200 BCE | 100 BCE | CE 1 | CE 100 | CE 200 | CE 300 | CE 361 | CE 400 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandria | 150,000[2] | 300,000 [2][79] 600,000 [39] |
400,000[2] | 250,000 [89] | 125,000 [89] | ||||
Antioch | 120,000 [79] | 400,000[122] | 150,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | |||||
Anuradhapura | 68,000 [79][89] | 130,000 [79] | 72,000 [89] | ||||||
Anyi | 100,000 [39] | ||||||||
Athens | 258,000 [90] 431,000[123] 84,000[91] |
10,000[122] | 10,000[122] 250,000 [79] |
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Ayodhya | 63,000 [89] | ||||||||
Balkh | 200,000[79] | 1,000,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] | ||||||
Carthage | 700,000[79] | 150,000[79] | 100,000[79] | ||||||
Chang'an / Xi'an | 100,000 [39] 250,000[2] 400,000 [79] |
375,000[2] 400,000 [39] |
246,000 (CE 2) [124] 400,000 [39] 500,000[2] |
81,000 [79][89] 100,000 [39] |
120,000[2] | 140,000[2] | 80,000 [89] | 100,000 [39] | |
Chengdu | 100,000 [39] | 70,000 [89] | |||||||
Byzantium | 300,000 [89] | ||||||||
Ctesiphon | 250,000 [89] | ||||||||
Cuicuilco | 36,000 [89] | ||||||||
Datong | 100,000 [39] | ||||||||
Ephesus | 250,000 [125] 400,000 [126] |
||||||||
Izapa | 35,000 [89] | ||||||||
Kaveri | 59,000 [89] | ||||||||
Linzi | 125,000[2] 350,000 [39] |
100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | ||||
Luoyang | 125,000[2] 240,000 [39] |
60,000 [89] | 200,000 [39] | 420,000 [39][89] | 140,000[2] 250,000 [39] |
200,000 [39] | |||
Nanjing | 56,000 [89] | 78,000 [89] | 100,000 [39] | 150,000 [89] | 300,000 [39] | ||||
Paithan | 60,000 [89] | 84,000 [89] | |||||||
Patala | 73,000 [89] | ||||||||
Pataliputra | 350,000 [79] | 69,000 [79][89] | 150,000 [89] | ||||||
Peshawar | 120,000[79] | ||||||||
Pingcheng | 88,000 [89] | 200,000[2] | |||||||
Pyay | 69,000 [89] | ||||||||
Qufu | 100,000 [39] 125,000[2] |
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Rhodes (city)[127][128][129] | 100,000
200,000 |
100,000 | |||||||
Rome | 150,000 [89] 160,000 [79] |
400,000[2] | 800,000 (CE 2) [39] 1,000,000[2] |
450,000 [79] 1,000,000 [2][39] |
1,000,000[2] | 800,000[2] | 750,000 [89] | 800,000[2] | |
Salona | 60,000 | ||||||||
Seleucia | 200,000 [89] | 400,000[122] | 250,000 (CE 2) [79] | 150,000 [79]
250,000 [89] |
|||||
Shangqiu | 100,000 [39] | ||||||||
Suzhou | 100,000 [39] | 66,000 [89] | 95,000 [89] | 58,000 [89] | |||||
Syracuse | 300,000 [89] | 80,000 [89] | 10,000 [89] | ||||||
Taxila | 60,000 [89] | ||||||||
Teotihuacán | 60,000-
80,000 [130] |
90,000 [89] | |||||||
Tikal | 100,000[131][132][133] | ||||||||
Tres Zapotes | 30,000 [89] | ||||||||
Ujjain | 94,000 [89] | 80,000 [89] | |||||||
Wanxian | 100,000 [39] | ||||||||
Xiadu | 300,000 [39] | ||||||||
Xianyang | 100,000 [39] | 300,000 [79]
100,000 [39] |
|||||||
Xinzheng | 120,000 [39] 125,000[2] |
||||||||
Xuchang | 140,000[2] | ||||||||
Ye | 140,000[2] | 120,000 [89] | 100,000 [39] |
Middle Ages
City | 500 | 600 | 622 | 700 | 775 | 800 | 900 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aleppo | 72,000 [89] | ||||||
Alexandria | 94,000 [89] | 175,000 [89] | |||||
Angkor | 90,000 [89] | ||||||
Anhilpur | 80,000 [89] | ||||||
Antioch | 150,000 [89] | ||||||
Anuradhapura | 70,000 [89] | ||||||
Ayodhya | 75,000 [89] | ||||||
Badami | 70,000 [89] | ||||||
Baghdad | 700,000 [47] | 175,000[2] 700,000 [89] 2,000,000 [134] |
900,000 [39][79] 2,000,000 [134] | ||||
Bakhalal | 45,000 [89] | ||||||
Basra | 100,000 [89] | ||||||
Benares | 49,000 [89] | 59,000 [89] | |||||
Carthage | 100,000 [89] | ||||||
Chang'an / Xi'an | 95,000 [89] 100,000 [39] 400,000[79] |
400,000 [39] 600,000[2] |
400,000 [89] | 1,000,000 [39] | 1,000,000 [39][79][135] | 600,000 [89] 800,000 [39] 1,000,000[2] |
100,000 [39] 500,000 [89] 750,000[2] 800,000 [79] |
Chengdu | 94,000 [89] | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | ||||
Chenla | 70,000 [89] | ||||||
Chunar | 72,000 [89] | ||||||
Constantinople | 450,000[2] 400,000 [79] |
150,000[2] | 350,000 [89] | 125,000[2] | 225,000 [79] | 250,000 [89] | 300,000 [79] |
Copán | 63,000 [89] | ||||||
Córdoba | 160,000 [89] | 175,000[2] 200,000 [79] | |||||
Ctesiphon | 400,000 [89] | 500,000 [89] | |||||
Dali | 100,000 [39]
90,000 [89] | ||||||
Datong | 200,000 [39] | ||||||
El Tajín | 40,000 [89] | 40,000 [89] | 50,000 [89] | ||||
Fanyang (Youzhou) | 100,000 [39] | ||||||
Fustat | 100,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | |||||
Gao | 72,000 [89] | ||||||
Guangzhou | 200,000 [39] | 200,000 [39] | |||||
Gwalior | 65,000 [89] | ||||||
Jiankang | 500,000 [39] | ||||||
Jinyang (Taiyuan) | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | |||||
Kannauj | 120,000 [89] | 80,000 [89] | 80,000 [89] | ||||
Kanchi | 56,000 [89] | 70,000 [89] | 51,000 [89] | ||||
Kyoto | 200,000 [79] | 200,000 [89]
100,000 [39] |
200,000 [39][79] | ||||
Lhasa | 100,000 [39][89] | ||||||
Luoyang | 200,000 [89]
500,000 [39] |
500,000 [39] | 200,000 [89] | 500,000 [39] | 400,000 [39]
300,000 [89] |
200,000 [39]
150,000 [89] | |
Madurai | 70,000 [89] | 70,000 [89] | |||||
Mandsaur | 63,000 [89] | ||||||
Manyakheta | 100,000 [89] | ||||||
Nanjing | 500,000 [39]
150,000 [89] |
||||||
Nara | 100,000 [39] | ||||||
Patna / Pataliputra | 74,000 [89] | ||||||
Prambanan | 60,000 [89] | 62,000 [89] | |||||
Pyay | 73,000 [89] | 100,000 [89] | |||||
Ray | 68,000 [89] | ||||||
Rome | 500[136] 0[137] |
50,000[138] | |||||
Sialkot | 85,000 [89] | ||||||
Suzhou | 70,000 [89] | 120,000 [39] | 100,000 [39] | 100,000 [39]
84,000 [89] |
100,000 [39]
81,000 [89] | ||
Teotihuacán | 125,000 [89][130] | 60,000 [89] | |||||
Tikal | 45,000 [89] | 40,000 [89] | |||||
Tula | 41,000 [89] | 50,000 [89] | |||||
Wuchang | 100,000 [39] | 84,000 [89] | |||||
Ye | 200,000 [39] |
City | 1000 | 1100 | 1150 | 1200 | 1250 | 1300 | 1350 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angkor | 200,000 [89] | 125,000 [89] | 140,000 [89] 1,000,000[139] |
150,000 [89] | |||
Ani | 100,000 [140] 200,000 [141] |
||||||
Anhilpur | 100,000 [89] | 100,000 [89] | 135,000 [89] | ||||
Bagan | 100,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | 180,000 [89] | 180,000 [89] | |||
Baghdad | 125,000 [79] 1,200,000 [39] |
150,000 [89] | 250,000[2] | 150,000 [79]
1,000,000 [39] |
|||
Beijing | 130,000 [89] | 140,000 [89] | 401,000 [89] | 400,000 [89] | |||
Cairo | 135,000 [79] | 150,000 [89] | 175,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] 250,000[2] |
300,000 [89] | 400,000 [2][89] | 350,000 [89] |
Chang'an / Xi'an | 118,000 [89] | 114,000 [89] | |||||
Chunar | 66,000 [89] | ||||||
Constantinople | 300,000 [79] | 200,000 [89] 250,000[2] |
200,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] 250,000[2] |
100,000 [79] | ||
Córdoba | 200,000[2] 450,000 [79] |
||||||
Cuttack | 100,000 [89] | 90,000 [89] | 90,000 [89] | ||||
Dali | 100,000 [39]
90,000 [89] |
100,000 [89] | |||||
Delhi | 80,000 [89] | 100,000 [89] | 125,000 [89] | ||||
Dhar | 80,000 [89] | ||||||
Fanyang (Youzhou) | 100,000 [39] | ||||||
Fes | 125,000 [89] | 160,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | 125,000 [89] | |
Florence | 110,000 [142] | ||||||
Gaur | 60,000 [89] | 90,000 [89] | 100,000 [89] | ||||
Genoa | 80,000 [142] | 100,000 [143] | |||||
Guangzhou | 140,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | ||||
Hangzhou | 80,000 [89] | 90,000 [89] | 145,000 [89] 800,000[2] |
255,000 [89] 1,000,000[2] |
320,000 [89] 1,000,000[39] |
432,000 [89] 800,000[2] |
432,000 [89] |
Jinzhou | 85,000 [89] | ||||||
Kaifeng | 400,000 [39][89] 432,000[79] 1,000,000[2] |
442,000 [89] 1,000,000[2] |
150,000 [89] | 1,000,000 [39] | |||
Kalburgi | 70,000 [89] | ||||||
Kalyan | 150,000 [89] | 125,000 [89] | |||||
Kannauj | 72,000 [89] | 80,000 [89] | 92,000 [89] | ||||
Khajuraho (Kalinjar) | 50,000 [89] | ||||||
Khambhat | 50,000 [89] | 60,000 [89] | |||||
Kollam | 60,000 [89] | ||||||
Kyoto | 300,000 [79]
175,000 [39] |
||||||
London [144] | 5,000-10,000 | 10,000-20,000 | 50,000-100,000 | 25,000-50,000 | |||
Madurai | 60,000 [89] | ||||||
Manyakheta | 71,000 [89] | ||||||
Marrakech | 150,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | 125,000 [89] | |||
Merv | 200,000 [89] | 500,000 [89] | |||||
Milan | 150,000 [142] | ||||||
Nabadwip | 85,000 [89] | ||||||
Nanjing | 130,000 [89] | 130,000 [89] | 130,000 [89] | 95,000 [89] | |||
Nishapur | 125,000 [89] | ||||||
Palermo | 150,000 [89] | ||||||
Paris | 80,000 [145]
160,000 [89] |
228,000 [89] | 215,000 [89] | ||||
Polonnaruwa | 75,000 [89] | ||||||
Puri | 78,000 [89] | 72,000 [89] | |||||
Ramavati | 75,000 [89] | ||||||
Rome | 20,000[146] | 17,000[147] | 15,000[148] | ||||
Sarai | 600,000 [89] | 120,000 [89] | |||||
Shangjing | 140,000 [39] | ||||||
Suzhou | 100,000 [39] | 96,000 [89] | |||||
Tabriz | 125,000 [89] | 100,000 [89] | |||||
Thanjavur | 88,000 [89] | ||||||
Venice | 45,000 [143] | 110,000 [89] | |||||
Vijayanagar | 100,000 [89] | ||||||
Warangal | 63,000 [89] | 80,000 [89] | |||||
City | 1400 | 1450 | 1500 | 1550 | 1575 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agra | 200,000 [89] | ||||
Ahmedabad | 100,000 [89] | 140,000 [89] | |||
Ahmednagar | 70,000 [89] | ||||
Antwerp | 100,000 [89] | ||||
Bago | 150,000 [89] | 175,000 [89] | |||
Beijing | 150,000 [89] | 600,000 [89] | 672,000 [47][89]
1,000,000 [39] |
690,000 [89] | 706,000 [89] |
Bursa | 130,000 [89] | ||||
Bruges | 40,000 [89] | 40,000 [89] | 40,000 [89] | 40,000 [89] | 40,000 [89] |
Cairo | 125,000[2] 360,000 [89] |
380,000 [89] | 400,000 [2][79] | 360,000 [89] | 275,000 [89] |
Chan Chan | 60,000 - 100,000[149] | 5,000 - 10,000[150] | |||
Chang'an / Xi'an | 127,000 [89] | ||||
Constantinople / Istanbul | 200,000 [79] | 660,000 [89] | 680,000 [89] | ||
Cuttack | 75,000 [89] | 100,000 [89] | 140,000 [89] | 90,000 [89] | |
Cusco | 300,000[151][152][153][154] | ||||
Delhi | 80,000 [89] | ||||
Fes | 125,000 [89] | 130,000 [89] | |||
Florence | 45,000 [142] | 60,000 [142] | |||
Gao | 60,000 [89] | ||||
Gaur | 150,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] | |||
Genoa | 80,000 [142] | 150,000 [142] | |||
Granada | 165,000 [89] | ||||
Guangzhou | 150,000 [89] | 175,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | 160,000 [89] | 170,000 [89] |
Gwalior | 80,000 [89] | ||||
Hangzhou | 1,500,000[39]
235,000 [89] |
250,000 [89] | 250,000[79] | 260,000 [89] | 260,000 [89] |
Jaunpur | 100,000 [89] | ||||
Kalburgi | 90,000 [89] | ||||
Kano | 50,000 [89] | ||||
Khambhat | 60,000 [89] | ||||
Kollam | 60,000 [89] | ||||
London [144] | 50,000-100,000 | ||||
Mandu | 70,000 [89] | ||||
Milan | 125,000 [143] | 80,000 [142] | |||
Nanjing | 487,000 [89] | 150,000 [89] | 157,000 [89] | 182,000 [89] | 188,000 [89] |
Naples | 209,000 [89] | 215,000 [89] | |||
Oyo-Ile | 60,000 [89] | ||||
Paris | 275,000 [143]
280,000 [89] |
150,000 [89] | 185,000 [79] | 210,000 [89] | 220,000 [89] |
Samarkand | 130,000 [89] | ||||
Seoul | 125,000 [89] | ||||
Seville | 15.000[155] | 60.000[155] | 129.400 [155] | ||
Suzhou | 129,000 [89] | ||||
Tabriz | 150,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] | 250,000 [89] | ||
Tenochtitlan | 1,000,000 [156][157][158][159] | ||||
Texcoco | 60,000 [89] | ||||
Venice | 120,000 [142] | 110,000 [143] | 171,000 [89] | ||
Vijayanagar | 400,000 [89] | 455,000 [89] | 500,000 [79] | 480,000 [89] | |
Early Modern era
City | 1600 | 1650 | 1700 | 1750 | 1800 | 1825 | 1850 | 1875 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agra | 500,000 [89] | |||||||
Ahmedabad | 380,000 [89] | |||||||
Amsterdam | 60,000[160] | 140.000[160] | 219,000 [89] | |||||
Ayutthaya | 1,000,000[39] | |||||||
Beijing | 706,000 [79]
1,000,000 [39] |
470,000 [89] | 650,000 [79] | 900,000 [89] | 1,100,000 [39][79] | 1,350,000 [89] | 1,648,000 [89] | |
Berlin | 6,500[161] | 90,000[161] | 172,000[161] | 419,000[161] | 1,122,330 [89] 966,900[161] | |||
Cairo | 200,000 [89] | |||||||
Copenhagen | 29,000 | 65,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | 150,000 | 260,000 | ||
Edo(Tokyo) | 60,000 [89] 500.000 (1609)[162] |
688,000 [89] 1,000,000 (1721)[163] |
1,100,000[79] 685,000 [89] |
|||||
Esfahān | 600,000 [89] | 350,000 [89] | ||||||
Glasgow[164] | 7,000 | 14,000 | 14,000 | 23,500 | 77,000 | 170,000 | 329,000 | 494,000 |
Guangzhou | 180,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] | 200,000 [89] | 400,000 [89] | 1,000,000 [39]
800,000 [89] |
900,000 [89] | 875,000 [89] | |
Hangzhou | 270,000 [89] | 281,000 [89] | 303,000 [89] | 340,000 [89] | 387,000 [89] | 410,000 [89] | ||
Constantinople/Istanbul | 400,000[2] 700,000 [89] |
700,000 [89] | 600,000[2] 700,000 [89] |
625,000 [89] | 570,000 [89] | 675,000 [89] | 785,000 [89] | |
Kagoshima | 67,000 [89] | |||||||
Kanazawa | 67,000 [89] | |||||||
Kyoto | 300,000 [89] | 350,000[165] | 400,000+[162][166]
350,000 [89] |
526,225[165] | 377,000 [79] | |||
Lahore | 360,000 [89] | |||||||
Liverpool | 375.955 (1851) [167] | |||||||
London |
200,000 [144] |
410,000 [89] 350,000 [144] |
550,000 [89][144] 600,000[2] |
676,000 [89] 700,000 [144] |
861,000 [89] 959,300 (1801) [144] |
1,335,000 [89] | 2,320,000 [89] 2,363,000 (1851) [144] |
4,241,000 [89] |
Madrid | 400.000[162] | |||||||
Manchester | 303.385 (1851) [167] | |||||||
Mexico City | 170.000[167] | |||||||
Milan [143] | 150,000 | 125,000 | 160,000 | |||||
Moscow | 300,000[89] | 100,000[89] | 248,000[89] | 373.800[167] | ||||
Nagoya | 65,000 [89] | 92,000 [89] | ||||||
Nanjing | 194,000 [89] | 178,000 [89] | ||||||
Naples | 224,000 [89] | 400,000 [168][169] | 207,000 [143] | 310,000 [89] | 430,000 [89] | 350,000 [89] | 413.000 [167] | |
New York City | 5,000 | 13,000 | 61,000 | 202.000 (1830) [170] | 515.594 [171] | 1,900,000 [89] | ||
Osaka | 360,000 [89] | 350,000+[166] 380,000 [89] |
400.000 (1749) [162] | 383,000 [79] 500.000 (1783) [162] |
||||
Paris | 245,000[89] | 455,000[89] | 530,000[89] | 556,000[89] | 547,756[89][172] | 855,000 [89] | 1,314,000 [89] | 2,250,000 [89] |
Philadelphia | 161.000 (1830) [170] | 409.353[171] | ||||||
Rome | 150,000[143] | |||||||
Saint Petersburg | 74.273 [162] | 217.948 [162] | 438,000 [89] | 532.241 (1852) [167] | 1,035,000 | |||
Seoul | 150,000 [89] | 158,000 [89] | 187,000 [89] | |||||
Sunpu | 100,000 [89] | |||||||
Suzhou | 243,000 [89] | 302,000 [89] | ||||||
Venice [143] | 180,000 | 145,000 | 160,000 | |||||
Vienna[173][174] | 50,000 | 113,000 | 175,400 | 235,098 | 401,200 | 551,300 | 1,162,591 | |
Xi'an | 138,000 [89] | 167,000 [89] | 195,000 [89] | 224,000 [89] | 259,000 [89] | |||
Yamaguchi | 80,000 [89] | |||||||
Current
- See List of cities by population for current data.
See also
- World population
- Historical demography
- Urbanism
- List of metropolitan areas by population
- List of largest cities throughout history
References
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Further reading
- Connolly, Peter; Dodge, Hazel (1998). The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-521409-9.
- Smith, Michael E. (2005). "City Size in Late Post-Classic Mesoamerica". Journal of Urban History 31 (4): 403–434.