List of countries by population in 1500


This is a list of countries by population in 1500. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in that year.

Country/TerritoryPopulation
c. 1500 estimate		Percentage
of World
population
Ming Empire[1] 125,000,000 28.5%
Delhi Sultanate

Lodi dynasty

 20,000,000 to
55,000,000
Vijayanagara Empire[2] 18,000,000 3.7%
Domains of the French Crown 16,250,000 3.7%
Bengal Sultanate 10,000,000 to
16,000,000
Holy Roman Empire[4] 16,000,000 3.7%
Inca Empire[7][8] 12,000,000 2.7%
Ottoman Empire [9] 11,000,000 2.5%
Spanish Empire 8,550,000 2.0%
Ashikaga shogunate [11] 8,000,000 1.8%
Joseon [5] 8,000,000 1.8%
Polish–Lithuanian Union [12] 7,500,000 1.7%
Aztec Empire [8] 6,000,000 1.4%
Đại Việt [14] 5,625,400 1.3%
Mamluk Sultanate[15][16] 4,867,000 1.1%
Union of Kingdom of Hungary
and Kingdom of Croatia[17][18] 		4,000,000 0.9%
Portuguese Empire[10] 3,000,000 0.7%
English Crown 2,750,000 0.6%
Papal States[3] 2,000,000 0.5%
Kingdom of Naples[3] 2,000,000 0.5%
Kalmar Union[5] 1,690,000 0.4%
Republic of Venice[3] 1,500,000 0.3%
Cambodia[16] 1,224,000 0.3%
Republic of Florence[3] 750,000 0.2%
Kingdom of Scotland[22] 500,000 0.1%
Malacca Sultanate[2][lower-alpha 2] 135,000 0.0%
  World[23]438,000,000-
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See also

Notes
  1. Only about 1/3 of Ireland was under the English Crown in 1500 (through direct control by the crown, such as The Pale, or through the Anglo-Irish Lords).
  2. Population was estimated to be between 65,000 - 200,000.

References
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  3. Jones, J. A. P. (1997). Europe, 1500-1600. ISBN 9780174350644. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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  11. (a) Jean-Noël Biraben, "The History of the Human Population From the First Beginnings to the Present" in "Demography: Analysis and Synthesis: A Treatise in Population" (Eds: Graziella Caselli, Jacques Vallin, Guillaume J. Wunsch) Vol 3, Chapter 66, pp 5–18, Academic Press, San Diego (2005). (b) Jean-Noël Biraben, "An Essay Concerning Mankind's Evolution", Population, Selected Papers, Vol. 4, pp. 1–13 (1980). (c) Jean-Noël Biraben, "Essai sur l'évolution du nombre des hommes", Population Vol. 34 (no. 1), pp. 13–25 (1979).
  12. Norman John Greville Pounds (1979). An Historical Geography of Europe, 1500-1840. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. Retrieved 10 August 2016. population austria 1500.
  13. Samsonowicz, Henryk (1997). "Probe einer demograpischen Einschätzung Polen um das Jahr 1500". Studia Historiae Oeconomicae (in German). 22: 16–24.
  14. Li 1998, p. 171.
  15. Borsch, Stuart J. (15 September 2009). The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study. ISBN 9780292783171.
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  18. Miller, Jaroslav (11 February 2016). Urban Societies in East-Central Europe, 1500–1700. ISBN 9781317003403. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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  20. Connolly, S. J. (30 July 2009). Contested Island: Ireland 1460-1630. p. 404. ISBN 9780199563715.
  21. "Map of Control of Ireland in 1500".
  22. Houston, R.A. & White, I. D. (Cambridge University Press) (1989). "Scottish Society: 1500-1800 at 'www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031'". Missing or empty |url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. Angus Maddison, 2003, The World Economy: Historical Statistics, Vol. 2, OECD, Paris. (2008, ggdc.net)

Sources
  • Li, Tana (1998). Nguyen Cochinchina: Southern Vietnam in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501732577.
  • Kurt Witthauer. Bevölkerung der Erde (1958)
  • Calendario Atlante de Agostini, anno 99 (2003)
  • The Columbia Gazetteer of the World (1998)
  • Britannica Book of the Year: World Data (1997)
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