List of countries by population in 1600

This is a list of countries by population in 1600. 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. 1600 estimatePercentage of World Population
  World579,000,000-
Ming Empire[1] 160,000,000 27.6%
Mughal Empire[2] 115,000,000 19.9%
Iberian Union [3] 29,997,000 5.2%
Ottoman Empire [5] 26,000,000 4.5%
 Holy Roman Empire[5] 20,300,000 3.5%
 Kingdom of France[9] 20,000,000 3.5%
Tokugawa Shogunate[5] 18,500,000 3.2%
 Tsardom of Russia[10] 14,000,000 2.4%
          Joseon[5] 9,879,000 1.7%
          Đại Việt[11] 8,162,000 1.4%
 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth[12] 7,950,000 1.4%
English Crown[10] 5,600,000 1.0%
 Habsburg Monarchy[5][13] 5,550,000 1.0%
Safavid Empire[14] 3,200,000 0.6%
          Malla[5] 2,750,000 0.5%
Kingdom of Morocco [5] 2,250,000 0.4%
          Burmese Taungoo Dynasty [5] 2,380,000 0.4%
Ayutthaya Kingdom[5] 2,236,000 0.4%
 Ethiopian Empire [5] 2,104,000 0.4%
 Dutch Republic[5] 1,500,000 0.3%
Cambodia[5] 1,419,000 0.2%
Kingdom of Sweden[15] 1,300,000 0.2%
 Denmark–Norway[15][16][17] 1,000,000 0.2%
 Kingdom of Scotland[18] 800,000 0.14%
          Kingdom of Lan Xang [5] 319,000 0.055%
          Arab Emirates [5] 35,000 0.006%
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Notes

    References
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    2. Irfan Habib, Dharma Kumar, Tapan Raychaudhuri (1987). The Cambridge Economic History of India (PDF). 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 170.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    4. http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/time/timetbl1.html
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    6. Listed in Maddison's source as 'Romania'.
    7. At the time, divided between the Eyalet of the Archipelago and the Rumelia Eyalet.
    8. A. Maddison, The World Economy Volume 1: A Millennial Perspective, 2001
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    11. Khâm định Việt sử thông giám cương mục, Library of National Bureau, 1874
    12. Charles A. Frazee, World History the Easy Way, Barron's Educational Series, ISBN 0-8120-9766-1, Google Print, 50
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    • 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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