List of countries by population in 1700

This is a list of countries by population in 1700. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in the 1700s.

Country/TerritoryPopulation
estimate
c. 1700		Percentage of
World
Population
  World[1]682,000,000-
Qing Empire[2] 210,715,000 30.9%
Mughal Empire [4] 158,400,000 23.2%
Tokugawa shogunate [5] 28,000,000 4.1%
Ottoman Empire[6][7] 24,779,000 3.6%
Spanish Empire[2][8][6][7] 24,530,000 3.6%
French Empire[7] 21,471,000 3.1%
Holy Roman Empire[9] 20,000,000 2.9%
Tsardom of Russia[6] 14,000,000 2.1%
Joseon[7] 12,200,0001.8%
Đại Việt [10] 10,650,000 1.6%
Habsburg Monarchy[11][6] 9,989,000 1.5%
British Empire [12][13] 9,131,239 1.3%
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[17] 9,000,000 1.3%
Safavid Empire[7] 4,640,000 90.7%
          Nepal[6] 3,064,000 0.4%
Ayutthaya Kingdom[6] 2,500,000 0.4%
Swedish Empire[11] 2,500,000 0.4%
 Portuguese Empire[11] 2,300,000 0.3%
Republic of Venice 2,000,000 0.3%
Dutch Republic[11] 1,794,000 0.3%
Morocco[6] 1,750,000 0.3%
Cambodia[6] 1,650,000 0.2%
Brandenburg-Prussia [18] 1,500,000 0.2%
Savoyard state 1,396,000 0.2%
Denmark–Norway[11] 1,300,400 0.2%
Swiss Confederacy[7] 1,260,000 0.2%
Kingdom of Kongo[19] 500,000 0.07%
          Lan Xang[6] 371,000 0.05%
Hospitaller Malta 50,000 0.01%
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See also

Notes
  1. El Jadida, Portuguese Cape Verde
  2. São Tomé Island, Príncipe, Annobón Province, Bioko, Portuguese Mozambique, Portuguese Angola, Cacheu, Ziguinchor, Ouidah, Bissau

References
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  2. "Population Statistics: Historical Demography". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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  4. "The European Union and Global Social Change". Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. 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)
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  7. Maddison. "Growth of World Population GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820" (PDF). Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. "A History of Spain and Portugal". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. J.P. Sommerville. "The Holy Roman Empire in the Seventeenth Century". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. Khâm định Việt sử thông giám cương mục, Library of National Bureau, 1874
  11. "European Population History". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  12. Mitchison, A History of Scotland, pp. 291–2 and 301-2.
  13. MArshall, John (1838). "Statistics of the British Empire".
  14. Grada, C. O. "The Population of Ireland: 1700-1900, A Survey".
  15. "ESTIMATED POPULATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES: 1610 TO 1780".
  16. "Population of the English West Indies, 1655-1755" (PDF).
  17. Based on 1618 population map Archived 2013-02-17 at the Wayback Machine (p.115), 1618 languages map (p.119), 1657-1667 losses map (p.128) and 1717 map Archived 2013-02-17 at the Wayback Machine (p.141) from Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, Poland a Historical Atlas, Hippocrene Books, 1987, ISBN 0-88029-394-2
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  19. Thornton, John (1977). "Demography and History in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1550–1750". The Journal of African History 18 (4): 526.
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  • Calendario atlante de Agostini, anno 99 (2003)
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  • Britannica book of the year : world data (1997)
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