List of countries by population in 1800

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This is a list of countries by population in 1800. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1800 (which were on various dates in that year). The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Alexander V. Avakov's Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1, pages 21 to 24, which cover population figures from the year 1800 divided into modern borders. Avakov, in turn, cites a variety of sources, mostly Angus Maddison. Italian sub figures are derived from elsewhere.[1] Other figures come from Jan Lahmeyer's website,[2] which in turn is based on a variety of sources.[3]

List

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Rank Country/Territory Population Template:Circa Percentage of

World Population

Template:Noflag World 1,001,908,890
1 Qing China[2]

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300,150,000 Template:Percentage
2 Maratha Confederacy[4]Template:Efn ~208,250,000 21.1%
4 Britain and possessions[5][2][6][note 1]

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~49,907,000 ~Template:Percentage
5 File:Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor with haloes (1400-1806).svg Holy Roman Empire[7]

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~41,050,000 ~Template:Percentage
3 Template:Flagicon France and possessions[8][2]

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~~39,600,000 ~Template:Percentage
6 Template:Flagcountry[2]

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35,005,000 Template:Percentage
7
File:Flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate.svg
Tokugawa Japan[2]
29,000,000 Template:Percentage
8 File:Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spain and possessions[2][9]

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26,500,000 Template:Percentage
9 Template:Flag[2][10]

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26,000,000 Template:Percentage
10 File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Habsburg monarchy[2]

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23,145,000 Template:Percentage
11 File:Flag of the King of Joseon (Fringeless).svg Joseon[11] 16,500,000 Template:Percentage
12 File:Sikh Empire flag.jpgSikh Empire[12] 12,000,000 Template:Percentage
13 File:Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1750-1801).svg Kingdom of Prussia

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10,700,000 Template:Citation needed Template:Percentage
14 File:Flag of Nawab.svg Carnatic Sultanate[13] 10,000,000 1%
15 Template:Flag[2]

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~9,400,000 ~Template:Percentage
16
File:Triều đường chi ấn.svg
Tây Sơn dynasty (Đại Việt)[14]
7,291,000 Template:Percentage
17
File:Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg
Kingdom of Naples[8]

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7,000,000 Template:Percentage
18 Template:FlagTemplate:Collapsible list ~6,050,000 ~Template:Percentage
19 Template:Flagicon image Qajar dynasty[15] 6,010,000 Template:Percentage
20
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United States of America[16]
5,509,879 Template:Percentage
21 File:Flag of Morocco (1666–1915).svg Morocco[5] 5,000,000 Template:Percentage
22
File:Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Nonrectangular).svg
Konbaung dynasty (Burma)[17]
4,200,000 Template:Percentage
23
File:Flag of Thailand (1782).svg
Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam)[18][19]
4,050,000Template:Efn Template:Percentage-Template:Percentage
24 File:Flag of Talpur dynasty.gifTalpur dynasty[20] 4,000,000 Template:Percentage
25
File:Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg
Sweden[21]
3,347,000 Template:Percentage
26 File:Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Durrani Afghan Empire[5] 3,280,000 0.3%
27 Kazakh Khanate[22] 3,000,000 0.3%
28
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Ethiopian Empire[23]
2,950,000 Template:Percentage
29 File:Savoyard flag.svg Kingdom of Sardinia 2,900,000[1] Template:Percentage
30
File:Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg
Papal States[24]
2,300,000 Template:Percentage
31
File:Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark–Norway[21][2]

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~2,200,000 ~Template:Percentage
32 Oyo Empire[25][26][[Oyo Empire|Template:Efn]] ~2,175,016 Template:Percentage
33 File:Flag of the Second Saudi State.svg Emirate of Diriyah[5]

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2,132,000 Template:Percentage
34 File:Flag of Cambodia (pre-1863).svg Cambodia[5] 2,090,000 Template:Percentage
35 Southern Vietnam under Nguyễn Ánh[27] 1,770,000 Template:Percentage
36
File:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.svg
Grand Duchy of Tuscany[8]
1,224,000 Template:Percentage
37 File:Flag of the Emirate of Bukhara.svg Emirate of Bukhara[28] 1,200,000 Template:Percentage
38 Template:Flag[8] 415,000 Template:Percentage
39 File:Royal Standard of Oman.svg Sultanate of Oman[5]

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363,000 Template:Percentage
40 Template:Flagicon imageAro Confederacy[25][29]Template:Efn ~349,081 Template:Percentage
41 File:Flag of Ankole.svg Ankole[30]Template:Efn 205,800 Template:Percentage
42 File:Flag of Ryukyu.svg Ryukyu Kingdom[31] (Japanese vassal) 155,650 Template:Percentage
43 File:Red Ensign of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg Hawaiian KingdomTemplate:Efn 145,000 (est.)[32]Template:Efn Template:Percentage
44 File:Flag of Lucca.svg Republic of Lucca[8] 120,000 Template:Percentage
45 File:St. Blaise - National Flag of the Ragusan Republic.png Republic of Ragusa[2] 30,000 Template:Percentage
46 Dendi Kingdom[30]Template:Efn ~17,243 Template:Percentage
47
File:Flag of the Kingdom of Tahiti.svg
Kingdom of TahitiTemplate:Efn
16,000[33]Template:Efn Template:Percentage
48
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Qatar[5]
14,000 Template:Percentage
49 Template:Flag 5,800[34] Template:Percentage
50 San Marino 5,490[34] Template:Percentage
51 Template:Flag 2,650[34] Template:Percentage

Note

The aggregate populations will exceed the total population because some states existed in multiple entities. For example, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg monarchy had holdings that were also part of the Holy Roman Empire (though not all of the Prussian and Habsburg territories shared this aspect). In another case, the province of Wallachia was a vassal of the Ottoman sultan, but also a tributary of the Russian Empire.

See also

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor, Vol. 3. Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonne comte de Las Cases. 1816.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Population Statistics: Growth of the population per country in a historical perspective, including their administrative divisions and principal towns, Lahmeyer, Jan. populstat.info(2006). Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  3. SOURCES. www.populstat.info. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  4. Aids And Population Education{{#if:Sahu|, Sahu}. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd(2004). ISBN 9788120726581
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Algora(April 2015). ISBN 9781628941012
  6. History of the Colonies of the British Empire{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. W. H. Allen(1843)
  7. The combined population of Germany (25m), Austria (3.37m), Czechia (5.516m), Belgium (3.434m), Slovenia (0.469m), and a third of Italy (6.7m). Avakov, p. 21-23. Many of these places were under the occupation of France, but the Empire was not formally dissolved until 1806.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Tacitus, Historical Populations of European States. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  9. Historical world population data. www.johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  10. An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Volume 2{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(1994). ISBN 9780521574556
  11. 이헌창 (1999). 한국경제통사 52쪽.
  12. Singh, Amarinder, "The Last Sunset: The Rise & Fall of the Lahore Durbar", Roli Books (2012).
  13. The Expansion of the British Empire. Cambridge at the University Press(1902).
  14. http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/files/Vietnam_GDP_1800-1970_24apr14.xlsx Template:Bare URL spreadsheet
  15. Malcolm, John. "The History of Persia: From the Most Early Period to the Present Time" (1815), via Encyclopædia Iranica at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/economy-viii-in-the-qajar-period
  16. Decennial Census – History – U.S. Census Bureau. Census.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  17. Ritchell, Judith L., "Disease and Demography in Colonial Burma" (2006), pp.11–16, via: https://books.google.com/books?id=bPfIycHCKwMC&dq=population+siam+1800&pg=PA17
  18. Strange Parallels: Volume 1, Integration on the Mainland: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c.800–1830 (Studies in Comparative World History){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(2003). ISBN 978-0521800860
  19. A History of Thailand{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(7 April 2022). ISBN 978-1-009-01483-0
  20. Talpurs in Sindh, 1783-1843{{#if:Pathan|, Pathan}. Endowment Fund Trust(2017). ISBN 978-969-9860-11-9
  21. 21.0 21.1 Population of Scandinavia. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  22. Институт законодательства Республики Казахстан, Сарсембаев, М. А..
  23. Population of Ethiopia 1800-2020.
  24. Papal States. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  25. 25.0 25.1 Population. Our World in Data. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  26. Yoruba. Ethnologue. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  27. Khâm định Việt sử thông giám cương mục, Library of National Bureau, 1874
  28. Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos.
  29. Legal Notice on Publication of the Details of the Breakdown of the National and State Provisional Totals 2006 Census. Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette(15 May 2007). Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  30. 30.0 30.1 Statista - The Statistics Portal. Statista. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  31. (a) Yoshio Oguchi, "Demographics of Satsuma Domian", Reimeikan Chōsa Kenkyū Hōkoku (no. 11), pp. 87–134 (1998). (b) Yoshio Oguchi, "Demographics of Satsuma Domian and early modern Ryūkyū", Reimeikan Chōsa Kenkyū Hōkoku (no. 13), pp. 1–42 (2000) (all in Japanese).
  32. Demographic Statistics of Hawaii, 1778-1965{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of Hawaii Press(1968). ISBN 978-0-87022-740-0
  33. Urbanization in French Polynesia. Land Economics({Template:Year).
  34. 34.0 34.1 34.2 Data on Timor Leste | Reconstructing Global Inequality. clio-infra.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-12.

References

  • 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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