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

Town	7000 BC	6000 BC	5000 BC	4000 BC	3800 BC	3700 BC
'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[24]
Mehrgarh	1,000- 10,000[28]
Maydanets					10,000[24]	10,000[29]
Nebelivka				17,000[24]
Talianki					15,000-25,000-30,000[24][30][31]	10,000-15,000[32][33]
Tell Brak			4,000[2]	5,000[2]
Uruk				5,000[2]

Bronze Age

Table 1: 3700-2600 BC

City	3700 BC	3400 BC	3100 BC	2800 BC	2600 BC
Adab				11,000 [34]
Anshan			10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Bad-tibira				16,000 [34]
Eridu	6,000-10,000 [34]
Habuba Kabira			6,000-8,000 [34]
Harappa					35,000 [35]
Kish				40,000 [34]
Lagash					40,000 [36]
Larak/Larsa	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Manika, Greece[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]				6,000-15,000	6,000-15,000
Memphis			30,000 [45]
Mohenjo-daro					41,250 [35]
Nekhen		5,000-10,000 [34]
Nippur				13,000 [34]
Shahr-i Sokhta			20,000 [1]
Shuruppak				20,000 [34]
Suheri			13,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Susa		8,000[2]
Tell Brak		8,000[2]	22,000 [34]	20,000 [34]
Thebes, Greece					4,000 6,000[43]
Umma				26,000 [34]
Ur				6,000 [34]
Uruk	8,000[2] 14,000 [34]	20,000 [34]	40,000 [36] 50,000 [34]	80,000 [34]	80,000 [36]

Table 2: 2500-1200 BC

City	2500 BC	2300 BC	2000 BC	1800 BC	1600 BC	1360 BC	1200 BC
Athens[46][47][48]						10,000	10,000-15,000
Akrotiri (Santorini)[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][57]					8,000-15,000-30,000
Adab	13,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Akkad		36,000 [34]
Amarna
Anshan	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Avaris/Pi-Ramses					100,000 [36]		160,000 [36]
Babylon				65,000[2]			80,000[2]
Dur-Kurigalzu
Ebla		30,000 [34]
Erlitou				24,000[2] 35,000 [34]
Harappa		10,000 [34]
Hattushash
Hazor
Heliopolis
Heracleopolis
Isin			40,000 [34]	20,000 [34]
Kerma
Kesh	11,000 [34]
Kish	25,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	40,000 [36]
Knossos[58][59][60] [61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]	1,300 2,000		18,000		20,000-40,000-100,000	30,000
Lagash	40,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	30,000 [34][36]	10,000 [34]
Larak/Larsa	10,000 [34]		40,000 [34]	20,000 [34]
Manika, Greece[43]	6,000 13,500	6,000 13,500
Malia					5,000-10,000-12,500[67][68]
Mari
Memphis		30,000 [34] 35,000[2]	60,000 [2][34][36]	30,000 [34]
Mohenjo-daro	20,000 [34]	20,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Mozah	15,000 [34]	15,000 [34]
Mycenae						30,000[64][70]
Namazga-Tepe		14,000 [34]	14,000 [34]
Nekhen					21,000 [71]
Niniveh
Nippur	20,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Palaikastro					18,000[49][67]
Shahr-i Sokhta	20,000 [34]	20,000 [34]
Shuruppak	17,000 [34]
Suheri	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Susa			25,000 [34]	25,000 [34]
Taosi	10,000[2]	14,000[2]
Tell Brak	15,000 [34]	15,000 [34]
Tell Churra		20,000 [34]
Tell Leilan	20,000 [34]	20,000 [34]
Thebes			40,000 [34]	40,000 [34]		80,000 [2]	80,000[2]
Thebes, Greece[43][72][73]	4,000 6,000					8,000
Tiryns[43][46][47][48]	1,200 1,800					10,000	10,000-15,000
Umma	34,000 [34]	20,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	20,000 [34]
Ur			60,000[2] 65,000 [71]
Uruk	50,000 [2][34]				75,000[2]
Yin (Anyang)							50,000[2] 120,000 [36]
Zabala		10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]	10,000 [34]
Zhengzhou						35,000[2]

Iron Age

Table 1: 1000-400 BC

City	1000 BC	900 BC	800 BC	700 BC	650 BC	600 BC	500 BC	430 BC	400 BC
Anuradhapura	100,000 [71][74]
Anyi							100,000 [36]		100,000 [36]
Athens[47][48][49][57][64][68][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89]	2,500 - 5,000			5,000 - 10,000		70,000 - 100,000 - 130,000	150,000 - 350,000 - 610,000	150,000 - 168,000 [90] 160,000[91]- 610,000	150,000 - 350,000 - 610,000
Agrigento							200,000 - 800,000[92][93][94][95][96]	200,000 - 800,000	200,000 - 800,000
Ayodhya
Babylon	100,000[97] 45,000 [74]		47,000 [74]			125,000[2]	150,000[2]	200,000 [71]	150,000[2]
Benares
Calah / Nimrud
Cerveteri						25,000 40,000[98][99][100][101][102]
Chicheng
Cuicuilco
Corinth							50,000-90,000-100,000[103][104][105]	50,000-90,000-100,000	50,000-90,000-100,000
Ecbatana
Haojing	100,000 [97]	125,000 [36]	125,000 [36]		33,000 [71][74]
Hastinapur
Jerusalem	40,000 [71][74]
Kerch									40,000 [71][74]
Kingchow
Kalḫu (Nimrud)			75,000[2]
Kosambi					55,000 [74]
Kweiteh / Shangqiu
Linzi				55,000[2] 100,000 [36]	80,000 [74] 100,000 [36]	65,000[2] 100,000 [36]	80,000[2] 100,000 [36]	60,000 [74] 200,000 [36]	100,000[2] 200,000 [36]
Luoyang	35,000[2] 55,000 [74] 100,000 [106][107]	40,000[2]	45,000[2] 50,000 [74]	55,000[2] 100,000 [36]	70,000 [74] 100,000 [36]	65,000[2] 100,000 [36]	200,000 [36]	200,000 [36]	100,000[2] 240,000[36]
Marib					45,000 [74]
Memphis	100,000[97]
Miletus
Niniveh				100,000[2]
Pataliputra / Patna									400,000[2]
Populonia						25,000 40,000[100][101][108][109]
Pyongyang
Tarquinia						20,000 25,000 40,000[100][101][108][110]
Qufu							100,000 [36]		100,000 [36]
Sais
Shangqiu							100,000 [36]		130,000 [36]
Sravasti	70,000 [71][74]						900,000 [71][74]
Susa	40,000 [71][74]								200,000 [71][74]
Suzhou									100,000 [36]
Syracuse							200,000 - 800,000- 1,200,000[96][111][112][112][113][114][115][116][117]	200,000 - 800,000 - 1,200,000	300,000 [74]
Thebes	120,000 [97] 50,000[2]	50,000[2]
Vaisali
Veii						25,000 40,000 100,000[100][101][108][118][119][120][121]
Volsinii						13,000 25,000 40,000[100][101][108][118]
Vulci						15,000 25,000 40,000[100][101][118]
Xiadu						100,000 [36]	100,000 [36]	320,000 [36]	300,000 [36]
Xintian							100,000 [36]
Xinzheng									100,000 [36]
Xue
Yong									100,000 [36]

Table 2: 300 BC-400 AD

City	300 BC	200 BC	100 BC	AD 1	AD 100	AD 200	AD 300	AD 361	AD 400
Alexandria	150,000[2]	300,000 [2][71] 600,000 [36]	400,000[2]		250,000 [74]			125,000 [74]
Antioch		120,000 [71]	400,000[122]		150,000 [74]			150,000 [74]
Anuradhapura		68,000 [71][74]			130,000 [71]			72,000 [74]
Anyi	100,000 [36]
Athens	258,000 [90] 431,000[123] 84,000[91]		10,000[122]		10,000[122] 250,000 [71]
Ayodhya								63,000 [74]
Balkh	200,000[71]			1,000,000 [74]				200,000 [74]
Carthage	700,000[71]	150,000[71]			100,000[71]
Chang'an / Xi'an		100,000 [36] 250,000[2] 400,000 [71]	375,000[2] 400,000 [36]	246,000 (CE 2) [124] 400,000 [36] 500,000[2]	81,000 [71][74] 100,000 [36]	120,000[2]	140,000[2]	80,000 [74]	100,000 [36]
Chengdu				100,000 [36]	70,000 [74]
Byzantium								300,000 [74]
Ctesiphon								250,000 [74]
Cuicuilco		36,000 [74]
Datong									100,000 [36]
El Mirador				200,000 [125]
Ephesus					250,000 [126] 400,000 [127]
Izapa		35,000 [74]
Kaveri								59,000 [74]
Linzi	125,000[2] 350,000 [36]	100,000 [36]	100,000 [36]	100,000 [36]		100,000 [36]
Luoyang	125,000[2] 240,000 [36]	60,000 [74]		200,000 [36]	420,000 [36][74]		140,000[2] 250,000 [36]		200,000 [36]
Nanjing		56,000 [74]			78,000 [74]		100,000 [36]	150,000 [74]	300,000 [36]
Paithan		60,000 [74]			84,000 [74]
Patala					73,000 [74]
Pataliputra		350,000 [71]			69,000 [71][74]			150,000 [74]
Peshawar					120,000[71]
Pingcheng		88,000 [74]							200,000[2]
Pyay								69,000 [74]
Qufu	100,000 [36] 125,000[2]
Rhodes (city)[128][129][130]	100,000 200,000	100,000
Rome		150,000 [74] 160,000 [71]	400,000[2]	800,000 (CE 2) [36] 1,000,000[2]	450,000 [71] 1,000,000 [2][36]	1,000,000[2]	800,000[2]	750,000 [74]	800,000[2]
Salona				60,000
Seleucia		200,000 [74]	400,000[122]	250,000 (CE 2) [71]	150,000 [71] 250,000 [74]
Shangqiu	100,000 [36]
Suzhou	100,000 [36]	66,000 [74]			95,000 [74]			58,000 [74]
Syracuse	300,000 [74]				80,000 [74]				10,000 [74]
Taxila		60,000 [74]
Teotihuacán		60,000- 80,000 [131]						90,000 [74]
Tikal								100,000[132][133][134]
Tres Zapotes		30,000 [74]
Ujjain		94,000 [74]						80,000 [74]
Wanxian				100,000 [36]
Xiadu	300,000 [36]
Xianyang	100,000 [36]	300,000 [71] 100,000 [36]
Xinzheng	120,000 [36] 125,000[2]
Xuchang							140,000[2]
Ye							140,000[2]	120,000 [74]	100,000 [36]

Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages: 500-999 AD

City	500	600	622	700	775	800	900
Aleppo			72,000 [74]
Alexandria			94,000 [74]				175,000 [74]
Angkor							90,000 [74]
Anhilpur							80,000 [74]
Antioch	150,000 [74]
Anuradhapura			70,000 [74]
Ayodhya	75,000 [74]
Badami			70,000 [74]
Baghdad					700,000 [45]	175,000[2] 700,000 [74] 2,000,000 [135]	900,000 [36][71] 2,000,000 [135]
Bakhalal	45,000 [74]
Basra						100,000 [74]
Benares						49,000 [74]	59,000 [74]
Carthage	100,000 [74]
Chang'an / Xi'an	95,000 [74] 100,000 [36] 400,000[71]	400,000 [36] 600,000[2]	400,000 [74]	1,000,000 [36]	1,000,000 [36][71][136]	600,000 [74] 800,000 [36] 1,000,000[2]	100,000 [36] 500,000 [74] 750,000[2] 800,000 [71]
Chengdu			94,000 [74]	100,000 [36]		100,000 [36]
Chenla			70,000 [74]
Chunar							72,000 [74]
Constantinople	450,000[2] 400,000 [71]	150,000[2]	350,000 [74]	125,000[2]	225,000 [71]	250,000 [74]	300,000 [71]
Copán						63,000 [74]
Córdoba						160,000 [74]	175,000[2] 200,000 [71]
Ctesiphon	400,000 [74]		500,000 [74]
Dali							100,000 [36] 90,000 [74]
Datong	200,000 [36]
El Tajín			40,000 [74]			40,000 [74]	50,000 [74]
Fanyang (Youzhou)						100,000 [36]
Fustat						100,000 [74]	150,000 [74]
Gao						72,000 [74]
Guangzhou				200,000 [36]		200,000 [36]
Gwalior	65,000 [74]
Jiankang	500,000 [36]
Jinyang (Taiyuan)				100,000 [36]		100,000 [36]
Kannauj			120,000 [74]			80,000 [74]	80,000 [74]
Kanchi	56,000 [74]		70,000 [74]			51,000 [74]
Kyoto					200,000 [71]	200,000 [74] 100,000 [36]	200,000 [36][71]
Lhasa						100,000 [36][74]
Luoyang	200,000 [74] 500,000 [36]	500,000 [36]	200,000 [74]	500,000 [36]		400,000 [36] 300,000 [74]	200,000 [36] 150,000 [74]
Madurai			70,000 [74]			70,000 [74]
Mandsaur	63,000 [74]
Manyakheta							100,000 [74]
Nanjing	500,000 [36] 150,000 [74]
Nara						100,000 [36]
Patna / Pataliputra						74,000 [74]
Prambanan						60,000 [74]	62,000 [74]
Pyay	73,000 [74]		100,000 [74]
Ray			68,000 [74]
Rome	500[137] 0[138]					50,000[139]
Sialkot	85,000 [74]
Suzhou	70,000 [74]	120,000 [36]		100,000 [36]		100,000 [36] 84,000 [74]	100,000 [36] 81,000 [74]
Teotihuacán	125,000 [74][131]		60,000 [74]
Tikal	45,000 [74]					40,000 [74]
Tula						41,000 [74]	50,000 [74]
Wuchang		100,000 [36]				84,000 [74]
Ye	200,000 [36]

Later Middle Ages: 1000-1399

City	1000	1100	1150	1200	1250	1300	1350
Angkor	200,000 [74]	125,000 [74]	140,000 [74] 1,000,000[140]	150,000 [74]
Ani	100,000 [141] 200,000 [142]
Anhilpur	100,000 [74]	100,000 [74]	135,000 [74]
Bagan		100,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	180,000 [74]	180,000 [74]
Baghdad	125,000 [71] 1,200,000 [36]	150,000 [74]		250,000[2]	150,000 [71] 1,000,000 [36]
Beijing				130,000 [74]	140,000 [74]	401,000 [74]	400,000 [74]
Cairo	135,000 [71]	150,000 [74]	175,000 [74]	200,000 [74] 250,000[2]	300,000 [74]	400,000 [2][74]	350,000 [74]
Chang'an / Xi'an						118,000 [74]	114,000 [74]
Chunar	66,000 [74]
Constantinople	300,000 [71]	200,000 [74] 250,000[2]	200,000 [74]	150,000 [74] 250,000[2]	100,000 [71]
Córdoba	200,000[2] 450,000 [71]
Cuttack					100,000 [74]	90,000 [74]	90,000 [74]
Dali	100,000 [36] 90,000 [74]	100,000 [74]
Delhi					80,000 [74]	100,000 [74]	125,000 [74]
Dhar		80,000 [74]
Fanyang (Youzhou)	100,000 [36]
Fes		125,000 [74]	160,000 [74]	200,000 [74]	200,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	125,000 [74]
Florence					110,000 [143]
Gaur				60,000 [74]	90,000 [74]	100,000 [74]
Genoa	80,000 [143]				100,000 [144]
Guangzhou					140,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	150,000 [74]
Hangzhou	80,000 [74]	90,000 [74]	145,000 [74] 800,000[2]	255,000 [74] 1,000,000[2]	320,000 [74] 1,000,000[36]	432,000 [74] 800,000[2]	432,000 [74]
Jinzhou	85,000 [74]
Kaifeng	400,000 [36][74] 432,000[71] 1,000,000[2]	442,000 [74] 1,000,000[2]	150,000 [74]		1,000,000 [36]
Kalburgi							70,000 [74]
Kalyan		150,000 [74]	125,000 [74]
Kannauj	72,000 [74]	80,000 [74]	92,000 [74]
Khajuraho (Kalinjar)				50,000 [74]
Khambhat				50,000 [74]	60,000 [74]
Kollam							60,000 [74]
Kyoto	300,000 [71] 175,000 [36]
London [145]	5,000-10,000	10,000-20,000				50,000-100,000	25,000-50,000
Madurai						60,000 [74]
Manyakheta	71,000 [74]
Marrakech		150,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	125,000 [74]
Merv		200,000 [74]		500,000 [74]
Milan					150,000 [143]
Nabadwip			85,000 [74]
Nanjing			130,000 [74]	130,000 [74]	130,000 [74]	95,000 [74]
Nishapur	125,000 [74]
Palermo	350,000[146][147][148][149]		150,000	150,000 [74]
Paris		50,000[150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157]		110,000 - 160,000	80,000 [158] 160,000 [74]	228,000 - 300,000[74]	215,000 - 300,000 [74]
Polonnaruwa				75,000 [74]
Puri			78,000 [74]	72,000 [74]
Ramavati		75,000 [74]
Rome				20,000[159]		17,000[160]	15,000[161]
Sarai						600,000 [74]	120,000 [74]
Shangjing	140,000 [36]
Suzhou	100,000 [36]						96,000 [74]
Tabriz						125,000 [74]	100,000 [74]
Thanjavur	88,000 [74]
Venice					45,000 [144]	110,000 [74]
Vijayanagar							100,000 [74]
Warangal					63,000 [74]	80,000 [74]

Renaissance: 1400-1599

City	1400	1450	1500	1550	1575
Agra					200,000 [74]
Ahmedabad			100,000 [74]	140,000 [74]
Ahmednagar				70,000 [74]
Antwerp					100,000 [74]
Bago				150,000 [74]	175,000 [74]
Beijing	150,000 [74]	600,000 [74]	672,000 [45][74] 1,000,000 [36]	690,000 [74]	706,000 [74]
Bursa		130,000 [74]
Bruges	40,000 [74]	40,000 [74]	40,000 [74]	40,000 [74]	40,000 [74]
Cairo	125,000[2] 360,000 [74]	380,000 [74]	400,000 [2][71]	360,000 [74]	275,000 [74]
Chan Chan		60,000 - 100,000[162]			5,000 - 10,000[163]
Chang'an / Xi'an			127,000 [74]
Constantinople / Istanbul			200,000 [71]	660,000 [74]	680,000 [74]
Cuttack	75,000 [74]	100,000 [74]	140,000 [74]	90,000 [74]
Cusco			300,000[164][165][166][167]
Delhi			80,000 [74]
Fes	125,000 [74]		130,000 [74]
Florence	45,000 [143]		60,000 [143]
Gao			60,000 [74]
Gaur		150,000 [74]	200,000 [74]
Genoa	80,000 [143]		150,000 [143]
Granada		165,000 [74]
Guangzhou	150,000 [74]	175,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	160,000 [74]	170,000 [74]
Gwalior				80,000 [74]
Hangzhou	1,500,000[36] 235,000 [74]	250,000 [74]	250,000[71]	260,000 [74]	260,000 [74]
Jaunpur		100,000 [74]
Kalburgi	90,000 [74]
Kano			50,000 [74]
Khambhat	60,000 [74]
Kollam	60,000 [74]
London [145]			50,000-100,000
Mandu		70,000 [74]
Milan	125,000 [144]		80,000 [143]
Nanjing	487,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	157,000 [74]	182,000 [74]	188,000 [74]
Naples				209,000 [74]	215,000 [74]
Oyo-Ile			60,000 [74]
Paris	275,000 [144] 280,000 [74]	150,000 [74]	185,000 [71]	210,000 [74]	220,000 [74]
Samarkand	130,000 [74]
Seoul		125,000 [74]
Seville	15,000[168]		60,000[168]		129,400 [168]
Suzhou	129,000 [74]
Tabriz	150,000 [74]	200,000 [74]	250,000 [74]
Tenochtitlan			250,000 [169] [170][171][172]
Texcoco			60,000 [74]
Venice	120,000 [143]		110,000 [144]	171,000 [74]
Vijayanagar	400,000 [74]	455,000 [74]	500,000 [71]	480,000 [74]

Early Modern era

City	1600	1650	1700	1750	1800	1825	1850	1875
Agra	500,000 [74]
Ahmedabad			380,000 [74]
Amsterdam	60,000[173]	140,000[173]		219,000 [74]
Ayutthaya			1,000,000[36]
Beijing	706,000 [71] 1,000,000 [36]	470,000 [74]	650,000 [71]	900,000 [74]	1,100,000 [36][71]	1,350,000 [74]	1,648,000 [74]
Berlin		6,500[174]		90,000[174]	172,000[174]		419,000[174]	1,122,330 [74] 966,900[174]
Cairo	200,000 [74]
Copenhagen		29,000	65,000	80,000	100,000		150,000	260,000
Edo (Tokyo)	60,000 [74] 500,000 (1609)[175]		688,000 [74] 1,000,000 (1721)[176]		1,100,000[71] 685,000 [74]
Esfahān	600,000 [74]		350,000 [74]
Glasgow[177]	7,000	14,000	14,000	23,500	77,000	170,000	329,000	494,000
Guangzhou	180,000 [74]	200,000 [74]	200,000 [74]	400,000 [74]	1,000,000 [36] 800,000 [74]	900,000 [74]	875,000 [74]
Hangzhou	270,000 [74]	281,000 [74]	303,000 [74]	340,000 [74]	387,000 [74]	410,000 [74]
Constantinople/Istanbul	400,000[2] 700,000 [74]	700,000 [74]	600,000[2] 700,000 [74]	625,000 [74]	570,000 [74]	675,000 [74]	785,000 [74]
Kagoshima					67,000 [74]
Kanazawa			67,000 [74]
Kyoto	300,000 [74]	350,000[178]	400,000+[175][179] 350,000 [74]	526,225[178]	377,000 [71]
Lahore		360,000 [74]
Liverpool							375.955 (1851) [180]
London	200,000 [145]	410,000 [74] 350,000 [145]	550,000 [74][145] 600,000[2]	676,000 [74] 700,000 [145]	861,000 [74] 959,300 (1801) [145]	1,335,000 [74]	2,320,000 [74] 2,363,000 (1851) [145]	4,241,000 [74]
Madrid					400,000[175]
Manchester							303.385 (1851) [180]
Mexico City							170,000[180]
Milan [144]	150,000		125,000		160,000
Moscow	300,000[74]	100,000[74]			248,000[74]		373.800[180]
Nagoya			65,000 [74]		92,000 [74]
Nanjing	194,000 [74]	178,000 [74]
Naples	224,000 [74]	400,000 [181][182]	207,000 [144]	310,000 [74]	430,000 [74]	350,000 [74]	413,000 [180]
New York City			5,000	13,000	61,000	202,000 (1830) [183]	515.594 [184]	1,900,000 [74]
Osaka	360,000 [74]		350,000+[179] 380,000 [74]	400,000 (1749) [175]	383,000 [71] 500,000 (1783) [175]
Paris	245,000[74]	455,000[74]	530,000[74]	556,000[74]	547,756[74][185]	855,000 [74]	1,314,000 [74]	2,250,000 [74]
Philadelphia						161,000 (1830) [183]	409,353[184]
Rome			150,000[144]
Saint Petersburg				74.273 [175]	217.948 [175]	438,000 [74]	532.241 (1852) [180]	1,035,000
Seoul		150,000 [74]	158,000 [74]	187,000 [74]
Sunpu	100,000 [74]
Suzhou					243,000 [74]	302,000 [74]
Venice [144]	180,000		145,000		160,000
Vienna[186][187]		50,000	113,000	175,400	235,098	401,200	551,300	1,162,591
Xi'an	138,000 [74]		167,000 [74]	195,000 [74]	224,000 [74]	259,000 [74]
Yamaguchi	80,000 [74]

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

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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" (PDF). Journal of Urban History 31 (4): 403–434.

External links

• Interactive Map: Urban Growth (BBC, covering 1955–2015)
• Early Medieval and Byzantine Civilization: Constantine to Crusades