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 were having a census in the year 1700 which were on various dates in the 1700s.
| Rank | Country/Territory | Population c. 1700 estimate | Percentage of World Population |
| - | World | 682,000,000 | - |
| 1 | Qing Empire |
210,715,000 |
32.9 |
| 2 |
Mughal Empire
Koch dynasty - ?
|
145,000,000 |
21.3 |
| 3 |
British Empire
Kingdom of England - 5,058,000
Kingdom of Ireland - 2,000,000
Thirteen Colonies - 874,000
Wales - 464,000
Bombay Presidency -
Madras Presidency -
|
? |
? |
| 4 |
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Spain - 5,000,000
New Spain - ?
New Granada - ?
Río de la Plata - ?
Philippines - ?
Peru - ?
Chile - ?
Guatemala - ?
Cuba - ?
Puerto Rico - ?
Louisiana - ?
Yucatán - ?
Provincias Internas - ?
|
? |
? |
| 5 |
Ottoman Empire |
24,779,000 |
4.4 |
| 6 |
Kingdom of France |
21,000,000 |
3.1 |
| 7 |
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Bohemia - ?
Electorate of Bavaria - ?
Margraviate of Brandenburg - ?
Württemberg - ?
Saxony - ?
Margraviate of Baden - ?
Thuringian states - ?
Hesse-Darmstadt - ?
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - ?
Nassau - ?
Bishopric of Würzburg - ?
Oldenburg - ?
Luxembourg - ?
Reuss Elder Line - ?
Principality of Lippe - ?
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - ?
Anhalt-Dessau - ?
Arenberg - ?
Anhalt-Bernburg - ?
Anhalt-Köthen - ?
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe - ?
Liechtenstein - ?
Archbishopric of Salzburg- ?
Hannover - ?
Mainz - ?
Trier - ?
Cologne - ?
Electoral Palatinate - ?
Brunswick-Luneburg - ?
Saxe-Lauenburg - ?
Münster - ?
Magdeburg - ?
Hamburg - ?
Hesse-Homburg - ?
Lübeck - ?
Schleswig - ?
Holstein - ?
Bishopric of Lübeck - ?
|
16,000,000 |
2.3 |
| 8 |
Tsardom of Russia |
14,000,000 |
2.1 |
| 9 |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
9,000,000 |
1.3 |
| 10 |
Joseon |
5,500,000 |
0.8 |
| 11 |
Habsburg Monarchy
Archduchy of Austria - 2,100,000
Kingdom of Hungary - 3,200,000
Kingdom of Bohemia - ?
Kingdom of Croatia - ?
Republic of Ragusa - ?
Principality of Transylvania - ?
|
5,300,000 |
0.8 |
| 12 |
Portuguese Empire
Portugal - 2,000,000
Viceroyalty of Brazil - 300,000
|
2,300,000 |
0.3 |
| 13 |
Dutch Republic |
1,794,000 |
0.3 |
| 14 |
Denmark–Norway
Denmark - 745,000
Norway- 540,000
Iceland- 50,400
Greenland - 5,000
|
1,300,400 |
0.2 |
| 15 |
Kingdom of Scotland |
1,250,000 |
0.2 |
| 16 |
Swedish Empire |
1,400,000 |
0.2 |
| 17 |
Persia |
? |
? |
| 18 |
Tokugawa shogunate |
? |
? |
| 19 |
Kingdom of Kozhikode |
? |
? |
| 20 |
Chitradurga |
? |
? |
| 21 |
Garhwal Kingdom |
? |
? |
| 22 |
Thanjavur Maratha kingdom |
? |
? |
| 23 |
Kingdom of Mysore |
? |
? |
| 24 |
Nayakas of Keladi |
? |
? |
| 25 |
Madurai Nayak dynasty |
? |
? |
| 26 |
Tondaiman |
? |
? |
| 27 |
Republic of Venice |
? |
? |
See also
Notes
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)