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.

6,000

50,000

2,000

15,000

15,000

35,000

6,000

1,800

40,000

40,000

60,000

60,000

45,000

40,000

80,000

40,000

25,000

40,000

60,000

60,000

11,100

34,200

60,600

60,600

130,000

50,000

300,000

50,000

40,000

100,000

25,000

40,000

25,000

40,000

600,000

50,000

50,000

50,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

200,000 700,000

200,000

700,000

60,000

100,000

200,000

100,000

200,000

100,000

200,000

60,000

50,000

100,000

50,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

200,000

290,000

300,000

250,000

80,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

1,000,000

700,000

1,000,000

20,000

500,000

90,000

100,000

500,000

300,000

150,000

150,000

84,000

81,000

1,000,000

50,000

60,000

60,000

90,000

175,000

160,000

150,000

150,000

150,000

18,000

40,000

60,000

400,000

200,000

1,000,000

125,000

200,000

125,000

200,000

60,000

70,000

100,000

235,000

280,000

225,000

350,000

200,000

1,000,000

800,000

350,000

200,000

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