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This is a list of countries by population in 1700. Estimated 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. The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Alexander V. Avakov's Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1, pages 18 to 20, which cover population figures from the year 1700 divided into modern borders. Avakov, in turn, cites a variety of sources, primarily Angus Maddison.
Country/Territory Populationestimate Percentage ofWorldPopulation World, Table 2 682,300,000 – Mughal Empire158,400,000 Qing Empire100,000,000–150,000,000 Ottoman Empire27,519,000 Holy Roman EmpireThe combined population of Germany (15m), Austria (2.5m), Czechia (3.242m), Belgium (2m), Slovenia (0.248m), and a third of Italy (4.4m), Avakov, p. 18-20. Note that these statistics are for countries within 2011 borders, and so Germany's figure lacks the population of large areas that are now part of Poland but were then part of the Empire, such as Silesia and most of Pomerania. This figure also discounts areas that are now part of France, bar Savoy and Nice (370,000 inhabitants, see Savoyard state), such as Alsace-Lorraine. As a result, by Avakov's figures, the listed low end of 27.8 million is an underestimate of the Empire's actual population.. Archived . The figure of 20 million is given for "Germany, Austria, and Bohemia", a definition of the Empire that specifically excludes the Empire's Italian territories such as the Savoyard state, Milan, and Tuscany as well as Slovenia, Belgium, Luxembourg, and areas that are now part of France. By Avakov's figures these excluded territories add up to well over 7 million inhabitants. It is additionally not clear how "Germany" is defined.27,400,000 Tokugawa JapanJean-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)27,000,000 Spain and possessions24,530,000 France 21,471,000 Tsardom of Russia 13,616,000 Joseon 13,500,000 Safavid Iran10,000,0001.5% Habsburg monarchy9,989,000 England, Scotland, and possessionsMitchison, A History of Scotland, pp. 291–2 and 301-2.9,531,239 Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthBased on 1618 population map (p.115), 1618 languages map (p.119), 1657–1667 losses map (p.128) and 1717 map (p.141) from Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, Poland a Historical Atlas, Hippocrene Books, 1987, 9,000,000Lê dynasty (Đại Việt) 8,000,000 Morocco and possessions4,000,0000.5% 3,800,000++Nepal3,064,000 Ahom kingdom2,000,000-3,000,000"It is suggested that the actual population of the Ahom territories up to the Manas ranged from two to three millions over one-and-a-half century ending 1750." - Sweden3,000,000 Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)2,500,000 Ethiopian Empire2,338,000 Brandenburg-PrussiaDwyer, p. 52.1,500,000 Dutch Republic1,794,000 Cambodia1,650,000 Savoyard stateGeoffrey Symcox. "Victor Amadaeus II: Absolutism in the Savoyard State, 1675–1730." Page 245.1,396,000 Denmark–Norway1,300,400 Swiss Confederacy1,260,000Rozvi Empire1,000,000+Dzungaria1,000,0000.1% Grand Duchy of Tuscany~1,000,000 Kingdom of Kongo790,000Lan Xang371,000 Ryukyu Kingdom(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).141,187 Hospitaller Malta50,000Rapa Nui (Easter Island)3,000-4,000-
See also List of countries by population List of countries by population in 1300 List of countries by population in 1400 List of countries by population in 1500 List of countries by population in 1600 List of countries by population in 1700 List of countries by population in 1800 List of countries by population in 1900
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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)