List of countries by population in 1700

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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/TerritoryPopulation
estimate
c.1700
Percentage of
World
Population
  World[1]682,300,000
Mughal Empire[2]
Subdivisions
158,400,000 23%
Qing Empire[3][4] 100,000,000–150,000,000 22%
Ottoman Empire[6][7][8]
subdivisions
vassal states
27,519,000 4.0%
Holy Roman Empire[10][11] 27,400,000 4.1%
Tokugawa Japan[18][12] 27,000,000 4.0%
Spain and possessions[19][20][6][7]
subdivisions
24,530,000 3.6%
France[7] 21,471,000 3.1%
Tsardom of Russia[6] 13,616,000 2.0%
Joseon[7] 13,500,0002.0%
Safavid Iran[21] 10,000,000 1.5%
Habsburg monarchy[22][6]
subdivisions
9,989,000 1.5%
England, Scotland, and possessions[24][25]
subdivisions
9,531,239 1.4%
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[30] 9,000,000 1.3%
Lê dynasty (Đại Việt)[31] 8,000,000 1.2%
Morocco and possessions[6]
subdivisions
4,000,000 0.5%
Portuguese Empire[22][32] 3,800,000+ 0.6%+
          Nepal[6] 3,064,000 0.4%
Ahom kingdom 2,000,000-3,000,000[33] 0.3%-0.4%
Sweden[22]
subdivisions
3,000,000 0.4%
Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)[6] 2,500,000 0.4%
Ethiopian Empire 2,338,000[6] 0.3%
Brandenburg-Prussia[34] 1,500,000 0.2%
Dutch Republic[22] 1,794,000 0.3%
Cambodia[6] 1,650,000 0.2%
Savoyard state[35]
subdivisions
1,396,000 0.2%
Denmark–Norway[22]
subdivisions
1,300,400 0.2%
Swiss Confederacy[7] 1,260,000 0.2%
          Rozvi Empire 1,000,000+[36] 0.1%
          Dzungaria[37] 1,000,000 0.1%
Grand Duchy of Tuscany[19] ~1,000,000 0.1%
Kingdom of Kongo[38] 790,000 0.12%
          Lan Xang[6] 371,000 0.05%
Ryukyu Kingdom[39] 141,187 0.02%
Hospitaller Malta[citation needed] 50,000 0.01%
          Rapa Nui (Easter Island)[40] 3,000-4,000 0.0004%-0.001%

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