List of countries by population in 1500

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This is a list of countries by population in 1500. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in that year. The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Alexander V. Avakov's Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1, pages 12 to 14, which cover population figures from the year 1500 divided into modern borders. Avakov, in turn, cites a variety of sources, mostly Angus Maddison.

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Ming China (23.5%)
Delhi Sultanate (12.6%)
Holy Roman Empire (5.30%)
Vijayanagara Empire (4.10%)
Kingdom of France (3.70%)
Ottoman Empire (2.80%)
Inca Empire (4.60%)
Bengal Sultanate (2.40%)
Ashikaga Japan (2.20%)
Joseon (2.10%)
Spanish Empire (2.00%)

Rank	Country/Territory	Population c. 1500 estimate	Percentage of world population
–	World	438,000,000	–
1	Ming China Subdivisions Liaodong Regional Military Commission – ? Dokham Regional Military Commission – ? Hami Prefecture – ? Sichuan Province Tusi – ? Guizhou Province Tusi – ? Guangxi Province Tusi – ? Yunnan Province Tusi – ? Chinese Shan States – ?	60,000,000–103,000,000	23.5%
2	Delhi Sultanate Lodi dynasty	~55,000,000	~12.6%
3	Holy Roman Empire Subdivisions Habsburg Netherlands – 2,400,000+ Bohemian Crown – 2,160,000 Archduchy of Austria and related territories – 2,000,000 Duchy of Milan – 1,250,000 Savoy – ? Republic of Florence – 750,000 Republic of the Swiss – 745,000 Duchy of Bavaria – ~400,000 Duchy of Württemberg – ~350,000 Margraviate of Brandenburg – ~300,000 Saxony – ? Margraviate of Baden – ? Thuringian states – ? Duchy of Carniola – 208,000 Landgraviate of Hesse – ? Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – ? County of Nassau – ? Bishopric of Würzburg – ? County of Oldenburg – ? Duchy of Luxemburg – ? Vogtland – ? Principality of Lippe – ? Mecklenburg – ? Anhalt-Dessau – ? Prince-Bishopric of Münster – ? Anhalt-Dessau – ? Anhalt-Köthen – ? County of Schaumburg – ? Liechtenstein – ? Archbishopric of Salzburg- ? Principality of Calenberg – ? Electorate of Mainz – ? Electorate of Trier – ? Electorate of Cologne – ? Electoral Palatinate – ? Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg – ? Saxe-Lauenburg – ? Archbishopric of Magdeburg – ? Hamburg – ? Lübeck – ? Schleswig – ? Holstein – ? Bishopric of Lübeck – ? Bishopric of Trent – ? East Frisia – ? Duchy of Pomerania – ? Episcopal principality of Utrecht – ? Principality of Ansbach – ? Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg – ? Duchy of Cleves – ? Guelders – ? Prince-Bishopric of Liège – ?	23,000,000+	5.3%
4	Vijayanagara Empire	18,000,000	4.1%
5	France and possessions Subdivisions Kingdom of France – 15,000,000 Duchy of Milan – 1,250,000 Andorra – ?	16,250,000	3.7%
6	Ottoman Empire Subdivisions Anatolia and East Thrace – 6,300,000 Serbia – 990,000 Bulgaria – 800,000 Bosnia Eyalet – 367,000 Albania – 200,000 Vassal states Principality of Wallachia – 350,000 Crimean Khanate - 2,740,000	12,640,000	2.8%
7	Inca Empire	12-32,000,000	−4.6%
8	Bengal Sultanate	10,526,000	2.4%
9	Ashikaga Japan	9,800,000	2.2%
10	Joseon	9,100,000-9,700,000 9,412,000	2.1%
11	Spain and possessions Subdivisions Crown of Castile – 7,000,000 Crown of Aragon - 950,000 Kingdom of Sicily – 600,000 Andorra – ? Santo Domingo – 139,000	8,900,000	2.0%
12	Polish–Lithuanian Union Subdivisions Kingdom of Poland – 3,900,000 Grand Duchy of Lithuania – ? State of the Teutonic Order – ?	7,500,000	1.7%
13	Grand Duchy of Moscow	6,000,000	1.4%
14	Aztec Empire	6,000,000	1.4%
15	Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt Subdivisions Mamluk Egypt – 4,000,000 Syria – 1,206,000 Palestine – 366,000 Lebanon – 299,000 Jordan – 196,000 Hejaz – ? Libya – ?	5,867,000	1.3%
16	Lê dynasty (Đại Việt)	5,625,400	1.3%
17	Aq Qoyunlu Iran	~4,000,000	0.9%
18	Majapahit Empire	Less than 4,000,000	0.9%
19	Union of Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia \| Kingdom of Hungary \| Kingdom of Croatia, without medieval Slavonia	3,000,000^{[failed verification]} 500,000	0.9%*
20	Morocco Wattasid dynasty	3,500,000	0.8%
21	Portugal and possessions Subdivisions Kingdom of Portugal – 3,000,000 Ceuta – ? Ksar es-Seghir – ? Asilah – ? El Jadida – ? Portuguese Tangier – ? Ouadane – ? Safi – ? Graciosa fortress – ? Arguin – ? Portuguese Cape Verde – ? São Tomé Island – ? Príncipe – ? Annobón – ? Bioko – ? Elmina – ? Portuguese Gold Coast – ? Lakshadweep – ? Madeira – ? Azores – ?	3,000,000+	0.7%+
22	Northern Yuan	~2,760,000	0.6%
23	England and possessions Subdivisions Kingdom of England – 2,100,000 Lordship of Ireland – 250,000 Wales – 400,000 Pale of Calais – ?	2,750,000	0.6%
24	Champa	2,500,000	0.6%
25	Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)	2,000,000	0.5%
26	Muisca Confederation	2,000,000	0.5%
27	Papal States	2,000,000	0.5%
28	Ethiopian Empire	1,870,000	0.4%
29	Kalmar Union Subdivisions Kingdom of Denmark – 600,000 Kingdom of Sweden – 550,000 Kingdom of Norway – 240,000 Finland – 300,000 Iceland- ? Greenland – ?	1,690,000	0.4%
30	Republic of Venice Subdivisions Venetian Italy – ? Venetian Dalmatia – ? Istria – ? Venetian Albania – ? Tinos – ? Kingdom of Candia – ? Duchy of the Archipelago Ionian Islands under Venetian rule – ? Venetian Cyprus – ?	1,500,000	0.3%
31	Kingdom of Tlemcen	1,500,000	0.3%
32	Cambodia	1,224,000	0.3%
33	Hafsid dynasty	800,000	0.2%
34	Republic of Florence	750,000	0.2%
35	Kingdom of Scotland	500,000	0.1%
36	Lan Xang	400,000	0.1%
37	Principality of Moldavia	400,000	0.1%
38	Malacca Sultanate	135,000	0.03%
38	Republic of Ragusa	90,000	0.02%
39	Nan Madol (Saudeleur dynasty)	25,000	0.004%

Sources

Li, Tana (1998). Nguyen Cochinchina: Southern Vietnam in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501732577.
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)

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