List of countries by population in 1600
This is a list of countries by population in 1600. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1600 (which were on various dates in that year).
| Rank | Country/Territory | Population c. 1600 estimate | Percentage of World Population |
| - | World | 579,000,000 | - |
| 1 | Ming Empire[1] |
160,000,000 |
27.6 |
| 2 |
Mughal Empire [2][3] |
88,000,000 |
15.2 |
| 3 |
Iberian Union [4]
Kingdom of Spain - 8,240,000 New Spain - 5,470,000 Peru - 4,690,000 Kingdom of Naples - 2,250,000 Portugal - 2,000,000 Spanish Netherlands (Belgium) - 2,000,000 Kingdom of Sicily - 1,800,000 Philippines - 667,000 Viceroyalty of Brazil - 100,000 Cuba[5] - 20,000 New Granada - ? Río de la Plata - ? Chile - ? Guatemala - ? Puerto Rico - ? Yucatán - ? Provincias Internas - ? Viceroyalty of Sardinia - ? Duchy of Milan - ? Duchy of Luxemburg - ? Franche-Comté - ? Bahrain - ? Andorra Portuguese India
|
29,997,000 |
5.2 |
| 4 |
Ottoman Empire [6]
Anatolia - 7,275,000 Egypt Eyalet - 5,000,000 Ottoman Algeria - 2,250,000 Bulgaria - 1,250,000 Syria - 1,175,000 Iraq- 1,070,000 Serbia - 1,057,000 Beylik of Tunis - 1,000,000 Ottoman Tripolitania - 500,000 Sidon Eyalet - 292,000 Bosnia Eyalet - 449,000 Moldavia - 236,000 Palestine - 161,000 Ottoman Cyprus - 98,000 Habesh Eyalet - ? Ottoman Albania]][7] - 200,000 Wallachia - ? Eyalet of the Archipelago - ?
|
26,000,000 |
4.5 |
| 5 |
Holy Roman Empire [6]
|
20,300,000 |
3.5 |
| 6 |
Kingdom of France[8]
|
20,000,000 |
3.5 |
| 7 |
Tokugawa shogunate[6] |
18,500,000 |
3.2 |
| 8 |
Tsardom of Russia[9] |
14,000,000 |
2.4 |
| 9 |
Joseon [6] |
9,879,000 |
1.7 |
| 10 |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[10]
|
7,950,000 |
1.4 |
| 11 |
British Crown[9]
|
5,600,000 |
1.0 |
| 12 |
Habsburg Monarchy [6][11]
|
5,550,000 |
1.0 |
| 13 |
Đại Việt [6] |
4,447,000 |
0.8 |
| 14 |
Persia [12] |
3,200,000 |
0.6 |
| 15 |
Kingdom of Morocco [6] |
2,250,000 |
0.4 |
| 16 |
Myanmar [6]
|
2,380,000 |
0.4 |
| 17 |
Ayutthaya Kingdom [6] |
2,236,000 |
0.4 |
| 18 |
Ethiopian Empire [6] |
2,104,000 |
0.4 |
| 19 |
Dutch Republic[6] |
1,500,000 |
0.3 |
| 20 |
Kingdom of Sweden[13]
|
1,300,000 |
0.2 |
| 21 |
Denmark–Norway[13][14][15]
|
1,000,000 |
0.2 |
| 22 |
Kingdom of Scotland [16] |
800,000 |
0.2 |
| 23 |
Kingdom of Lan Xang [6] |
319,000 |
0.1 |
| 24 |
Trucial Sheikhs [6] |
35,000 |
- |
| 25 |
Vijayanagara Empire
|
? |
? |
| 26 |
Tondaiman |
? |
? |
| 27 |
Republic of Venice
|
? |
? |
| 28 |
Kingdom of Kongo |
? |
? |
| 29 |
Arakan |
? |
? |
| 30 |
Taungoo Empire |
? |
? |
| 31 |
Duchy of Prussia |
? |
? |
| 32 |
Khanate of Khiva |
? |
? |
| 33 |
Funj |
? |
? |
| 34 |
Ryukyu Kingdom |
? |
? |
| 35 |
Crimean Khanate |
? |
? |
| 36 |
Principality of Moldavia |
? |
? |
| 37 |
Papal States |
? |
? |
| 38 |
Republic of Ragusa |
? |
? |
| 39 |
Duchy of Parma |
? |
? |
| 40 |
Duchy of Savoy |
? |
? |
| 41 |
Republic of Genoa |
? |
? |
| 42 |
Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
? |
? |
| 43 |
Duchy of Urbino |
? |
? |
| 44 |
Republic of Lucca |
? |
? |
| 45 |
Duchy of Mantua |
? |
? |
| 46 |
Kingdom of Kozhikode |
? |
? |
| 47 |
Duchy of Mirandola |
? |
? |
| 48 |
Duchy of Modena and Reggio |
? |
? |
| 49 |
Adil Shahi dynasty |
? |
? |
| 50 |
Qutb Shahi dynasty |
? |
? |
| 51 |
Garhwal Kingdom |
? |
? |
| 52 |
Thanjavur Nayak kingdom
|
? |
? |
| 53 |
Kingdom of Middag |
? |
? |
| 54 |
Most Serene Republic of San Marino |
? |
? |
| 55 |
Deccan Sultanates |
? |
? |
| 56 |
Shirvan |
? |
? |
| 57 |
Qasim Khanate |
? |
? |
| 58 |
Khanate of Bukhara |
? |
? |
| 59 |
Pashalik of Timbuktu |
? |
? |
| 60 |
Dendi Kingdom |
? |
? |
| 61 |
Kingdom of Kartli |
? |
? |
| 62 |
Kingdom of Imereti |
? |
? |
| 63 |
Samtskhe-Saatabago |
? |
? |
| 64 |
Kingdom of Kakheti |
? |
? |
| 65 |
Aceh Sultanate |
? |
? |
| 66 |
Sultanate of Sulu |
? |
? |
| 67 |
Kaabu |
? |
? |
| 68 |
Ahmadnagar Sultanate |
? |
? |
| 69 |
Empire of Great Fulo |
? |
? |
| 70 |
Ahom kingdom |
? |
? |
| 71 |
Venad |
? |
? |
| 72 |
Avar Khanate |
? |
? |
| 73 |
Alodia |
? |
? |
| 74 |
Kingdom of Arakan |
? |
? |
| 75 |
Bonoman |
? |
? |
| 76 |
Denkyira |
? |
? |
| 77 |
Johor Sultanate |
? |
? |
| 78 |
Golden Horde |
? |
? |
| 79 |
Kingdom of Kandy |
? |
? |
| 80 |
Sultanate of Bali |
? |
? |
| 81 |
Ulster |
? |
? |
| 82 |
Benin Empire |
? |
? |
| 83 |
Monaco |
? |
? |
| 84 |
Bruneian Empire |
? |
? |
| 85 |
Nogai Horde |
? |
? |
| 86 |
Perak Sultanate |
? |
? |
| 87 |
Kingdom of Kotte
|
? |
? |
| 88 |
Moghulistan |
? |
? |
| 89 |
Four Oirat |
? |
? |
| 90 |
Champa |
? |
? |
| 91 |
Cherokee |
? |
? |
| 92 |
Republic of Cospaia |
? |
? |
| 93 |
Crimean Khanate |
? |
? |
| 94 |
Muscogee |
? |
? |
| 95 |
Gujarat Sultanate |
? |
? |
| 96 |
Tír Eoghain |
? |
? |
| 97 |
Garha-Mandla |
? |
? |
| 98 |
Chanda-Sirpur |
? |
? |
| 99 |
Deogarh-Nagpur |
? |
? |
| 100 |
Sheikdom of al-Hassa |
? |
? |
| 101 |
Hausa Kingdoms |
? |
? |
| 102 |
Rinpungpa |
? |
? |
| 103 |
Wyandot people |
? |
? |
| 104 |
Kingdom of Ava |
? |
? |
| 105 |
Iroquois |
? |
? |
| 106 |
Bornu Empire |
? |
? |
| 107 |
Swahili people |
? |
? |
| 108 |
Kazakh Khanate |
? |
? |
| 109 |
Knights Hospitaller |
? |
? |
| 110 |
Cambodia |
? |
? |
| 111 |
Khandesh Sultanate |
? |
? |
| 112 |
Oman |
? |
? |
| 113 |
Leinster |
? |
? |
| 114 |
Lan Na |
? |
? |
| 115 |
Sultanate of Makassar |
? |
? |
| 116 |
Sultanate of Maldives |
? |
? |
| 117 |
Phagmodrupa Dynasty |
? |
? |
| 118 |
Mali Empire |
? |
? |
| 119 |
Oyo Empire |
? |
? |
| 120 |
Manipur |
? |
? |
| 121 |
Kingdom of Mutapa |
? |
? |
| 122 |
Shawnee |
? |
? |
| 123 |
Nepal |
? |
? |
| 124 |
Kingdom of Desmond |
? |
? |
| 125 |
Kingdom of Mrauk U |
? |
? |
| 126 |
Northern Yuan dynasty |
? |
? |
See also
Notes
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