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List of Countries by Population
1700 1800 1900

This is a list of countries by population in 1800. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1800 which were on various dates in the 1800s.

Rank Country/Territory Population c. 1800 estimate
-   World 978,000,000
1 Qing Empire
Taiwan 2,000,000
Mongolia 180,000
328,000,000
2 British Empire
Bengal Presidency 35,801,000
Madras Presidency 17,900,000
Kingdom of Great Britain 10,000,000
Bombay Presidency 9,174,000
Kingdom of Ireland 5,200,000
 Kingdom of Mysore 1,969,000
Canada (Upper & Lower) 600,000
Hawaii 250,000
Jamaica 250,000
Barbados 81,000
Guyana 50,000
Grenada 20,000
Trinidad & Tabago 17,643
Belize 15,000
The Bahamas 8,000
Australia 5,217
Bermuda 4,000
 Hyderabad State ?
Hannover ?
Oudh State ?
Gwalior State ?
Baroda State ?
115,000,000
3
Maratha Empire
75,000,000
4 France French Republic
France French First Republic 26,758,000
France Belgium 4,000,000
Ligurian Republic 2,011,000
Helvetic Republic 1,600,000
Cisrhenian Republic 1,600,000
Cisalpine Republic 1,300,000
France Saint-Domingue 657,000
France French India 175,000
France Mauritius 52,000
Louisiana 44,116
French Guiana 14,500
Saint Pierre and Miquelon ?
38,238,000
5  Russian Empire
 Ukraine 7,800,000
 Romania 1,770,000
Russian Empire Russian Poland 1,200,000
Finland 1,000,000
 Latvia 725,000
 Estonia 650,000
 Lithuania 600,000
 Georgia 495,000
Septinsular Republic 120,000
Wallachia ?
35,500,000
6
Tokugawa shogunate
 Ryūkyū - ?
29,000,000
7  Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire Anatolia - 9,800,000
 Egypt Eyalet - 4,200,000
 Beylik of Tunis - 2,500,00
Ottoman Empire Bulgaria - 1,900,000
 Ottoman Tripolitania - 1,000,000
Ottoman Empire Iraq- 1,000,000
 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Algeria - 875,000
Ottoman Empire Greece - 820,000
Ottoman Empire Habesh Eyalet - 800,000
Ottoman Empire Serbia - 750,000
 Syria - 500,000
 Sidon Eyalet - 400,000
Ottoman Empire Albania - 400,000
 Palestine - 275,000
 Moldavia || 285,000
 Septinsular Republic - 120,000
 Ottoman Cyprus - 64,000
 Wallachia - ?
Ottoman Empire Bosnia Eyalet - ?
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Crete - ?
25,689,000
8  Spanish Empire
 Kingdom of Spain - 10,541,000
Spanish Empire New Spain - 5,945,000
 New Granada - 2,300,000
 Río de la Plata - 2,082,000
 Philippines - 1,800,000
Spanish Empire Peru - 1,400,000 
Spanish Empire Chile - 800,000
 Guatemala - 425,000
 Cuba - 300,000
 Puerto Rico - 136,000
 Louisiana - 44,116
Spanish Empire Yucatán - ?
Spanish Empire Provincias Internas - ?
24,710,115
9 Holy Roman Empire
 Electorate of Bavaria - 3,200,000
 Kingdom of Bohemia - 2,810,000
Austria Archduchy of Austria - 1,820,000
 Margraviate of Brandenburg - 1,500,000
 Württemberg - 1,350,000
 Margraviate of Moravia - 1,260,000
 Saxony - 1,050,000
 Margraviate of Baden - 912,000
 Duchy of Styria - 800,000
 Imperial Free City of Trieste - 40,000
 Thuringian states - 612,000
 County of Tyrol - 610,000
 Hesse-Darmstadt - 520,000
 Duchy of Carniola - 400,000
 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - 318,000
 Duchy of Carinthia - 300,000
 Nassau - 270,000
 Austrian Silesia - 250,000
 Bishopric of Würzburg - 250,000
 Oldenburg - 159,000
 Luxembourg - 140,000
 Reuss Elder Line - 76,308
 Principality of Lippe - 70,540
 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - 70,000
 Anhalt-Dessau - 52,000
 Arenberg - 48,000
 Anhalt-Bernburg - 35,000 
 Anhalt-Köthen - 33,000
 Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe - 20,132
 Liechtenstein - 5,400
 Archbishopric of Salzburg- ?
 Hannover - ?
 Mainz - ?
 Trier - ?
 Cologne - ?
 Electoral Palatinate - ?
 Brunswick-Luneburg - ?
 Saxe-Lauenburg - ?
 Münster - ?
 Magdeburg - ?
 Hamburg - ?
 Hesse-Homburg - ?
 Lübeck - ?
 Schleswig - ?
 Holstein - ?
 Bishopric of Lübeck - ?
24,000,000
10 Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Hungary - 6,300,000
 Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria - 3,900,000
 Kingdom of Bohemia - 2,810,000
 Venetian Province - 1,845,000 
Austria Archduchy of Austria - 1,820,000
 Principality of Transylvania - 1,500,000
 Margraviate of Moravia - 1,260,000
 Kingdom of Croatia - 850,000
 Duchy of Styria - 800,000
 County of Tyrol - 610,000
 Duchy of Carniola - 400,000
 Duchy of Carinthia - 300,000
 Dalmatia - 300,000
 Austrian Silesia - 250,000
 Duchy of Bukovina - 130,000
 Imperial Free City of Trieste - 40,000
 Kingdom of Slavonia - ?
23,145,000
11 Joseon 13,200,000
12  Kingdom of Prussia
 Margraviate of Brandenburg - 1,500,000
9,500,000
13  Portuguese Empire
Portugal Portugal - 2,970,000
 Viceroyalty of Brazil - 3,600,000
 Timor - 300,000
 Portuguese India - 210,000
 Cape Verde - ?
 Mozambique - ?
 Angola - ?
 Guinea - ?
7,010,000
14
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
 Kingdom of Naples - 5,000,000
 Kingdom of Sicily - 1,700,000
6,700,000
15 Annam 6.500,000
16  Dutch Empire (Client state of French Republic)
Batavian Republic Dutch East Indies - 4,200,000
 Batavian Republic - 1,850,000 
 Surinam - 54,000
 Bengal - ?
 Coromandel - ?
 Suratte - ?
 Gold Coast - ?
 Curaçao and Dependencies - ?
 Aruba - ?
Batavian Republic Dutch India - ?
6,200,000
17
United States of America
5,308,500
18 Siam 4,200,000
19  Persia 3,500,000
20
Burma
3,200,000
21
Sweden
2,347,000
22
Papal States
2,300,000
23 Denmark–Norway
 Denmark - 929,000
 Norway- 883,000
 Iceland- 46,000
 Danish West Indies - 40,000
 Greenland - 5,000
 Schleswig - ?
 Holstein - ?
 Danish India - ?
1,850,000
24 Sikh Empire 1,500,000
25
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
1,200,000
26 Kingdom of Kandy 482,000
27  Piedmont-Sardinia 450,000
28  Bhutan 430,000
29  Parma 400,000
30 Sultanate of Oman
 Oman - 200,000
 Bahrain - 15,000
215,000
31 Republic of Ragusa 30,000
32 Republic of Lucca 15,000
33
Brunei
12,000
34
San Marino
6,600
35  Principality of Andorra 5,000
36  Travancore ?
37 Cambodia ?
38 Baté Empire ?
39
Ankole
?
40
Ajaigarh
?
41  Anziku ?
42
Aro
?
43
Ashanti Empire
?
44
Kingdom of Baguirmi
?
45
Bamana Empire
?
46
Baol
?
47
Benin
?
48
Alwar
?
49
Bornu
?
50
Sirmur State
?
51
Buganda
?
52
Bukhara
?
53
Bunyoro
?
54
Alirajpur
?
55
Burundu
?
56
Ahom Kingdom
?
57 Durrani Empire ?
58 Nawab of the Carnatic ?
59 Sultanate of Lahej ?
60
Cayor
?
61
Champasak
?
62
Cospaia
?
63 Couto Misto ?
64 Pashalik of Timbuktu (Under dominion of Tuareg people) ?
65 Ethiopia ?
66 Fiji ?
67 Futa Jallon ?
68 Garo ?
69 Gomma ?
70 Gozo ?
71 Janjero ?
72 Jimma ?
73 Johor ?
74 Jolof ?
75 Kaabu ?
76 Kaffa ?
77 Kénédougou ?
78 Khasso ?
79 Khiva ?
80 Kokand ?
81 Kong ?
82 Kongo ?
83 Morocco ?
84 Koya Temne ?
85 Kuba ?
86 Loango ?
87 Luba ?
88 Lunda ?
89 Maldives ?
90 Manipur (princely state) ?
91 Mindanao ?
92 Massina Empire ?
93 Monaco ?
94 Montenegro ?
95 Mthethwa Paramountcy ?
96 Nepal ?
97 Ouaddai ?
98 Oyo
 Dahomey - ?
?
99 Pahang ?
100 Perak ?
101 Rapa Nui ?
102 Rwanda ?
103 Aceh Sultanate ?
104 Samoa ?
105 Selangor ?
106 Montenegro ?
107 Kingdom of Sikkim ?
108 Sulu ?
109 Tahiti ?
110 Tonga ?
111 Upper Yafa ?
112 Welayta ?
113 Karnataka ?
114 Sultanate of Darfur ?
115 Imamate of Futa Toro ?
116 Mossi Kingdoms ?
117 Saloum ?
118 Sultanate of Sennar) ?
119 Shilluk Kingdom ?
120 Kingdom of Sine ?
121 Wadai Empire ?
122 Sultanate of Kano ?
123 Sultanate of Damagaram ?
124 Waalo ?
125 Dendi Kingdom ?
126 Mughal Empire ?

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Notes

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References

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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)


Countries By Population In 1800 Category:Lists of countries by population by year