Historical urban community sizes
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Estimated population numbers of historical cities.
Neolithic
- Catalhuyuk: ca. 7,000 in 7000 BC
Bronze Age
- Memphis: 30,000 in the 31st c. BC
| city | 2000 BC | 1600 BC | 1200 BC |
| Ur | 65,000 | ||
| Babylon | 60,000 | 50,000 | |
| Memphis | 40,000 | 22,000 | 50,000 |
| Niniveh | 23,000 | 33,000 | |
Iron Age
| city | 650 BC | 430 BC | 200 BC | AD 100 |
| Memphis | 100,000 | |||
| Babylon | 60,000 | 200,000 | ||
| Niniveh | 120,000 | |||
| Athens | 150,000 | |||
| Alexandria | 300,000 | 250,000 | ||
| Rome | 150,000 | 450,000 | ||
| Luoyang | 420,000 | |||
| Seleucia | 250,000 | |||
| Antioch | 150,000 | |||
| Anuradhapura | 130,000 | |||
| Peshawar | 120,000 |
Middle Ages
| city | AD 500 | AD 1000 | AD 1500 |
| Rome | 100,000 | 50,000 | |
| Constantinople | 300,000 | 200,000 | |
| Kyoto | 175,000 | ||
| Bhagdad | 125,000 | ||
| Beijing | 672,000 | ||
| Paris | 185,000 |
References
Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census (1987), St. David's University Press. [link]
See also
- World population
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