List of states by population in 1 CE explained

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This is a list of states by population in 1 C.E.

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World population estimates (1 C.E.) and growth rates (till 1000 C.E.) with 20 current countries^[6]

Region	Population (in '000s) (by the thousands)	% global (in 1 C.E.)	% growth (1-1000 C.E.)
Austria	500	0.2	0.03
Belgium	300	0.1	0.03
Denmark	180	0.1	0.07
Finland	20	0	0.07
France	5,000	2.2	0.03
Germany	3,000	1.3	0.02
Italy	7,000	3	-0.03
Netherlands	200	0.1	0.04
Norway	100	0	0.07
Sweden	200	0.1	0.07
Switzerland	300	0.1	0
United Kingdom	800	0.3	0.09
12 Countries Total	17,600	7.6	0.01
Portugal	500	0.2	0.02
Spain	4,500	1.9	-0.01
Other	2,100	0.9	-0.06
Total Western Europe	24,700	10.7	0
Eastern Europe	4,750	2.1	0.03
Former USSR	3,900	1.7	0.06
United States	680	0.3	0.06
Other Western Offshoots	490	0.2	0.03
Total Western Offshoots	1,170	0.5	0.05
Mexico	7,500	3	0.07
Brazil	6,900	3
Other Latin America	6,400	2	0.07
Total Latin America	18,600	7	0.07
Japan	3,000	1.3	0.09
China	59,600	25.8	0
India	75,000	32.5	0
Other Asia	36,600	15.9	0.01
Total Asia (excluding Japan)	171,200	74.2	0
Africa	16,500	7.1	0.07
World	249,420	100	0.02

Alternative Estimates of the Regional Components of World Population, 1 C.E. (in thousands)^[6]

	Europe (Including area of the former USSR)	Americas	Asia (including Australasia)	Africa	World
Clark	44,500	3,000	185,000	23,000	225,500
Durand	42,500	12,000	207,000	35,000	296,500
Biraben	43,000	12,000	171,000	26,000	252,000
Mc Evedy and Jones	32,800	4,500	114,200	16,500	168,700
Maddison	33,350	6,320	174,650	16,500	230,820

See also

• List of countries by population
• List of countries by population in 1000
• List of countries by population in 1500
• List of countries by population in 1600
• List of countries by population in 1700
• List of countries by population in 1800
• List of political entities in the 1st century

Notes and References

1. Biraben, Jean-Noel, 1980, An Essay Concerning Mankind's Evolution,Population, Selected Papers, December, table 2.
2. Beloch, Karl Julius (1886). Die Bevölkerung der griechisch-römischen Welt. p. 507.
3. Web site: https://brewminate.com/demography-of-the-ancient-roman-empire/%5D.
4. Web site: El Mirador, the Lost City of the Maya.
5. Book: Tertius Chandler. Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census. 1987. St. David's University Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20080211233018/http://www.etext.org/Politics/World.Systems/datasets/citypop/civilizations/citypops_2000BC-1988AD. 2008-02-11. 0-88946-207-0. 2015-06-20.
6. Web site: Maddison . 27 July 2016 . Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160504015424/http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/other_books/appendix_B.pdf . 4 May 2016.