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navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Historical_urban_community_sizes" title="Historical urban community sizes">Historical urban community sizes</a>.</div> <p>This article lists the largest <a href="/wiki/Human_settlement" title="Human settlement">human settlements</a> in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a <a href="/wiki/Proto-city" title="Proto-city">proto-city</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East">ancient Near East</a> with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> with 26 million. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chang%27an" title="Chang'an">Chang'an</a> or <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a> may have been the first city to have 1,000,000 people, as early as the 1st century or as late as the 8th century. Later cities that might have reached 1 million include <a href="/wiki/Luoyang" title="Luoyang">Luoyang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaifeng" title="Kaifeng">Kaifeng</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hangzhou" title="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jinling" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinling">Jinling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a>. There is wide agreement that <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> was the first city to reach 2 million and <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> was the first to reach 10 million. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Area</a> has been the most populous <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> in the world since 1955, with more than 37.393 million residents as of 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-UN-World-Cities-2018_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-World-Cities-2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a> is expected to overtake Tokyo by 2030, partly due to Tokyo's shrinking population.<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg_asia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg_asia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As disagreements between the sources show, any of the pre-19th century figures are uncertain, especially in ancient times. Estimating population sizes before <a href="/wiki/Census#History_of_censuses" title="Census">censuses</a> were conducted is a difficult task.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_the_most_populous_human_settlements_over_time">List of the most populous human settlements over time</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_largest_cities_throughout_history&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of the most populous human settlements over time"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table lists the most populous human settlements by estimated population at specified points in history according to three sources: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Morris_(historian)" title="Ian Morris (historian)">Ian Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Modelski" title="George Modelski">George Modelski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tertius_Chandler" title="Tertius Chandler">Tertius Chandler</a>. 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href="#cite_note-Chandler-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Population </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Present<br />location </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Present<br />location </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Present<br />location </th></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td rowspan="3"><span class="nowrap">7000 BC</span></td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beidha_(archaeological_site)" title="Beidha (archaeological site)">Beidha</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-Define_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Define-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1,000–2,000</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jericho" title="Jericho">Jericho</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a></td> <td rowspan="3"></td> <td rowspan="3"></td> <td rowspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basta_(archaeological_site)" title="Basta (archaeological site)">Basta</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Jordan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk" title="Çatalhöyük">Çatalhöyük</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>6500 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Define_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Define-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 5,000–10,000</td> <td>Çatalhöyük</td> <td>Turkey</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6000 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 3,000</td> <td>Çatalhöyük</td> <td>Turkey</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td rowspan="2">4000 BC</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">5,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uruk" title="Uruk">Uruk</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-Define_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Define-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 4,000</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eridu" title="Eridu">Eridu</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tell_Brak" title="Tell Brak">Tell Brak</a></td> <td>Syria </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>3800 to<br />3700 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Tripilya_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tripilya-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> < 10,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dobrovody" title="Dobrovody">Dobrovody</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3700 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">6,000–10,000</td> <td>Eridu</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">3600 to<br />3500 BC</td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Tripilya_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tripilya-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> < 10,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maydanets" class="mw-redirect" title="Maydanets">Maydanets</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Tripilya_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tripilya-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> < 10,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talianki_(archaeological_site)" title="Talianki (archaeological site)">Talianki</a></td> <td>Ukraine </td></tr> <tr> <td>3500 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uruk" title="Uruk">Uruk</a></td> <td>Iraq</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3300 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">40,000</td> <td>Uruk</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3200 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">20,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abydos,_Egypt" title="Abydos, Egypt">Abydos</a></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>3100 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">20,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt">Memphis</a></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>3000 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 45,000</td> <td>Uruk</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td align="right">40,000</td> <td>Uruk</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td align="right">30,000</td> <td>Memphis</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>2800 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">80,000</td> <td>Uruk</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td></td> <td>Memphis</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2500 BC</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-Nippur_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nippur-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 60,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagash" title="Lagash">Lagash</a><sup id="cite_ref-Lagash_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagash-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2">Memphis</td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Nippur_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nippur-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 20,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nippur" title="Nippur">Nippur</a></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2400 BC</td> <td rowspan="4"></td> <td rowspan="4"></td> <td rowspan="4"></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Mari1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mari1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 50,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mari,_Syria" title="Mari, Syria">Mari</a></td> <td>Syria</td> <td rowspan="4"></td> <td rowspan="4">Memphis</td> <td rowspan="4">Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-Mari1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mari1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 40,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Umma" title="Umma">Umma</a></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Girsu" title="Girsu">Girsu</a><sup id="cite_ref-Lagash_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagash-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro">Mohenjo-daro</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2300 BC</td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Mari2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mari2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 80,000</td> <td>Girsu</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2">Memphis</td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Mari2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mari2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 50,000</td> <td>Mari</td> <td>Syria </td></tr> <tr> <td>2250 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">> 30,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt">Memphis</a></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>2240 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akkad_(city)" title="Akkad (city)">Akkad</a><sup id="cite_ref-Akkad_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akkad-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>2200 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">50,000</td> <td>Girsu</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td></td> <td>Akkad</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>2100 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">100,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ur" title="Ur">Ur</a></td> <td>Iraq</td> <td></td> <td>Akkad</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>2075 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">50,000</td> <td>Girsu<sup id="cite_ref-Lagash_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagash-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>2059 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Girsu</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>2030 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Ur</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2000 BC</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">60,000</td> <td rowspan="3">Memphis</td> <td rowspan="3">Egypt</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 40,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isin" title="Isin">Isin</a></td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">65,000</td> <td rowspan="3">Ur</td> <td rowspan="3">Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Larsa" title="Larsa">Larsa</a></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>Girsu</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1991 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> 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<td align="right">60,000</td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td></td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>1670 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avaris" title="Avaris">Avaris</a><sup id="cite_ref-Avaris_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avaris-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1650 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-100,000_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100,000-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100,000</td> <td>Avaris</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1600 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">50,000–100,000</td> <td>Avaris<sup id="cite_ref-Avaris_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avaris-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Egypt</td> <td align="right">100,000</td> <td>Avaris</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1595 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Avaris</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1580 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Avaris</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1557 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Memphis</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1500 BC</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">75,000</td> <td>Uruk</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">60,000</td> <td rowspan="2">Thebes</td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt</td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2">Memphis</td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1400 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">80,000</td> <td><b>Thebes</b></td> <td>Egypt</td> <td></td> <td><b>Thebes</b></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1375 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-100,000_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100,000-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100,000</td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1360 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">80,000</td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1350 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1300 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">-</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yinxu" title="Yinxu">Yinxu</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Anyang" title="Anyang">Anyang</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td> <td></td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1205 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Memphis<sup id="cite_ref-Memphis_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memphis-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1200 BC</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">80,000</td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">160,000</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pi-Ramesses" title="Pi-Ramesses">Pi-Ramses</a><sup id="cite_ref-Avaris_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avaris-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-Memphis_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memphis-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 50,000</td> <td rowspan="2">Memphis</td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1188 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1184 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">120,000</td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1100 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">120,000</td> <td>Pi-Ramses</td> <td>Egypt</td> <td></td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1000 BC</td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;">35,000</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Qishan_County" title="Qishan County">Qiyi</a> (Qi)</td> <td rowspan="4">China</td> <td style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-Haojing_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haojing-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 120,000</td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Luoyang_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luoyang-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> > 50,000</td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-Haojing_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haojing-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haojing" title="Haojing">Haojing</a><br />(Xi'an)<sup id="cite_ref-Xian_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xian-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China</td> <td style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-Luoyang_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luoyang-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> > 50,000</td> <td>Haojing<br />(Xi'an)<sup id="cite_ref-Xian_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xian-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>Memphis</td> <td>Egypt</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Luoyang_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luoyang-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 50,000</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Luoyang" title="Luoyang">Chengzhou</a><br />(Luoyang)<sup id="cite_ref-Luoyang2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luoyang2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="2">China </td></tr> <tr> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-100,000_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100,000-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100,000 </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>900 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">120,000</td> <td>Haojing</td> <td>China</td> <td></td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>800 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">125,000</td> <td>Haojing</td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">> 50,000</td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">700 BC</td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:right;"></td> <td rowspan="6"></td> <td rowspan="6"></td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:right;">100,000</td> <td>Thebes</td> <td>Egypt</td> <td rowspan="6"></td> <td rowspan="6">Thebes</td> <td rowspan="6">Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>Memphis</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nineveh" title="Nineveh">Nineveh</a></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>Babylon<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luoyang" title="Luoyang">Luoyi</a><br />(Luoyang)<sup id="cite_ref-Luoyang2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luoyang2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Linzi" title="Ancient Linzi">Linzi</a></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>668 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-100,000_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100,000-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100,000</td> <td>Nineveh</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>650 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">120,000</td> <td>Nineveh</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>612 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">600 BC</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">200,000</td> <td><b>Babylon</b></td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-100,000_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100,000-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100,000</td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Babylon</b></td> <td rowspan="2">Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>Luoyi</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>562 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">500 BC</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">150,000</td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Babylon</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Iraq</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 200,000</td> <td><b>Babylon</b></td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="3"></td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Babylon</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>Luoyi</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>Linzi</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>479 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>460 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>440 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>430 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>400 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">320,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xiadu" title="Xiadu">Xiadu</a></td> <td>China</td> <td></td> <td>Babylon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>320 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">> 300,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>300 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">500,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pataliputra" title="Pataliputra">Pataliputra</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>)</td> <td>India </td></tr> <tr> <td>220 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Pataliputra</td> <td>India </td></tr> <tr> <td>206 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Pataliputra</td> <td>India </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">200 BC</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">300,000</td> <td rowspan="2">Alexandria</td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt</td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;">600,000</td> <td rowspan="2">Alexandria</td> <td rowspan="2">Egypt</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Pataliputra_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pataliputra-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 350,000</td> <td>Pataliputra</td> <td>India </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">400,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chang%27an" title="Chang'an">Chang'an</a><br />(Xi'an)<sup id="cite_ref-Xian_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xian-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pataliputra_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pataliputra-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>195 BE</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>190 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>170 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>160 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>100 BC</td> <td style="text-align:right;"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000,000</td> <td>Alexandria</td> <td>Egypt</td> <td></td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 BC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid;"> <td>1 AD</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000,000</td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy</td> <td align="right">800,000</td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy</td> <td></td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>100</td> <td align="right"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000,000</td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy</td> <td align="right">450,000</td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td>180</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">600,000</td> <td>Rome</td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>200</td> <td align="right">800,000</td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy</td> <td align="right">1,200,000</td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy</td> <td></td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td>280</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">500,000</td> <td>Rome</td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>300</td> <td align="right"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000,000</td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy</td> <td></td> <td><b>Rome</b></td> <td>Italy </td></tr> <tr> <td>340</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>)</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>350</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>361</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">300,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>400</td> <td align="right">500,000</td> <td>Rome</td> <td>Italy</td> <td align="right">800,000</td> <td>Rome</td> <td>Italy</td> <td></td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>410</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>450</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td rowspan="3">500</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"></td> <td rowspan="3"></td> <td rowspan="3"></td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">500,000</td> <td><b>Constantinople</b></td> <td>Turkey</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">400,000</td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Constantinople</b></td> <td rowspan="3">Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jiankang" title="Jiankang">Jiankang</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Nanjing_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nanjing-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>Luoyang<sup id="cite_ref-Luoyang2_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luoyang2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>570</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ctesiphon" title="Ctesiphon">Ctesiphon</a><sup id="cite_ref-Seleucia_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seleucia-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>575</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">500,000</td> <td>Ctesiphon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>600</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 600,000</td> <td>Daxing<br />(Chang'an)<sup id="cite_ref-Xian_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xian-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">600,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey</td> <td align="right">500,000</td> <td>Ctesiphon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>622</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">500,000</td> <td>Ctesiphon</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>637</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">400,000</td> <td>Chang'an<sup id="cite_ref-Xian_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xian-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>650</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>700</td> <td align="right"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,000,000</td> <td><b>Chang'an</b><sup id="cite_ref-Xian_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xian-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">800,000</td> <td><b>Chang'an</b></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>750</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">800,000</td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>775</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">600,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a></td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>800</td> <td align="right">1,000,000</td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">800,000</td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">700,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>833</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">900,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>900</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 750,000</td> <td>Chang'an</td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">900,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td align="right">900,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>925</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">1,100,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>932</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">1,100,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq </td></tr> <tr> <td>935</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">350,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain" title="Córdoba, Spain">Cordoba</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1000</td> <td align="right">1,000,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaifeng" title="Kaifeng">Kaifeng</a></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1,200,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td align="right">350,000</td> <td>Cordoba</td> <td>Spain </td></tr> <tr> <td>1013</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">400,000</td> <td>Kaifeng</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1050</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">400,000</td> <td>Kaifeng</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1071</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">400,000</td> <td>Kaifeng</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1100</td> <td align="right"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,200,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td align="right">442,000</td> <td>Kaifeng</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1102</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">442,000</td> <td>Kaifeng</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1126</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">420,000</td> <td>Kaifeng</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1127</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1145</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merv" title="Merv">Merv</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1150</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td>Merv</td> <td>Turkmenistan </td></tr> <tr> <td>1153</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1160</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1170</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fez,_Morocco" title="Fez, Morocco">Fez</a></td> <td>Morocco </td></tr> <tr> <td>1180</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">200,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hangzhou" title="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td rowspan="3">1200</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1,000,000</td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Hangzhou</b></td> <td rowspan="3">China</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">1,000,000</td> <td>Baghdad</td> <td>Iraq</td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;">255,000</td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Hangzhou</b></td> <td rowspan="3">China </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Hangzhou</b></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kaifeng</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1210</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">260,000</td> <td>Hangzhou</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1250</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">320,000</td> <td>Hangzhou</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1273</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">432,000</td> <td>Hangzhou</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1300</td> <td align="right"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,500,000</td> <td><b>Hangzhou</b></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">432,000</td> <td><b>Hangzhou</b></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1315</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">432,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a></td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1325</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">500,000</td> <td>Cairo</td> <td>Egypt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1348</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">432,000</td> <td>Hangzhou</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1350</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">432,000</td> <td>Hangzhou</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1358</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jinling" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinling">Jinling</a><br />(Nanjing)</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1391</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">473,000</td> <td>Jinling</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1400</td> <td align="right">500,000</td> <td><b>Jinling</b><br />(Nanjing)</td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">1,000,000</td> <td><b>Jinling</b><br />(Nanjing)</td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">487,000</td> <td><b>Jinling</b></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1420</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Jinling</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1425</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1450</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">600,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1492</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">669,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1500</td> <td align="right">600,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">1,000,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">672,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1550</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">690,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1575</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">706,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1579</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">706,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1600</td> <td align="right">700,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">1,000,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">706,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1635</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1637</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1650</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">700,000</td> <td>Constantinople<sup id="cite_ref-Istanbul_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Istanbul-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1670</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1675</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">750,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1684</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1685</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1690</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">700–800,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1700</td> <td align="right">650,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">1,000,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayutthaya_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayutthaya (city)">Ayutthaya</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></td> <td align="right">700,000</td> <td>Constantinople</td> <td>Turkey </td></tr> <tr> <td>1710</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1720</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1750</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">900,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1775</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">1,000,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1800</td> <td align="right">1,100,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">1,100,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China</td> <td align="right">1,100,000</td> <td><b>Beijing</b></td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td>1821</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">1,300,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1825</td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td rowspan="2"></td> <td align="right">1,350,000</td> <td>Beijing</td> <td>China </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">1,335,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">London</a><br />(urban area)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1841</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">1,948,000</td> <td>London</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td>1850</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">2,320,000</td> <td>London</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td>1851</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">2,362,000</td> <td>London</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td>1861</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">2,803,000</td> <td>London</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td>1875</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">4,241,000</td> <td>London</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>1900</td> <td align="right">6,600,000</td> <td><b>London</b></td> <td>United Kingdom</td> <td align="right">6,500,000</td> <td><b>London</b></td> <td>United Kingdom</td> <td align="right">6,480,000</td> <td><b>London</b></td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td>1914</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">7,419,000</td> <td>London</td> <td>United Kingdom </td></tr> <tr> <td>1925</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">7,774,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a><br />(urban area)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">10,150,000</td> <td>New York</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">12,463,000</td> <td>New York</td> <td>United States </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">15,000,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Tokyo</a><br />(urban area)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td align="right">20,500,000</td> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>Japan </td></tr> <tr style="border-top:2px solid gray;"> <td>2000</td> <td align="right"><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>26,400,000</td> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>Japan</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_largest_cities_throughout_history&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historical_urban_community_sizes" title="Historical urban community sizes">Historical urban community sizes</a>, 7000 BC – 1875</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_European_cities_in_history" title="List of largest European cities in history">List of largest European cities in history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities" title="List of largest cities">List of largest cities</a>, present day</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estimates_of_historical_world_population" title="Estimates of historical world population">Estimates of historical world population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle" title="Valeriepieris circle">Valeriepieris circle</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ianmorris.org/docs/social-development.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 26 July 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ian+Morris&rft.atitle=Social+Development&rft.date=2010-10&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ianmorris.org%2Fdocs%2Fsocial-development.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span> This contains supporting materials for the following book: (b) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorris2010" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Morris_(historian)" title="Ian Morris (historian)">Morris, Ian</a> (2010). <a href="/wiki/Why_the_West_Rules%E2%80%94For_Now" title="Why the West Rules—For Now"><i>Why the West Rules—For Now</i></a>. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-29002-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-374-29002-3"><bdi>978-0-374-29002-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+the+West+Rules%E2%80%94For+Now&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Farrar%2C+Straus+and+Giroux&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-374-29002-3&rft.aulast=Morris&rft.aufirst=Ian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Modelski-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Modelski_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFModelski2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/George_Modelski" title="George Modelski">Modelski, George</a> (2003). <i>World Cities: -3000 to 2000</i>. Washington DC: Faros2000. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9676230-1-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-9676230-1-4"><bdi>0-9676230-1-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+Cities%3A+-3000+to+2000&rft.place=Washington+DC&rft.pub=Faros2000&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-9676230-1-4&rft.aulast=Modelski&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span> Figures in main tables are preferentially cited. Part of former estimates can be read at <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFModelski2008" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/George_Modelski" title="George Modelski">Modelski, George</a> (12 January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081228052839/http://faculty.washington.edu/modelski/">"The Evolutionary World Politics Homepage"</a>. <i>The Evolutionary World Politics Homepage</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://faculty.washington.edu/modelski/">the original</a> on 28 December 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Evolutionary+World+Politics+Homepage&rft.atitle=The+Evolutionary+World+Politics+Homepage&rft.date=2008-01-12&rft.aulast=Modelski&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffaculty.washington.edu%2Fmodelski%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Chandler-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Chandler_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChandler1987" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tertius_Chandler" title="Tertius Chandler">Chandler, Tertius</a> (1987). <i>Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census</i>. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88946-207-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-88946-207-0"><bdi>0-88946-207-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Four+Thousand+Years+of+Urban+Growth%3A+An+Historical+Census&rft.place=Lewiston%2C+New+York&rft.pub=Edwin+Mellen+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-88946-207-0&rft.aulast=Chandler&rft.aufirst=Tertius&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span> Chandler defines a city as a continuously built-up area (urban) with suburbs but without farmland inside the municipality. Figures in main tables are preferentially cited. Part of Chandler's estimates are summarized or modified at: (a) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChase-Dunn" class="citation web cs1">Chase-Dunn, Christopher. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://irows.ucr.edu/research/citemp/citemtoc.htm">"Polities and Settlements Research Working Group"</a>. <i>The Institute for Research on World-Systems</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220424173719/https://irows.ucr.edu/research/citemp/citemtoc.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 24 April 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Institute+for+Research+on+World-Systems&rft.atitle=Polities+and+Settlements+Research+Working+Group&rft.aulast=Chase-Dunn&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Firows.ucr.edu%2Fresearch%2Fcitemp%2Fcitemtoc.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span> (b) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRosenberg2019" class="citation web cs1">Rosenberg, Matt (4 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thoughtco.com/largest-cities-throughout-history-4068071">"Largest Cities Throughout History: Determining population prior to census-taking was no easy task"</a>. <i>ThoughtCo</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 18 August 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 December</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ThoughtCo&rft.atitle=Largest+Cities+Throughout+History%3A+Determining+population+prior+to+census-taking+was+no+easy+task&rft.date=2019-11-04&rft.aulast=Rosenberg&rft.aufirst=Matt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thoughtco.com%2Flargest-cities-throughout-history-4068071&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span> (c) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080211233018/http://www.etext.org/Politics/World.Systems/datasets/citypop/civilizations/citypops_2000BC-1988AD">"Populations of Largest Cities in PMNs from 2000BCE to 1988AD"</a>. <i>Etext Archives</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etext.org/Politics/World.Systems/datasets/citypop/civilizations/citypops_2000BC-1988AD">the original</a> on 11 February 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Etext+Archives&rft.atitle=Populations+of+Largest+Cities+in+PMNs+from+2000BCE+to+1988AD&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etext.org%2FPolitics%2FWorld.Systems%2Fdatasets%2Fcitypop%2Fcivilizations%2Fcitypops_2000BC-1988AD&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+largest+cities+throughout+history" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The date that the population of Beidha, Basta and Çatalhöyük is estimated to be 1,000 is given as 7500 BCE in Morris's published text (p. 632).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Define-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Define_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Define_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Define_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Suggested to be the largest cities in Modelski's text, but not given constantly prior to 3700 BCE (p. 3, p. 17, and p. 20). No entry is suggested for the <a href="/wiki/Tell_Halaf" title="Tell Halaf">Halafian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ubaid_period" title="Ubaid period">Ubaid</a> periods.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A <a href="/wiki/Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_B" title="Pre-Pottery Neolithic B">Pre-Pottery Neolithic B</a> settlement located ca. 25 km north of <a href="/wiki/Petra" title="Petra">Petra</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The rough year that Çatalhöyük was supposed to be the largest is not given in Modelski's text which cites <a href="/wiki/Ian_Hodder" title="Ian Hodder">Ian Hodder</a>'s report (p. 3 and p. 17). The year 6500 BCE is based on the recent report by Hodder (<i>Inhabiting Çatalhöyük: Reports from the 1995–99 Seasons (Çatalhöyük Research Project)</i>, Cambridge, UK: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2005.) where less inhabitants (1,500 to 2,000) are suggested by Craig Cessford (pp. 323–326).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The date that the population of Çatalhöyük is estimated to be 3,000 is given as 6500 BCE in Morris's published text (p. 632).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tripilya-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tripilya_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tripilya_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tripilya_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Suggested to be housing up to 10,000 people in Modelski's text (pp. 24–25), but only Eridu is listed as the largest city in Table 2 (a) (p. 22). The estimate is based on the author's personal communication with Mikhail Videiko, Institute of Archaeology, Kiev, October 2002 (p. 75). The previous estimates by S. I. Kruts for Maydanets and Talianki are 8,000 (1,575 housed within 270 ha) and 14,000 (2,700 houses within 450 ha), respectively (Pitskhelauri, K. N., and Chernykh, E. N. Eds., <i>Kavkaz v sisteme paleometallicheskikh kultur Evrazii</i>, Metsniereba, Tbilisi, 1989, pp. 146–156.).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Suggested to be more than 45,000 in Morris's published text (p. 632).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nippur-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nippur_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nippur_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218), Nippur shares the top with Lagash with 60,000 inhabitants in 2500 BC, though Table 2 (b) suggests that the population of Nippur is 20,000, the value of which is even lower than those estimated for Mari (50,000); Uruk and Umma (40,000); Memphis, <a href="/wiki/Ebla" title="Ebla">Ebla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urkesh" title="Urkesh">Urkesh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shuruppak" title="Shuruppak">Shuruppak</a> (30,000) (p. 28).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lagash-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lagash_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lagash_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lagash_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Girsu (Telloh), the later capital of the state of Lagash, was situated 25 km NW of Lagash (Tell al Hiba), though both sites are frequently referred as Lagash.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mari1-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mari1_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mari1_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218), Girsu shares the top with Mari with 50,000 inhabitants, though Table 2 (b) suggests that the population of Girsu as well as Umma and Mohenjo-daro is 40,000 (p. 28).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mari2-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mari2_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mari2_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218), the population of Girsu for 2300 BCE is estimated as 50,000, which is less than that appears in Table 2 (b) and is the same value with that estimated for Mari (p. 28).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Akkad-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Akkad_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Location uncertain. Maybe west of <a href="/wiki/Sippar" title="Sippar">Sippar</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218) excludes Girsu for 2000 BCE, though Table 2 (b) lists Girsu with 40,000 inhabitants (p. 28), sharing the top with Isin and Larsa.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Avaris-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Avaris_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Avaris_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Avaris_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The palace of Pi-Ramses (Qantir) was founded 2 km NE of Avaris (or Hawaret, Tell el-Dab'a), the residential area of which overlaps.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100,000-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-100,000_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-100,000_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-100,000_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-100,000_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-100,000_21-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">When the city first passed 100,000, suggested by Richard Forstall (pp. 541–542).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Memphis-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Memphis_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memphis_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Chandler's list of the largest cities (pp. 523–527), Thebes was the largest for 1400–668 BC, but Memphis was also supposed to be somewhat larger during 1205–1188 (p. 94, p. 460).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Haojing-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Haojing_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Haojing_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Modelski's list of the world's largest cities treats Thebes and Haojing as the top cities with 100,000 inhabitants (p. 218), though the same list on the next page (p. 219) as well as Table 2 (c) place the population of Thebes at 120,000, while that for Haojing as well as Memphis and Babylon at 100,000 (pp. 33–34).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Luoyang-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Luoyang_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Luoyang_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Luoyang_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Chandler listed Thebes, Haojing, and Chengzhou (Luoyang) as the largest, second-largest, and third-largest cities (p. 460), though Luoyang is supposed to pass 100,000 in 1000 BCE (p. 541).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Xian-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Xian_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Xian_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Xian_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Xian_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Xian_25-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Xian_25-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Haojing, which formed the capital of <a href="/wiki/Western_Zhou" title="Western Zhou">Western Zhou</a> together with <a href="/wiki/Fenghao" title="Fenghao">Fenghao</a>, was located 15 km SW of Chang'an, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> as well as the present center of Xi'an. <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han</a> capital was located 5 km NW of the center of modern Xi'an. All these sites are now within the <a href="/wiki/Sub-provincial_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub-provincial city">sub-provincial city</a> of Xi'an.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Luoyang2-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Luoyang2_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Luoyang2_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Luoyang2_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Chengzhou was founded on the east side of the Luo river with Wangzheng on the west side. Both cities were later annexed to form Luoyi (Luoyang), the center of which has often shifted.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 219), the population of Babylon for 700 BCE is estimated as 120,000, which makes Babylon the only city to appear as the largest, while Table 8 (a) shows that Babylon has 100,000 inhabitants in 700 BCE (p. 55).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 219) excludes Linzi for 500 BC, though Table 5 (a) lists Linzi with 200,000 inhabitants (p. 41).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pataliputra-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pataliputra_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pataliputra_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Chandler's list of the largest cities (pp. 523–527), Pataliputra was the largest for 300 to 195 BC, but Chang'an is listed as the largest already in 200 BCE (p. 462).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nanjing-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nanjing_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Based on historical documents, in <a href="/wiki/Liang_dynasty" title="Liang dynasty">Southern Liang dynasty</a>, Jiankang (<a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>) had 280,000 registered households, and assuming an average Nanjing household had about 5.1 people at that time, the city had more than 1.4 million residents. (Shufen Liu, "Jiankang and the Commercial Empire of the Southern Dynasties", in Pearce, Spiro, Ebrey eds. Culture and Power, 2001:35.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Seleucia-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Seleucia_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Seleucia" title="Seleucia">Seleucia</a> was founded on the right bank of <a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris</a> opposite to Ctesiphon. Figures for Seleucia include the population of Ctesiphon as a suburb during the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid</a> era and <i>vice versa</i> during the <a href="/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanid Empire">Sassanid</a> era.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The population of Daxing (Chang'an) in AD 600 is estimated at 250,000 in Morris's published text (p. 632), while the supporting material describes 600,000.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 219) estimates the population of Baghdad for AD 1000 as 1,500,000, which is much higher than the value listed in Table 8 (b) (1,200,000 inhabitants) (p. 55).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The population of Hangzhou in AD 1200 is estimated at 800,000 in Morris's published text (p. 632), while the supporting material describes 1,000,000.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Istanbul-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Istanbul_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Csk%C3%BCdar" title="Üsküdar">Üsküdar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Asia Minor</a> as a suburb.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Morris (p. 483), Edo grew into the world's biggest city by 1720, but the estimated population for Edo is not given.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The population of Tokyo in AD 2000 is estimated at 26,700,000 in Morris's 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