Historical urban community sizes

Historical Urban Community Sizes are estimated populations of historical cities over time. Please note that when estimating the size of a city several problems may arise due to uncertainty. When estimating the sizes of individual cities, the results may be higher or lower than the actual population size.

Neolithic settlements

Town	7000 BC	6000 BC	5000 BC	4000 BC	3800 BC	3700 BC
'Ain Ghazal	2,500
Beidha	1,000
Çatalhöyük	1,000–10,000
Choirokoitia	300–600	2,000
Jericho	400–2,000
Lepenski Vir		150–1,000
Nea Nikomedeia		500–700
Okoliste			1,000–3,000
Vinča-Belo Brdo			2,000–2,500
Sesklo			1,000–5,000
Dobrovody				16,000	10,000–16,000
Fedorovka				6,000
Mehrgarh	1,000–10,000
Maydanets					10,000	10,000–46,000
Nebelivka				17,000
Talianki					15,000–25,000–30,000	10,000–15,000
Tell Brak			4,000	5,000
Uruk				5,000

Bronze Age

City	3700 BC	3400 BC	3100 BC	2800 BC	2600 BC
Adab				11,000
Anshan			10,000	10,000
Bad-tibira				16,000
Eridu	6,000–10,000
Habuba Kabira			6,000–8,000
Harappa					35,000
Kish				40,000
Lagash					40,000
Larak/Larsa	10,000	10,000
Manika, Greece				6,000–15,000	6,000–15,000
Memphis			30,000
Mohenjo-daro					41,250
Nekhen		5,000–10,000
Nippur				13,000
Shahr-i Sokhta			20,000
Shuruppak				20,000
Suheri			13,000	10,000
Susa		8,000
Tell Brak		8,000	22,000	20,000
Thebes, Greece					4,000 6,000
Umma				26,000
Ur				6,000
Uruk	8,000 14,000	20,000	40,000–50,000	80,000	80,000

City	2500 BC	2300 BC	2000 BC	1800 BC	1600 BC	1360 BC	1200 BC
Athens						10,000	10,000–15,000
Akrotiri					8,000–30,000
Adab	13,000	10,000	10,000	10,000
Akkad		36,000
Amarna
Anshan	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000
Avaris/Pi-Ramses					100,000		160,000
Babylon				65,000			80,000
Dur-Kurigalzu
Ebla		30,000
Erlitou				24,000–35,000
Harappa		10,000
Hattusa						40,000	40,000
Hazor
Heliopolis
Heracleopolis
Isin			40,000	20,000
Kerma
Kesh	11,000
Kish	25,000	10,000	40,000
Knossos	1,300–2,000		18,000		20,000	30,000
Lagash	40,000	10,000	30,000	10,000
Larak/Larsa	10,000		40,000	20,000
Manika, Greece	6,000–15,000	6,000–15,000
Malia					5,000–10,000–12,500
Mari
Memphis		30,000–35,000	60,000	30,000	22,000	32,000	50,000
Mohenjo-daro	20,000	20,000	10,000
Mozah	15,000	15,000
Mycenae		20,000				30,000–35,000	30,000
Namazga-Tepe		14,000	14,000
Nekhen					21,000
Niniveh					23,000		33,000
Nippur	20,000	10,000	10,000
Palaikastro					18,000
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán							7,500
Shahr-i Sokhta	20,000	20,000
Shuruppak	17,000
Suheri	10,000	10,000	10,000
Susa			25,000	25,000
Taosi	10,000	14,000
Tell Brak	15,000	15,000
Tell Churra		20,000
Tell Leilan	20,000	20,000
Thebes			40,000	40,000		80,000	80,000
Thebes, Greece	4,000–6,000					8,000
Tiryns	1,200–1,800					10,000	10,000–15,000
Umma	34,000	20,000	10,000	20,000
Ur			60,000 65,000
Uruk	50,000				75,000
Yin							50,000–120,000
Zabala		10,000	10,000	10,000
Zhengzhou						35,000

Iron Age

City	300 BC	200 BC	100 BC	AD 1	AD 100	AD 200	AD 300	AD 361	AD 400
Alexandria	150,000	300,000–600,000	400,000		250,000–500,000	500,000		125,000–200,000
Augsburg					25,000–50,000	25,000–50,000
Antioch		120,000	400,000		150,000–250,000	250,000		150,000
Anuradhapura		68,000			130,000			72,000
Anyi	100,000
Athens	25,000	10,000	10,000		90,000	90,000
Autun				40,000–100,000	40,000–100,000
Arles					10,000	10,000			75,000
Ayodhya								63,000
Aquileia					12,000	12,000
Carnuntum					12,000–50,000	12,000–50,000
Capua		100,000	100,000		25,000–40,000
Carthage		150,000–200,000			100,000–300,000	300,000
Chang'an/Xi'an		100,000–400,000	375,000–400,000	246,000–500,000	81,000–100,000	120,000	140,000	80,000	100,000
Chengdu				100,000	70,000
Cổ Loa		40,000	50,000
Byzantium / Constantinople						15,000	20,000	150,000	200,000
Corinth					40,000–100,000
Cologne					20,000–40,000	20,000–40,000
Ctesiphon								250,000
Cuicuilco		36,000
Datong									100,000
El Mirador				200,000
Ephesus					33,600
Izapa		35,000
Kaveri								59,000
Linzi	125,000–350,000	100,000	100,000	100,000		100,000
London					30,000	45,000–60,000
Lugdunum					25,000–50,000	25,000–50,000
Luoyang	125,000–240,000	60,000		200,000	420,000		140,000–250,000		200,000
Milan					30,000–40,000			100,000	25,000–100,000
Monte Albán	5,200		17,200	17,200	17,200	17,200
Nanjing		56,000			78,000		100,000	150,000	300,000
Nimes						40,000–60,000
Ostia Antica					25,000–40,000	25,000–50,000
Paithan		60,000			84,000
Patala					73,000
Pataliputra		350,000–400,000			69,000			250,000
Peshawar					120,000
Philippi				100,000
Pingcheng		88,000							200,000
Pozzuoli				30,000–50,000	30,000–50,000
Pyay								69,000
Qufu	100,000–125,000
Rhodes	100,000–200,000	100,000
Rome	100,000	150,000–160,000	400,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	800,000	800,000	800,000
Salona					25,000	25,000
Seleucia		200,000	400,000	250,000	150,000–250,000
Shangqiu	100,000
Suzhou	100,000	66,000			95,000			58,000
Syracuse	50,000–100,000				90,000	90,000
Taxila		60,000
Teotihuacán		60,000–80,000						90,000
Thessaloniki					30,000	30,000
Tikal								100,000
Tres Zapotes		30,000
Trier					10,000	10,000–50,000	50,000–100,000	60,000
Ujjain		94,000						80,000
Wanxian				100,000
Xiadu	300,000
Xianyang	100,000	100,000–300,000
Xinzheng	120,000–125,000
Xuchang							140,000
Ye							140,000	120,000	100,000

Middle Ages

City	500	600	622	700	775	800	900
Aleppo			72,000
Athens	110,000
Alexandria			94,000–200,000	216,000		60,000–100,000	60,000–100,000
Angkor							90,000
Anhilpur							80,000
Antioch	150,000
Anuradhapura			70,000
Arles						10,000
Ayodhya	75,000
Badami			70,000
Baghdad						175,000	150,000
Bakhalal	45,000
Basra						100,000
Benares						49,000	59,000
Carthage	100,000
Chang'an / Xi'an	95,000–400,000	400,000–600,000	400,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	600,000–1,000,000	100,000–750,000
Chengdu			94,000	100,000		100,000
Chenla			70,000
Chunar							72,000
Constantinople	400,000–500,000	150,000	150,000	125,000	40,000–50,000	40,000–50,000	150,000
Copán						63,000
Cologne						15,000–20,000	21,000
Córdoba					135,000	160,000	110,000–175,000
Ctesiphon	400,000		200,000–500,000
Dali							90,000–100,000
Daloucheng /Hanoi							400,000
Datong	200,000
Dorestad					1,000–2,500	1,000–2,500
El Pilar							182,600
El Tajín			40,000			40,000	50,000
Fanyang						100,000
Florence		1,000			2,000–2,500	5,000
Fustat						100,000	150,000
Gao						72,000
Granada							20,000
Guangzhou				200,000		200,000
Gwalior	65,000
Huari						70,000
Jiankang	500,000
Jinyang				100,000		100,000
Kannauj			230,000	250,000	250,000	230,000	200,000
Kanchi	56,000		70,000			51,000
Kyoto					200,000	100,000–200,000	200,000
Laon							28,000
Lhasa						100,000
London						10,000–12,000
Luoyang	200,000–500,000	500,000	200,000	500,000		300,000–400,000	150,000–200,000
Lyon						12,000
Madurai			70,000			70,000
Mainz						20,000	30,000
Mandsaur	63,000
Manyakheta							100,000–200,000
Metz						25,000	14,000
Milan	30,000					25,000	30,000
Naples					30,000	30,000	30,000
Nanjing	150,000–500,000
Nara						100,000
Orléans						10,000
Padua						15,000
Paris						10,000–30,000	20,000
Patna / Pataliputra	500,000	300,000		100,000		74,000
Pavia						15,000–20,000
Poitiers		5,000–9,000	5,000–9,000	5,000–9,000	10,000	10,000
Preslav							40,000–60,000
Prambanan						60,000	62,000
Provins						10,000
Pyay	73,000		100,000
Pliska						34,000
Ray			68,000
Regensburg						25,000	25,000
Reims						20,000
Rennes						10,000
Rome	100,000	50,000–90,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	20,000–30,000
Rouen						10,000
Seville	20,000	40,000		35,000		35,000	40,000–52,000
Sialkot	85,000
Speyer						20,000
Suzhou	70,000	120,000		100,000		84,000–100,000	81,000–100,000
Teotihuacán	125,000		60,000
Thessaloniki	100,000	40,000		40,000		50,000	50,000
Tikal	45,000					40,000
Toledo						25,000	28,000
Toulouse						10,000
Tours				17,000		20,000
Tula						41,000	50,000
Trier					10,000	15,000	15,000–25,000
Venice							37,000
Verona						30,000	25,000
Worms						10,000
Wuchang		100,000				84,000
Ye	200,000

City	1000	1100	1150	1200	1250	1300	1350
Angkor	200,000	125,000	140,000	150,000
Amalfi	35,000–80,000					10,000–15,000
Ani	100,000–200,000
Anhilpur	100,000	100,000	135,000
Antioch			40,000	40,000
L'Aquila						40,000
Bagan		100,000	150,000	180,000	180,000
Baghdad	125,000	150,000		250,000	150,000
Beijing				130,000	140,000	401,000	400,000
Berlin				2,400	1,200–2,000	4,000–7,000
Bologna					50,000	50,000	23,000
Braunschweig	10,000			21,000
Bruges	12,000	15,000		25,000	36,000	50,000
Cahokia		10,200–15,300	25,000	20,000–30,000
Cairo	135,000	150,000	175,000	200,000–250,000	300,000	400,000	350,000
Chang'an / Xi'an						118,000	114,000
Chartres				7,000
Chunar	66,000
Cologne	21,000	25,000–35,000		32,000–60,000	52,000–60,000	40,000–60,000	57,000
Constantinople	150,000	200,000–250,000	200,000	150,000–250,000	100,000	150,000	80,000
Córdoba	110,000	60,000	60,000	60,000		40,000
Cuttack					100,000	90,000	90,000
Dali	100,000 90,000	100,000
Delhi		10,000		60,000	80,000	100,000	125,000
Dhar		80,000
Dwarasamudra	30,000				120,000	150,000
Edessa		25,000
Erfurt	10,000			21,000		32,000
Fanyang	100,000
Fes	75,000	125,000	160,000	200,000–250,000	200,000	150,000–200,000	125,000
Florence	13,000	20,000		30,000	50,000–110,000	60,000–120,000	40,000
Gangaikonda Cholapuram	200,000	300,000	300,000	250,000	150,000
Gaur				60,000	90,000	100,000
Genoa	15,000–80,000			30,000	100,000	100,000
Ghent	8,000	12,000		25,000	65,000	42,000–65,000	57,000
Guangzhou					140,000	150,000	150,000
Hangzhou	80,000	90,000	145,000–800,000	255,000–1,000,000	320,000–1,000,000	432,000–800,000	432,000
Jinzhou	85,000
Kaifeng	400,000–1,000,000	442,000–1,000,000	150,000		1,000,000
Kalburgi							70,000
Kalyan		150,000	125,000
Kannauj	72,000	80,000	92,000
Khajuraho	100,000			50,000
Khambhat				50,000	60,000
Kiev	45,000	48,000–100,000		36,000–50,000
Kollam							60,000
Kyoto	175,000–300,000
Laon	25,000
London	20,000–25,000	10,000–20,000		20,000–30,000		80,000–100,000	25,000–50,000
Lübeck				6,000			18,800
Madurai						60,000
Mainz	30,000	30,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	24,000
Manyakheta	71,000
Marrakech		150,000	150,000	150,000	125,000
Marseille	6,000–7,000			25,000		40,000
Merv			200,000	70,000
Metz	16,000	21,000		23,000–27,000		32,000
Milan	15,000	45,000	58,000	60,000–100,000	150,000	150,000–200,000	50,000–200,000
Montpellier						40,000–50,000
Nabadwip			85,000
Nanjing			130,000	130,000	130,000	95,000
Naples	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000–36,000	40,000–100,000	60,000
Nishapur	125,000
Norwich						20,000–25,000
Padua			15,000			35,000
Palermo	60,000–75,000		150,000	150,000	50,000	40,000–100,000
Paris	20,000	50,000–65,000		110,000	160,000	200,000–270,000	215,000
Polonnaruwa				75,000
Prague	10,000			22,000		40,000	50,000
Puri			78,000	72,000
Ramavati		75,000
Regensburg	40,000	30,000
Rome	35,000	30,000–40,000	30,000–40,000	40,000		40,000–50,000	15,000–17,000
Rouen	20,000	20,000		30,000–40,000	50,000	40,000–50,000
Salerno	50,000	50,000	50,000			10,000
Sarai							120,000
Seville	52,000					40,000–50,000
Shangjing	140,000
Speyer	25,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	25,000
Suzhou	100,000						96,000
Tabriz						125,000	100,000
Thanjavur	200,000	250,000	200,000
Thăng Long/Hanoi		300,000				60,000
Thessaloniki	40,000	40,000	40,000	30,000		50,000–100,000	50,000–150,000
Toledo	37,000			35,000		42,000
Toulouse						35,000
Trier	20,000	20,000	20,000	25,000
Venice	45,000–60,000	58,000	64,000–70,000	70,000–80,000	45,000	100,000–120,000	65,228
Veliky Novgorod	10,000–18,000			20,000–40,000		50,000
Verona	10,000			20,000–25,000	20,000–25,000	35,000–40,000
Vijayanagar							200,000
Warangal					63,000	80,000
Worms	20,000			28,000	25,000	20,000
York		8,000				23,000
Ypres					40,000–200,000	30,000

City	1400	1450	1500	1550	1575
Aachen			15,000
Adrianople / Edirne	28,000	85,000	125,000	160,000	183,000
Agra				250,000	500,000
Ahmedabad		70,000	80,000–100,000	140,000–175,000	300,000
Ahmednagar				70,000
Alessandria				8,000
Antwerp	18,000	20,000	40,000	90,000	104,984
Asti				8,000
Augsburg	14,000	17,000	20,000	45,000
Ayutthaya			150,000	150,000	10,000
Bago				150,000	175,000
Beijing	150,000	600,000	672,000	690,000	706,000
Bologna	40,000		55,000	61,731	72,395
Brescia	27,000	30,000	49,000	41,000
Bursa	95,000	130,000
Bruges	37,000	25,000	30,000	35,000	29,000
Cairo	125,000–360,000	380,000	400,000	360,000	275,000
Chan Chan		60,000–100,000			5,000–10,000
Chang'an / Xi'an	150,000	150,000	127,000	150,000
Cologne	40,000		30,000	35,000	37,000
Como			10,000	10,000
Constantinople / Istanbul	75,000	40,000–50,000	200,000	660,000	680,000
Crema				11,000
Cremona	35,000		40,000	34,000
Cuneo				6,000
Cuttack	75,000	100,000	140,000	90,000
Cusco			45,000
Delhi			80,000–100,000	160,000	160,000
Đông Kinh/Hanoi			330,000
Fes	125,000	150,000	130,000
Florence	45,000–61,000	54,000	55,000–70,000	59,216
Fossano				9,000
Gao			60,000
Gaur		150,000	200,000
Ghent	70,000		40,000	50,000
Genoa	80,000–100,000	120,000	60,000	65,000
Granada	100,000	165,000	70,000
Guangzhou	150,000	175,000	150,000	160,000	170,000
Gwalior				80,000
Hangzhou	235,000	250,000	250,000	260,000	260,000
Jaunpur		100,000
Kalburgi	90,000
Kano			50,000
Khambhat	60,000
Kollam	60,000
Lodi				9,000
London	45,000	75,000	40,000	80,000
Lyon	20,000–35,000	60,000	50,000	70,000
Lübeck	17,200	21,568	25,444	22,452
Magdeburg	20,000	24,000	18,000	40,000
Mandu		70,000
Mantua			28,000	38,000
Milan	125,000	110,000	100,000	69,000	115,000
Modena			18,000	16,000
Nanjing	487,000	150,000	157,000	182,000	188,000
Naples	40,000–100,000	60,000	125,000–150,000	212,000	215,000
Novara				7,000
Nuremberg	18,000	25,982	36,000	40,000
Oyo-Ile		150,000	60,000
Padua			27,000	32,000
Paris	100,000	150,000	100,000	130,000	220,000
Parma			19,000	25,000
Pavia			16,000	13,000
Piacenza				27,000
Prague	40,000		30,000
Rome	33,000	33,500	38,000–55,000	45,000	80,000
Rouen			40,000	65,000
Samarkand	130,000
Seoul	100,000	125,000	150,000		125,000
Seville	15,000		60,000	65,000	109,000
Suzhou	129,000
Tabriz	150,000	200,000	250,000
Tenochtitlan/Mexico City			200,000-400,00	60,000
Texcoco			60,000
Venice	85,000–200,000	150,000	100,000	158,000	134,871
Verona	14,800		38,000	52,000
Vijayanagar	400,000	550,000	500,000

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Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...
Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...
Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...
Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...