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Populations of Medieval Europe

The table below contains the approximate population of various parts of Europe during the Middle Ages. Numbers are in millions. Region 1000 1300 1500 1700 Balkans - - 7 8 Low Countries - - 2 3 British Isles 2 5 5 9 Danubian Countries - - 6 9 France 5 15 16 19 Germany 3 12 13 15 Italy 5 10 11 13 Poland - - 4 6 Russia - - 10 18 Scandanavia - - - 3 Spain and Portugal - - 9 10 Source: The Medieval Technology Pages

Populations of Medieval Cities

15,000-22,000 23,000-49,000 50,000-125,000 528 AD Hamadan Carthage Alexandria Istakhr Ctesiphon Antioch Milan Ephesus Constantinople Miletus Salonica Rome Ravenna Rayy Sardia Smyrna 737 AD Ctesiphon Alexandria Constantinople Fustat Antioch Hamadan Basra Kuta Damascus Mosul Nishapur Rayy Salonika Shiraz Toledo Wasit 1000 AD Damascus Alexandria Baghdad Fez Antioch Constantinople Hamadan Basra Isfahan Cairo Kalrouan Cordoba Mecca Mosul Nishapur Palermo Rayy Seville 1212 AD Aleppo Alexandria Baghdad Brescia Antioch Cairo Bruges Basra Constantinople Bukhara Damascus Cordoba Milan Florence Samarkand Ghent Shiraz Hamadan Tunis Herat Venice Isfahan Kairouan Konya London Mahalia Marrakesh Mecca Mosul Naples Nishapur Novgorod Padua Palermo Paris Pisa Qua Rabat-Salé Rayy Rome Sana Seville Tabriz Toledo Verona Wasit 1346 AD Antwerp Alexandria Cairo Avignon Baghdad Constantinople Basra Barcelona Florence Bergamo Bologna Genoa ...

Historic City Populations

Greek City-States Populations were generally around 20k-30k. When they got larger they'd break away to form a new city (exceptions: Athens, 100k). Renaissance 100K+ in many, 50K+ in others