Statistics for Largest Cities Over Time: 2000 BC to 2000 AD

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Year	Population	Answer	Country	% Correct
1900	6,500,000	London	United Kingdom	95%
2000	26,400,000	Tokyo	Japan	95%
AD 1	800,000	Rome	Italy	93%
400	800,000	Rome	Italy	93%
200	1,200,000	Rome	Italy	93%
1800	1,100,000	Beijing	China	86%
1600	1,000,000	Beijing	China	86%
1500	1,000,000	Beijing	China	86%
1700	700,000	Constantinople	Turkey	82%
600	600,000	Constantinople	Turkey	82%
200 BC	600,000	Alexandria	Egypt	67%
800	700,000	Baghdad	Iraq	55%
1100	1,200,000	Baghdad	Iraq	55%
600 BC	200,000	Babylon	Iraq	50%
800 BC	125,000	Haojing (Xi'an)	China	38%
1000 BC	100,000	Haojing (Xi'an)	China	38%
1200 BC	>50,000	Memphis	Egypt	38%
2000 BC	65,000	Ur	Iraq	37%
1400	1,000,000	Jinling (Nanjing)	China	29%
1800 BC	>25,000	Thebes	Egypt	26%
1400 BC	100,000	Thebes	Egypt	26%
1000	350,000	Cordoba	Spain	24%
400 BC	320,000	Xiadu	China	17%
1200	1,000,000	Hangzhou	China	16%
1300	1,500,000	Hangzhou	China	16%
1600 BC	100,000	Avaris	Egypt	3%