Statistics for Largest Countries in the World Throughout History

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group	Population	Answer	% Correct
2000	1,243 m	China	98%
1500	125 m	Ming Empire	98%
1600	160 m	Ming Empire	98%
1900	400 m	Qing China	98%
1800	297.6 m	Qing Empire	98%
1700	210.7 m	Qing Empire	98%
2000	281.4 m	United States	98%
1800	115.6 m	British Empire	96%
1900	384 m	British Empire	96%
2000	1,040 m	India	96%
1900	294 m	Indian Empire	96%
1800	168.2 m	Maratha Empire	96%
1900	119.5 m	Russian Empire	96%
1800	35 m	Russian Empire	96%
1500	16.2 m	France	92%
1900	78.8 m	French Empire	92%
1800	44.6 m	French Empire	92%
1600	30 m	Iberian Union	89%
1700	23.2 m	Spanish Empire	89%
2000	170 m	Brazil	87%
2000	206.2 m	Indonesia	83%
1700	28 m	Tokugawa Shogunate	78%
1700	24.8 m	Ottoman Empire	77%
1600	29.5 m	Ottoman Empire	77%
1600	20.3 m	Holy Roman Empire	43%
1600	115 m	Mughal Empire	25%
1700	158.4 m	Mughal Empire	25%
1500	16 m	Bengal Sultanate	8%
1500	55 m	Delhi Sultanate	8%
1500	18 m	Vijayanagara Empire	5%