Year
|
Population
|
Country
|
City
|
7000 BC
|
1,000-2,000
|
Israel (Palestine)
|
Jericho
|
6700 BC
|
1,000
|
Jordan
|
Basta
|
6500 BC
|
5,000-10,000
|
Turkey
|
Çatalhöyük
|
6000 BC
|
3,000
|
Turkey
|
Çatalhöyük
|
4000 BC
|
4,000
|
Iraq
|
Eridu
|
3800-3700 BC
|
10,000
|
Ukraine
|
Dobrovody
|
3700 BC
|
6,000-10,000
|
Iraq
|
Eridu
|
3600-3500 BC
|
10,000
|
Ukraine
|
Maydanets
|
3500 BC
|
14,000
|
Iraq
|
Uruk
|
3300 BC
|
40,000
|
Iraq
|
Uruk
|
3200 BC
|
20,000
|
Egypt
|
Abydos
|
3100 BC
|
20,000
|
Egypt
|
Memphis
|
3000 BC
|
40,000-45,000
|
Iraq
|
Uruk
|
2800 BC
|
80,000
|
Iraq
|
Uruk
|
2500 BC
|
60,000
|
Iraq
|
Lagash
|
2400 BC
|
50,000
|
Syria
|
Mari
|
2300 BC
|
80,000
|
Iraq
|
Girsu
|
2250 BC
|
30,000
|
Egypt
|
Memphis
|
2240 BC
|
30,000
|
Iraq
|
Akkad
|
2200 BC
|
50,000
|
Iraq
|
Girsu
|
2100 BC
|
100,000
|
Iraq
|
Ur
|
2075 BC
|
50,000
|
Iraq
|
Girsu
|
2059 BC
|
50,000
|
Iraq
|
Girsu
|
2030 BC
|
50,000
|
Iraq
|
Ur
|
2000 BC
|
65,000
|
Iraq
|
Ur
|
1991 BC
|
65,000
|
Iraq
|
Ur
|
1980 BC
|
65,000
|
Egypt
|
Thebes
|
1900 BC
|
65,000
|
Egypt
|
Thebes
|
1800 BC
|
60,000
|
Syria
|
Mari
|
1770 BC
|
60,000
|
Iraq
|
Babylon
|
1770 BC
|
60,000
|
Iraq
|
Babylon
|
1670 BC
|
60,000
|
Egypt
|
Avaris
|
1650 BC
|
100,000
|
Egypt
|
Avaris
|
1600 BC
|
100,000
|
Egypt
|
Avaris
|
1557 BC
|
100,000
|
Egypt
|
Memphis
|
1500 BC
|
60,000-75,000
|
Egypt
|
Thebes
|
1400 BC
|
80,000-100,000
|
Egypt
|
Thebes
|
1300 BC
|
120,000
|
China
|
Yinxu
|
1205 BC
|
80,000
|
Egypt
|
Memphis
|
1200 BC
|
160,000
|
Egypt
|
Pi-Ramses
|
1188 BC
|
50,000
|
Egypt
|
Thebes
|
1184 BC
|
120,000
|
Egypt
|
Thebes
|
1100 BC
|
120,000
|
Egypt
|
Pi-Ramses & Thebes
|
1000 BC
|
100,000
|
China
|
Haojing
|
900 BC
|
125,000
|
China
|
Haojing
|
700 BC
|
100,000
|
Egypt
|
Thebes
|
668 BC
|
100,000
|
Iraq
|
Ninevah
|
650 BC
|
120,000
|
Iraq
|
Ninevah
|
612 BC
|
120,000
|
Iraq
|
Babylon
|
600 BC
|
100,000-200,000
|
Iraq
|
Babylon
|
562 BC
|
200,000
|
Iraq
|
Babylon
|
500 BC
|
150,000-200,000
|
Iraq
|
Babylon
|
400 BC
|
320,000
|
China
|
Xiadu
|
320 BC
|
300,000
|
Egypt
|
Alexandria
|
300 BC
|
500,000
|
Tunisia
|
Carthage
|
220 BC
|
300,000
|
India
|
Pataliputra
|
200 BC
|
300,000-600,000
|
Egypt
|
Alexandria
|
195 BC
|
400,000
|
China
|
Chang'an
|
100 BC
|
1,000,000
|
Egypt
|
Alexandria
|
25 BC
|
400,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
1 AD
|
400,000-1,000,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
100
|
45,000-1,000,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
180
|
600,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
200
|
600,000-1,200,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
280
|
500,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
300
|
500,000-1,000,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
340
|
500,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
361
|
300,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
400
|
500,000-800,000
|
Italy
|
Rome
|
|
Year
|
Population
|
Country
|
City
|
410
|
300,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
500
|
400,000-500,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
570
|
400,000
|
Iraq
|
Ctesiphon
|
575
|
500,000
|
Iraq
|
Ctesiphon
|
600
|
600,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
622
|
500,000
|
Iraq
|
Ctesiphon
|
637
|
400,000
|
China
|
Chang'an
|
700
|
800,000-1,000,000
|
China
|
Chang'an
|
750
|
800,000
|
China
|
Chang'an
|
775
|
600,000
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
800
|
800,000-1,000,000
|
China
|
Chang'an
|
833
|
900,000
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
925
|
1,100,000
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
935
|
350,000
|
Spain
|
Cordoba
|
1000
|
1,200,000
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
1013
|
400,000
|
China
|
Kaifeng
|
1100
|
1,200,000
|
Iraq
|
Baghdad
|
1102
|
442,000
|
China
|
Kaifeng
|
1126
|
420,000
|
China
|
Kaifeng
|
1127
|
200,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
1145
|
200,000
|
Turkmenistan
|
Merv
|
1153
|
200,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
1170
|
200,000
|
Morocco
|
Fez
|
1180
|
200,000
|
China
|
Hangzhou
|
1200
|
255,000-1,000,000
|
China
|
Hangzhou
|
1210
|
600,000
|
Turkmenistan
|
Gurganj
|
1250
|
320,000
|
China
|
Hangzhou
|
1273
|
432,000
|
China
|
Hangzhou
|
1300
|
432,000-1,500,000
|
China
|
Hangzhou
|
1315
|
432,000
|
Egypt
|
Cairo
|
1325
|
500,000
|
Egypt
|
Cairo
|
1348
|
432,000
|
China
|
Hangzhou
|
1358
|
432,000
|
China
|
Jinling
|
1391
|
473,000
|
China
|
Jinling
|
1400
|
487,000-1,000,000
|
China
|
Jinling
|
1420
|
487,000
|
China
|
Jinling
|
1425
|
487,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1450
|
600,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1492
|
669,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1500
|
600,000-1,000,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1550
|
690,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1575
|
706,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1600
|
700,000-1,000,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1635
|
706,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1650
|
700,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
1675
|
750,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
1690
|
700,000-800,000
|
Turkey
|
Constantinople
|
1700
|
1,000,000
|
Thailand
|
Ayutthaya
|
1710
|
700,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1750
|
900,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1775
|
1,000,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1800
|
1,100,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1821
|
1,300,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1825
|
1,350,000
|
China
|
Beijing
|
1841
|
1,948,000
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1850
|
2,320,000
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1851
|
2,362,000
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1861
|
2,803,000
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1875
|
4,241,000
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1900
|
6,480,000-6,600,000
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1914
|
7,419,000
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
1925
|
7,775,000
|
United States
|
New York
|
1936
|
10,150,000
|
United States
|
New York
|
1950
|
12,463,000
|
United States
|
New York
|
1965
|
15,000,000
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
1975
|
20,500,000
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
2000
|
26,400,000
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
2010
|
36,700,000
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
2020
|
37,393,000
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
|
So that explains why the data may not be credible, but I tried my best!