Statistics for Largest Cities Throughout History

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Year	Population	Country	City	% Correct
1775	1,000,000	China	Beijing	98%
1710	700,000	China	Beijing	98%
1800	1,100,000	China	Beijing	98%
1821	1,300,000	China	Beijing	98%
1825	1,350,000	China	Beijing	98%
1635	706,000	China	Beijing	98%
1600	700,000-1,000,000	China	Beijing	98%
1575	706,000	China	Beijing	98%
1550	690,000	China	Beijing	98%
1500	600,000-1,000,000	China	Beijing	98%
1492	669,000	China	Beijing	98%
1450	600,000	China	Beijing	98%
1425	487,000	China	Beijing	98%
1750	900,000	China	Beijing	98%
1153	200,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
1650	700,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
1675	750,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
1127	200,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
600	600,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
500	400,000-500,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
1690	700,000-800,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
410	300,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
340	500,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
361	300,000	Turkey	Constantinople	98%
1841	1,948,000	United Kingdom	London	98%
1850	2,320,000	United Kingdom	London	98%
1851	2,362,000	United Kingdom	London	98%
1861	2,803,000	United Kingdom	London	98%
1875	4,241,000	United Kingdom	London	98%
1900	6,480,000-6,600,000	United Kingdom	London	98%
1914	7,419,000	United Kingdom	London	98%
1925	7,775,000	United States	New York	98%
1936	10,150,000	United States	New York	98%
1950	12,463,000	United States	New York	98%
1965	15,000,000	Japan	Tokyo	98%
1975	20,500,000	Japan	Tokyo	98%
2000	26,400,000	Japan	Tokyo	98%
2010	36,700,000	Japan	Tokyo	98%
2020	37,393,000	Japan	Tokyo	98%
1315	432,000	Egypt	Cairo	95%
1325	500,000	Egypt	Cairo	95%
25 BC	400,000	Italy	Rome	95%
1 AD	400,000-1,000,000	Italy	Rome	95%
400	500,000-800,000	Italy	Rome	95%
300	500,000-1,000,000	Italy	Rome	95%
280	500,000	Italy	Rome	95%
200	600,000-1,200,000	Italy	Rome	95%
180	600,000	Italy	Rome	95%
100	45,000-1,000,000	Italy	Rome	95%
833	900,000	Iraq	Baghdad	90%
925	1,100,000	Iraq	Baghdad	90%
1000	1,200,000	Iraq	Baghdad	90%
1100	1,200,000	Iraq	Baghdad	90%
775	600,000	Iraq	Baghdad	90%
200 BC	300,000-600,000	Egypt	Alexandria	88%
100 BC	1,000,000	Egypt	Alexandria	88%
320 BC	300,000	Egypt	Alexandria	88%
195 BC	400,000	China	Chang'an	71%
800	800,000-1,000,000	China	Chang'an	71%
750	800,000	China	Chang'an	71%
700	800,000-1,000,000	China	Chang'an	71%
637	400,000	China	Chang'an	71%
1557 BC	100,000	Egypt	Memphis	71%
2250 BC	30,000	Egypt	Memphis	71%
3100 BC	20,000	Egypt	Memphis	71%
1205 BC	80,000	Egypt	Memphis	71%
1770 BC	60,000	Iraq	Babylon	68%
1770 BC	60,000	Iraq	Babylon	68%
612 BC	120,000	Iraq	Babylon	68%
600 BC	100,000-200,000	Iraq	Babylon	68%
562 BC	200,000	Iraq	Babylon	68%
500 BC	150,000-200,000	Iraq	Babylon	68%
300 BC	500,000	Tunisia	Carthage	68%
900 BC	125,000	China	Haojing	68%
1000 BC	100,000	China	Haojing	68%
1391	473,000	China	Jinling	68%
1358	432,000	China	Jinling	68%
1420	487,000	China	Jinling	68%
1400	487,000-1,000,000	China	Jinling	68%
7000 BC	1,000-2,000	Israel (Palestine)	Jericho	56%
2000 BC	65,000	Iraq	Ur	56%
1991 BC	65,000	Iraq	Ur	56%
2100 BC	100,000	Iraq	Ur	56%
2030 BC	50,000	Iraq	Ur	56%
1170	200,000	Morocco	Fez	49%
1348	432,000	China	Hangzhou	49%
1273	432,000	China	Hangzhou	49%
1250	320,000	China	Hangzhou	49%
1200	255,000-1,000,000	China	Hangzhou	49%
1180	200,000	China	Hangzhou	49%
1300	432,000-1,500,000	China	Hangzhou	49%
935	350,000	Spain	Cordoba	44%
1100 BC	120,000	Egypt	Pi-Ramses & Thebes	44%
1500 BC	60,000-75,000	Egypt	Thebes	44%
1188 BC	50,000	Egypt	Thebes	44%
700 BC	100,000	Egypt	Thebes	44%
1980 BC	65,000	Egypt	Thebes	44%
1184 BC	120,000	Egypt	Thebes	44%
1400 BC	80,000-100,000	Egypt	Thebes	44%
1900 BC	65,000	Egypt	Thebes	44%
1145	200,000	Turkmenistan	Merv	34%
3500 BC	14,000	Iraq	Uruk	34%
2800 BC	80,000	Iraq	Uruk	34%
3000 BC	40,000-45,000	Iraq	Uruk	34%
3300 BC	40,000	Iraq	Uruk	34%
2240 BC	30,000	Iraq	Akkad	29%
1102	442,000	China	Kaifeng	29%
1126	420,000	China	Kaifeng	29%
1013	400,000	China	Kaifeng	29%
1700	1,000,000	Thailand	Ayutthaya	24%
1600 BC	100,000	Egypt	Avaris	22%
1670 BC	60,000	Egypt	Avaris	22%
1650 BC	100,000	Egypt	Avaris	22%
2500 BC	60,000	Iraq	Lagash	22%
622	500,000	Iraq	Ctesiphon	20%
570	400,000	Iraq	Ctesiphon	20%
575	500,000	Iraq	Ctesiphon	20%
3700 BC	6,000-10,000	Iraq	Eridu	20%
4000 BC	4,000	Iraq	Eridu	20%
220 BC	300,000	India	Pataliputra	15%
1300 BC	120,000	China	Yinxu	15%
668 BC	100,000	Iraq	Ninevah	12%
650 BC	120,000	Iraq	Ninevah	12%
3200 BC	20,000	Egypt	Abydos	10%
6000 BC	3,000	Turkey	Çatalhöyük	10%
6500 BC	5,000-10,000	Turkey	Çatalhöyük	10%
1800 BC	60,000	Syria	Mari	10%
2400 BC	50,000	Syria	Mari	10%
1200 BC	160,000	Egypt	Pi-Ramses	10%
6700 BC	1,000	Jordan	Basta	7%
3800-3700 BC	10,000	Ukraine	Dobrovody	7%
2300 BC	80,000	Iraq	Girsu	7%
2200 BC	50,000	Iraq	Girsu	7%
2075 BC	50,000	Iraq	Girsu	7%
2059 BC	50,000	Iraq	Girsu	7%
1210	600,000	Turkmenistan	Gurganj	7%
3600-3500 BC	10,000	Ukraine	Maydanets	7%
400 BC	320,000	China	Xiadu	7%