How have populations changed across Europe over two millennia?
Early date numbers are very approximate.
Year | Balkans (non-USSR) | Belgium + Nether lands | Nordic Area | USSR Area | France | Germany | Italy | United Kingdom | Iberia | Poland |
1 | 4750000 | 500000 | 500000 | 3900000 | 5000000 | 3000000 | 7000000 | 800000 | 5000000 | 450000 |
1000 | 6500000 | 700000 | 1000000 | 7100000 | 6500000 | 3500000 | 5000000 | 2000000 | 4600000 | 1200000 |
1500 | 13500000 | 2350000 | 1750000 | 16950000 | 15000000 | 12000000 | 10500000 | 3942000 | 7800000 | 4000000 |
1600 | 16950000 | 3100000 | 2210000 | 20700000 | 18500000 | 16000000 | 13100000 | 6170000 | 9340000 | 5000000 |
1700 | 18800000 | 3900000 | 2860000 | 26550000 | 21471000 | 15000000 | 13300000 | 8565000 | 10770000 | 6000000 |
1820 | 36415000 | 5779000 | 5879000 | 54765000 | 31246000 | 24905000 | 20176000 | 21226000 | 15500000 | 10426000 |
1870 | 52182000 | 8711000 | 9541000 | 88672000 | 38440000 | 39231000 | 27888000 | 31393000 | 20554000 | 10426000 |
1913 | 79604000 | 13830000 | 14078000 | 156192000 | 41463000 | 65058000 | 37248000 | 45649000 | 26267000 | 10426000 |
1950 | 87289000 | 18754000 | 18558000 | 180050000 | 41836000 | 68371000 | 47105000 | 50363000 | 36380000 | 25753000 |
1973 | 110490000 | 23176000 | 21786000 | 249748000 | 52118000 | 78956000 | 54751000 | 56223000 | 43444000 | 33363000 |
1998 | 121006000 | 25897000 | 23739000 | 290866000 | 58805000 | 82029000 | 57592000 | 59237000 | 49339000 | 38666000 |
2020 | 116993000 | 28918000 | 27106000 | 296737000 | 67287000 | 83191000 | 59258000 | 67886000 | 57736000 | 38268000 |