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List of states by population in 1 CE

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This is a list of states by population in 1 C.E.

Country/Territory Population c. 1 C.E. estimate Percentage of World Population
  World[1] 255,000,000 -
Han dynasty[2] 57,671,400 22.62%
Roman Empire[3]
subdivisions
54,000,000 21.18%
Satavahana dynasty 20,000,000

7.84%

Parthian Empire
subdivisions
20,000,000 7.84%
Xiongnu 2,000,000 0.78%
Dacia 2,000,000 0.78%
Kingdom of Mauretania[8] 1,500,000

0.59%

Kingdom of Meroe (Kush) 1,150,000 0.45%
Mayan Polity[9]
subdivisions
2,000,000 0.78%
Bactria[10]
subdivisions
1,000,000 0.39%

Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 1 AD


Alternative Estimates of the Regional Components of World Population, 1 C.E. (in thousands)

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[11] Europe
(Including area of the former USSR)
Americas Asia
(including Australasia)
Africa World
Clark 44,500 3,000 185,000 23,000 225,500
Durand 42,500 12,000 207,000 35,000 296,500
Biraben 43,000 12,000 171,000 26,000 252,000
Mc Evedy and Jones 32,800 4,500 114,200 16,500 168,700
Maddison 33,350 6,320 174,650 16,500 230,820

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Biraben, Jean-Noel, 1980, An Essay Concerning Mankind's Evolution, Population, Selected Papers, December, table 2.
  2. ^ Nishijima, Sadao (1986), "The economic and social history of Former Han", in Twitchett, Denis; Loewe, Michael (eds.), Cambridge History of China: Volume I: the Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 B.C. – A.D. 220, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 595–596, ISBN 978-0-521-24327-8.
  3. ^ Beloch, Karl Julius (1886). Die Bevölkerung der griechisch-römischen Welt. p. 507.
  4. ^ Delia, Diana (1991). Alexandrian Citizenship During the Roman Principate. Atlanta: Scholars Press.
  5. ^ Frier, Bruce W. "Demography", in Alan K. Bowman, Peter Garnsey, and Dominic Rathbone, eds., The Cambridge Ancient History XI: The High Empire, A.D. 70–192, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), 827–54.
  6. ^ Appendix B Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820. p 238. http://www.ggdc.net/MADDISON/other_books/appendix_B.pdf Archived 2021-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Creighton, Mandell; Winsor, Justin; Gardiner, Samuel Rawson; Poole, Reginald Lane; Edwards, Sir John Goronwy (1892). "The English Historical Review".
  8. ^ https://brewminate.com/demography-of-the-ancient-roman-empire/%5D. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "El Mirador, the Lost City of the Maya".
  10. ^ Tertius Chandler (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census. St. David's University Press. ISBN 0-88946-207-0. Archived from the original on 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  11. ^ Maddison (27 July 2016). "Growth of World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita before 1820" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2016.