Rank
Country/Territory
Population
c. 1800 estimate
-
World 978,000,000
1
Qing Empire
328,000,000
2
British Empire
Bengal Presidency 35,801,000
Madras Presidency 17,900,000
Kingdom of Great Britain 10,000,000
Bombay Presidency 9,174,000
Kingdom of Ireland 5,200,000
Kingdom of Mysore 1,969,000
Canada (
Upper &
Lower )600,000
Hawaii 250,000
Jamaica 250,000
Barbados 81,000
Guyana 50,000
Grenada 20,000
Trinidad & Tabago 17,643
Belize 15,000
The Bahamas 8,000
Australia 5,217
Bermuda 4,000
Hyderabad State ?
Hannover ?
Oudh State ?
Gwalior State ?
Baroda State ?
115,000,000
3
Maratha Empire 75,000,000
4
French Republic
French First Republic 26,758,000
Belgium 4,000,000
Ligurian Republic 2,011,000
Helvetic Republic 1,600,000
Cisrhenian Republic 1,600,000
Cisalpine Republic 1,300,000
Saint-Domingue 657,000
French India 175,000
Mauritius 52,000
Louisiana 44,116
French Guiana 14,500
Saint Pierre and Miquelon ?
38,238,000
5
Russian Empire
Ukraine 7,800,000
Romania 1,770,000
Russian Poland 1,200,000
Finland 1,000,000
Latvia 725,000
Estonia 650,000
Lithuania 600,000
Georgia 495,000
Septinsular Republic 120,000
Wallachia ?
35,500,000
6
Tokugawa shogunate
Ryūkyū - ?
29,000,000
7
Ottoman Empire
Anatolia - 9,800,000
Egypt Eyalet - 4,200,000
Beylik of Tunis - 2,500,00
Bulgaria - 1,900,000
Ottoman Tripolitania - 1,000,000
Iraq - 1,000,000
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Algeria - 875,000
Greece - 820,000
Habesh Eyalet - 800,000
Serbia - 750,000
Syria - 500,000
Sidon Eyalet - 400,000
Albania - 400,000
Palestine - 275,000
Moldavia || 285,000
Septinsular Republic - 120,000
Ottoman Cyprus - 64,000
Wallachia - ?
Bosnia Eyalet - ?
Ottoman Crete - ?
25,689,000
8
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Spain - 10,541,000
New Spain - 5,945,000
New Granada - 2,300,000
Río de la Plata - 2,082,000
Philippines - 1,800,000
Peru - 1,400,000
Chile - 800,000
Guatemala - 425,000
Cuba - 300,000
Puerto Rico - 136,000
Louisiana - 44,116
Yucatán - ?
Provincias Internas - ?
24,710,115
9
Holy Roman Empire
Electorate of Bavaria - 3,200,000
Kingdom of Bohemia - 2,810,000
Archduchy of Austria - 1,820,000
Margraviate of Brandenburg - 1,500,000
Württemberg - 1,350,000
Margraviate of Moravia - 1,260,000
Saxony - 1,050,000
Margraviate of Baden - 912,000
Duchy of Styria - 800,000
Imperial Free City of Trieste - 40,000
Thuringian states - 612,000
County of Tyrol - 610,000
Hesse-Darmstadt - 520,000
Duchy of Carniola - 400,000
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - 318,000
Duchy of Carinthia - 300,000
Nassau - 270,000
Austrian Silesia - 250,000
Bishopric of Würzburg - 250,000
Oldenburg - 159,000
Luxembourg - 140,000
Reuss Elder Line - 76,308
Principality of Lippe - 70,540
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - 70,000
Anhalt-Dessau - 52,000
Arenberg - 48,000
Anhalt-Bernburg - 35,000
Anhalt-Köthen - 33,000
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe - 20,132
Liechtenstein - 5,400
Archbishopric of Salzburg - ?
Hannover - ?
Mainz - ?
Trier - ?
Cologne - ?
Electoral Palatinate - ?
Brunswick-Luneburg - ?
Saxe-Lauenburg - ?
Münster - ?
Magdeburg - ?
Hamburg - ?
Hesse-Homburg - ?
Lübeck - ?
Schleswig - ?
Holstein - ?
Bishopric of Lübeck - ?
24,000,000
10
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of Hungary - 6,300,000
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria - 3,900,000
Kingdom of Bohemia - 2,810,000
Venetian Province - 1,845,000
Archduchy of Austria - 1,820,000
Principality of Transylvania - 1,500,000
Margraviate of Moravia - 1,260,000
Kingdom of Croatia - 850,000
Duchy of Styria - 800,000
County of Tyrol - 610,000
Duchy of Carniola - 400,000
Duchy of Carinthia - 300,000
Dalmatia - 300,000
Austrian Silesia - 250,000
Duchy of Bukovina - 130,000
Imperial Free City of Trieste - 40,000
Kingdom of Slavonia - ?
23,145,000
11
Joseon 13,200,000
12
Kingdom of Prussia
Margraviate of Brandenburg - 1,500,000
9,500,000
13
Portuguese Empire
Portugal - 2,970,000
Viceroyalty of Brazil - 3,600,000
Timor - 300,000
Portuguese India - 210,000
Cape Verde - ?
Mozambique - ?
Angola - ?
Guinea - ?
7,010,000
14
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of Naples - 5,000,000
Kingdom of Sicily - 1,700,000
6,700,000
15
Annam
6.500,000
16
Dutch Empire (Client state of
French Republic )
Dutch East Indies - 4,200,000
Batavian Republic - 1,850,000
Surinam - 54,000
Bengal - ?
Coromandel - ?
Suratte - ?
Gold Coast - ?
Curaçao and Dependencies - ?
Aruba - ?
Dutch India - ?
6,200,000
17
United States of America 5,308,500
18
Siam
4,200,000
19
Persia 3,500,000
20
Burma 3,200,000
21
Sweden 2,347,000
22
Papal States 2,300,000
23
Denmark–Norway
Denmark - 929,000
Norway - 883,000
Iceland - 46,000
Danish West Indies - 40,000
Greenland - 5,000
Schleswig - ?
Holstein - ?
Danish India - ?
1,850,000
24
Sikh Empire 1,500,000
25
Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1,200,000
26
Kingdom of Kandy 482,000
27
Piedmont-Sardinia 450,000
28
Bhutan 430,000
29
Parma 400,000
30
Sultanate of Oman
Oman - 200,000
Bahrain - 15,000
215,000
31
Republic of Ragusa 30,000
32
Republic of Lucca 15,000
33
Brunei 12,000
34
San Marino 6,600
35
Principality of Andorra 5,000
36
Travancore ?
37
Cambodia ?
38
Baté Empire ?
39
Ankole ?
40
Ajaigarh ?
41
Anziku ?
42
Aro ?
43
Ashanti Empire ?
44
Kingdom of Baguirmi ?
45
Bamana Empire ?
46
Baol ?
47
Benin ?
48
Alwar ?
49
Bornu ?
50
Sirmur State ?
51
Buganda ?
52
Bukhara ?
53
Bunyoro ?
54
Alirajpur ?
55
Burundu ?
56
Ahom Kingdom ?
57
Durrani Empire
?
58
Nawab of the Carnatic ?
59
Sultanate of Lahej ?
60
Cayor ?
61
Champasak ?
62
Cospaia ?
63
Couto Misto ?
64
Pashalik of Timbuktu (Under dominion of
Tuareg people )?
65
Ethiopia ?
66
Fiji ?
67
Futa Jallon ?
68
Garo ?
69
Gomma ?
70
Gozo ?
71
Janjero ?
72
Jimma ?
73
Johor ?
74
Jolof ?
75
Kaabu ?
76
Kaffa ?
77
Kénédougou ?
78
Khasso ?
79
Khiva ?
80
Kokand ?
81
Kong ?
82
Kongo ?
83
Morocco ?
84
Koya Temne ?
85
Kuba ?
86
Loango ?
87
Luba ?
88
Lunda ?
89
Maldives ?
90
Manipur (princely state) ?
91
Mindanao ?
92
Massina Empire ?
93
Monaco ?
94
Montenegro ?
95
Mthethwa Paramountcy ?
96
Nepal ?
97
Ouaddai ?
98
Oyo
Dahomey - ?
?
99
Pahang ?
100
Perak ?
101
Rapa Nui ?
102
Rwanda ?
103
Aceh Sultanate ?
104
Samoa ?
105
Selangor ?
106
Montenegro ?
107
Kingdom of Sikkim ?
108
Sulu ?
109
Tahiti ?
110
Tonga ?
111
Upper Yafa ?
112
Welayta ?
113
Karnataka ?
114
Sultanate of Darfur ?
115
Imamate of Futa Toro ?
116
Mossi Kingdoms ?
117
Saloum ?
118
Sultanate of Sennar) ?
119
Shilluk Kingdom ?
120
Kingdom of Sine ?
121
Wadai Empire ?
122
Sultanate of Kano ?
123
Sultanate of Damagaram ?
124
Waalo ?
125
Dendi Kingdom ?
126
Mughal Empire ?
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