Rank | Country/Territory | Population c. 1800 | Percentage of
World Population |
- | World | 978,000,000 | - |
1 | Qing Empire[1]
|
328,000,000 | 33.5 |
2 | British Empire
- Bengal Presidency - 35,801,000
- Madras Presidency - 13,400,000
- 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 & Tobago - 17,643
- Belize - 15,000
- The Bahamas - 8,000
- Australia - 5,217
- Bermuda - 4,000
- Hyderabad State - ?
- Hannover - ?
- Oudh State - ?
- Gwalior State - ?
- Baroda State - ?
- Mudhol State - ?
|
115,000,000 | 11.8 |
3 | Maratha Empire
|
75,000,000 | 7.7 |
4 | French Republic[2]
- 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
- Luxembourg - 140,000
- Malta - 60,000
- Mauritius - 52,000
- Louisiana - 44,116
- French Guiana - 14,500
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon - ?
|
38,378,000 | 3.9 |
5 | Russian Empire
- Russia - 21,248,000
- Ukraine[3] - 7,800,000
- Romania - 1,770,000
- Russian Poland - 1,200,000
- Finland - 1,000,000
- Governorate of Livonia and Courland Governorate - 725,000
- Governorate of Estonia - 650,000
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania - 600,000
- Georgia - 495,000
- Septinsular Republic - 120,000
- Wallachia - ?
|
35,500,000 | 3.6 |
6 | Tokugawa shogunate
|
29,000,000 | 3.0 |
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 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 | 2.6 |
8 | Spanish Empire [4]
- 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 | 2.5 |
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
- Duchy of Württemberg - 1,350,000
- Margraviate of Moravia - 1,260,000
- Electorate of 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
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt - 520,000
- Duchy of Carniola - 400,000
- Duchy of Holstein - 350,000
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - 318,000
- Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - 300,000
- Nassau - 270,000
- Austrian Silesia - 250,000
- Bishopric of Würzburg - 250,000
- Duchy of Oldenburg - 159,000
- Principality of 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 - ?
- Electorate of Mainz - ?
- Electorate of Trier - ?
- Electorate of Cologne - ?
- Electoral Palatinate - ?
- Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg - ?
- Saxe-Lauenburg - ?
- Prince-Bishopric of Münster - ?
- Duchy of Magdeburg - ?
- Hamburg - ?
- Hesse-Homburg - ?
- Free City of Lübeck - ?
- Schleswig - ?
- Bishopric of Lübeck - ?
- Principality of Ansbach - ?
|
24,000,000 | 2.5 |
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
- Republic of Ragusa - 30,000
- Kingdom of Slavonia - ?
|
23,145,000 | 2.4 |
11 | Kingdom of Prussia
|
10,500,000 | 1.1 |
12 | Joseon | 9,500,000 | 1 |
13 | Portuguese Empire [4]
- Portugal - 2,970,000
- Viceroyalty of Brazil - 3,600,000
- Mozambique - 1,250,000
- Angola - 1,010,000
- Timor - 300,000
- Portuguese India - 210,000
- Cape Verde - ?
- Guinea - ?
- Portuguese Macau - ?
|
9,270,000 | 0.7 |
14 | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [2]
|
6,700,000 | 0.7 |
15 | Annam |
6,500,000 | 0.7 |
16 | Dutch Empire (Client state of French Republic)
|
6,200,000 | 0.6 |
17 | United States of America | 5,308,500 | 0.5 |
18 | Siam | 4,200,000 |
0.4 |
19 | Persia | 3,500,000 | 0.4 |
20 | Burma | 3,200,000 | 0.3 |
21 | Morocco[1] | 2,600,000 | - |
22 | Sweden [5] | 2,347,000 | 0.2 |
23 | Papal States[6] | 2,300,000 | 0.2 |
24 | Denmark–Norway[5]
|
2,200,000 | 0.2 |
25 | Emirate of Diriyah [1]
|
2,132,000 | 0.2 |
26 | Cambodia[1] | 2,090,000 | 0.2 |
27 | Sikh Empire | 1,500,000 | 0.2 |
28 | Grand Duchy of Tuscany[2] | 1,200,000 | 0.1 |
29 | Kingdom of Kandy | 482,000 | - |
30 | Kingdom of Sardinia [2] | 450,000 | - |
31 | Bhutan | 430,000 | - |
32 | Parma [2] | 400,000 | - |
33 | Sultanate of Oman[1]
|
363,000 | - |
34 | Republic of Lucca [2] | 120,000 | - |
35 | Gozo | 16,000 | - |
36 | Qatar[1] | 14,000 | - |
37 | Brunei | 12,000 | - |
38 | San Marino | 6,600 | - |
39 | Principality of Andorra | 5,000 | - |
40 | Anziku | ? | - |
41 | Aro | ? | - |
42 | Ashanti Empire | ? | - |
43 | Kingdom of Baguirmi | ? | - |
44 | Bamana Empire | ? | - |
45 | Baol | ? | - |
46 | Benin | ? | - |
47 | Alwar | ? | - |
48 | Bornu | ? | - |
49 | Sirmur State | ? | - |
50 | Buganda | ? | - |
51 | Bukhara | ? | - |
52 | Bunyoro | ? | - |
53 | Alirajpur | ? | - |
54 | Burundu | ? | - |
55 | Ahom Kingdom | ? | - |
56 | Durrani Empire | ? | - |
57 | Nawab of the Carnatic | ? | - |
58 | Sultanate of Lahej | ? | - |
59 | Cayor | ? | - |
60 | Champasak | ? | - |
61 | Cospaia | ? | - |
62 | Couto Misto | ? | - |
63 | Pashalik of Timbuktu (Under dominion of Tuareg people) | ? | - |
64 | Ethiopia | ? | - |
65 | Fiji | ? | - |
66 | Futa Jallon | ? | - |
67 | Garo | ? | - |
68 | Gomma | ? | - |
69 | Travancore | ? | - |
70 | Janjero | ? | - |
71 | Jimma | ? | - |
72 | Johor | ? | - |
73 | Jolof | ? | - |
74 | Kaabu | ? | - |
75 | Kaffa | ? | - |
76 | Kénédougou | ? | - |
77 | Khasso | ? | - |
78 | Khiva | ? | - |
79 | Kokand | ? | - |
80 | Kong | ? | - |
81 | Kongo | ? | - |
82 | Baté Empire | ? | - |
83 | Koya Temne | ? | - |
84 | Kuba | ? | - |
85 | Loango | ? | - |
86 | Luba | ? | - |
87 | Lunda | ? | - |
88 | Maldives | ? | - |
89 | Manipur (princely state) | ? | - |
90 | Mindanao | ? | - |
91 | Massina Empire | ? | - |
92 | Monaco | ? | - |
93 | Montenegro | ? | - |
94 | Mthethwa Paramountcy | ? | - |
95 | Nepal | ? | - |
96 | Ouaddai | ? | - |
97 | Oyo
|
? | - |
98 | Pahang | ? | - |
99 | Perak | ? | - |
100 | Rapa Nui | ? | - |
101 | Rwanda | ? | - |
102 | Aceh Sultanate | ? | - |
103 | Samoa | ? | - |
104 | Selangor | ? | - |
105 | Montenegro | ? | - |
106 | Kingdom of Sikkim | ? | - |
107 | Sulu | ? | - |
108 | Tahiti | ? | - |
109 | Tonga | ? | - |
110 | Upper Yafa | ? | - |
111 | Welayta | ? | - |
112 | Karnataka | ? | - |
113 | Sultanate of Darfur | ? | - |
114 | Imamate of Futa Toro | ? | - |
115 | Mossi Kingdoms | ? | - |
116 | Saloum | ? | - |
117 | Sultanate of Sennar) | ? | - |
118 | Shilluk Kingdom | ? | - |
119 | Kingdom of Sine | ? | - |
120 | Wadai Empire | ? | - |
121 | Sultanate of Kano | ? | - |
122 | Sultanate of Damagaram | ? | - |
123 | Waalo | ? | - |
124 | Dendi Kingdom | ? | - |
125 | Ankole | ? | - |
126 | Ajaigarh | ? | - |