Over the centuries, cities in Europe have changed a great deal, rising and falling in size and influence. These tables give an idea of estimated population at various dates from the earliest times to the most recent:
| City | 7000 | 6500 – 6000 | 5000 | 4000 | 3800 | 3000 – 2500 | 2000 | 1600 | 1300 | 1000 | 700 | 600 | 500 – 400 | 300 | 200 | 100 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | 10,000 – 15,000 | 2,500 – 5,000 | 5,000 – 10,000 | 70,000 – 100,000 – 130,000 | 150,000 – 350,000 – 610,000 | 120,000 – 200,000 – 300,000 – 431,000 | 100,000 – 200,000 | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] | |||||||||
| Argos | 600 – 1,200 | 5,000 – 10,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 | [3] [14] [22] [23] [24] [25] | |||||||||||||
| Aegina | 20,000 – 40,000 | [26] | |||||||||||||||
| Akrotiri | 8,000 – 15,000 – 30,000 | [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] | |||||||||||||||
| Agrigento | 200,000 – 800,000 | [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] | |||||||||||||||
| Avaricum | 40,000 [41] | ||||||||||||||||
| Bibracte | 30,000 [42] | ||||||||||||||||
| Cerveteri | 25,000 – 40,000 | [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] | |||||||||||||||
| Capua | 100,000 | 300,000 | 100,000 | [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] | |||||||||||||
| Choirokoitia | 300 – 600 | 2,000 | [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] | ||||||||||||||
| Corinth | 5,000 [61] | 50,000 – 90,000 – 100,000 | [62] [63] [64] | ||||||||||||||
| Crotone | 50,000 – 80,000 | [65] | |||||||||||||||
| Dobrovody | 10,000 – 16,000 | [66] [67] | |||||||||||||||
| Dimini | 300 | [68] | |||||||||||||||
| Durrington Walls | 4,000 | [69] [70] [71] | |||||||||||||||
| Fedorivka | 6,000 | [67] | |||||||||||||||
| Gournia | 4,000 | [72] [73] | |||||||||||||||
| Heuneburg | 10,000 | [74] [75] [76] [77] | |||||||||||||||
| Ischia | 5,000 – 10,000 | [78] [79] [80] | |||||||||||||||
| Knossos | 100 | 1,000 | 1,300 – 2,000 | 18,000 | 20,000 – 40,000 – 100,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 – 10,000 | [3] [14] [27] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] | |||||||||
| Lepenski Vir | 150 – 1,000 | [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] | |||||||||||||||
| Mycenae | 20,000 [94] | 30,000 – 35,000 | [87] [95] | ||||||||||||||
| Manika (Greece) | 6000 – 15,000 | [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] | |||||||||||||||
| Malia | 700 – 1,000 | 5,000 – 10,000 – 12.500 | [27] | ||||||||||||||
| Maidanetske | 10,000 – 29,000 – 46,000 | [66] [102] [103] | |||||||||||||||
| Nea Nikomedeia | 500 – 700 | [104] | |||||||||||||||
| Okolište | 1000 – 3000 | [102] | |||||||||||||||
| Palaikastro | 18,000 | [27] [105] | |||||||||||||||
| Populonia | 25,000 – 40,000 | [45] [46] [106] [107] | |||||||||||||||
| Tarquinia | 20,000 – 25,000 – 40,000 | [45] [46] [106] [107] | |||||||||||||||
| Vinča-Belo Brdo | 2000 – 2500 | [108] [109] | |||||||||||||||
| Veii | 25,000 – 40,000 – 100,000 | [45] [46] [106] [107] [110] [111] [112] | |||||||||||||||
| Volsinii | 13,000 – 25,000 – 40,000 | [45] [46] [106] [107] | |||||||||||||||
| Vulci | 15,000 – 25,000 – 40,000 | [45] [46] [106] [107] | |||||||||||||||
| Sesklo | 300 | 1000 – 5000 | [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] | ||||||||||||||
| Sparta | 40,000 – 50,000 | [2] [118] | |||||||||||||||
| Syracuse, Sicily | 200,000 – 800,000 – 1,200,000 | 200,000 – 400,000 | [40] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] | ||||||||||||||
| Sybaris | 100,000 – 300,000 | [126] [65] [127] [128] [129] [130] | |||||||||||||||
| Solnitsata | 350 | [131] [132] | |||||||||||||||
| Tiryns | 1,200 – 1,800 | 10,000 | 15,000 | [133] [134] [62] | |||||||||||||
| Nebelivka | 17,000 | [67] | |||||||||||||||
| Taranto | 100,000 – 300,000 | [53] [135] [136] | |||||||||||||||
| Talianky | 15,000 – 30,000 | [67] [137] [138] [139] | |||||||||||||||
| Thebes, Greece | 4,000 – 6,000 | 8,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 | [140] [141] [142] [143] [144] | |||||||||||||
| Los Millares | 1,000 – 2,300 | [145] [146] [147] | |||||||||||||||
| Pavlopetri | 500 | 2,000 | [148] [149] | ||||||||||||||
| Rome | 3,145 – 7,400 | 24,240 – 60,600 | 80,000 | 130,000 | 250,000 – 300,000 | 350,000 | 500,000 – 1,000,000 | [53] [150] [151] [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [157] [158] [159] [160] [161] | |||||||||
| Rhodes | 100,000 – 200,000 | 100,000 | [20] [21] [162] | ||||||||||||||
| City | 1 – 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | 1000 | 1100 | 1200 | 1300 | 1400 | 1500 | 1600 | 1700 | 1800 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrigento | 50,000 | [163] | |||||||||||||||||
| Athens | 30,000 – 90,000 | 110,000 | 25,000 | 35,000 – 50,000 | 40,000 | [164] [165] [166] [167] | |||||||||||||
| Aquileia | 12,000 – 100,000 | 100,000 | [168] [169] [170] | ||||||||||||||||
| Augsburg | 25,000 – 50,000 | 25,000 – 50,000 | 12,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 | 45,000 – 50,000 – 100,000 | 26,000 | 28,000 – 32,000 | [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] | ||||||||||
| Amalfi | 80,000 | [178] | |||||||||||||||||
| Antwerp | 5,000 | 20,000 | 100,000 – 200,000 | 46,000 – 90,000 | 75,000 | [179] [180] [181] [182] [183] | |||||||||||||
| Arles | 75,000 – 100,000 | [184] [185] [186] | |||||||||||||||||
| Autun | 40,000 – 100,000 | [187] [188] [189] | |||||||||||||||||
| Amsterdam | 30,000 | 65,000 – 100,000 – 175,000 | 175,000 – 200,000 – 210,000 | 195,000 – 201,000 | [182] [190] [191] [192] | ||||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 50,000 | 60,000 – 70,000 | 100,000 | [192] [193] [194] [195] | |||||||||||||||
| Bruges | 50,000 | 125,000 – 200,000 | [196] [197] | ||||||||||||||||
| Bucharest | 60,000 | 50,000 | [198] | ||||||||||||||||
| Brussels | 30,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 70,000 | [181] [191] [199] | ||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | 15,000 | 30,000 – 40,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | [200] [201] [202] [166] [170] | ||||||||||||||
| Berlin | 6,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 | 172,000 | [191] [203] | ||||||||||||||
| Bologna | 35,000 | 50,000 – 70,000 | [166] [204] [205] | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolgar | 25,000 – 30,000 | 50,000 | [198] | ||||||||||||||||
| Capua | 30,000 | [170] | |||||||||||||||||
| Carnuntum | 12,000 – 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | [206] [207] [208] | |||||||||||||||
| Cádiz | 100,000 | 87,000 | [189] [209] | ||||||||||||||||
| Corinth | 100,000 – 200,000 – 700,000 | 45,000 + in 856 AD. [210] | [62] [211] [212] [213] [214] | ||||||||||||||||
| Constantinople/ Istanbul | 12,000 | 400,000 | 400,000 – 800,000 | 100,000 – 800,000 | 100,000 – 800,000 | 100,000 – 250,000 | 500,000 – 1,000,000 | 500,000 | 300,000 | 400,000 | 70,000 | 100,000 | 400,000 – 660,000 | 700,000 | 300,000 – 700,000 | 400,000 – 570,000 | [215] [216] [217] [218] [219] [220] [221] [222] [223] [224] [166] [167] | ||
| Córdoba | 45,000 | 350,000 | 60,000 | [189] [204] [225] | |||||||||||||||
| Cologne | 40,000 | 40,000 | 15,000 – 20,000 | 21,000 | 20,000 | 21,000 – 50,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 40,000 | 45,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | [205] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] | ||||||
| Gdańsk | 30,000 | 60,000 – 80,000 | [171] [231] | ||||||||||||||||
| Dublin | 1,000 – 2,000 | 4,000 – 5,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 75,000 | 200,000 | [232] [233] [234] [235] | ||||||||||||
| Edirne (Adrianople) | 10,000 | 28,000 | 125,000 | 160,000 – 183,000 | 93,000 | 100,000 | [198] | ||||||||||||
| Feodosia | 40,000 | 85,000 – 88,000 | 50,000 | 40,000 | 36,000 – 44,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||
| Florence | 15,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 80,000 – 120,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | [236] [182] [205] [226] [237] [238] | |||||||||||||
| Gela | 30,000 | [163] | |||||||||||||||||
| Genoa | 80,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | 90,000 | [236] [182] [205] [239] [240] [241] | |||||||||||
| Ghent | 5,000 | 10,000 | 60,000 – 80,000 | 70,000 – 80,000 | 80,000 – 150,000 – 175,000 – 200,000 | [180] [196] [242] [243] [244] [245] [246] [247] [193] | |||||||||||||
| Gortyna | 22,500 | [248] | |||||||||||||||||
| Granada | 26,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 70,000 | [249] [250] [200] | ||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | 8,000 | 15,000 – 20,000 | 40,000 – 60,000 – 100,000 | 63,000 – 75,000 | 117,000 – 130,000 | [171] [173] [177] [231] [191] [251] | |||||||||||||
| Kyiv | 10,000 | 18,000 | [252] [253] | ||||||||||||||||
| Lisbon | 35,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 60,000 – 70,000 – 120,000 | 120,000 – 140,000 | 200,000 | 237,000 | [209] [254] [255] [256] | ||||||||||||
| London | 30,000 | 45,000 – 50,000 – 60,000 | 10,000 – 12,000 | 20,000 – 25,000 | 10,000 – 20,000 | 20,000 – 25,000 | 50,000 – 100,000 | 50,000 – 100,000 – 120,000 | 225,000 – 410,000 | 550,000 – 700,000 | 861,000 – 1,000,000 | [224] [257] [258] [259] [260] [261] [262] [263] [264] | |||||||
| Lugdunum (Lyon) | 50,000 – 100,000 – 200,000 | 50,000 – 100,000 – 200,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 | 100,000 | 150,000 | [231] [265] [205] [266] [267] [268] [269] [270] | ||||||||||
| Leuven | 45,000 | [271] | |||||||||||||||||
| Lublin | 40,000 – 70,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||||||
| Lübeck | 6,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 – 37,000 | 32,000 | 24,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||
| Madrid | 60,000 | 105,000 | 182,000 | [231] [191] [251] | |||||||||||||||
| Magdeburg | 30,000 | 40,000 – 45,000 | [171] [230] | ||||||||||||||||
| Marseille | 15,000 | 80,000 – 100,000 | 80,000 | 83,000 – 100,000 | [231] [191] [192] [251] [166] [170] | ||||||||||||||
| Mainz | 15,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 25,000 | 24,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 – 42,000 | [272] [166] [170] | |||||||||||
| Messina | 100,000 | [190] [251] [273] | |||||||||||||||||
| Milan | 30,000 – 40,000 | 40,000 | 100,000 | 90,000 | 200,000 | 125,000 | 100,000 | 180,000 | 113,000 | 122,000 – 250,000 | [50] [236] [274] [189] [191] [240] [251] [275] [276] [277] [278] [170] | ||||||||
| Metz | 40,000 | 25,000 | 40,000 | [265] [269] [279] | |||||||||||||||
| Montpellier | 30,000 – 40,000 | 15,000 | 40,000 | [265] [280] | |||||||||||||||
| Moscow | 20,000 – 30,000 | 30,000 – 40,000 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 270,000 | [281] [282] | ||||||||||||
| Narbonne | 20,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 | 31,000 | [187] [205] [166] [170] | |||||||||||||||
| Naples | 30,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 200,000 | 350,000 | 207,000 | 500,000 | [236] [191] [205] [283] [284] [285] [286] [287] [288] [289] | |||||||||
| Nimes | 40,000 – 60,000 | 40,000 | [265] [290] [291] [292] [293] | ||||||||||||||||
| Nuremberg | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 – 52,000 | 40,000 – 50,000 – 100,000 | 27,000 | [173] [175] [177] [251] [294] [295] [296] | ||||||||||||
| Ostia Antica | 20,000 – 50,000 – 100,000 | 50,000 – 100,000 | [297] [298] [299] [300] [301] [302] | ||||||||||||||||
| Ohrid | 40,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||||||
| Palermo | 60,000 – 350,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 124,000 | 135,000 | [303] [190] [191] [304] [256] | |||||||||||
| Paris | 8,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 – 30,000 | 20,000 – 30,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 | 110,000 – 160,000 | 228,000 – 275,000 – 300,000 | 280,000 | 225,000 | 245,000 – 420,000 | 515,000 | 546,000 – 830,000 | [205] [224] [305] [306] [307] [265] [308] [309] [166] [310] | |||||
| Padua | 25,000 – 40,000 | 25,000 – 40,000 | 25,000 – 40,000 | 40,000 | [166] [311] | ||||||||||||||
| Philippi | 10,000 – 100,000 | [312] [167] | |||||||||||||||||
| Pliska | 44,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||||||
| Plovdiv | 20,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||||
| Pozzuoli | 30,000 – 100,000 | [50] [313] [174] [170] | |||||||||||||||||
| Pskov | 35,000 | 52,000 – 60,000 | [198] | ||||||||||||||||
| Preslav | 60,000 | 60,000 | [314] | ||||||||||||||||
| Prague | 10,000 [315] | 22,000 | 40,000 – 77,000 | 95,000 – 100,000 | 70,000 | 100,000 | 48,000 | 77,000 – 100,000 | [316] [191] [317] | ||||||||||
| Regensburg | 25,000 | 40,000 | [274] [269] | ||||||||||||||||
| Reims | 30,000 – 50,000 | 30,000 | [187] [265] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rome | 1,000,000 – 1,650,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,100,000 | 100,000 | 90,000 | 40,000 – 50,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 – 55,000 | 90,000 – 110,000 | 120,000 – 150,000 | 150,000 | [150] [151] [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [157] [158] [182] [215] [318] [319] [320] [321] [322] [323] [166] [170] | ||||
| Ravenna | 50,000 | 50,000 | [184] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rhodes | 40,000 | [167] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rouen | 10,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 70,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 | 63,000 | 80,000 – 90,000 | [191] [265] [269] [270] [317] [324] [325] | ||||||||||
| Saint Petersburg | 100,000+ | 220,000 – 425,000 | [192] [326] | ||||||||||||||||
| Salerno | 50,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 4,000 | [205] [304] | ||||||||||||||
| Smolensk | 20,000 – 30,000 – 40,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 64,000 | 40,000 | [327] [328] | |||||||||||||
| Sarai | 100,00 – 600,000 | [329] | |||||||||||||||||
| Speyer | 30,000+ | 30,000 | 20,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||||
| Seville | 90,000 | 150,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 – 300,000 | 80,000 | 96,000 | [330] [190] [191] [200] | ||||||||||||
| Siena | 50,000 – 120,000 [331] | 25,000 | [332] | ||||||||||||||||
| Stara Zagora | 35,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 38,000 | [198] | ||||||||||||||
| Syracuse, Sicily | 80,000 – 90,000 | [189] [163] | |||||||||||||||||
| Thessaloniki | 30,000 – 200,000 | 50,000 | 40,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 – 150,000 | 100,000 – 150,000 | [252] [333] [334] [335] [336] [337] [166] [167] | |||||||||||
| Trakai | 50,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||||||
| Trnovo | 48,000 | 35,000 | [198] | ||||||||||||||||
| Targoviste | 25,000 – 40,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 | [198] | |||||||||||||||
| Trier | 70,000 – 80,000 – 100,000 | 70,000 – 80,000 – 100,000 | 15,000 | 20,000 | [205] [269] [338] [339] [340] [184] | ||||||||||||||
| Toulouse | 20,000 | 40,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 24,000 | 50,000 | 43,000 | 50,000 | [341] [271] [265] [342] [343] [344] [345] | |||||||||
| Venice | 60,000 | 80,000 | 110,000 – 180,000 | 110,000 – 150,000 | 100,000 – 170,000 | 200,000 | 140,000 | 140,000 | [236] [274] [238] [239] [346] | ||||||||||
| Verona | 20,000 – 25,000 | 40,000 | [347] [348] | ||||||||||||||||
| Veliky Novgorod | 10,000 – 15,000 – 18,000 | 20,000 – 30,000 – 40,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 – 400,000 | 50,000 | [349] [350] [351] [352] | ||||||||||||||
| Vienna | 15,000 – 20,000 | 15,000 – 20,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 | 24,000 | 45,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 – 60,000 | 100,000 – 113,000 | 250,000 | [171] [177] [231] [191] [296] [208] [353] [354] | |||||||||
| Worms | 28,000 – 60,000 | 20,000 | [198] | ||||||||||||||||
| Ypres | 40,000 – 80,000 – 200,000 | 40,000 – 80,000 – 200,000 | [205] [201] [355] [356] [357] [358] [359] [360] | ||||||||||||||||
| Zadar | 30,000 | [361] |
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| City | Country | 430 B.C. | 200 B.C. | A.D. 100 | A.D. 361 | A.D. 500 | A.D. 622 |
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| Seville | Spain | 37–40,000 | 40,000 | ||||
| London | United Kingdom | 30,000 | |||||
| Syracuse | Italy | 125,000 | 100,000 | 51–60,000 | 45–50,000 | ||
| Rome | Italy | 35,000 | 150,000 | 450,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 50,000 |
| Milan | Italy | 30,000 | 40,000 | ||||
| Athens | Greece | 155,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 50–60,000 | ||
| Corinth | Greece | 70,000 | 70,000 | 50,000 | |||
| Constantinople | Turkey | 36,000 | 300,000 | 400,000 | 350,000 | ||
| City | Country | 800 | 900 | 1000 | 1100 | 1150 | 1200 | 1250 | 1300 | 1350 | 1400 | 1450 | 1500 | 1550 | 1575 | 1600 | 1650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom | 15,000 | 25,000 | 40,000 | 45,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 50,000 | 74,000 | 112,000 | 187,000 | 410,000 | |||||
| Lisbon | Portugal | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 35,000 | 45,000 | 55,000 | 60,000 | 55,000 | 62,000 | 85,000 | 100,000 | 170,000 | ||||
| Córdoba | Spain | 160,000 | 200,000 | 450,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 40,000 | 36,000 | 30,000 | 32,000 | ||||||
| Seville | Spain | 35,000 | 40,000 | 90,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | 150,000 | 75,000 | 90,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 46,000 | 70,000 | 100,000 | 126,000 | 60,000 |
| Granada | Spain | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 75,000 | 90,000 | 60,000 | 90,000 | 165,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | 60,000 | 68,000 | ||||
| Madrid | Spain | 80,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Paris | France | 25,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 | 110,000 | 160,000 | 228,000 | 215,000 | 280,000 | 150,000 | 185,000 | 210,000 | 220,000 | 245,000 | 455,000 | |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | 48,000 | 165,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Rome | Italy | 50,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 30,000 | 33,000 | 38,000 | 58,000 | 70,000 | 102,000 | 110,000 | ||||
| Turin | Italy | 25,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 35,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 75,000 | 114,000 | 209,000 | 215,000 | 224,000 | 265,000 | |||
| Milan | Italy | 25,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 42,000 | 45,000 | 60,000 | 65,000 | 60,000 | 50,000 | 80,000 | 83,000 | 89,000 | 75,000 | 98,000 | 107,000 | 105,000 |
| Palermo | Italy | 35,000 | 75,000 | 90,000 | 125,000 | 150,000 | 75,000 | 35,000 | 25,000 | 39,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | 105,000 | 132,000 | |||
| Venice | Italy | 35,000 | 45,000 | 55,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | 90,000 | 110,000 | 85,000 | 110,000 | 100,000 | 115,000 | 171,000 | 157,000 | 151,000 | 134,000 | |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | 15,000 | 22,000 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 55,000 | 76,000 | 80,000 | 84,000 | 90,000 | 110,000 | ||||||
| Prague | Czech Republic | 25,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 33,000 | ||||||||||||
| Constantinople/ Istanbul | Turkey | 250,000 | 300,000 | 300,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 80,000 | 75,000 | 45,000 | 200,000 | 660,000 | 680,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 |
| Smolensk | Russia | 80,000 | 100,000 | 120,000 | |||||||||||||
| Moscow | Russia | 30,000 | 80,000 | 75,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||
| City | Country | 1675 | 1700 | 1750 | 1775 | 1800 | 1825 | 1850 | 1862 | 1875 | 1900 | 1914 | 1925 | 1936 | 1950 | 1975 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom | 485,000 | 550,000 | 676,000 | 710,000 | 861,000 | 1,335,000 | 2,320,000 | 2,803,000 | 4,241,000 | 6,480,000 | 7,419,000 | 7,742,000 | 9,710,000 | 8,860,000 | 10,500,000 |
| Lisbon | Portugal | 178,000 | 188,000 | 213,000 | 219,000 | 237,000 | 258,000 | 262,000 | 280,000 | 243,000 | 363,000 | 455,000 | 567,000 | 875,000 | 1,600,000 | |
| Córdoba | Spain | 27,000 | 28,000 | 34,000 | 52,000 | |||||||||||
| Seville | Spain | 80,000 | 68,000 | 96,000 | 83,000 | 117,000 | 148,000 | 212,000 | 383,000 | 685,000 | ||||||
| Granada | Spain | 35,000 | 45,000 | 53,000 | 58,000 | 75,000 | ||||||||||
| Madrid | Spain | 115,000 | 105,000 | 110,000 | 132,000 | 182,000 | 201,000 | 216,000 | 303,000 | 373,000 | 539,000 | 623,000 | 791,000 | 1,220,000 | 1,527,000 | 4,150,000 |
| Paris | France | 540,000 | 530,000 | 556,000 | 600,000 | 547,000 | 855,000 | 1,314,000 | 1,800,000 | 2,250,000 | 3,330,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,800,000 | 5,950,000 | 5,900,000 | 9,400,000 |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | 195,000 | 210,000 | 219,000 | 209,000 | 195,000 | 196,000 | 225,000 | 268,000 | 289,000 | 510,000 | 601,000 | 718,000 | 859,000 | 1,800,000 | |
| Rome | Italy | 105,000 | 138,000 | 146,000 | 148,000 | 142,000 | 125,000 | 158,000 | 194,000 | 251,000 | 438,000 | 570,000 | 758,000 | 1,155,000 | 1,665,000 | 3,600,000 |
| Naples | Italy | 170,000 | 207,000 | 310,000 | 355,000 | 430,000 | 350,000 | 413,000 | 447,000 | 450,000 | 563,000 | 691,000 | 852,000 | 1,210,000 | 1,900,000 | |
| Milan | Italy | 114,000 | 113,000 | 110,000 | 117,000 | 122,000 | 156,000 | 182,000 | 226,000 | 267,000 | 491,000 | 655,000 | 917,000 | 1,103,000 | 1,400,000 | 3,800,000 |
| Palermo | Italy | 128,000 | 125,000 | 111,000 | 127,000 | 135,000 | 154,000 | 170,000 | 175,000 | 188,000 | 255,000 | 370,000 | 470,000 | 672,000 | ||
| Venice | Italy | 138,000 | 143,000 | 158,000 | 151,000 | 146,000 | 99,000 | 141,000 | 171,000 | 226,000 | 354,000 | |||||
| Berlin | Germany | 26,000 | 113,000 | 136,000 | 172,000 | 222,000 | 446,000 | 582,000 | 1,045,000 | 2,707,000 | 3,500,000 | 4,013,000 | 4,226,000 | 3,707,000 | 2,000,000 | |
| Budapest | Hungary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 309,208 | 733,385 | 880,371 | 960,995 | 1,060,431 | 1,629,000 | 2,026,543 |
| Prague | Czech Republic | 48,000 | 58,000 | 77,000 | 98,000 | 117,000 | 474,000 | 670,000 | 745,000 | 951,000 | 1,275,000 | |||||
| Copenhagen | Denmark | 30,000 | 181,000 | 571,000 | 1,140,000 | 3,300,000 | ||||||||||
| Istanbul | Turkey | 750,000 | 700,000 | 625,000 | 600,000 | 570,000 | 675,000 | 785,000 | 820,000 | 873,000 | 900,000 | 1,125,000 | 817,000 | 1,035,000 | 3,200,000 | |
| Edirne | Turkey | 100,000 | 85,000 | 82,000 | 80,000 | 88,000 | 85,000 | |||||||||
| Moscow | Russia | 105,000 | 114,000 | 146,000 | 177,000 | 248,000 | 257,000 | 373,000 | 346,000 | 600,000 | 1,120,000 | 1,805,000 | 1,764,000 | 4,050,000 | 5,100,000 | 10,700,000 |
| Saint Petersburg | Russia | 74,000 | 164,000 | 220,000 | 438,000 | 502,000 | 565,000 | 764,000 | 1,439,000 | 2,133,000 | 1,430,000 | 2,983,000 | 2,700,000 | 4,280,000 | ||