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 | ? | - |