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 ?