Statistics for Largest Cities Throughout History

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Year	Population	Nation	City	% Correct
1315-1325 CE	500,000	Mamluk	Cairo	93%
340-500 CE	400,000	Rome, Eastern Rome	Constantinople	93%
1127 CE	200,000	Byzantine Empire	Constantinople	93%
1650-1700 CE	800,000	Ottoman Empire	Constantinople	93%
1153-1160 CE	200,000	Byzantine Empire	Constantinople	93%
1825-1914 CE	7,419,000	United Kingdom	London	93%
1950-2000 CE	26,400,000	Japan	Tokyo	93%
1710-1825 CE	1,350,000	Qing Empire	Beijing	91%
1425-1637 CE	706,000	Ming Empire	Beijing	91%
1925-1950 CE	12,463,000	United States	New York	91%
320 BCE	> 300,000	Kingdom of Ptolemy I Soter	Alexandria	87%
25 BCE -300 CE	600,000	Rome	Rome	85%
775-932 CE	1,100,000	Abbasid Caliphate	Baghdad	80%
612-400 BCE	200,000	Persia	Babylon	75%
1770-1700 BCE	60,000	Babylon	Babylon	75%
1358-1420 CE	487,000	Yuan Empire, Ming Empire	Jinling	67%
200-100 BCE	400,000	Han Empire	Chang'an	66%
637-700 CE	800,000	Tang Empire	Chang'an	66%
1205-1200 BCE	50,000	Egypt	Memphis	65%
3100-2250 BCE	>30,000	Egypt	Memphis	65%
1557-1500 BCE	Uncertain	Egypt	Memphis	65%
2030-1991 BCE	65,000	Ur	Ur	64%
935-1000 CE	350,000	Cordoban Caliphate	Cordoba	58%
1188-700 BCE*	120,000	Egypt	Thebes	51%
1400-1300 BCE	100,000	Egypt	Thebes	51%
1980-1800 BCE	>25,000	Egypt	Thebes	51%
1180-1300 CE	432,000	Southern Song Empire, Yuan Empire	Hangzhou	40%
1348-1350 CE	432,000	Yuan Empire	Hangzhou	40%
2240-2200 BCE	Uncertain	Akkadian Empire	Akkad	31%
668-650 BCE	120,000	Assyria	Nineveh	30%
1000 BCE	>50,000	Western Zhou	Chengzhou	26%
1170 CE	200,000	Almohad	Fez	23%
300-200 BCE	350,000	Maurya Empire	Pataliputra	21%
1145-1150 CE	200,000	Seljuq Empire	Merv	20%
570-622 CE	500,000	Sassanid Empire	Ctesiphon	18%
1013-1126 CE	442,000	Song Empire	Kaifeng	18%
1000 BCE	>50,000	Western Zhou	Haojing	11%
1670-1580 BCE	100,000	Egypt	Avaris	9%
3200 BCE	20,000	Egypt	Abydos	8%
2075-2059 BCE	50,000	Sumer	Girsu	7%