Top 20 Countries by Population Throughout History

Name the top 20 countries by population in different time periods. Colonies, vassals, and subdivisions are not counted as individual countries and will be added to the parent country’s total. Source: Wikipedia

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Rank	1500
1	Ming China
2	Holy Roman Empire
3	Delhi Sultanate
4	Mali
5	Ottoman Empire
6	Vijayanagara Empire
7	France
8	Bengal Sultanate
9	Inca
10	Songhai
11	Spain
12	Japan
13	Joseon
14	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
15	Muscovy
16	Aztec
17	Egypt
18	Dai Viet
19	Hungary
20	Morocco

Rank	1600
1	Ming China
2	Moghul Hindustan
3	Holy Roman Empire
4	Iberian Union
5	Ottoman Empire
6	France
7	Morocco
8	Japan
9	Russia
10	Habsburg
11	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
12	Joseon
13	Iran
14	England
15	Dai Viet
16	Malla
17	Burma
18	Northern Yuan
19	Siam
20	Ethiopia

Rank	1700
1	Moghul Hindustan
2	Qing China
3	Holy Roman Empire
4	Japan
5	Ottoman Empire
6	Spain
7	France
8	Russia
9	Joseon
10	Iran
11	Habsburg
12	United Kingdom
13	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
14	Dai Viet
15	Morocco
16	Nepal
17	Sweden
18	Siam
19	Portugal
20	Venice

Rank	1800
1	Qing China
2	Maratha
3	France
4	United Kingdom
5	Holy Roman Empire
6	Russia
7	Japan
8	Ottoman Empire
9	Spain
10	Habsburg
11	Joseon
12	Prussia
13	Carnatic Sultanate
14	Portugal
15	Dai Viet
16	Naples and Sicily
17	Batavia
18	Iran
19	United States
20	Morocco

Rank	1900
1	United Kingdom
2	Qing China
3	Russia
4	United States
5	France
6	Germany
7	Netherlands
8	Austria-Hungary
9	Japan
10	Italy
11	Ottoman Empire
12	Spain
13	Brazil
14	Korea
15	Belgium
16	Mexico
17	Portugal
18	Ethiopia
19	Iran
20	Philippines

Rank	1939
1	United Kingdom
2	Japan
3	China
4	Soviet Union
5	United States
6	France
7	Germany
8	Netherlands
9	Italy
10	Brazil
11	Poland
12	Spain
13	Belgium
14	Romania
15	Mexico
16	Portugal
17	Turkey
18	Yugoslavia
19	Siam
20	Iran

Rank	1989
1	China
2	India
3	Soviet Union
4	United States
5	Indonesia
6	Brazil
7	Japan
8	Nigeria
9	Bangladesh
10	Pakistan
11	Mexico
12	Vietnam
13	United Kingdom
14	West Germany
15	Philippines
16	Italy
17	France
18	Turkey
19	Egypt
20	Thailand

Rank	2000
1	China
2	India
3	United States
4	Indonesia
5	Brazil
6	Russia
7	Pakistan
8	Bangladesh
9	Japan
10	Nigeria
11	Mexico
12	Germany
13	Vietnam
14	Ethiopia
15	Philippines
16	Egypt
17	Turkey
18	Iran
19	Thailand
20	France

Rank	2010
1	China
2	India
3	United States
4	Indonesia
5	Brazil
6	Pakistan
7	Nigeria
8	Bangladesh
9	Russia
10	Japan
11	Mexico
12	Philippines
13	Vietnam
14	Ethiopia
15	Germany
16	Egypt
17	Iran
18	Turkey
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo
20	Thailand

Rank	2022
1	China
2	India
3	United States
4	Indonesia
5	Pakistan
6	Brazil
7	Nigeria
8	Bangladesh
9	Russia
10	Mexico
11	Japan
12	Ethiopia
13	Philippines
14	Egypt
15	Vietnam
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo
17	Iran
18	Turkey
19	Germany
20	France

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