First Countries to Reach 1 Million People

Can you name the modern-day countries that achieved a population of 1 million around or prior to 1000 B.C.E.?
Some dates are pure interpolations based off of population data for two years
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Est. Year
Country
9000 B.C.E.
Mexico
7000 B.C.E.
China
6800 B.C.E.
Brazil
6400 B.C.E.
India
4200 B.C.E.
Turkey
3500 B.C.E.
Iran
3000 B.C.E.
Egypt
2300 B.C.E.
Bangladesh
2200 B.C.E.
Peru
2100 B.C.E.
Pakistan
2000 B.C.E.
France
2000 B.C.E.
Spain
2000 B.C.E.
Italy
1500 B.C.E.
Indonesia
1300 B.C.E.
Algeria
1200 B.C.E.
Iraq
1200 B.C.E.
Sudan
1100 B.C.E.
Russia
1100 B.C.E.
Syria
1000 B.C.E.
Greece
1000 B.C.E.
Afghanistan
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