Average Population of Largest Cities in Modern Era
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First published: Saturday August 23rd, 2025
First published: Saturday August 23rd, 2025
The mean population of the top 7 most populous cities every ten years from 1511 to 2021, according to Ollie Bye's "The Largest Cities Throughout History: Each Year."
Exact data from spreadsheet used as necessary
Rounded to tens of thousands for populations less than a million or hundreds of thousands if a city has more than a million population
From 1800-1847, the video only shows the top 6 cities
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