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World map from 1565 World map depicting 1555–1556. This is a list of countries by population in 1500.Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in that year.
Estimating population sizes before censuses were conducted is a difficult task. [1] ... Rome: Italy 100,000 [97] 150,000–160,000 ... 1500 1550 1575 Aachen: 15,000 [200]
1 World population estimates (1 C.E.) and growth rates (till 1000 C.E.) with 20 current countries 2 Alternative Estimates of the Regional Components of World Population, 1 C.E. (in thousands) 3 See also
Life expectancy at birth in the Roman Empire is estimated at about 22–33 years. [8] [notes 1] For the two-thirds to three-quarters of the population surviving the first year of life, [9] life expectancy at age 1 is estimated at around 34–41 remaining years (i.e. expected to live to age 35–42), while for the 55–65% surviving to age 5, life expectancy was around 40–45. [10]
These tables give an idea of estimated population at various dates from the earliest times to ... 1500 1600 1700 1800 Agrigento: ... Rome: 1,000,000 – 1,650,000 ...
Graph of world population over the past 12,000 years . As a general rule, the confidence of estimates on historical world population decreases for the more distant past. Robust population data exist only for the last two or three centuries. Until the late 18th century, few governments had ever performed an accurate census.
Historians believe the dramatic reduction in population (and, thus, in economic activity) contributed to Italy's downfall as a major commercial and political centre. [108] By one estimate, while in 1500 the GDP of Italy was 106% of the French GDP, by 1700 it was only 75% of it. [109]
With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km 2 (496.1 sq mi), [2] Rome is the country's most populated comune and the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome, with a population of 4,355,725 residents, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. [3]