This is a list of countries by population in 1600. 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. The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Alexander V. Avakov's ''Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1'', pages 15 to 17, which cover population figures from the year 1600 divided into modern borders. Avakov, in turn, cites a variety of sources, mostly
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The source used here calculates the said nations population by modern day borders, so the estimates are likely inaccurate.
See also
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List of countries by population
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List of countries by population in 1000
This is a list of countries by population in 1000. The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Alexander V. Avakov's ''Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics'', Volume 1, pages 12 to 14, which cover population figures from the year 1000 divide ...
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List of countries by population in 1500
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. The bulk of these numbers are sourced fro ...
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List of countries by population in 1700
This is a list of countries by population in 1700. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in the 1700s. The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Al ...
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List of countries by population in 1800
This is a list of countries by population in 1800. Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1800 (which were on various dates in that year). The ...
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List of countries by population in 1900
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List of countries by population in 1907
This is a list of countries by population in 1907. Due to the existence of many colonial empires in 1907, dependent territories are counted under the overall empire's total and not independently if they are under de facto control.
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Notes
References
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*Kurt Witthauer. Bevölkerung der Erde (1958)
*Calendario atlante de Agostini, anno 99 (2003)
*The Columbia gazetteer of the world (1998)
*Britannica book of the year : world data (1997)
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In the Gregorian calendar, it was the last century leap year until the year 2000.
Events
January–June
* January 1 – Scotland adopts January 1 as New Year's Day instead of March 25.
* January
** Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of T ...