Rank
Country/Territory
Population c. 1800 estimate
-
World
978,000,000
1
Qing Empire
328,000,000
2
British Empire
Bengal Presidency
35,801,000
Madras Presidency
17,900,000
Kingdom of Great Britain
10,000,000
Bombay Presidency
9,174,000
Kingdom of Ireland
5,200,000
Kingdom of Mysore
1,969,000
Canada (Upper & Lower )
600,000
Hawaii
250,000
Jamaica
250,000
Barbados
81,000
Guyana
50,000
Grenada
20,000
Trinidad & Tabago
17,643
Belize
15,000
The Bahamas
8,000
Australia
5,217
Bermuda
4,000
Hyderabad State
?
Hannover
?
Oudh State
?
Gwalior State
?
Baroda State
?
115,000,000
3
Maratha Empire
75,000,000
4
French Republic
French First Republic
26,758,000
Belgium
4,000,000
Ligurian Republic
2,011,000
Helvetic Republic
1,600,000
Cisrhenian Republic
1,600,000
Cisalpine Republic
1,300,000
Saint-Domingue
657,000
French India
175,000
Mauritius
52,000
Louisiana
44,116
French Guiana
14,500
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
?
38,238,000
5
Russian Empire
Ukraine
7,800,000
Romania
1,770,000
Russian Poland
1,200,000
Finland
1,000,000
Latvia
725,000
Estonia
650,000
Lithuania
600,000
Georgia
495,000
Septinsular Republic
120,000
Wallachia
?
35,500,000
6
Tokugawa shogunate
Ryūkyū - ?
29,000,000
7
Ottoman Empire
Anatolia - 9,800,000
Egypt Eyalet - 4,200,000
Beylik of Tunis - 2,500,00
Bulgaria - 1,900,000
Ottoman Tripolitania - 1,000,000
Iraq - 1,000,000
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Algeria - 875,000
Greece - 820,000
Habesh Eyalet - 800,000
Serbia - 750,000
Syria - 500,000
Sidon Eyalet - 400,000
Albania - 400,000
Palestine - 275,000
Moldavia || 285,000
Septinsular Republic - 120,000
Ottoman Cyprus - 64,000
Wallachia - ?
Bosnia Eyalet - ?
Ottoman Crete - ?
25,689,000
8
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Spain - 10,541,000
New Spain - 5,945,000
New Granada - 2,300,000
Río de la Plata - 2,082,000
Philippines - 1,800,000
Peru - 1,400,000
Chile - 800,000
Guatemala - 425,000
Cuba - 300,000
Puerto Rico - 136,000
Louisiana - 44,116
Yucatán - ?
Provincias Internas - ?
24,710,115
9
Holy Roman Empire
Electorate of Bavaria - 3,200,000
Kingdom of Bohemia - 2,810,000
Archduchy of Austria - 1,820,000
Margraviate of Brandenburg - 1,500,000
Württemberg - 1,350,000
Margraviate of Moravia - 1,260,000
Saxony - 1,050,000
Margraviate of Baden - 912,000
Duchy of Styria - 800,000
Imperial Free City of Trieste - 40,000
Thuringian states - 612,000
County of Tyrol - 610,000
Hesse-Darmstadt - 520,000
Duchy of Carniola - 400,000
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - 318,000
Duchy of Carinthia - 300,000
Nassau - 270,000
Austrian Silesia - 250,000
Bishopric of Würzburg - 250,000
Oldenburg - 159,000
Luxembourg - 140,000
Reuss Elder Line - 76,308
Principality of Lippe - 70,540
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - 70,000
Anhalt-Dessau - 52,000
Arenberg - 48,000
Anhalt-Bernburg - 35,000
Anhalt-Köthen - 33,000
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe - 20,132
Liechtenstein - 5,400
Archbishopric of Salzburg - ?
Hannover - ?
Mainz - ?
Trier - ?
Cologne - ?
Electoral Palatinate - ?
Brunswick-Luneburg - ?
Saxe-Lauenburg - ?
Münster - ?
Magdeburg - ?
Hamburg - ?
Hesse-Homburg - ?
Lübeck - ?
Schleswig - ?
Holstein - ?
Bishopric of Lübeck - ?
24,000,000
10
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of Hungary - 6,300,000
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria - 3,900,000
Kingdom of Bohemia - 2,810,000
Venetian Province - 1,845,000
Archduchy of Austria - 1,820,000
Principality of Transylvania - 1,500,000
Margraviate of Moravia - 1,260,000
Kingdom of Croatia - 850,000
Duchy of Styria - 800,000
County of Tyrol - 610,000
Duchy of Carniola - 400,000
Duchy of Carinthia - 300,000
Dalmatia - 300,000
Austrian Silesia - 250,000
Duchy of Bukovina - 130,000
Imperial Free City of Trieste - 40,000
Kingdom of Slavonia - ?
23,145,000
11
Joseon
13,200,000
12
Kingdom of Prussia
Margraviate of Brandenburg - 1,500,000
9,500,000
13
Portuguese Empire
Portugal - 2,970,000
Viceroyalty of Brazil - 3,600,000
Timor - 300,000
Portuguese India - 210,000
Cape Verde - ?
Mozambique - ?
Angola - ?
Guinea - ?
7,010,000
14
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of Naples - 5,000,000
Kingdom of Sicily - 1,700,000
6,700,000
15
Annam
6.500,000
16
Dutch Empire (Client state of French Republic )
Dutch East Indies - 4,200,000
Batavian Republic - 1,850,000
Surinam - 54,000
Bengal - ?
Coromandel - ?
Suratte - ?
Gold Coast - ?
Curaçao and Dependencies - ?
Aruba - ?
Dutch India - ?
6,200,000
17
United States of America
5,308,500
18
Siam
4,200,000
19
Persia
3,500,000
20
Burma
3,200,000
21
Sweden
2,347,000
22
Papal States
2,300,000
23
Denmark–Norway
Denmark - 929,000
Norway - 883,000
Iceland - 46,000
Danish West Indies - 40,000
Greenland - 5,000
Schleswig - ?
Holstein - ?
Danish India - ?
1,850,000
24
Sikh Empire
1,500,000
25
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
1,200,000
26
Kingdom of Kandy
482,000
27
Piedmont-Sardinia
450,000
28
Bhutan
430,000
29
Parma
400,000
30
Sultanate of Oman
Oman - 200,000
Bahrain - 15,000
215,000
31
Republic of Ragusa
30,000
32
Republic of Lucca
15,000
33
Brunei
12,000
34
San Marino
6,600
35
Principality of Andorra
5,000
36
Travancore
?
37
Cambodia
?
38
Baté Empire
?
39
Ankole
?
40
Ajaigarh
?
41
Anziku
?
42
Aro
?
43
Ashanti Empire
?
44
Kingdom of Baguirmi
?
45
Bamana Empire
?
46
Baol
?
47
Benin
?
48
Alwar
?
49
Bornu
?
50
Sirmur State
?
51
Buganda
?
52
Bukhara
?
53
Bunyoro
?
54
Alirajpur
?
55
Burundu
?
56
Ahom Kingdom
?
57
Durrani Empire
?
58
Nawab of the Carnatic
?
59
Sultanate of Lahej
?
60
Cayor
?
61
Champasak
?
62
Cospaia
?
63
Couto Misto
?
64
Pashalik of Timbuktu (Under dominion of Tuareg people )
?
65
Ethiopia
?
66
Fiji
?
67
Futa Jallon
?
68
Garo
?
69
Gomma
?
70
Gozo
?
71
Janjero
?
72
Jimma
?
73
Johor
?
74
Jolof
?
75
Kaabu
?
76
Kaffa
?
77
Kénédougou
?
78
Khasso
?
79
Khiva
?
80
Kokand
?
81
Kong
?
82
Kongo
?
83
Morocco
?
84
Koya Temne
?
85
Kuba
?
86
Loango
?
87
Luba
?
88
Lunda
?
89
Maldives
?
90
Manipur (princely state)
?
91
Mindanao
?
92
Massina Empire
?
93
Monaco
?
94
Montenegro
?
95
Mthethwa Paramountcy
?
96
Nepal
?
97
Ouaddai
?
98
Oyo
Dahomey - ?
?
99
Pahang
?
100
Perak
?
101
Rapa Nui
?
102
Rwanda
?
103
Aceh Sultanate
?
104
Samoa
?
105
Selangor
?
106
Montenegro
?
107
Kingdom of Sikkim
?
108
Sulu
?
109
Tahiti
?
110
Tonga
?
111
Upper Yafa
?
112
Welayta
?
113
Karnataka
?
114
Sultanate of Darfur
?
115
Imamate of Futa Toro
?
116
Mossi Kingdoms
?
117
Saloum
?
118
Sultanate of Sennar)
?
119
Shilluk Kingdom
?
120
Kingdom of Sine
?
121
Wadai Empire
?
122
Sultanate of Kano
?
123
Sultanate of Damagaram
?
124
Waalo
?
125
Dendi Kingdom
?
126
Mughal Empire
?