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This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.
This article lists historical urban community sizes based on the estimated populations of selected human settlements from 7000 BC – AD 1875, organized by archaeological periods. Many of the figures are uncertain, especially in ancient times. Estimating population sizes before censuses were conducted is a difficult task. [1]
City 1 – 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 Agrigento: 50,000 [163]Athens: 30,000 – 90,000 110,000 25,000
It was the largest city in North America in the 12th century. [19] 1150–1350: Ancestral Pueblo people are in their Pueblo III Period; 1200: Construction begins on the Grand Village of the Natchez near Natchez, Mississippi. This ceremonial center for the Natchez people is occupied and built upon until the early 17th century. [20]
Kingdoms in England and Wales about 600 AD. Urban sites were on the decline from the late Roman period and remained of very minor importance until around the 9th century. The largest cities in later Anglo-Saxon England however were Winchester, London and York, in that order, although London had eclipsed Winchester by the 11th century. Details ...
674–1122 AD Veracruz: El Tajín city-states 1200–1438 AD Xochimilco: Xochimilco Kingdom 900–1521 AD Wari Empire: Huari Empire 500–1100 AD Zapotec: Kingdom City States 700 BC–1521 AD Muisca Confederation: Hunza and Bacatá Tribal Confederacy ~1450–1540 AD Tairona: Various Tribal chiefdoms 2nd century BC-16th century AD
The empire recovered during the Komnenian restoration, and Constantinople remained the largest and wealthiest city in Europe until the 13th century. The empire was largely dismantled in 1204, following the sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade ; its former territories were then divided into competing Greek rump states and Latin realms .
1838 AD The second-largest city in Victoria. Wellington: Wellington Region New Zealand: 1839 AD New Zealand's capital city from 1865 until the present day. [272] Auckland: Auckland Region New Zealand: 1840 AD New Zealand's capital city from 1841 to 1865. Prior to this, it was inhabited by Māori from about the 14th century. Dunedin: Otago ...