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[1] For year 2000 rankings, data from the Census Bureau's tally of "Cities with 100,000 or More Population Ranked by Selected Subject" is used. [2] The 2010 rankings are based on the 2010 census results. [3]
Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [8]
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census. As required by the United States Constitution , a census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790.
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.
The year 1948 was the best time to invest in modern history. If you had invested some cash once a year since 1871 and held it for 10 years, 1948 would have been the single best starting point ...
World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, and 1945 was a particularly grim year as it marked the war's violent conclusion. This year witnessed the U.S. dropping two atomic bombs on Japan ...
Post-1990 data, as well as data for territories, is drawn from the respective year's Census. Some locales may have pre-existed their first appearance in the U.S. Census, but such values are not included here, unless otherwise noted. Total population counts for the Censuses of 1790 through 1860 include both free and enslaved persons.
The best reads of the year include ‘Munichs’ by David Peace and Andrew O’Hagan’s ‘Caledonian Road’ (Supplied) It was a year of trailblazing memoirs, groundbreaking history books, and ...