| Country/Territory | Populationc. 1600 estimate | Percentage of World Population |
|---|
| World | 579,000,000 | – |
|---|
Ming Dynasty[1][2] | 60,000,000–150,000,000 | 27.6% |
Mughal Empire[3][4][a] | ~115,000,000 | 19.9% |
Holy Roman Empire[4][b] Bohemian Crown – 2,950,000[8] Archduchy of Austria (and related territories) – 2,500,000 Spanish Netherlands – 1,600,000+[9] Duchy of Milan – 1,350,000[10] Savoy – 1,200,000[c] Electorate of Saxony – 1,200,000[12] Republic of the Swiss – 1,000,000 Electorate of Bavaria – ~800,000[13] Republic of Genoa – 650,000[14] Grand Duchy of Tuscany – 648,000[15] Electoral Palatinate – ~600,000[16] Margraviate of Brandenburg- ~350,000[17] Duchy of Württemberg – ? Duchy of Modena and Reggio – ~250,000[18] Duchy of Parma – ~250,000 Margraviate of Baden – ? Thuringian states – ? Duchy of Carniola – 248,000[19] Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel 230,000[20] Duchy of Holstein – 185,000[21] Republic of Lucca – 110,000[15] Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – 50,000 Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – ? Nassau-Weilburg – ? Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg – ? County of Oldenburg – ? Duchy of Luxemburg – ? Imperial County of Reuss – ? Principality of Lippe – ? Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – ? Anhalt-Dessau – ? Arenberg – ? Anhalt-Bernburg – ? Anhalt-Köthen – ? County of Schaumburg – ? Liechtenstein – ? Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg- ? Principality of Calenberg – ? Electorate of Mainz – 100,000+[22] Franche-Comté – ? Electorate of Trier – 100,000+[22] Electorate of Cologne – 100,000+[22] Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg – ? Saxe-Lauenburg – ? Prince-Bishopric of Münster – ? Archbishopric of Magdeburg – ? Hamburg – ~20,000[23] Free City of Lübeck – ? Duchy of Schleswig – ? Prince-bishopric of Lübeck – ? Prince-Bishopric of Trent – ? Principality of Ansbach – ?
| 27,000,000+ – 34,000,000+ | 5.2% |
Iberian Union and possessions Spanish America – c. 9,745,000[24] Kingdom of Spain – 8,240,000[25][26] Kingdom of Naples – 3,000,000[15] Spanish Netherlands (Belgium) – 1,600,000+ Duchy of Milan – 1,350,000 Kingdom of Portugal – 1,100,000[27] Kingdom of Sicily – 1,100,000[15][28] Captaincy General of the Philippines – 791,000 Franche-Comté – ? Goa state – 250,000[29] Diu – ? Viceroyalty of Sardinia – 300,000[15] Malacca – ~195,000[15] Viceroyalty of Brazil – 45,000 Bahrain – 54,000 Duchy of Luxemburg – ? Andorra – ?
| 28,745,000+ | 5.0% |
Ottoman Empire[4][30] Anatolia andEast Thrace – 7,275,000 Egypt Eyalet – 5,000,000 Greece[31] – 1,500,000 Bulgaria – 1,250,000 Syria – 1,175,000 Iraq- 1,070,000 Serbia – 1,057,000 Ottoman Hungary – 900,000 Bosnia Eyalet – 449,000 Sidon Eyalet – 292,000 Palestine – 352,000 Cyprus – 98,000 Habesh Eyalet – ? Ottoman Albania[32] – 200,000
vassal states (not counted in the total) Regency of Algiers – 2,250,000 Beylik of Tunis – 1,000,000 Regency of Tripoli – 500,000 Principality of Transylvania – 965,000[33] Principality of Moldavia - 440,000[34] Principality of Wallachia - 300,000[34] Crimean Khanate - 2,740,000 Sultanate of Aceh - ?
| 22,000,000[30] | 3.8% |
Kingdom of France[35] | 19,000,000 | 3.3% |
Kingdom of Morocco and possessions[4][36][d] | 13,060,860 | 2.3% |
Tokugawa Japan[37] | 12,000,000 | 2.1% |
Joseon[38] | 11,722,000 | ~2.0% |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth[39] | ~10,000,000 | 1.7% |
Tsardom of Russia[40][41] | 9,000,000 | 1.6% |
Habsburg Monarchy[42] | 7,800,000 | 1.3% |
Safavid Iran[43] | Under 5,000,000 to near 10,000,000 | 1.3% |
England and possessions[44] | 5,600,000 | 1.0% |
| Lê dynasty (Đại Việt)[47] | 5,500,000 | 0.9% |
Taungoo dynasty (Burma)[48][49][e] | 3,500,000 | 0.6% |
Ahom kingdom | 2,000,000-3,000,000[53] | 0.3%-0.5% |
| Northern Yuan[54] | ~2,760,000 | 0.5% |
| Malla[4] | 2,750,000 | 0.5% |
Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)[55] | ~2,500,000 | 0.4% |
Ethiopian Empire[4] | 2,104,000 | 0.4% |
Republic of Venice[56] | 2,000,000 | 0.3% |
Kingdom of Kongo[57] | 2,000,000 | 0.3% |
Jianzhou Jurchen Confederation[58] | <2,000,000 | 0.3% |
Papal States[59] | 1,704,500 | 0.3% |
Dutch Republic[4] | 1,500,000 | 0.3% |
Cambodia[4] | 1,419,000 | 0.2% |
Sweden[60][61] | 1,361,000 | 0.2% |
Denmark–Norway[62][63] | 1,180,000 | 0.2% |
Kingdom of Scotland[64] | 800,000 | 0.14% |
Republic of Genoa[14] | 650,000 | 0.11% |
| Kingdom of Lan Xang[4] | 319,000 | 0.055% |
| Malay Sultanates of Johor,Kedah,Pattani, andPerak[65] | <200,000 (together) | 0.133% |
Duchy of Urbino | 150,000[66] | 0.100% |
| Kingdom of Mrauk U | 160,000+[67][68][f] | 0.107% |
| Republic of Ragusa[69] | 60,000 | 0.010% |
| Arab Emirates[4] | 35,000 | 0.006% |
| Nan Madol (Saudeleur dynasty) | 25,000[70] | 0.004% |
| Rapa Nui (Easter Island)[71] | 15,000 | 0.003% |