The "Maeotis" that is seen north of "Euxinus Pontus" (the Hospitable Sea) or Black Sea is the Sea of Azov.
The population estimates are taken mainly from www.populstat.com and www.worldometers.info and here for ancient China and here for ancient India.
Estimated Total is 200 million
China estimated at 60 million, India 60 million, and the Parthian Empire (modern day Iran) between 7 - 20 million
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With regards to Iran, a census in 1857 showed Persia (as it was again known) to be just 4 million. Since 1857 Iran has grown to 80 million.
In this Roman Empire estimate from 14 AD, the eastern region shows Anatolia (modern day Turkey) with 8 million, Egypt and Libya 5 million, Syria and Judaea 4 million, the Greek Peninsula 3 million, totalling 20 million.
In the West, Italy including Rome shows 7 million, Gaul (ie Britain & France) plus Germany 6 million, Iberia (Spain) 5 million, Danube Region (ie Austria-Hungary & Slavic peoples) 3 million, Maghreb (Northern Africa) 3 million, Others 1 million, totalling 25 million.
The population of the other individual nations / tribes in the rest of Asia was probably less than one million. This was also the case in much of Africa, in Australia, and also America, in their "pueblos" as the Spanish later called their villages. Where every tribe with their own languages and in most cases, their own scripts settled after the flood. People as now moved to where education, farms and townships, trade roads and ports predominated, and where business contracts could be made.
Regarding ancient maps 400 BC to 400 AD
The "Maeotis" that is seen north of "Euxinus Pontus" (the Hospitable Sea) or Black Sea is the Sea of Azov.
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In the columns below, India includes the modern countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh up to 1900.
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| China Han Chinese | India | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Indonesia | Japan | Russia & USSR(1922‑1991) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area Sq.Kms. | 9.5 million | 3.3 million | 880,000 | 150,000 | 1.9 million (Java 128,000) | 378,000 | 17 million USSR(22.4 million) |
| Main Language after 1800 | Mandarin | Hindi | Punjabi & English | Bengali | Javanese & Indonesian | Japanese Nippon/Nihon | Russian Russkiy |
| 2000 BC | Unknown | 6 | |||||
| 500 BC | 12 | 25 | |||||
| 1 AD | 60 | 60 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | ||
| 1500 | 61 | 100 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 1600 | 51 | 130 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 1700 | 210 | 170 | 26 | 15 | |||
| 1750 | 180 | 180 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 1800 | 300 | 200 | 16 | 26 | 35 | ||
| 1850 | 430 | 240 | 23 | 27 | 68 | ||
| 1900 | 400 | 295 | 43 | 44 | 133 | ||
| 1930 | 490 | 280 | 23 | 36 | 61 | 64 | 161 |
| 1950 | 555 | 350 | 40 | 42 | 70 | 83 | 181 |
| 1960 | 660 | 430 | 50 | 52 | 88 | 93 | 214 |
| 1970 | 820 | 540 | 60 | 67 | 115 | 105 | 243 |
| 1980 | 1000 | 680 | 83 | 88 | 147 | 118 | 265 |
| 1990 | 1170 | 830 | 112 | 110 | 181 | 124 | 288 |
| 2000 | 1280 | 1000 | 142 | 129 | 212 | 127 | 146 |
| 2010 | 1360 | 1170 | 187 | 153 | 243 | 128 | 143 |
| 2019 | 1418 | 1362 | 203 | 167 | 268 | 127 | 144 |
Iran 4 million in 1850, 10 million in 1900, 20 million in 1958, 40 million in 1982, 80 million today.
Turkey 5 million in 1800, 10 million in 1885, 20 million in 1949, 40 million in 1975, 80 million today.
Philippines 600,000 when the Spanish arrived in 1565, 2½ million in 1830, 7 million in 1898, 20 million in 1950, 50 million in 1980, 108 million today.
Vietnam 14 million in 1900, 30 million in 1954, 60 million in 1985, 95 million today.
Note Vietnam was split into north and south after Japanese left in 1945, until reunited in 1975.
Nigeria 15 million in 1900, 30 million in 1948, 60 million in 1972, 120 million 1998, 202 million today.
Egypt 2 million in 1700, 4 million in 1800, 7½ million in 1880, 15 million in 1930, 30 million in 1965, 50 million in 1985, 100 million today.
Ethiopia 10 million in 1900, 20 million in 1955, 40 million in 1982, 75 million in 2005, 112 million today.
Congo - Kinshasa (named Zaire 1971-1997) 4 million in 1900, 10 million in 1937, 20 million in 1971, 45 million in 1997, 85 million today.
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| England | France | Germany | Italy | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area Sq.Kms. | 130,000 | 644,000 | 357,000 | 300,000 | 505,000 |
| Main Language after 1500 | English | French Francais | German Deutsche | Italian Italiano | Spanish Espagnol |
| 1 AD | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | 7 | 5 |
| 1100 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1200 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1300 | 5 | Bubonic Plague (Black Death in England) 1348-1349 and 1361-1362 | |||
| 1400 | 2 | 14 | 10 | ||
| 1500 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| 1600 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 8 |
| 1700 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 7 |
| 1800 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 10 |
| 1850 | 16 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 13 |
| 1900 | 30 | 40 | 56 | 32 | 18 |
| 1950 | 39 | 42 | 68 | 47 | 28 |
| 2000 | 49 | 60 | 83 | 57 | 41 |
| 2019 | 55 | 65 | 82 | 59 | 46 |
Population (in millions) of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, historically very low relative to England
| Island of Ireland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales | |
| Area Sq.Kms. | 70,000 | 14,000 | 80,000 | 20,000 |
| Main Language before English | Irish Gaelic before 1840 | Scottish Gaelic before 1600-1700 | British Celtic before 1911 |
|
| 1 AD | Unknown | |||
| 1200 | 1 | |||
| 1500 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
| 1600 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.35 | |
| 1700 | 3 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| 1770 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
| 1840 | 6.53 | 1.65 | 2.6 | 1 |
| 1844-46 | Great Potato Famine, a time when 3 million people in Ireland were dependent on the potato crop as a food source, disease probably from the US wiped it out during three years. By 1851, 22,000 had died from starvation, a conservative figure of 400,000 had died from famine-related diseases (diphtheria, dysentery, cholera, smallpox, influenza), and one million had emigrated, mostly to the US. | |||
| 1851 | 5.11 | 1.44 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| 1870 | 4.05 | 1.36 | 3.4 | 1½ |
| 1920 | 2.97 | 1.25 | 5 | 2½ |
| 2000 | 3.9 | 1.68 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 3.1 |
| Australia | USA | Canada | Mexico | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area Sq.Kms. | 7.7 million | 9.8 million | 10 million | 2 million | 8.5 million |
| Main Language after 1800 | English | English | English (& French) | Spanish | Portuguese |
| 1 AD | Unknown | ||||
| 1800 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1820 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 1840 | 17 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1860 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 1880 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| 1900 | 4 | 76 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| 1920 | 5 | 106 | 9 | 14 | 27 |
| 1940 | 7 | 132 | 12 | 20 | 41 |
| 1950 | 8 | 151 | 14 | 28 | 54 |
| 1960 | 10 | 179 | 18 | 38 | 72 |
| 1970 | 13 | 203 | 21 | 52 | 95 |
| 1980 | 15 | 227 | 25 | 69 | 121 |
| 1990 | 17 | 249 | 28 | 85 | 149 |
| 2000 | 19 | 281 | 31 | 102 | 175 |
| 2010 | 22 | 309 | 34 | 117 | 197 |
| 2019 | 25 | 328 | 37 | 132 | 212 |
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