Daftar kota terbesar sepanjang sejarah

Artikel ini mencantumkan kota atau kawasan perkotaan terbesar berdasarkan perkiraan populasi dalam sejarah. Banyak angka yang tidak pasti, terutama pada zaman kuno.

 Daftar kota terpadat atau kawasan perkotaan dalam sejarah 
Berikut ini adalah tabel dari kota-kota paling padat atau kawasan perkotaan dengan perkiraan populasi dalam sejarah menurut tiga sumber. Nama kota dengan huruf tebal adalah yang disepakati oleh ketiga sumber. Tabel ini tidak berisi data untuk kota-kota di peradaban Lembah Sungai Indus pada periode 5.000 SM hingga 1.000 SM.
TahunMorris (2010)(a)  Ian Morris, Social Development, Stanford University, October 2010. This contains supporting materials for the following book: (b) Ian Morris, Why the West Rules—For Now, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. .Modelski (2003)George Modelski, World Cities: –3000 to 2000, Washington DC: FAROS 2000, 2003. . Figures in main tables are preferentially cited. Part of former estimates can be read at Evolutionary World Politics Homepage Chandler (1987)Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census, Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987. . Figures in main tables are preferentially cited. Part of Chandler's estimates are summarized or modified at The Institute for Research on World-Systems; Largest Cities Through History by Matt T. Rosenberg ; or The Etext Archives . Chandler defined a city as a continuously built-up area (urban) with suburbs but without farmland inside the municipality.PopulasiNamaLokasiSekarangPopulasiNamaLokasiSekarangPopulasiNamaLokasiSekarangThe date that the population of Beidha, Basta and Çatalhöyük is estimated to be 1,000 is given as 7500 BC in Morris's published text (p. 632). 1.000BeidhaYordaniaSuggested to be the largest cities in Modelski's text, but not given constantly prior to 3700 BC (p. 3, p. 17, and p. 20). No entry is suggested for the Halafian and Ubaid periods. 1.000–2.000YerikhoTepi Barat   BastaA Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement located ca. 25 km north of Petra.YordaniaÇatalhöyükTurki6500 SMThe rough year that Çatalhöyük was supposed to be the largest is not given in Modelski's text which cites Ian Hodder's report (p. 3 and p. 17). The year 6500 BC is based on the recent report by Hodder (Inhabiting Çatalhöyük: Reports from the 1995-99 Seasons (Çatalhöyük Research Project), Cambridge, UK: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2005.) where less inhabitants (1,500 to 2,000) are suggested by Craig Cessford (pp. 323-326). 5.000–10.000ÇatalhöyükTurki6000 SMThe date that the population of Çatalhöyük is estimated to be 3,000 is given as 6500 BC in Morris's published text (p. 632). 3.000ÇatalhöyükTurki4000 SM5.000UrukIrak 4.000EriduIrak   Tel BrakSuriah3800 hingga3700 SMSuggested to be housing up to 10,000 people in Modelski's text (pp. 24–25), but only Eridu is listed as the largest city in Table 2 (a) (p. 22). The estimate is based on the author's personal communication with Mikhail Videiko, Institute of Archaeology, Kiev, October 2002 (p. 75). The previous estimates by S. I. Kruts for Maydanets and Talianki are 8,000 (1,575 housed within 270 ha) and 14,000 (2,700 houses within 450 ha), respectively (Pitskhelauri, K. N., and Chernykh, E. N. Eds., Kavkaz v sisteme paleometallicheskikh kultur Evrazii, Metsniereba, Tbilisi, 1989, pp. 146–156.). < 10,000DobrovodyUkraina3700 SM6.000–10.000EriduIrak3600 hingga3500 SM    < 10.000Majdanéc’keUkraina    < 10.000TaliankiUkraina3500 SM   14.000UrukIrak   3300 SM40.000UrukIrak3200 SM20.000AbydosMesir3100 SM20.000MemphisMesir3000 SMSuggested to be more than 45.000 in Morris's published text (p. 632). 45.000UrukIrak40.000UrukIrak30.000MemphisMesir2800 SM80.000UrukIrakMemphisMesir2500 SM   According to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218), Nippur shares the top with Lagash with 60,000 inhabitants in 2500 BC, though Table 2 (b) suggests that the population of Nippur is 20,000, the value of which is even lower than those estimated for Mari (50,000); Uruk and Umma (40,000); Memphis, Ebla, Urkesh, and Shuruppak (30,000) (p. 28). 60.000LagashGirsu (Telloh), the later capital of the state of Lagash, was situated 25 km NW of Lagash (Tell al Hiba), though both sites are frequently referred as Lagash.Iraq MemphisMesir 20.000NippurIrak2400 SM   According to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218), Girsu shares the top with Mari with 50,000 inhabitants, though Table 2 (b) suggests that the population of Girsu as well as Umma and Mohenjo-daro is 40,000 (p. 28). 50.000MariSuriah MemphisMesir 40.000UmmaIrakGirsuIrakMohenjo-daroPakistan 2300 SM   According to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218), the population of Girsu for 2300 BC is estimated as 50,000, which is less than that appears in Table 2 (b) and is the same value with that estimated for Mari (p. 28). 80.000GirsuIrak MemphisMesir 50.000MariSuriah2250 SM      > 30.000MemphisMesir2240 SM       AkkadLocation uncertain. Maybe west of Sippar.Irak2200 SM50.000GirsuIrakAkkadIrak2100 SM100.000UrIrakAkkadIrak2075 SM50.000GirsuIrak2059 SMGirsuIrak2030 SMUrIrak2000 SM60.000MemphisMesirModelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 218) excludes Girsu for 2000 BC, though Table 2 (b) lists Girsu with 40,000 inhabitants (p. 28), sharing the top with Isin and Larsa. 40.000IsinIrak65.000UrIrakLarsaIrakIrakGirsuIrak1991 SMUrIrak1980 SMThebesMesir1900 SM   40.000IsinIrak ThebesMesirLarsaIrak1800 SM   60,000MariSuriah> 25.000ThebesMesir1770 SM60.000BabiloniaIrak1700 SM60.000BabiloniaIrakBabiloniaIrak1670 SMAvarisThe palace of Pi-Ramses (Qantir) was founded 2 km NE of Avaris (or Hawaret, Tell el-Dab'a), the residential area of which overlaps.Mesir1650 SMWhen the city first passed 100,000, suggested by Richard Forstall (pp. 541-542). 100.000AvarisMesir1600 SM50.000–100.000AvarisMesir100.000AvarisMesir1595 SMAvarisMesir1580 SMAvarisMesir1557 SMMemphisMesir1500 SM75.000UrukIrak60.000ThebesMesir MemphisMesirThebesMesir1400 SM   80.000ThebesMesirThebesMesir1375 SM 100.000ThebesMesir1360 SM80.000ThebesMesir1350 SMThebesMesir1300 SM   120.000Yinxu(Anyang)TiongkokThebesMesir1205 SMMemphisAccording to Chandler's list of the largest cities (pp. 523-527), Thebes was the largest for 1400-668 BC, but Memphis was also supposed to be somewhat larger during 1205-1188 (p. 94, p. 460).Mesir1200 SM80.000BabiloniaIrak160.000Pi-RamsesMesir 50.000MemphisMesirThebesMesir1188 SMThebesMesir1184 SM120.000ThebesMesir1100 SM   120.000Pi-RamsesMesir ThebesMesir1000 SM35.000Qiyi (Qi)TiongkokModelski's list of the world's largest cities treats Thebes and Haojing as the top cities with 100,000 inhabitants (p. 218), though the same list on the next page (p. 219) as well as Table 2 (c) place the population of Thebes at 120,000, while that for Haojing as well as Memphis and Babylon at 100,000 (pp. 33-34). 120.000ThebesMesirChandler listed Thebes, Haojing, and Chengzhou (Luoyang) as the largest, second-largest, and third-largest cities (p. 460), though Luoyang is supposed to pass 100,000 in 1000 BC (p. 541). > 50.000ThebesMesir 100.000Haojing(Xi'an)Haojing, which formed the capital of Western Zhou together with Fenghao, was located 15 km SW of Chang'an, the capital of Tang Dynasty as well as the present center of Xi'an. Han capital was located 5 km NW of the center of modern Xi'an. All these sites are now within the sub-provincial city of Xi'an.Tiongkok > 50.000Haojing(Xi'an)TiongkokMemphisMesir 50.000Chengzhou(Luoyang)Chengzhou was founded on the east side of the Luo river with Wangzheng on the west side. Both cities were later annexed to form Luoyi (Luoyang), the center of which has often shifted.TiongkokBabiloniaIrak 100.000900 SM   125.000HaojingTiongkokThebesMesir800 SM   125.000HaojingTiongkok> 50.000ThebesMesir700 SM   100.000ThebesMesir ThebesMesirMemphisMesirNineweIrakBabiloniaAccording to Modelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 219), the population of Babylon for 700 BC is estimated as 120,000, which makes Babylon the only city to appear as the largest, while Table 8 (a) shows that Babylon has 100,000 inhabitants in 700 BC (p. 55).IrakLuoyi(Luoyang)TiongkokLinziTiongkok668 SM 100.000NineweIrak650 SM120.000NineweIrak612 SMBabiloniaIrak600 SM   200.000BabiloniaIrak 100.000BabiloniaIrakLuoyiTiongkok562 SM200.000BabiloniaIrak500 SM150.000BabiloniaIraqModelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 219) excludes Linzi for 500 BC, though Table 5 (a) lists Linzi with 200,000 inhabitants (p. 41). 200.000BabiloniaIrak BabiloniaIrakLuoyiTiongkokLinziTiongkok479 SMBabiloniaIrak460 SMBabiloniaIrak440 SMBabiloniaIrak430 SM200.000BabiloniaIrak400 SM   320.000XiaduTiongkokBabiloniaIrak320 SM> 300.000AleksandriaMesir300 SM   500.000CarthageTunisia Pataliputra(Patna)India220 SMPataliputraIndia206 SMPataliputraIndia200 SM300.000AleksandriaMesir600.000AleksandriaMesirAccording to Chandler's list of the largest cities (pp. 523-527), Pataliputra was the largest for 300 to 195 BC, but Chang'an is listed as the largest already in 200 BC (p. 462). 350.000PataliputraIndia400.000Chang'an(Xi'an)Tiongkok195 SMChang'anTiongkok190 SMChang'anTiongkok170 SMChang'anTiongkok160 SMChang'anTiongkok100 SM   1.000.000AleksandriaMesir Chang'anTiongkok25 SMRomaItalia1 M1.000.000RomaItalia800.000RomaItaliaRomaItalia100   1.000.000RomaItalia450.000RomaItalia180600.000RomaItalia200800.000RomaItalia1.200.000RomaItaliaRomaItalia280500.000RomaItalia300   1.000.000RomaItaliaRomaItalia340Konstantinopel(Istanbul)Turki350KonstantinopelTurki361300.000KonstantinopelTurki400500.000RomaItalia800.000RomaItaliaKonstantinopelTurki410KonstantinopelTurki450KonstantinopelTurki500   500.000KonstantinopelTurki400.000KonstantinopelTurkiJiankang(Nanjing)Based on historical documents, in Southern Liang dynasty, Jiankang (Nanjing) had 280,000 registered households, and assuming an average Nanjing household had about 5.1 people at that time, the city had more than 1.4 million residents. (Shufen Liu, "Jiankang and the Commercial Empire of the Southern Dynasties", in Pearce, Spiro, Ebrey eds. Culture and Power, 2001:35.)TiongkokLuoyangTiongkok570CtesiphonSeleucia was founded on the right bank of Tigris opposite to Ctesiphon. Figures for Seleucia include the population of Ctesiphon as a suburb during the Seleucid era and vice versa during the Sassanid era.Iraq575500.000CtesiphonIrak600The population of Daxing (Chang'an) in AD 600 is estimated at 250,000 in Morris's published text (p. 632), while the supporting material describes 600,000. 600.000Daxing(Chang'an)Tiongkok600.000KonstantinopelTurki500.000CtesiphonIrak622500.000CtesiphonIrak637400.000Chang'anTiongkok650Chang'anTiongkok700   1.000.000Chang'anTiongkok800.000Chang'anTiongkok750800.000Chang'anTiongkok775600.000BaghdadIrak8001.000.000Chang'anTiongkok800.000Chang'anTiongkok700.000BaghdadIrak833900.000BaghdadIrak900 750.000Chang'anTiongkok900.000BaghdadIrak900.000BaghdadIrak9251.100.000BaghdadIrak9321.100.000BaghdadIrak935450.000KordobaSpanyol10001.000.000KaifengTiongkokModelski's list of world's largest cities (p. 219) estimates the population of Baghdad for AD 1000 as 1,500,000, which is much higher than the value listed in Table 8 (b) (1,200,000 inhabitants) (p. 55). 1.200.000BaghdadIrak450.000KordobaSpanyol1013400.000KaifengTiongkok1050400.000KaifengTiongkok1071400.000KaifengTiongkok1100   1.200.000BaghdadIrak442,000KaifengTiongkok1102442.000KaifengTiongkok1126420.000KaifengTiongkok1127200.000KonstantinopelTurki1145200.000MarwTurkmenistan1150200.000MarwTurkmenistan1153200.000KonstantinopelTurki1160200.000KonstantinopelTurki1170200.000FezMaroko1180200.000HangzhouTiongkok1200The population of Hangzhou in AD 1200 is estimated at 800,000 in Morris's published text (p. 632), while the supporting material describes 1,000,000. 1.000.000HangzhouTiongkok1.000.000BaghdadIrak255.000HangzhouTiongkokHangzhouTiongkokKaifengTiongkok1210600.000GurganjTurkmenistan500.000MarwTurkmenistan260.000HangzhouTiongkok1250320.000HangzhouTiongkok1273432.000HangzhouTiongkok1300   1.500.000HangzhouTiongkok432.000HangzhouTiongkok1315432.000KairoMesir1325500.000KairoMesir1348432.000HangzhouTiongkok1350432.000HangzhouTiongkok1358Jinling(Nanjing)Tiongkok1391473.000JinlingTiongkok1400500.000Jinling(Nanjing)Tiongkok1.000.000Jinling(Nanjing)Tiongkok487.000JinlingTiongkok1420JinlingTiongkok1425BeijingTiongkok1450600.000BeijingTiongkok1492669.000BeijingTiongkok1500600.000BeijingTiongkok1.000.000BeijingTiongkok672.000BeijingTiongkok1550690.000BeijingTiongkok1575706.000BeijingTiongkok1579706.000BeijingTiongkok1600700.000BeijingTiongkok1.000.000BeijingTiongkok706.000BeijingTiongkok1635BeijingTiongkok1637BeijingTiongkok1650700.000KonstantinopelTermasuk Üsküdar di Asia Minor sebagai daerah pinggiran kota.Turki1670KonstantinopelTurki1675750.000KonstantinopelTurki1684KonstantinopelTurki1685KonstantinopelTurki1690700-800.000KonstantinopelTurki1700650.000BeijingTiongkok1.000.000AyutthayaThailand700.000KonstantinopelTurki1710BeijingTiongkok1720EdoAccording to Morris (p. 483), Edo grew into the world's biggest city by 1720, but the estimated population for Edo is not given.JepangBeijingTiongkok1750900.000BeijingTiongkok17751.000.000BeijingTiongkok18001.100.000BeijingTiongkok1.100.000BeijingTiongkok1.100.000BeijingTiongkok18211.300.000BeijingTiongkok1825      1.350.000BeijingTiongkok1.335.000London(kawasan urban)Britania Raya18411.948.000LondonBritania Raya18502.320.000LondonBritania Raya18512.362.000LondonBritania Raya18612.803.000LondonBritania Raya18754.241.000LondonBritania Raya19006.600.000LondonBritania Raya6.500.000LondonBritania Raya6.480.000LondonBritania Raya19147.419.000LondonBritania Raya19257.774.000New York(kawasan urban)Amerika Serikat193610.150.000New YorkAmerika Serikat195012.463.000New YorkAmerika Serikat1962   196515.000.000Tokyo(kawasan urban)Jepang197520.500.000TokyoJepang2000The population of Tokyo in AD 2000 is estimated at 26,7000 in Morris's published text (p. 632), while the supporting material describes 26,400,000. 26.400.000TokyoJepang

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