Settlement Data Archive






Largest Settlement Population Data since 1500BCE (last update Nov. 2015)


Settlment Population Data since 8000BCE (last update Mar. 2016)

Description:
Compiled dataset of Chandler, Modelski, Morris, Liverani, Wright, Watson, Yoffee, Scheidel        
IROWS revised estimates of the existing data

Case Number:
Total city number: 238
Egyptian PMN: 5 (1%)
Mesopotamian PMN: 18 (8%)
Central PMN: 105 (44%)
East Asian PMN: 56 (24%)
South Asian PMN: 38 (16%)
European PMN: 3 (1%)
Americas: 13 (5%)
















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