List of cities - By population in the Iron Ages
Posted in Geography
| City |
650 BC |
430 BC |
200 BC |
AD 2 |
AD 100 |
| Memphis |
65,000 |
100,000 |
? |
? |
? |
| Babylon |
60,000 |
200,000 |
? |
? |
? |
| Niniveh |
120,000 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Athens |
? |
155,000 |
? |
? |
? |
| Alexandria |
? |
? |
300,000 |
? |
250,000 |
| Rome |
? |
? |
160,000 |
? |
450,000 |
| Chang'an / Xi'an |
33,000 |
? |
400,000 |
246,000 |
81,000 |
| Luoyang |
? |
100,000 |
? |
? |
420,000 |
| Pataliputra |
? |
100,000 |
350,000 |
? |
69,000 |
| Anuradhapura |
? |
48,000 |
68,000 |
? |
130,000 |
| Peshawar |
? |
? |
? |
? |
120,000 |
| Seleucia |
? |
? |
200,000 |
? |
250,000 |
| Antioch |
? |
? |
120,000 |
? |
150,000 |
| Carthage |
? |
? |
150,000 |
? |
100,000 |