Table 5.1
(continued)
Region
Population
above
Early
ancient
Late
ancient
Early
medieval
Late
medieval Premodern Modern
Cities from annual population of urban
agglomerations with 300,000 or more in
2018 except 2007
3700–
1001 BCE
1000–
299 CE
300–
999 CE
1000–
1499 CE
1500–
1799 CE
1800–
1900 CE 1950 1980 2000 2007 2015 2035
Sub-Saharan
Africa
10,000,0002
4
4000,0009999,999
2
2
5
2 2
1,000,000–
3999,999
10
30
26
41
76
400,000–
999,999
5
100,000–
399,999
1
1 9
10,000–
99,999
2
4
9
14
119
Before 1900, population information collated from previous studies. After 1950 (except 2007), populations of cities based on the United Nations (2018) Annual
Population of Urban Agglomerations with 300,000 or more inhabitants 2007 population of cities based on the United States (US) Department of Energy’s 2007
LandScan data on cities with more than 1 million people
80
N. Fukami