The biggest towns in Europe in 1700 (population in brackets) :

• London (500,000)
• Paris (400,000)
• Naples (215,000)
• Amsterdam (180,000)
• Moscow (150,000)
• Venice (138,000)
• Rome (130,000)
• Milan (120,000)
• Madrid (100,000)
• Vienna (100,000)
• Gdansk (Danzig) (77,000)

The biggest towns in Europe in 1800 (population in brackets) :

• London (1,000,000)
• Paris (600,000)
• Naples (426,000)
• Moscow (400,000)
• Vienna (240,000)
• Amsterdam (220,000)
• Saint Petersburg (200,000)
• Dublin (200,000)
• Lisbon (180,000)
• Berlin (172,000)
• Warsaw (120,000) 1792

See also : History of Europe