How many people lived in the Roman Empire at its peak?
History hard Data from 2007
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The answer
60,000,000 people
Roughly 60M.
Historians estimate 60 to 70 million people under Roman rule around 150 CE — somewhere near a fifth of everyone alive at the time. The city of Rome itself is thought to have passed a million residents, a level no European city reached again until London in the 1800s.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Scheidel, Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2007 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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