DOC 24  -- Population Estimates

Population Estimates (in millions) at specified times 500-1450 
AREA                  500     650     1000    1340   1450   



Greece/Balkans        5       3       5       6      4.5    

Italy                 4       2.5     5       10     7.3    

Spain/Portugal        4       3.5     7       9      7      

Total - South         13      9       17      25     19     



France/Low countries  5       3       6       19     12     

British Isles         0.5     0.5     2       5      3      

Germany/Scandinavia   3.5     2       4       11.5   7.3    

Total - West/Central  9       5.5     12      35.5   22.5   



Slavia.               5       3                             

---Russia                             6       8      6      

---Poland/Lithuania                   2       3      2      

Hungary               0.5     0.5     1.5     2      1.5    

Total -East           5.5     3.5     9.5     13     9.3    



TOTAL EUROPE          27.5    18      38.5    73.5   50

From: Medieval Sourcebook [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html]; The information here is taken from Josiah C. Russell, "Population in Europe:, in Carlo M. Cipolla, ed., The Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vol. I: The Middle Ages, (Glasgow : Collins/Fontana, 1972), 25-71