▁ ▁Karl ▁Julius ▁Bel och ▁estimated ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁early ▁modern ▁Europe , ▁circa ▁ 1 6 0 0 , ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁Italy , ▁ 1 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Spain ▁and ▁Portugal , ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁France , ▁ 1 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁in ▁its ▁boundaries ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁England ▁and ▁Wales , ▁ 4 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Scotland ▁and ▁Ireland , ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Netherlands , ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁including ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Netherlands ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁Den mark , ▁ 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Sweden , ▁Norway , ▁and ▁Finland : ▁ 1 , 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Poland ▁with ▁Pr uss ia : ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Germany : ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁probably ▁including ▁most ▁or ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁Empire ▁outside ▁Italy . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Class ical ▁dem ography ▁Med ieval ▁dem ography ▁List ▁of ▁countries ▁by ▁population ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁List ▁of ▁countries ▁by ▁population ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 0 ▁List ▁of ▁countries ▁by ▁population ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 0 ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : D em ographic ▁history