Largest European Cities - Timelapse (430 BC - 2035)

This video shows the population growth in the largest European cities, between the years 430 BC and 2035.

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Music: Scott Buckley - Age of Wonder, Passage of Time

[andriinaum]

It took 1800 years to restore the population of Rome. Just amazed how Roman Empire was great in its golden age

[cemdo]

That’s not accurate without having in the ranking. The original city was always in Europe, it extended to the Asian side administratevely during modern Turkey.

[pineider]

Stats are incomplete: Florence reached 70.000 around 1200 and 100.000 around 1300

[Maaaaaaiki]

Poland Warsaw left the chat 1920 1, 300, 000 population💀💀💀💀💀

[brunorossibonin]

I always heard Rome had 1 million people during it's peak

[benjaminallen]

Yep, that correct. 90% of all cities spontaneously began existing all in 1957. How did you know?

[georgekarampelias]

unrealistic, excludes information, doesnt have istambul

[dimitrisgotsis]

Constantinople/istanbul is a European city. Major mistake on the video.

[bhgful]

Uhm . . . does the creator of this video have something against Vienna??

I think the creator just offended all of Austria. Vienna was firmly in the top 5 from the 1700s through the beginning of the 20th century.

[LeonardoMontanini]

was like half of the time shown in the video the largest city in Europe. The original city is Europe, it extended to Asia later.

[H.]

I thought West Midlands was an area, not a city???

[stoygnievlitzmanski]

I'm pretty sure that Vienna was bigger than Palermo at some point

[AmiYarikoNippon]

If anyone is wondering why Istanbul suddenly disappeared after 1926 and made a come back after 1959, here is a simple explanation. France, the UK, Russia, Italy, Greece and their allies the Serbs, the Arabs and Armenians fiercely attacked the Ottoman Turks between 1914 and 1918 (WWI). Having lost over 3m lives, the Ottoman sultan had to surrender to the Western Powers. As part of his deal with the UK and France, he tried to silence his own people who did not wish to be ruled by western powers. (Yes, Istanbul was occupied by the UK, and the rest of modern Türkiye by Italy, Greece and France). During the occupation period, Turkish families who survived the western powers were eitherkilled or escaped and were forced to leave their homes for rural towns in Anatolia...Eventually, the Turks rose up against their sultan and the western powers (incl those who came from NZ and AUS) under the leadership of Atatürk and declared the Turkish Independence War (1919-1923). Only after 1923, the Turks regained their independence but they also lost millions more lives. Within the old empire's borders an estimated 8 million of Turks lost their lives between 1914 and 1923. This is the main reason why Istanbul's (and other capital cities') population dwindled.

When the new Turkish Republic was finally established in 1923, there were no teachers, no doctors, no architects, no schools, no hospitals, no factories in the country. Many people, mostly children and women had become homeless; unempleyment and hunger were widespread across the country. So, the Turks had to start from scratch. Just as they thought things were getting better, the second world war broke out...

[nunosantos]

Athens and Lisbon are the oldest cities in Europe would like to visit Athens Lisbon is the best city I have been, just unbelievable

[LittleBishop]

I guess many data are missing, right?

[filipkrstic]

There is no Vienna at the start of the 20th century, which was one of the biggest European cities...

[Zeitparadoxon]

List is lacking a lot of cities, used database is useless.

[fluoroproilne]

It's incomplete without Constantinople

[luitpoldwalterstorffer]

Vienna had 2.1 million inhabitants in 1910 and was always bigger than Berlin up until 1900 or so... This video cannot be taken serious!

[benjaminallen]

Usually your videos are at least alright. But this was flat out horrible