Oct 24, 2024. #13. For population numbers you're better off searching gazetteers. 12th century Fuzhou, for example (based on the 1185 gazetteer), had an urban population of about 60,000 families. Based on an average family size of 5 people that amounts to about 300,000 people just in the metropolitan area alone. More @Wikipedia
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