The population of Greeks during the Byzantine Era

[poiuytrewq0987]

I've always tried to find the information of how many Greeks had lived in the Byzantine Empire before its fall but I've never been able to find any information on it. I'm wondering if there were more Greeks back then than there are now but I don't think so.

[Vasconcelos]

There most likely weren't, European population grew dramatically during the Industrial Revolution. :)

[poiuytrewq0987]

There most likely weren't, European population grew dramatically during the Industrial Revolution. :)

Yeah, that's true but I still think it'd be interesting to see some numbers.

[poiuytrewq0987]

No one's managed to answer my question?

[Guapo]

Year Population Area
311 18,000,000 Eastern Roman Empire
457 16,000,000 Eastern Roman Empire
540 19,000,000 Byzantine Empire
565 26,000,000 Byzantine Empire
600 17,000,000 Byzantine Empire
780 7,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1025 12,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1097 5,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1143 10,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1204 9,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1281 5,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1312 2,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1400 4,500,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1600 4,500,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1800 4,500,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1900 6,000,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1928 6,204,684 Greece proper
2001 10,964,020 Greece proper
2007 11,338,624 Greece proper

[poiuytrewq0987]

Year Population Area
311 18,000,000 Eastern Roman Empire
457 16,000,000 Eastern Roman Empire
540 19,000,000 Byzantine Empire
565 26,000,000 Byzantine Empire
600 17,000,000 Byzantine Empire
780 7,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1025 12,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1097 5,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1143 10,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1204 9,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1281 5,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1312 2,000,000 Byzantine Empire
1400 4,500,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1600 4,500,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1800 4,500,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1900 6,000,000 Greece proper + Asia Minor
1928 6,204,684 Greece proper
2001 10,964,020 Greece proper
2007 11,338,624 Greece proper

Going by the stats here you can tell that the population growth of the Greeks really stagnated during Ottoman rule. I'd imagine that the Greeks would have ended up to be as numerous as the Italians hadn't the Ottomans took Constantinople. I think the battle for Constantinople was as vital as Thermopylae except this time they lost.