Roman Census Figures

TIME:	NUMBERS:
King Servius Tullius	84,700 80,000 83,000
508 B.C.	130,000
503 B.C.	120,000
498 B.C.	150,700
493 B.C.	110,000
474 B.C.	103,000
465 B.C.	104,714
459 B.C.	117,319
393/92 B.C.	152,573
340 B.C.	165,000 160,000
ca. 334-323 B.C.	250,000 150,000 130,000
294/93 B.C.	262,321 272,320 270,000 220,000 260,000
ca. 290/87 B.C.	272,000
280/79 B.C.	287,000
276/75 B.C.	271,224 271,234
265/64 B.C.	382,234 292,334
252/51 B.C.	297,797
247/46 B.C.	241,212
241/40 B.C.	260,000 250,000
234/3 B.C.	270,212

YEAR:	COUNT:
230/29 or 225/24 B.C.	273,000
209/08 B.C.	137,108
204/03 B.C.	214,000
194/93 B.C.	143,704
189/88 B.C.	258,318 258,310
179/78 B.C.	258,294
174/73 B.C.	269,015 267,231
169/68 B.C.	312,805
164/63 B.C.	337,022 337,452
159/58 B.C.	328,316
154/53 B.C.	324,000
147/46 B.C.	322,000
142/41 B.C.	328,442
136/35 B.C.	317,933
131/30 B.C.	318,823
125/24 B.C.	394,736
115/14 B.C.	394,336
86/85 B.C.	463,000
70/69 B.C.	910,000 900,000
28 B.C. (Augustus)	4,063,000
8 B.C. (Augustus)	4,233,000
A.D. 14 (Augustus)	4,937,000
A.D. 47	5,984,072 6,941,691 6,944,000

NOTE:

All the figures given are problematical, in various ways. First, there is the problem of the correct transmission of numbers in the manuscripts. Second, there is the issue of who precisely are being counted in each census. Third, there is the question as to whether complete census returns were ever made. Most authorities find it difficult to believe that statistics prior to 340 B.C. are anything but fictitious.

NOTE:

All the figures given are problematical, in various ways. First, there is the problem of the correct transmission of numbers in the manuscripts. Second, there is the issue of who precisely are being counted in each census. Third, there is the question as to whether complete census returns were ever made. Most authorities find it difficult to believe that statistics prior to 340 B.C. are anything but fictitious.

Arnold J. Toynbee, Hannibal's Legacy (Oxford 1965) Volume I, Chapter III Annex 10.
Tenney Frank, "Roman Census Statistics from 508 to 225 B.C.," American Journal of Philology 51 (1930) 313-324.

ROMAN CENSUS FIGURES