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The Population of Modern China (1992) excerpt; also another excerpt; Pritchard, Earl H. “Thoughts on the Historical Development of the Population of China.” Journal of Asian Studies 23#1 (1963), pp. 3–20 online, discussion of technical issues; Schinz, Alfred. The Magic Square: Cities in Ancient China(Fellbach: Edition Axel Menges, 1996).
Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year and exact population figures are for countries that held a census on various dates in the 1700s. The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Alexander V. Avakov's Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1 , pages 18 to 20, which cover population figures from the year 1700 divided into ...
Graph of world population over the past 12,000 years . As a general rule, the confidence of estimates on historical world population decreases for the more distant past. Robust population data exist only for the last two or three centuries. Until the late 18th century, few governments had ever performed an accurate census.
Estimating population sizes before censuses were conducted is a difficult task. [1] ... China 50,000 [3] –120,000 [38] Zabala: Iraq ... 1750 1800 1825 1850 1875 Aachen:
List of Countries by Population 500 BC: 1: 1000: This is a list of states by population in 1 C.E. Country/Territory Population c. 1 C.E. estimate Percentage of World ...
Sui dynasty China had a population of about 46 million at its peak. [102] One of Yang Jian's first priorities was the reunification of China. Chen, which ruled the south, was weak compared to Sui and its ruler was incompetent and pleasure-loving. South China also had a smaller population than the north.
Under Mao Zedong, China nearly doubled in population from 540 million in 1949 to 969 million in 1979. This growth slowed because of the one-child policy instituted in 1979. [16] The 2022 data shows a declining population for the first time since 1961. [17] China's population reached 1 billion in 1982, making it the first country to reach this ...
Xiuchu’s entire account spans 10 days and puts the death toll at 800,000 although Lynn A. Struve conjectures that the city’s population was hardly likely to have been more than 300,000. [7] 1653: January: The 5th Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, visited the Qing capital Beijing. 1659: Jesuits Martino Martini and Ferdinand Verbiest ...