Questions tagged [population]
Questions related to the history of the number of people inhabiting a given area, usually defined by geographical or political boundaries. The term can also be used in defining the number of items in a given set of objects, other than humans.
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Why do Wikipedia's and Guinness World Records's measurements of the Achaemenid Empire's percentage of world population differ?
Guinness World Records lists the "Largest empire by percentage of world population", as the Achaemenid Empire, circa 480 BCE, at 44%.
On the other hand, Oxford University Press by a proxy of ...
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Did humans live more densely in the past, and if so, how much denser?
I know family sizes were larger in the past, "average U.S. household – from 5.79 people per household in 1790 to 2.58 in 2010." but how closely did those family members live in their houses?
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How many Jews lived in Rome in the period immediately before (and during) the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE)?
I have been researching some of the events that occurred during the Jewish-Roman wars in ancient Israel.
I have tried to find approximate population records of the Jews before and during the period of ...
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How was immigration from Latin America handled before the passage of the Immigration & Nationality act of 1965?
I know that in the United States, before the passage of the Immigration & Nationality act of 1965, immigration was controlled by the Immigration Act of 1924.
It limited the number of immigrants ...
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Why did Italy's Battle for Births fail?
According to Wikipedia:Battle for Births:
The Battle for Births began in 1927: Mussolini introduced a number of measures to encourage reproduction, with an objective of increasing the population from ...
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Why was East Pakistan never divided into multiple provinces? [closed]
East Pakistan had a population much bigger than West Pakistan. West Pakistan had multiple provinces, but the East had only one province.
This had been a recognized problem, and that was why Mohammad ...
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What happened in Kazakhstan that its population dropped from 16m to 14m between 1992 - 2001?
I just found the image below on Google.
There is a significant drop of Kazakhstan's population. What happened in those years? I did used Google search to find more information but I did not find the ...
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What was the nature and extent of forced or coerced sterilization in Puerto Rico from the 1940s-1970s?
During the period from the 1950s to the 1970s, if not earlier, female sterilization rates in Puerto Rico were extremely high (see e.g. "Voluntary Sterilization-A World View", Presser, ...
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What were the demographics of the ancient Crete (any population estimates from 500BCE to 1BCE will do)?
I am looking for any estimates on the population of ancient Crete in the time period 500BCE to 1BCE.
I have searched for such estimates on google but I haven't found anything relevant.
(Note: The ...
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What were the demographics of the ancient Greek colonies of Cyprus (any population estimates from 500BCE to 1BCE will do)?
Are there any estimates on the ancient populations of Cyprus from 500BCE to 1BCE.
What were the demographics of the ancient Greek colonies of Cyprus (any population estimates from 500BCE to 1BCE will ...
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Which countries (or comparable geographical units) have a lower population now than they used to at some point in history before 1950?
It is generally seen as a given that the human population worldwide has increased everywhere since the end of the second World War.
There are very good reasons for this, so you can imagine my surprise ...
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How many people lived in a medium sized European villiage around the year 800?
My question is, how many people lived in a medium sized European village (like Germany) in the year 800. And how many people would have walked on the streets in a daily routine?
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Why did life expectancy decline sharply in 16th century England?
I was checking historical life expectancy and found the chart shown below in Roser, Ortiz-Ospina, Ritchie, 2013.
What was the reason for such a dramatic decline in life expectancy in England in the ...
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How to find the population and mortality in London during the period 1760-1834?
I have to reconstruct the graph showing death rates from infectious diseases and from all causes in London. But I have trouble with finding the data for the period 1760-1834.
In the graph are shown ...
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What was the population of the main area of settlement in New York City in 1890? [closed]
Many population figures given for the population of cities may include the surrounding rural areas and villages. The available number I have found for New York of 1890 includes the entirety of today's ...
