Pre 1900 population numbers for south American Countries

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A lot of this is in flux now I think given some of the latest findings in the Amazon but try taking 1492 as your starting point.

Also worth asking ir checking on /r/askhistorians for a detailed answer.
 
1491 by Charles Mann propose some numbers for immediate pre-Columbine populations, which are significanty higher than previously given, and there's a trend that argues that it might have been lower than he advences in some region. Still, it's more coherent than many guesstimates made in the XXth century.
 
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1491 by Charles Mann propose some numbers for immediate pre-Columbine populations, which are significanty higher than previously given, and there's a trend that argues that it might have been lower than he advences in some region. Still, it's more consistent than many guesstimates made in the XXth century.
What do you mean by consistent?
 
Sorry, gallicism, more coherent.
Now I'm even less sure of what you mean. :closedeyesmile: You mean that the population figures for each regions makes sense relative to one another(so the Inca and Mesoamerica are not too underpopulated but North America not too populated or something like that?)
 
Now I'm even less sure of what you mean. :closedeyesmile: You mean that the population figures for each regions makes sense relative to one another(so the Inca and Mesoamerica are not too underpopulated but North America not too populated or something like that?)
Relative to archeological finds.
 
Doesn't Mann give a 100 million figure? That seems exaggerated to me, anyway I think "consistent" is a good word for what you mean as well.
If ylu tras his esay the 100i million figures is on The Low end, here my post With The sources.

I´m follower of the Theories of Charles Mann both their Book and essay 1491
here

http://www.charlesmann.org/articles/1491-Atlantic.pdf (essay from 2002)
book
https://books.google.cl/books?id=KP...ved=0ahUKEwi47d-r5vbbAhWExpAKHW-6CQYQ6AEIKjAA

https://books.google.cl/books?id=2WziAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=charles+mann+1491+book&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi47d-r5vbbAhWExpAKHW-6CQYQ6AEIOTAC#v=onepage&q=charles mann 1491 book&f=false

also 1493 by the same author
https://books.google.cl/books?hl=es&lr=&id=IqaMEWNvsJQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR10&dq=charles+mann+1491&ots=Xgz_DYXIUv&sig=cbVJJW3886BNsv7UgSfe5ipKzM4#v=onepage&q=charles mann 1491&f=false


and all the investigation born from his thesis, but I let you explore

also recomend:
Their Numbers Become Thinned (1983) By H. F. Dobyns. one of the most popular Higher counter

Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate By David Henige, he is against the Higher count crowd (like myself) but is a really comprehensive study about the thesis and a excellent reference book (90 pages of bibliography alone)

He still propose a number of 100.000.000 inhabitants in all the Americas, that i find better than before (10.000.000 for ALL the Americas), but that probably could be push upside some more
 
You can check the Wikipedia Brazilian demographics page about the historical population:
  • 1800 – 3,250,000
  • 1820 – 4,717,000
  • 1850 – 7,256,000
  • 1872 – 9,930,478*
  • 1890 – 14,333,915
  • 1900 – 17,438,434
It is pretty reliable as it is based on historical census and projections.
*First official census, previous counting are estimations.
 
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