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Historical Population Estimate Context

When
1500
Where
Europe
Part of
Estimate of European Population in 1500

The source provides context for historical European population estimates, noting variability due to boundary definitions and citing Maddison (2007) as a primary reference for such data.

The provided text indicates that figures for Europe's population vary according to boundary definitions. It references a table showing estimates of historical population sizes based on Maddison (2007), but does not include the specific 56.7 million figure or the Spielvogel attribution found in the legacy rows.

Sources

  1. Demographics of Europe Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03

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