Where can I find sources for (estimated?)population sizes and gender/mortality demography data in history?

Question

I was surprised to find out that , for example, mighty Elizabethean England was a mere 4 million people strong, and Mary Stuart's Scotland 800,000.. How can I find sites/accessible sources on other historical examples, in ancient and modern times?

Answer 1

Try a genealogy site or check out each country's census records, usually available online

Answer 2

If this is for school, and you can't find what you need online in an easy-to-use or freely available website, then I would recommend seeing if your local library has one or both of the following titles:

1) "International Historical Statistics." It contains three volumes: Africa, Asia and Oceania; The Americas; Europe. . "Presents comparative statistics over broad ranges of years, arranged by subject, from 1750 to 1988." Call number: HA4675.M5

2) "Life under Pressure: Mortality and Living Standards in Europe and Asia, 1700–1900." By Tommy Bengtsson, Cameron Campbell, and James Z. Lee. Call number: HB3581 .L545 2004

As an aside, if you're interested at all in historical US demographic data, this is your source:

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/index.html

It is the historical Census browser at the University of Virginia and spans 1790 to 1960.

Answer 3

The questions you're asking fall within sociology. There are several sociology and social science websights with extensive data bases. Usually you have to sign up or join a society. Closest place for you to get that information would be by surfing the sociology department and library of your nearest university.

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