Economic historians have used past population estimates as proxies for economic growth in those societies. However, there are significant measurement errors in frequently used estimates which are sometimes exacerbated by people's disaggregation of the data. (T.W. Guinnane, August 2023) User yonkon, in the As If History Matters subreddit, 18 Sep 2023
We Do Not Know the Population of Every Country in the World for the Past Two Thousand Years User slowpush, in the We exist in the context of all in which we live and what came before us subreddit, 05 Sep 2023
Economists have reported results based on populations for every country in the world for the past two thousand years. The source, McEvedy and Jones’ Atlas of World Population History, includes many estimates that are little more than guesses and that do not reflect research since 1978. User doomsdayprophecy, in the Makhaevism subreddit, 05 Sep 2023
Economists typically rely on bogus population data User PatientModBot, in the patient_hackernews subreddit, 05 Sep 2023