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[Linkpost] “To Understand History, Keep Former Population Distributions In Mind” by Arjun Panickssery

[Linkpost] “To Understand History, Keep Former Population Distributions In Mind” by Arjun Panickssery

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 This is a link post. Guillaume Blanc has a piece in Works in Progress (I assume based on his paper) about how France's fertility declined earlier than in other European countries, and how its power waned as its relative population declined starting in the 18th century. In 1700, France had 20% of Europe's population (4% of the whole world population). Kissinger writes in Diplomacy with respect to the Versailles Peace Conference:

Victory brought home to France the stark realization that revanche had cost it too dearly, and that it had been living off capital for nearly a century. France alone knew just how weak it had become in comparison with Germany, though nobody else, especially not America, was prepared to believe it ...

Though France's allies insisted that its fears were exaggerated, French leaders knew better. In 1880, the French had represented 15.7 percent of Europe's population. By 1900, that [...]

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First published:
April 23rd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gk2aJgg7yzzTXp8HJ/to-understand-history-keep-former-population-distributions

Linkpost URL:
https://arjunpanickssery.substack.com/p/to-understand-history-keep-former

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