Historical population estimates

1. Atlas of World Population History by McEvedy and Jones (1978)

• Only available at the country level.
• Data quality for Central America seems unreliable
• The data for 1500 is used by Spolaore and Wacziarg (2013) as a measure of economic performance in 1500 (see their footnote 3 for justification)

2. Krumhardt, K. (2010). ‘Methodology for worldwide population estimates: 1000 BC to 1850’, ARVE Technical Report no. 3.

• Used by Fenske (2013) as an alternative data source of historical population to McEvedy and Jones (1978)

3. Historical Database of the Global Environment (HYDE)

• Available at the subnational level across the world

4. Precolonial Population Density in the Americas by Bruhn and Gallego (2012)

• Available at the subnational level across the world for some countries in the Americas