Talk:Demographic history of Japan before the Meiji Restoration

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Jared Diamond's population estimates
Jared Diamond is not a specialist in Japanese history nor demography. Indeed, it is quite apparent that the populations of 26,100,000 in 1721 and 27,200,000 in 1828 are not his estimates but are based upon the recorded population of 26,065,425 in 1721 (Ōta Nampo's Sanka Manroku) and 27,201,400 in 1828 (Bunkyōkō Jitsuroku). Furthermore, the recorded population decreased after Tenpo famine to the value of 25,918,412 in 1840, then increased to the value of 26,907,625 in 1846. Of course there are several demographers who insisted that the population increased after the Tenpo famine (for example, Yuzo Morita in 1944), but its estimated population growth is much less than the "compete reversal of earlier trends".Aurichalcum (talk) 15:17, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Title change proposal
I propose that the title be changed to Demography of pre-Meiji Japan, for the following two reasons: Boneyard90 (talk) 16:14, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) The term "demographics" is a colloquial term that non-specifically encompasses other terms such as "demographic trends". The term Demography specifies the statistical study of the topic.
 * 2) The phrase "Japan before Meiji Restoration" can be consolidated under the equally valid term "pre-Meiji Japan".

Japan population
64.134.170.135 (talk) 15:47, 14 November 2013 (UTC) Collapse Jared Diamond on p 300 says from 1721 to 1823 the population of Japan was almost Zero population, gaining only 1 million in a century. Perhaps like the revolution in China where the push to modernize ( melting cooking pots) was in actuality a population control via starvation, perhaps what we are seeing in these figures is a population control initiated by the elite? Is this not the preferred and always utilized method of solidifying control and gaining 'breathing room'? War served the purpose earlier but with a prosperous and settled economy, what else would serve as humans don't like lemmings march into the sea?

Do you want to believe that "data" of TFR un Japan 1800-1873 are "fairly good"? That there was not a fall of the birth rate during the Tempo famine (1836-1838)? Nonsence! These data should be not in a serious demographic history article! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.191.197.75 (talk) 14:02, 22 November 2018 (UTC)