What was the world population at the time of death of Alexander the Great?

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Alexander the Great din 323 B.C.:
Pothos.org: Alexander the Great
http://www.pothos.org/alexander.asp?paraID=8&keyword_id=2&title=Alexander%20the%20Great

The U.S. Census has conducted a review of world population estimates
by various experts and has published a population timeline based on
the best available evidence.  Here is a link to it:

U. S. Census Bureau: Historical Estimates of World Population
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldhis.html

According to this evidence, the world population in 400 B.C. was about
162 million and about 190 million in 200 B.C. (the average of the high
and low estimates given in the table for that year).

Since population growth was slow and rather linear at this stage of
history, you would be reasonable to assume that the population in 323
B.C. was about 175 million.

This timeline is a very handy tool if you need a citation for this
kind of information because the table includes the individual
estimates from the various scholarly sources for each benchmark year.


Additional information:

In case a graphic representation of a world population growth timeline
would be useful to you, here is a link to one:

Western Washington University
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/webstuff/demographs/world.html


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