The most recent estimates are between 2.5 and 7 million people in the area now covered by the US and Canada. The areas further south were a lot more populated.
interestingly, the descendants of native americans in the US today are still around the same number (3% of US population or about 10 million) which is largely because of industrial agriculture -> more food
Just looked this up recently.
estimate populate of the new world right before Columbus: 50-100 mil
Estimate population of Europe at the same time: 60 mil.
Granted it was mostly due to disease, but to Europeans that was just a happy accident.
And unlike nazi Germany, the colonists didn’t do a 180 after a decade or so, they kept that shit going until today.
The most recent estimates are between 2.5 and 7 million people in the area now covered by the US and Canada. The areas further south were a lot more populated.
interestingly, the descendants of native americans in the US today are still around the same number (3% of US population or about 10 million) which is largely because of industrial agriculture -> more food
The nazi didn’t “do a 180” out of good will. They were forced to stop. In America we see what happens when there is no one to stop them.
europe did lose 25+mil from the plague.