The Decline of the Khoikhoi Population, 1652-1780: A Review and a New Estimate

Sumner La Croix

No 201622, Working Papers from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics

Abstract: Fourie and Green (this journal, 2015) construct estimates of the Khoikhoi population over the 1652-1780 period using benchmarks for the initial and terminal populations and punctuated population declines during two smallpox epidemics. I provide a brief survey of the history of Khoi population estimates and conclude that several factors point to a higher rate of population decline between 1652 and 1723 and a smaller rate of decline between 1723 and 1780 than specified by Fourie and Green. I provide a revised series of Khoi population estimates that uses the Fourie-Green methodology while incorporating a new terminal population benchmark and qualitative evidence pointing to a higher rate of population decline in the 1652-1723 period.

Date: 2016-11
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