Why did England Lose the Hundred Years War?

[Idiotboy]

And the population of France have always been a bit up and down. From the end of the thirty years war to the revolution the population decreased by 25% so shrinking population is not always a modern problem.

 

[Dark Knight]

Originally posted by Idiotboy
And the population of France have always been a bit up and down. From the end of the thirty years war to the revolution the population decreased by 25% so shrinking population is not always a modern problem.

The French population definitely grew during this 150-year period, although not by that high a rate (about 18 million to over 20 million by my estimates). Your problem might be that your using estimates from two different sources, and since they can vary a lot for population figures, especially farther back in time (1650, for example), you might find one estimate for around 1650 that is higher than another for around 1800.

 

[Vormaerin]

Overall, a lot more wars have been fought in France than in Britain. Also, IIRC, the Black Plague was worse in France than in England. Certainly, it was several centuries before the population of France recovered from that. Some parts of France had higher populations in the 13th century than they did at any point after until the 20th century.

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Vormaerin

 

[Idiotboy]

Originally posted by Dark Knight

The French population definitely grew during this 150-year period, although not by that high a rate (about 18 million to over 20 million by my estimates). Your problem might be that your using estimates from two different sources, and since they can vary a lot for population figures, especially farther back in time (1650, for example), you might find one estimate for around 1650 that is higher than another for around 1800.

Actually this was the view of official French census polls at the time as well.