古代河湟地区人口发展情况述略

A Brief Account of the Population Development in Ancient Hehuang

青海河湟地区人口在汉宋间长期徘徊在10—50万人之间,元明及前清时期则突破50万,逐渐接近百万。这一发展过程与这一地区经济扩展的过程是相辅相成的。但清代中后期,人口减耗十分惊人,这主要是一系列战乱导致的结果。

Hehuang population in the Han Dynasty to Song Dynasty long hovered between in 10-15 millions,the Yuan Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty broke through 500 thousand,gradually approaching one million.This development process of economic expansion in this region are complementary.However,the late Qing Dynasty,the population consume less alarming,it is mainly aresult of a series of wars.