According to one source, by a century after Columbus ’ arrival, imported diseases had wiped out 90 percent of the population of the New World.
मेक्सिकोची लोकसंख्या ३ कोटींपासून ३० लाखांपर्यंत रोडावली तर पेरूची लोकसंख्या ८० लाखांपासून १० लाखांवर आली.