The historian Timothy Brook, in his The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China, states that the Ming census was inaccurate, as China in the late 14th century had at least 65,000,000 inhabitants, if not 75,000,000.
Historikern Timothy Brook klassade i sin The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China Mingfolkräkningen som felaktig, då Kina redan under sent 1300-tal hade minst 65 000 000 invånare, inte 75 000 000.