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1800 CE |
7500000
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7500000
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People (entire empire). More precisely, 1695 CE: 2,683,195 (1,900,000 in Portugal; 783,195 in the colonies; 1747 CE: 3,843,572 (2,250,000 in Portugal; 1,593,572 in the colonies); 1776 CE: 4,940,051 (2,750,000 in Portugal; 2,190,051 in the colonies); 1800 CE: 7,439,177 (2,931,930 in Portugal; 4,507,247 in the colonies), as summarised by De Matos [De_Matos_Jarnagin 2011] , despite noting that "[i]t is difficult, if not altogether impossible, to provide a trustworthy estimate of the population of Portuguese Asia prior to the end of the nineteenth century. This challenge stems principally from the absence of facts for Timor, as the population there was not directly controlled by the Portuguese administration. Furthermore, we must re-emphasize that only fragile information on Macao survives. Robust statistics for Macao go back only as far as the middle of the nineteenth century, due to the frequent difficulties that impeded counting the Chinese population." [De_Matos_Jarnagin 2011] |
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