Chapter 819 Population in 1890
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By the beginning of 1890, the population data of East Africa was updated again. In fact, if it were not for the war, the population data of East Africa should have been completed in July or August last year.
Since East Africa's population statistics were changed to a ten-year cycle, 1889 was exactly ten years after the last East African census, which was delayed for several months due to the war.
In 1879, the population of East Africa was 50 million, including 30 million citizens and nearly 20 million blacks. Now ten years have passed.
"As of December last year, the total population of East Africa has exceeded 52 million, making our country one of the few countries in the world with a population of over 50 million, ranking behind the Far Eastern Empire, Britain, Tsarist Russia and the United States."
"According to our estimates, the U.S. population should have exceeded 60 million. As for Germany and Austria-Hungary, they should both be around 40 million. Germany may be close to 50 million, not much different from us. Austria-Hungary should be slightly stronger than France, but the population of Austria-Hungary is about 10 million less than ours."
The difference between the Austro-Hungarian Empire today and the previous life is that there is the Venice region, so the population is larger than in the original history, probably over 40 million.
Germany has always maintained a high fertility rate, and there has been no population outflow in recent years, so the population is approaching 50 million, but it should not have exceeded 50 million.
France is still performing steadily, but it absorbed a lot of people from Italy during the Italian War, so its population may be higher than the same period.
The disintegration of Italy can be said to have made an important contribution to the population increase in countries around the world. Countries including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Austria, and East Africa have all benefited from Italy's population spillover.
If Italy had not disintegrated, it would now be at least a big country with a population of over 30 million.
However, even so, the population of the Italian Kingdom was still around 10 million, and the Red Sea colony greatly alleviated the population pressure of the Italian Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Naples was much worse off. Its economic foundation was poor, and its fertility rate was the highest in the Apennine Peninsula. It has now replaced Germany as the region with the most serious population loss in Europe.
"Among the top five most populous countries in the world, Britain is a special case because the population of the British Indian colonies exceeds 200 million. If France also counts its colonies, its total population is estimated to exceed that of my country."
Including France's French colonies, the total population should be around 70 million, directly surpassing the United States to rank fourth in the world.
The colonial population should be one of the main factors that enabled Britain and France to dominate the world. Although Tsarist Russia also had a large native population, many of its territories were actually no different from colonies, especially in Central Asia and parts of Eastern Europe.
"The number of black people in my country is still unclear because the population data of Mozambique and Angola has not been fully counted, but it should not exceed four million. If the black people in the two places are calculated as four million, then the number of black people in my country is about 21 million."
Including black people, the population of East Africa has exceeded 70 million, which is basically the same as that of France including its colonial population, and directly exceeds the total population of the United States. Therefore, the population of East Africa remains stable at the top five in the world.
However, this also makes East African officials feel very uncomfortable. After ten years of development, the number of blacks has only increased and not decreased.
However, these blacks can no longer make any waves. The number of East African citizens is nearly twice the number of black people. Even if blacks can fight for their rights in the future, it will not be possible to change the population structure of East Africa.
It is obvious that the East African government will not give the black people this opportunity at all, and the national policy of replacing the old with the new will continue to be implemented until the last drop of blood is completely replaced.
Ernst said at this time: "Our attitude towards black people is the same as always. We can only use them, not count them as East African countries. Now it is the 1990s. Within the next 30 years, we must completely eliminate the black population in East Africa."
The only country in the world that has adopted the same national policy as East Africa is Argentina, and many countries and regions with black people have actually become accustomed to coexisting with black people.
The most typical examples are Brazil and the United States. Brazil officially abolished slavery some time ago, which means that Brazil's future population structure has been completely finalized. Although the status of black Americans is still low, they have been integrated into American society. Of course, this integration refers to integration into the lower class society.
Although the number of black people in East Africa is only twice that of the United States, under Ernst's special care, the black population in the United States has exceeded 9 million, accounting for about 14% of the US population, while historically it was 11%.
The black population in the United States will continue to rise in the future, because after the armistice in East Africa, the slave trade between East Africa and Haiti has been reopened.
In addition, after the South African War, the relationship between the United States and East Africa was reconciled, which made it easier for East Africa to "contribute" to the economic development of the United States.
In the 1970s and 1980s, East Africa took advantage of the economic crisis to gain a large number of German population from the United States, but returned nearly two million black people, so the United States still made a profit.
Of course, the number of Germans diverted from the United States by East Africa is not that large. For example, one-third of New York's population is now of German descent, while the German population in the United States is still as high as six or seven million.
The United States remains the fourth most populous country with a German population after Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and East Africa, but the main immigrants to the United States today are Italians (including the Kingdom of Naples), blacks (mainly from East Africa) and the Irish.
The Irish were once again exported to the United States on a large scale, which had a lot to do with British Prime Minister Cecil.
In the 1970s, the issue of Irish autonomy had become the focus of Britain. However, the Irish issue was not resolved during Gladstone's rule, and then Cecil came to power.
Cecil was a hardliner. Just like when he launched the South African War, Cecil adopted a repressive policy towards Ireland. Therefore, during Cecil's reign, Ireland launched a new round of resistance movement, and the turbulent situation triggered a new wave of immigration from ordinary Irish people.
But now Cecil has stepped down because of the failure of the South African War, and Gladstone has successfully formed a new cabinet.
Therefore, the relationship between the UK and Ireland will ease in the future, and the problem of Ireland's population loss will be alleviated to a certain extent.
This is also good news for East Africa. If people all over the world run to the United States, it will become more difficult for East Africa to export population to the United States.
However, the black problem is still serious. The 20 million black population in East Africa is not a small number. According to the current number of blacks exported abroad, the work in East Africa is still very long. However, Ernst has a new idea about this, which is to increase the population export to West Africa.
Although East Africa currently lacks labor, it is mainly due to its population structure. There are too many newborns in East Africa and the cost of raising them is high, which is the main reason for East Africa to maintain a black population.
But it will only take about fifteen years for the new generation in East Africa to take on the responsibility, and at that time East Africa will no longer need to retain a large black population.
In addition, as time goes by, industries such as internal combustion engines and electricity develop and production efficiency increases, even if the population of East Africa remains unchanged, black people can be slowly eliminated. After all, an important reason for the decline of the slave trade in modern times is industrial development and increased production efficiency, and East Africa will also go through this process.
(End of this chapter)
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