[Population of Southeast Asia in the mid-nineteenth century: population counts appearing in the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia].
"This paper aims to compile and evaluate the information on the population of Southeast Asia in the Mid-nineteenth century appearing in the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, which was published from 1847 to 1860 in Singapore.  The journal contains considerable numbers of population figures for the pre-census period,...[concerning] Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, the Straits Settlements, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi, Borneo, and other parts of insular Southeast Asia.  The general tendency of the population counts of insular Southeast Asia in this period by the Europeans is toward underestimation.  This is especially true for the inland areas of the larger islands, which were remote from the European sphere of influence.  Populations of the small islands located on commercial routes are reported relatively accurately or even overestimated.  Populations of the European settlements are sometimes overestimated and their growth rates tend to be exaggerated." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
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D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003906:Developing Countries; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic
Asia; Developing Countries; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Historical Survey; Measurement; Population Growth Estimation; Research Methodology; Southeastern Asia; Undercount