As part of the emphasis placed on governmental control, the Japanese Colonial Government performed detailed censuses of Taiwan starting in 1905 https://asiamedals.info/threads/1905-taiwan-extraordinary-household-census-takers-badge-38.27350/. Statistics showed a population growth rate of 0.988...
See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/2nd-taiwan-extraordinary-household-census-of-1915-takers-badge-4.27351/
In the early 20th century during Japanese rule, the Government-General of Taiwan started to build very thorough household registration records for both families and persons, like the...
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