Chapter 262 Population
"You've registered. Here are the temporary household registration books, temporary ID cards, and a 250 yuan subsidy for your family of five. Please keep them and don't lose them."
The registrar of the fat aunt left the basic file information, and the little girl assistant next to him counted the money and handed it and two identity documents to the man who was the head of the family.
The family of five said gratefully: "Thank you!"
"I wish you a happy life in the future!"
The aunt sent her a blessing and got back to work in an orderly manner.
“The next family comes up to register!”
“Who is the head of the family?”
"I am!" a middle-aged woman reported.
"Are there no adult males in your family?"
"Yes, my husband was beaten to death a year ago because of land issues, and now I am in charge of the family!"
"I'm sorry, ma'am, for mentioning your sadness. What is your name? How old are you?"
The population replacement initiated by Pedro VIII in Morocco and the Christian population exchanged made other colonies in Africa very hungry.
That era was still bad. There were many forms of entertainment, so there were fewer people producing children later in life. If a small part of the cost of childbearing and childcare was taken into account, the population growth would explode.
"Andreen! 39 years old"
"You've registered. Here are the temporary household registration books, temporary ID cards, and a 150 yuan subsidy for your family of three. Please keep them and don't lose them."
What do we do with so little money? Is it so difficult to get some poor people and refugees from Asia? We have to keep our eyes on Europe.
There are no rules for the immigrants Portugal accepts. In addition to being Christians, they must also be a blood-related family of at most eight members.
Such a vast ineffective land has only less than 50 million people. It is obviously too populated, and it must have a population of at least 200 million.
The key reason why Germany was able to provoke two small wars was its small population, especially its population of nearly 20 million less than its archenemy France.
A small country needs an appropriate population. If it does not have enough population and territory, it will fall out of the first echelon sooner or later.
The current Portuguese population policy is not actually based on the 21st century Western European model. It is just that the people of Western Europe in the previous life were ruined, and the population is declining.
Today's Portuguese Empire is considered a colony. Taking into account only the local population, it ranks second only to the small Eastern countries, Russia, the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Japan in terms of population. It is the world's most populous country.
Since German unification, Germany has almost stabilized with a population of about 20 million less than France, even if it lost a small amount of land before the Seventh World War.
Portugal's current territory exceeds 12 million square kilometers. Excluding the cold rainforest and the Gobi desert mountains that are difficult to develop, the country does not have a land area of at least 8 million.
Every Egyptian and Turkish immigrant who arrives at the immigration port in Morocco must be registered and registered as a household. This is the household registration system established by the Portuguese Empire since Brazil.
The number of Armenians who are oppressed in Turkey is not close to 2.5 million, the number of Copts in Egypt is not even 4.5 million, and the number of Assyrians is more, but not 700,000 or 800,000.
When you become the mainstream of the world, you will naturally have fewer poor people.
The assistant next to him drew out eight 50 yuan bills, took the two identity documents that the aunt had filled out, and handed them to the head of the family with the male surname.
When you conducted population replacement and immigration in Morocco, you paid for it with your own money. You would distribute the money to us. We want fewer people to use their own money to bribe the Turkish and Egyptian people.
In 1913, among the eight small countries in Western Europe, Germany had a native population of 65.06 million, the United Kingdom had a population of 45.65 million, and France had a population of 39.76 million.
"Your family members come here and let us make sure."
The main reason why Britain and France dropped from the first to seventh place in the world is because of their large landmass and too many people.
According to the estimates of the Portuguese Demographic Bureau, Portugal's population will exceed 100 million around 1927.
That was a huge population, and the Portuguese colonies in Africa were eager to get a share of it.
Living Saint, this was made by Pedro VIII with real money and silver!
Do you know how to do it yourself? If you have to poach someone from outside Morocco, it will cost the emperor's money. So where did Pedro VIII's reputation as a living saint come from?
Asians are very difficult to absorb. There are too few poor people in these places. If you try to assimilate, Portugueseization will be very complicated."
"Those colonial fools, if they can exert their subjective initiative, always let the central government allocate immigrants to us.
Compared with the less than 33 million people in the future, the current 48.63 million people are more in line with the standard of a weak population.
Tangning Pedro estimates that Portugal's population should reach about 360 million around 1960. Then the population will fall into a bottleneck due to urban diseases in developed countries. Finally, it will reach the model of the United States, where the annual population growth is slower than that of Western Europe.
a little.
"Well, of course we are willing to spend our own money to retire immigrants, so we want to absorb as little as possible and absorb as much as possible.
Those people who have prospered in life but had a bad life before immigrating will naturally be grateful to the new country, and assimilation will get twice the result with half the effort.
Being far away from the heart of the empire, there is no limit to the attraction of immigrants.
You remember that the governments of Portuguese East Africa, Central Africa, and West Africa were very poor. They mined so little gold and silver mines, sold so little iron ore, copper mines and other ores, so they spent some money to immigrate from Turkey and Egypt, right?"
Now, the total population of the entire Portuguese African colonies is only about 7.4 million, which is completely enough for a colony with vast land.
Based on the derivation of ordinary immigration policies and the baby boom ushered in by subsidizing babies, Portugal's population growth declined sharply. By this year, the census just completed in 1913 showed that Portugal's population reached 48.63 million.
"Okay, kids, come here quickly!" Andrine called the two and a half-year-old children over.
Since the end of the Brazilian period, immigration policy has always tended to absorb poor people from these powerful countries, rather than refugees coming up.
"The eldest son Ernst is 16 years old, and the second son John is 14 years old."
Christian immigrants from Turkey and Egypt are actually refugees in the final analysis, and they must be accepted as family members. If they are accepted individually, it is difficult to end up with gangsters or spies.
"Please report the child's name and age."
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After all, the Portuguese Empire was a national empire, and it accepted immigrants very casually. Except for outstanding talents, especially those special people who came from a weak country and had a weak national character, it would be too troublesome to assimilate.
In addition to engaging in immigration, Portugal is not actively encouraging citizens to have fewer children. The Portuguese people are also very motivated. Before the elimination of baby subsidies, nurseries and other social welfare benefits, the number of babies increased dramatically.
Anyway, Turkey and Egypt also believe that Christians in the country are a hidden danger, but we dare to kill them. After all, it is you Europeans who dominate the world order now. Those who dare to be so extreme.
The registrar took a look at the appearance of the two children and determined that there was no problem with their age. They recorded it on the basic file information, temporary household registration book, and temporary ID card.
"Your Majesty, eight colonial governments in Portuguese Central Africa, West Africa, and East Africa have applied to obtain Christian immigrants from Egypt and Turkey attracted by some of the Moroccan colonies." Affairs Minister Lowen reported to Pedro VIII.
This chapter has been completed!