Looking at East Africa's population figures and level of urban development at the end of 1909, the East African government's achievements had been quite remarkable.
Without question, in terms of population, East Africa had become a "superpower" that could absolutely not be ignored in today's world. In his previous life, countries with populations exceeding one hundred million had not been unusual, but East Africa could now be said to represent one-twentieth of humanity.
Regarding this population situation, the East African government no longer needed to hide and conceal it as it had in the past. News that East Africa's population had exceeded one hundred million would likely soon spread across the world.
In the past, East Africa had placed great importance on keeping its population data confidential due to considerations of national security and development strategy. Before the 1890s, this practice had indeed brought East Africa favorable effects at the time, even influencing the course of the South African War to a certain extent.
But after the 1890s, doing so no longer produced much effect. Especially after East Africa's industry and agriculture had exploded in growth and its foreign trade volume had soared in tandem, other countries had already mentally prepared themselves for the possibility that East Africa was a world power.
Of course, no matter how bold most countries were, their guesses still tended toward conservatism. East Africa's history was simply too brief, and under ordinary circumstances, they used Brazil as their primary reference for estimating East Africa's population.
Yet Brazil's population in 1900 had been only a little over eighteen million, less than one-quarter of East Africa's population at the time. One could well imagine how far off most countries' estimates of East Africa's population would be.
Naturally, population figures could not be kept strictly secret, but the