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Dataset properties:
- Measurement: Share of national population (%)
- Adjustment: Not applicable
- Geo coverage:
- Country
- 41 provinces and other first-level divisions (there are currently 34 such areas)
- Native frequency: Annual
- Start date: As early as 1961
The series reside in the historical catalog:
and include, for example:
- VS%POPTUA.IIDN_EL = Share of national population, (%) - for Southeast Sulawesi
Please be aware that
Data Buffet represents percentage values as literals, e.g., "89 percent" is "89" and not "0.89".
The value for VS%POPTUA.IIDN is 100, by definition.
The series are sparse, with intermittent values at 1961, 1971, 1980, 1985, and 1990, and generally annual starting from 1995. Series have varied start and end dates depending on the geographic classification in force at the time.
The dataset includes VS%POPTUA.IIDN_TL (East Timor or Timor-Leste), which runs from 1980 to 1998. This half of the island of Timor declared independence from Portugal in 1975, was occupied by Indonesia from 1975 to 1999, and was not recognized as an independent state until 2002.
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