This paper aims to offer an overview of the data collected under the framework of the Counting Colonial Populations (COLDEMO) project, of the territories of Daman and Diu, both part of the Portuguese India. By collecting primary sources, mainly population charts produced under the scope of royal decrees and located in Portuguese archives, we seek to analyse the demographic structures and dynamics of these settlements. The reduced attention by historiography on the northern territories of Portuguese India, in this period, reinforces the value and relevance of this data, which is in clear contrast with the Goan reality.

We would like to thank Paulo Teodoro de Matos and Paulo Silveira e Sousa for the critical review of earlier versions of this paper.

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