By the1948 census 598 people of Goan ancestry are recorded to live on Unguja Island and 83 goans were recorded to reside on Pemba. This gives us a total Goan population in Zanzibar at the middle of the 20th century of 681 individuals.
Kabla ya sensa ya mwaka 1948 watu 598 wa asili kigoa walirekodiwa kuishi katika Kisiwa cha Unguja na wagoa 83 walirekodiwa kukaa Pemba. Hii inatupa jumla ya idadi ya wagoa Zanzibar katikati ya karne ya 20 kufikia 681.