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NETHERLANDS
The area, including the interior waters, amounted in 1909 to 13,196 square miles, whilst the total area, including gulfs and bays, amounted in 1909 to 15,760 square miles.
On June 14, 1918, a law was passed for the purpose f orming a new province by the draining of the Zuiderzee to the extent of 523,000 acres. The work is expected to take 15 years, and the total outlay for the first stage is calculated at 66,250,000 florins.
The rate of increase in each year has been : —
In 1880 . . 0-59 I In 1910 . . 1-49 I In 1918 . . 0-80 „ 1900 . . 1-47 j ,, 1915 . . 1-72 „ 1919 . . 0-77
Year
Population of
the principal
Towns i
Percentage of the whole Population
34-36 38-97 40-85 40 94 41-05
Rural Population
Percentage of the whole Population
Dee. 31, 1889 . „ „ 1899 . „ „ 1915 . ,, ,, 1918 . .„ ,, 1919.
1,550.187 1,984,003 2,634,290 2,774,818 2,804,412
2,961,228 3,120,074 3,815,058 4,008,881 4,026,819
65-64 61-03 59-15 59-06
58'95
i The towns with a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants at the census of 1909.
For details of the 1909 census see Thk Statesman's Year-Book for 1916, p. 1155 ; for 1917, p. 1114 ; and for 1918, p. 1096.
II. Movement of the Population.
T«ars
Total Births
Registered as
Living
Illegiti- mate
Deaths
87,273 115,440
89,640
Marriages
Surplus of
Births over
Deaths
Stillborn
1917 1918
1919
173.112 1C7,036 164,447
3,803
3.-788 3,355
49,344 49,527 58,270
85,839
52,190 74, SOI
6,788 6,593 5,516
The emigration has been as follows, mostly to North America: 1916, 911 ; 1917, 867; 1918, 1,160; and 1919, 2,439 (1,264 were males, 808 females, a«<i 367 children)
The total number of emigrants, Dutch anil foreigners, who sailed from Dutch ports was, in 1918, 1,197 ; and in 1919, 8,213.
III. Principal Towns.
On December 31, 1919 :—
Amsterdam . . 647,120 Dordrecht . . 53,621 Eminen . . . 311,750
Rotterdam . . 506,067 Maestricht . . 41,305 Deventer . . . 32,514
The Hague . . 359,610 Leeuwarde . . 42,624 Helder . . . 29,380
Utrecht . . w 188,834 Apeldoom . . 46,139 Breda . . . 30,044
Urouingen . . 89,030 'sllertogenboseh . 38,067 Zaandam . . . 28,352
Haarlem . . . 77,302 Enschede . . . 41,285 Oouda . . . 26,564
Aruhem . . . 71,002 Delft . . . 38,483 Amersfoort . . 30,804
Leiden -. . . 61,408 Zwolle . . . 35,043 Hushing . . . 22,343
Nimeguen . . 66,833 Schiedam . . 39,066 Alkmaar . . . 23,778
Tllburg . . . 61,557 Hilversuin . . 37,558 Hengelo . . . 25,593
Religion.
Entire liberty of conscience is granted to the members of all religious confessions. The royal family and the majority of the inhabitants belong to the Reformed Church. The State Budget contains fixed allowances for the
