AREA AND POPULATIOX
1101
In 1910 there were 1,155,673 males, and 1,236,109 females. Conjugal condition of the present population, 1910 :—
—
Unmarried
Married
Widowed
Divorced Not stated
Males . Females
713,104
755,238
364,885 382,397
41,769 94,429
798 2,604 1,371 1,195
In 1910, 1,702,554 were domiciled in rural districts, and 689,228 in towns. Of the population in 1910 2,296,019 were born in Norway, 38,796 in Sweden, 1,820 in Finland, 3,033 in German3^ In 1910 the number of Lays was 18,590, and of Fins, 7,172.
In 1910 the population above the age of 15 was divided according to occupation as follows (provisional figures) : —
December 1, 1910
Corresponding figures for 1900
Occupation
Norway
Rural
districts
03
a
o H
.5
.§
03
w
945
o
Rural
districts
03
c H
3,677
"3
a 1
]. Agriculture, &c.
307,512
303,096
4,416
309,016
305,339
716
2. Fisheries .
51,131
45,984
5,147
55
50,747
46,640
4,107
75
3. Mine s, m e t a 1
works, and other
industries .
239,112
121,511
117,601
44,683
242,642
130,485
112,157
43,669
4. Commerce and
transport (exclud-
ing navigation) .
115,109
35,678
79,431
82,078
98,326
30,528
67,798
28,905
5. Navigation.
23,185
7,069
16,116
1,894
23,930
10,145
13,785
1,522
6. Administrative
and professional .
40,683
16,583
24,100
10,155
35,904
14,426
21,478
9,479
7. Domestic work
and occupation
not stated .
610,7641
429,659
181,105
63,293
528,398
366,700 161,698
60,187
S. Living on private
fortune, annui-
tants, &c. .
74,449
59,981
14,468
5,035
67,872
56,665
11,207
4,058
9. Charity, public
or private .
63,619 1,525,564
37,523 1,057,084
26,096
10,890
78,705
49,626
29,079
9,083
Total .
468,480
169,023
1,435,540
1,010,554
424,986
157,694
1 Inclusive of 355,444 married women in their own households.
II. Movement of the Population.
1. Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
Year
I Births Marriages i (exc. still- born)
1907 1908 190y 1910 1911
13,953 14,153 14,080 14,566 14.800
60,722 60,866 61,407 61,461 61,400
Stillborn
Illegiti- mate, living
1,429 1,420 1,439 1,429 1,600
4,106 4,154 4,106 4,040 4,0o0
Deaths (exc. still- born)
32,789 33,181 31,603 31 856 31,300
Excess of Births
27,933
27,685 29,804 29,605 30,100
