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AREA AND POPULATION

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The age distribution of the population of the United Kingdom in 1911 was as follows : —

Numbers in thousands


United Kingdotr

i

Age-group

England and Wales

Scotland

Ireland


430

Males

Females

Total

Under

5

3,854

533

2,431

2,404

4,835

5 and under

10

3, 697

514

m

2,333

2,829

  • .■".'

10 „

15

3,500

490

427

MM

2,511

4,431

15 ..

•JO

3,337

462

423

2,110

•J.! 'J -5

4,236

25

i:.i7t>

420

376

1,902

UN

3,984

35

5,957

741

636

3,506

SJUB

7,356

35 t | B |

45

4.S45

601

536

2,909

3,093

iV"'-

55

3,528

447

394

2,114

l>M

65

zJM

296

383

1,367

1,521

1>M

70

807

104

146

4S4

578

1,062

554

80

168

345

461

806

85

454

63

111

M

369

631

S5 and upwar

64

10

16

34

57

91

Total .

36,071

4,761

4,390

22,017

wjnt

45,370

1 Including Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

Estimated population of the United Kingdom and its divisions (exclu- sive of army, navy, and merchant seamen abroad) at the end of June: —

Tear England

(30 June) and Wales

Scotland

Ireland

ated civilian population.

Provisional figures.

Total of United Kingdom

1914

36,960,684

4,747,167

4,381,398

46,089,249

1917

33,711,000 >

4,854,738

4,380,000

42,279,100 1

1918

33,474,700!

4,886,274

4,399,000

42,041,700 *

1919

36,800,000

4,894,077

4,462,000

46,156,077

1920-

37,609,600

4,864,396

4,470,000

46,943,996

1. England and Wales. The census population of England and Wales 1801 to 1911 :-

Enaction Population

Pop. per sq. mile

152 174 206 238 273 307

Date of

1 Enumeration

Population

Pop. per sq. mile

1801 . . 8,892,536 1811 . . 10,164,256 1821 . . 12,000,236 1831 . . 13,896,797 1841 . . 15,914,148 1851 . . 17,927,609

i 1861 . I 1871 .

1881 .

1891 .

1901 .

1911 .

20,066,224 22,712,266 25,974,439 29,002,525 32,527,843 36,070,492

344 389 445 497 558 618

Population of England and Wales and of the Administrative Counties