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THE BRITISH EMPIRE, POPULATION, AREA, &c.
THE BRITISH EMPIRE-POPULATION, AREA, &c.
1801,
1811,
1821,
1831,
1841,
1851,
1861,
1871,
England and
Wales.
9,156,171
10,454,529
12,172,664
14,051,986
16,035,198
18,054,170
20,066,224
22,704,108
Scotland.
1,608,420
1,805,864
2,091,521
2,364,386
2,620,184
2,888,742
3,062,294
3,358,613
Ireland.
5,395,456
5,937,856
6,801,827
7,767,401
8,175,124
6,552,385
5,798,967
5,402,769
Isle of Man
and
Channel Islands
89,508
103,710
124,040
143,126
143,447
144,430
United
Kingdom.
16,160,047
18,298,249
21,155,520
24,287,483
26,954,546
27,638,423
29,070,932
31,609,910
Extent in Square Miles.
68,320
30,685
31,754
394
121,153
Amount assessed under
Income Tax Act, 1868.
£370,070,360
£38,740,896
£25,992,699
£434,803,957
There emigrated from the United Kiogdora 717,913 persons between 1831 and 1841 ; 1,692,063 between
1841 and 1851; 2,249,355 between 1851 and 1861 ; and 1,976,677 between 1861 and 1871.
COLONIES AND POKEIGN POSSESSIONS.
In Europe, Gibraltar, Malta, Gozo, Heligoland,
Asia, British India, including the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras,
and Bombay, with Sinde and the Punjaub, India beyond
the Ganges, Aden, and the islands of Penang, Singapore, &c.
Ceylon, Hong Kong, and Labuan,
Africa, Cape Colony, Natal, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast,
Gambia, St. Helena,
North America, Canada, JIanatobah, N.W. Territory, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, New-
foundland, Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
South America, British Guiana, comprehending Demerara, Essequibo, and
Berbice ; Falkland Islands,
West Indies,.. ..Jamaica; Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, St.
Lucia, Trinidad, Antigua, St. Christopher, Montserrat,
Nevis, Anguilla, Dominica, Virgin Isles; Bahamas, Turk's
Island, Bermudas, Honduras,
Australasia, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia,
Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand,
Population.
173,194
148,
735,968
215,077
1,352,434
Totals of Colonies and Foreign Possessions,.
Tributary and Protected States in India,
4,206,000
3,632,360
155,712
83,600
975,745
26,207
1,811,000
2,582,070
159,625,130
7,558,011
47,909,199
690,697
207,534,329
8,248,708
Extent in
square miles
117
985,127
24,531
223,999
ESTIMATED POPULATION AND EXTENT OF THE GLOBE.
Europe,...,,.
M. Adrieu
Balbi, 1844.
Weimar
Almanac, 1840.
Prof. Dieterici
of Berlin, 1861.
Dr. Behm of Gotha, 1886.
Population.
Population.
Population.
Population.
Eng. square
miles.
227,700,000
300,000,000
60,000,000
39,000,000
20,300,000
233,240,043
608,516,019
101,498,411
48,007,150
1,838,194
272,000,000
720,000,000
200,000,000
89,000,000
2,000,000
285,000,000
798,600,000
188,000,000
74,500,000
3,850,000
3,787,469
17,326,794
11,556,298
15,813,592
3,425,156
Asia,
Oceania (Australia, "4
Polynesia and Indian >■
Archipelago), }
Totals,
737,000,000
993,099,817
1,283,000,000
1,350,000,000
51,909,309