Series 3 > Scottish population statistics, including Webster's Analysis of population, 1755

INTRODUCTION
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three-quarters of a million between the census of 1931 and
that of 1951, Scotland lost 220,000 in the same period.
It is too early yet after the Second World War to form
any definite view as to the future migration position in
Scotland, but there are indications that the countries of
the British Commonwealth are ready and anxious to wel¬
come well-trained young Scots of both sexes, and the alarm¬
ing rate of loss in the immediate post-war period before
1951 would seem to indicate that migration will be an
important factor in Scotland’s demographic history for
many years to come.
The high rate of migration from Scotland compared with
that of England and Wales is reflected in the relative growth
of the population in the two countries. The following
Table IV shows the populations of both countries at the
beginning and half-way through both the nineteenth and
the twentieth centuries.
Table IV
England and Wales
Proportion
of 1801
Population
Proportion
of 1801
Population
Scottish
Population
expressed as
a percentage
of that of
1801
1851
1901
1951
8893
17928
32528
43745
180
16-2
13-8
11-7
It will be seen that while the population of England and
Wales has increased almost five-fold in the last century and
a half, the population of Scotland has slightly more than
trebled in the same period. Further, it will be observed
that 150 years ago Scotland’s population was 18 per cent.