658
GERMAN EMPIRE : — PRUSSIA
Area and Population. I. Progress and Present Condition.
The following table exhibits the area and population of the whole and of each of the 14 provinces in 1890, and on December 2, 1895.
Provinces
East Prussia (Ostpreussen) .
West Prussia (Westpreussen)
Berlin .
Brandenburg
Pomerania (Pommern)
Posen .
Silesia (Schlesien)
Saxony (Sachsen).
Schleswig-Holstein
Heligoland ^ Hanover (Hannover) Westphalia (Westfalen) Hesse-Nassau Rhine (Rheinland) Hohenzollern
Total .
Area :
Eng. Sq.
Miles
14,282
9,854
25
15,381
11,628
11,184
15,566
9,750
17,337
14,869 7,803 6,060
10,423 441
Population
1890
1,958,663 1,433,681 1,578,794 2,541,783 1,520,889 1,751,642 4,224,458 2,580,010 1,217,437
(2,086) 2,278,361 2,428,661 1,664,426 4,710,391
66,085
1895
134,603 29,955,281
2,006,689 1,494,360 1,677,304 2,821,695 1,574,147 1,828,658 4,415,309 2,698,549 ^,286,416
2,422,020 2,701,420 1,756,802 5,106,002 65,752
31,855,123
Pop.
per Square
Mile, 1895
140-5
151-6
' 67,092-2
183-5
135-4
163-5
283-7
276-8
175-3
162-9
346-2
289-9
489-9
149-1
236-7
1 Including Heligoland.
- Heligoland has been attached to Schleswig-Holstein since 1891.
At the close of the reign of Friedrich I., first King of Prussia, the Kingdom had an area of about 43,400 square miles, and a population of 1,731,000. The following table illustrates the de- velopment of Prussia since 1816 : —
Year
1816
Area in Sq. Miles
Population 10,349,031
Average per Sq. Mile
97-1
Percentage of Annual Increase
106,614
1831
106,614
13,038,960
122-3
1-7
1858
108,514
17,739,913
163-5
1-3
1861
108,514
18,491,220
170-4
1-4
1867
134,046
23,971,337
178-8
1-06
1871
134,046
24,643,623
183-8
0-70
1875
134,179
25,742,464
191-8
1-06
1880
134,468
27,279,111
202-9
119
1885
134,505
28,318,470
210-5
0-76
1890
134,537
29,955,281
222-6
1-15
1895
134,603
31,855,123
236-7
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