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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — TTNITEP KINGDOiM
Year Total of United Kingdom England and Wales Scotland Ireland 1 1889 37,178,929 28,448,239 3,973,305 4,757,385 1890 37,484,764 28,763,673 4,003,132 4,717,959 1891 37,796,390 29,081,962 4,033,180 4,681,248 1892 38,103,519 29,401,898 4,063,452 4,638,169 < 1893 38,434,629 29,725,358 4,093,959 4,615,312 1894 38,777,687 30,052,397 4,124,691 4,600,599 1895 39,113,465 30,383,047 4,155,654 4,574,764 1896 39,464,582 30,717,355 4,186,849 4,560,378 1897 39,825,371 31,055,355 4,218,279 4,551,737 i 1898 40,188,927 31,397,078 4,249,946 4,541,903
1. England and Wales. The population of England and Wales was as follows at the teji enumera- tions, 1801 to 1891 :—
Date of Enumeration Population Pop. per sq. mile [ 153 175 207 139 274 Date of Enumeration Population Pop. per sq. mile 1801 . 1811 . 1821 . 1831 . 1841 . 8,892,536 10,164,256 12,000,236 13,896,797 15,914,148 1851 . 1861 . 1871 . 1881 . 1891 . 17,927,609 20,066,224 22,712,266 25,974,439 29,002,525 308 345 390 446 498
The following table shows the area in square miles, the total population, and the population per square mile in 1891, of the administrative counties of England and Wales : —
Population, 1891. Administrative Counties Area. sq. miles 466 Males Females Total Per sq. mile Bedford . 75,477 85,227 160,704 344-9 Berks 712 86,647 89,462 176,109 247-3 Buckingham 743 91,195 94,089 185,284 249-3 Cambridge 485 59,397 62,564 121,961 251-5 Isle of Ely 374 31,563 32,298 63,861 170-8 Chester 1,009 260,387 276,257 536,644 531-8 Cornwall . 1,357 149,259 173,312 322,571 237-7 Cumberland 1 1,516 132,080 134,469 266,549 175-8 Derby i 1,022 216,269 210,499 426,768 417 6 Devon 2,597 213,390 241,963 455,353 175-3 Dorset 988 94,735 99,782 194,517 196-9 Durham . 999 371,137 350,324 721,461 722-2 Essex 1,533 287,608 291,747 579,355 377-9 Gloucester 1,236 182,985 201,567 384,552 311-1 Hereford . 840 56,090 59,859 115,949 138-0 Hertford . 1 636 108,471 116,079 224,550 353 1 Huntingdon 366 27,061 27,908 54,969 150-2 Kent 1,519 383,849 401,825 785,674 517-2 Lancaster 1,757 848,459 919,814 1,768,273 1,006-4 1
