AREA AND POPULATION
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Deceimial rate of increase or decrease ( - ) per cent.
—
1871
1881 14-5
1891
117
1901
1911
England .
13-4
12-1
105
AVales
9-5
11-8
117
13-3
18-1
Scotland .
97
11-2
7-8
11-1
6-4
Ireland .
-67
-4-4
-9-1
-5-2
- 17
The Islands .
0-8 8-8
-2-3
47
17
- 1-0
10-8
8-2
9-9
9-1
Proportion per cent, of the popnlation livino; in the various divisions of the United Kingdom from 1861 to 1911 :—
Divisions
1S61
1871
67-5
18S1
1891
1901
73-4
1911
England
64-6
69-8
72-2
75-0
AVales . . . .
3-8
3-8
3-8
3-8
4-1
4-5
Scotland
10-4
106
10-6
107
107
10-5
Ireland . . . .
19-8
17-0
14-6
12-5
10-6
97
Isle of Man .
■2
•2
•2
•1
•1
•1
Channel Islands .
•3
•3
•3
•2
•2
•2
Army, Navy, and Mercl Seamen abroad
iant\
•9
•6
7
•5
•9
-■
111 19U1, ill Wales and Monmouthshire 280,905 persons 3 years of age and upwards, or 13'9i)er cent, of the total population, were able to speak Welsh only, and 648,919, or 32'2 per cent, able to speak Welsh and English. Tims 929,824, or 4G-0per cent., persons could speak Welsh. In 1881 tlie number returned was 950,000, or about 70 per cent. In 1901, in Scotland, 28,106 persons 3 years of age and upwards, or '63 per cent, of the total population, could speak Gaelic only, and 202,700 or 4*53 per cent., could speak Gaelic and English. Thus 230,806, or 5-lG per cent., could speak Gaelic, and of these, 111,466 were in the counties of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty. In 1881 the number was 231,594, or 6'20- per cent. In 19)1, in Ireland, 20,953, or '45 per cent, of the population, could sjieak Irish only, and 620,189, or 13 91 per cent., could speak Irish and English. Thus 641,142, or 14'36 per cent., could speak Irish. In 1881 the nuiiibei was 949,932, or 1820 per cent.
Estimated population of the United Kingdom and its di\asions (exclu- sive of army, navy, and merchant seamen abroad) at the end of June: —
Year (30 June)
Total of United Kingdom
England and Wales
Scotland
■
Ireland
1903
42,245,403
33,294,308
4,535,201
4,415,894
1904
42,609,678
33,640,736
4,563,530
4,405,412
1905
42,978,588
33,990,764
4,592,036
4,395,788
1906
43,358,371
34,344,429
4,620,720
4,393,222
1907
. 43,734,635
34,701,776
4,649,586
4,383,273
1908
44,120,134
35,062,847
4,678,629
4,378,658
1909
44,515,297
35,427,672
4,707,858
4,379,767
1910
44,911,346
35,796,289
• 4,737,268
4,377,789
1911
45,288,97-4
36,163,833
4,749,673
4,375,468
1912
45,652,741
36,539,636
4,738,300
4,374,805
