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 AREA AND POPULATION.

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Area and Population.

Sweden was one of the first countries of Europe in which a regular census was taken. The first enumeration took place in 1748, at the suggestion of the Academy of Stockholm, and it was repeated, at first every third year, next, after 1775, every fifth year, which was altered at last into an annual census, continued to the present day.

The population of Sweden amounted on December 31, 1867, according to the official census returns of that date, to 4,195,681, of whom 2,040,589 were men and 2,155,092 women. On the 31st of December, 1869, the total population was 4,158,757, of whom 2,014,530 were men and 2,114,227 women. The decrease of population in the two years from December 31, 1867, to December 31, 1869, arose through emigration. The kingdom had, at the enumeration of 1869, but two towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants, namely, Stockholm, the capital, with 134,650, and Göteborg, with 55,046.

The area and population of Sweden, on the 31st of December, 1869, are shown in the following table : —

Governments (Län.) Area in geo. sq. miles Population, Dec. 31, 1SG9

Stockholm (City) ......

134,650

Stockholm (Rural district)

137

131,405

Upsala

97

99,598

Södermanland

118

135,286

Östergötland

200

254,014

Jönköping.

202

54,080

Kronoborg.

178

279,537

Calmar

200

231,802

Gotland

58

242,892

Blekinge

53

126.661

Christianstad

114

159,619

Malmöhus.

84

313,430

Halland

89

233,213

Göteborg and Bohus

89

220,846

Elfsborg

237

127,531

Skaraborg.

156

181,767

Wermland.

327

261,522

Örebro

153

166,424

Westmanland

125

113,155

Kopparberg.

577

175,927

Gefleborg

356

1 15,834

1 Wester Norrland.

447

132,658

Jemtland

900

70,372

Westerbotten

1,382

90,938

Norrbotten ....

1,554

75,596

Lapland (estimated)

Total.

4,705

—

8,026

4,158,757

English square miles

168,042