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The following table shows the leading occupations of the people in 1890, including the families and dependents of those directly employed:—

II. .

1. Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

2. Emigration.

III.

The population of Sweden is mainly rural. In 1871 the town population numbered only 551,106, and in 1896, 1,030,367, showing an increase of 87 per cent., or nearly five times the rate of the general average of the Kingdom.

The following towns had more than 10,000 inhabitants at the end of 1897:—