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SWITZERLAND

Area and Population I. Progress and Present Condition.

A general census of the population of Switzerland was taken on December 1, 1888, when the ordinary resident population was found to be 2,917,740, the whole population, in fact, being 2,933,334 (1,427,057 males, 1,506,277 females), showing an in- crease since the previous census of 0*375 per cent, per annum. At the census taken December 1, 1880, the people numbered 2,846,102, of whom 1,394,626 were males and 1,451,476 females. At- the preceding census, taken December 1, 1870, the population numbered 2,669,138, showing an increase of 176,964 inhabitants during the ten years, or 0*64 per cent, per annum.

The following table gives the area and estimated population of each of the cantons and parts of cantons in the middle of 1897, and also the census population of December 1, 1888. The cantons are given in the official order, and the year of the entrance of each into the league or confederation is stated : —

Area :

Population

Pop.

Canton

sq. miles

per square mile, 1888

June, 1897

Dec. 1, 1888

Ziirich (Zurich) (1351).

G6Q

392,945

337,183

506-3

\ Bern (Berne) (1353).

2,657

548,061

536,679

201-9

1 Liizern (Lucerne) (1332).

579

136.056

135,360

233-6

Uri (1291) ....

415

17,249

17,249

41-5

Schwyz (1291) ....

351

50,728

50,307

143-0

OLwalden (TJnterwalden-le-

Haut)(1291)

183

14,734

15,043

82-2

Nidwalden (Unterwalden-le-

Bas) (1291) ....

112

13,139

12,538

111-9

Glarus (Claris) (1352)

267

33,379

33,825

126-7

Zug (Zoug) (1352).

92

23,242

23,029

250-3

Fribourg (Freiburg) (1481)

644

123,618

119,155

185-0

Solotlmrn (Soleure) (1481)

302

91,261

85,621

283-5

Basel-Stadt (Bale-V.) (1501).

14

96,391

73,749

5,267-8

Basel-Land (Bale-C.) (1501).

163

64,911

61,941

380-0

Schaflliausen (Schaffliouse) (1501)

114

37,294

37,783

331-4

Appenzell A.-Rh. (Ext.) (1573)

101

56,426

54,109

535-7

AppenzellL-Rh. (Int.) (1573).

61

12,905

12,888

211-3

St. Gallen (St. Gall) (1803)

779

247,276

228,174

292-9

Graubiinden (Grisons) (1803)

2,773

95,823

94,810

34-2

Aargau (Argovie) (1803).

542

188,455

193,580

357-1

Thurgau (Thurgovie) (1803)

381

110,523

104,678

274-7

Ticino (Tessin) (1803)

1,088

128,579

126,751

116-4

Yaud (Waadt) (1803)

1,244

264,325

247,655

199-1

Valais (WalHs) (1815)

2,027

103,908

101,985

50-3

Neuchatel (Neuenburg) (1815) ,

312

119,329

108,153

346-6

Geneve (Genf) (1815)

Total

108

111,732

105,509

976-9

15,976

3,082,989

2,917,754

182-6