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 AREA AND POPULATION

la

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