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GERMANY : — PRUSSIA

Area and Population.

I. Progress and Present Condition.

Provinces

Area :

Square

Miles (Oct.

1, 1020)

Population

Pop.

1919

1910

2,149,3S0

Mile, 1919

East Prussia (Ostpreussen)

14,286

2,229,200

1560

Brandenburg ....

15,070

2,445,627

2,434,223

1623

338

3,803,770

8,729,650

11,253-8

Pomerania (Pommern)

11,654

1,787,198

1,718,860

153-4

Border Province (Grenzmarka

Posen — West Preussen).

3,026

326,881

311,267

108-0

Lower Silesia (Niederschlesien)

10,270

2,987,904

2,990,188

JPO-9

Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien).

4,998

2,283,092

2,162.585

457-0

Saxony (Sachsen)

0,756

8,129,193

3,089,275

320-7

Schleswig-Holstein

5,805

1,4^2,187

1,454,109

251-9

14,869

3,017,866

2,042,436

202-9

Westphalia (Westfalen).

7,807

4,488,115

4,125,096

574-9

Hesse-Nassau.

6,062

2,273,502

5,221,021

375-0

Ktiine (Rheinprovinz) i. . 1

9,470

6,769,460

6,488,344

7148

Hoheiizollern(Hoherizollernschfc;

441

70,761

71,011

1604

Total. . . . i

113,852 1

37,075,240

35,887,449

325-6

i Exclusive of tile Saar district, and KUperi ami Malmedr.

As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Prussia, on the basis of the census of December 1, 1910, has lost 20,377 square miles and a population of 3,705,898.

Development of Prussia since 1875 : —

Year

1875 1890 1900 1905 1910 1919

Area in Sq. Miles Population

134,179 134,537 134,622 135,134 135,134 113,852

25,742,404 29,957,867 34,472,509 37*293,264

40,165,219

37,075,240

Average per Sq. Mile

191-8 222-7 '256-1 275-9 297-0 325-6

Percentage of Annual Increase

1-1 1-5 1-59 1-04

II. Movement of the Population.

Year

Marriages

}77,5i;r, 176,872 198,578 229,851

Total Births

Still-born

Illegitimate

Total Deaths incl. Still- born

Surplus Of Births

1915 1916 1917 1918

'.'10,080 (107,712 623,270 630,524

28,111 21,641 18,078 19,019

92, Si:: 71,028 fif.,046 76,017

955,609 821, 877,126 1,0.86,279

36,529 124,109 253,856 404,755

In 1919 2 - 90 per cent, of the total births in rural districts and 3*38 per cent, in urban areas were stillborn, and 1079 per cent, in rural districts and 13 "88 per cent, in urban areas were illegitimate.

Principal towns with population in 1919 : —

Berlin. . 1,902,509 Cologne. . 633,904

Oharlottenburg 322,766 Hrcslau. . 528,260

Neukblln. 262,127 Eseen. . 439,267

Schoneberg. 175,092 Frankfort (Main)433, 002

Lichtenberg. 144,643 Frankfort (Oder) 65,055

Wilmersdorf. 139,406 Kbnigsberg. 260,S9f> j

Duisburg

. 244,302

Stettin.

. 232,726

Kiel

. 205,330

Halle.

. 182,386

Altona.

. 168,729

Cassel.

. 162,391