The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Estimated Population at the Middle of Each Year, From 1840 to 1886
Estimated Population at the Middle of Each Year, From 1840 to 1886.
Compiled from various numbers of the Statistical Abstract, the estimates of population being calculated from the ascertained annual increase or decrease of population which prevailed during the decades intervening between the Census enumerations of 1861, 1871, and 1881. We have added the columns of increase and decrease from year to year, from which it appears that, whilst the population of Great Britain has steadily increased throughout that period, that of Ireland began to diminish slightly in 1846, heavily in the potato rot and famine period of 1847 and 1848, and fell off from year to year until 1876, when, and in the next three years, there was an estimated increase, whilst between 1879 and 1886 there was a decrease of 826,312. From the subjoined table it appears that, whilst the population of England and Wales has been increased since 1840 by 12,139,773, and that of Scotland by 1,348,701—making a total of 13,488,474, that of Ireland has decreased by no less than 3,268,082. Hence the net increase of population in the United Kingdom in 46 years has only been 10,259,340.
England and Wales. | Scotland. | Ireland. | United Kingdom. | |||||||||
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Year. | Increase. | Increase. | Increase. | Decrease. | Increase. | Decrease. | Year. | |||||
1840 | 15,730,813 | 2,600,692 | 8,155,521 | 26,487,026 | 1840 | |||||||
1841 | 15,929,492 | 198,679 | 2,621,854 | 21,162 | 8,199,853 | 44,332 | 26,751,199 | 264,173 | 1841 | |||
1842 | 16,130,326 | 200,834 | 2,653,165 | 31,311 | 8,220,926 | 21,073 | 27,004,417 | 253,218 | 1842 | |||
1843 | 16,332,228 | 201,902 | 2,683,639 | 30,474 | 8,239,832 | 18,906 | 27,255,699 | 251,282 | 1843 | |||
1844 | 16,535,174 | 202,946 | 2,713,318 | 29,679 | 8,276,627 | 36,795 | 27,525,119 | 269,420 | 1844 | |||
1845 | 16,739,136 | 203,962 | 2,742,167 | 28,849 | 8,295,061 | 18,434 | 27,776,364 | 251,245 | 1845 | |||
1848 | 16,944,092 | 204,956 | 2,770,154 | 27,987 | 8,287,848 | 7,213 | 28,022,094 | 245,730 | 1846 | |||
1847 | 17,150,018 | 205,926 | 2,797,245 | 27,091 | 8,025,274 | 262,574 | 27,972,537 | 49,557 | 1847 | |||
1848 | 17,356,882 | 206,864 | 2,823,406 | 26,161 | 7,639,800 | 385,474 | 27,820,088 | 152,449 | 1848 | |||
1849 | 17,564,656 | 207,774 | 2,848,609 | 25,203 | 7,256,314 | 383,486 | 27,669,574 | 150,514 | 1849 | |||
1850 | 17,773,324 | 208,668 | 2,872,821 | 24,212 | 6,877,549 | 378,765 | 27,523,694 | 145,880 | 1850 | |||
1851 | 17,982,849 | 209,525 | 2,896,015 | 23,194 | 6,514,473 | 363,076 | 27,393,337 | 130,357 | 1851 | |||
1852 | 18,193,206 | 210,357 | 2,918,162 | 22,147 | 6,336,889 | 177,584 | 27,448,257 | 54,920 | 1852 | |||
1853 | 18,404,368 | 211,162 | 2,939,236 | 21,074 | 6,198,984 | 137,905 | 27,542,588 | 94,331 | 1853 | |||
1854 | 18,616,310 | 211,942 | 2,959,211 | 19,975 | 6,083,183 | 115,801 | 27,658,704 | 116,116 | 1854 | |||
1855 | 18,829,000 | 212,690 | 2,978,065 | 18,854 | 6,014,665 | 68,518 | 27,821,730 | 163,026 | 1855 | |||
1856 | 19,042,412 | 213,412 | 2,995,771 | 17,706 | 5,972,851 | 41,811 | 28,011,034 | 189,304 | 1856 | |||
1857 | 19,250,516 | 214,104 | 3,012,310 | 16,539 | 5,919,454 | 53,397 | 28,188,280 | 177,246 | 1857 | |||
1858 | 19,471,291 | 214,775 | 3,027,665 | 15,355 | 5,890,814 | 28,640 | 28,389,770 | 201,490 | 1858 | |||
1859 | 19,686,701 | 215,410 | 3,041,812 | 14,147 | 5,861,711 | 29,103 | 28,590,224 | 200,454 | 1859 | |||
1860 | 19,902,713 | 216,012 | 3,054,738 | 12,926 | 5,820,960 | 40,751 | 28,778,411 | 188,187 | 1860 | |||
1861 | 20,119,314 | 216,601 | 8,066,633 | 11,895 | 5,788,415 | 32,545 | 28,974,362 | 195,951 | 1861 | |||
1862 | 20,352,140 | 232,826 | 3,097,847 | 31,214 | 5,775,028 | 13,387 | 29,225,015 | 250,653 | 1862 | |||
1863 | 20,590,356 | 238,216 | 3,126,587 | 28,740 | 5,716,975 | 58,053 | 29,133,918 | 208,903 | 1863 | |||
1864 | 20,834,496 | 244,140 | 3,155,595 | 29,008 | 5,638,487 | 78,488 | 29,628,578 | 194,660 | 1864 | |||
1865 | 21,085,139 | 250,643 | 3,184,873 | 29,278 | 5,591,896 | 46,591 | 29,861,908 | 233,330 | 1865 | |||
1866 | 21,342,864 | 257,725 | 3,214,426 | 29,553 | 5,519,522 | 72,374 | 30,076,812 | 214,904 | 1866 | |||
1867 | 21,608,286 | 265,422 | 3,244,254 | 29,828 | 5,482,459 | 37,063 | 30,334,999 | 258,187 | 1867 | |||
1868 | 21,882,059 | 273,773 | 3,274,360 | 30,106 | 5,461,299 | 21,160 | 30,617,718 | 282,719 | 1868 | |||
1869 | 22,164,847 | 282,788 | 3,304,747 | 30,387 | 5,443,919 | 17,380 | 30,913,513 | 295,795 | 1869 | |||
1870 | 22,457,366 | 292,519 | 3,335,418 | 30,671 | 5,412,660 | 31,259 | 31,205,444 | 291,931 | 1870 | |||
1871 | 22,700,359 | 302,903 | 3,366,375 | 30,957 | 5,386,708 | 25,952 | 31,513,442 | 307,998 | 1871 | |||
1872 | 23,067,835 | 307,476 | 3,399,226 | 32,851 | 5,368,696 | 18,012 | 31,835,757 | 322,315 | 1872 | |||
1873 | 23,356,414 | 288,579 | 3,430,923 | 31,697 | 5,337,261 | 31,435 | 32,124,598 | 288,811 | 1873 | |||
1874 | 23,648,609 | 292,195 | 3,462,916 | 31,993 | 5,314,814 | 22,417 | 32,426,369 | 301,771 | 1874 | |||
1875 | 23,944,459 | 295,850 | 3,495,214 | 32,298 | 5,309,494 | 5,350 | 32,749,167 | 322,798 | 1875 | |||
1876 | 24,244,010 | 299,551 | 3,527,811 | 32,597 | 5,321,618 | 12,124 | 33,093,439 | 344,272 | 1876 | |||
1877 | 24,547,309 | 303,299 | 3,560,715 | 32,904 | 5,338,906 | 17,288 | 33,416,930 | 353,491 | 1877 | |||
1878 | 24,854,397 | 307,088 | 3,593,929 | 33,214 | 5,351,060 | 12,154 | 33,799,386 | 352,456 | 1878 | |||
1879 | 25,105,336 | 310,939 | 3,627,453 | 33,524 | 5,362,337 | 11,277 | 34,155,126 | 355,740 | 1879 | |||
1830 | 25,480,161 | 314,825 | 3,051,292 | 33,839 | 5,327,099 | 35,238 | 34,468,552 | 313,426 | 1880 | |||
1881 | 26,055,406 | 575,245 | 3,744,323 | 83,031 | 5,129,950 | 197,149 | 34,029,679 | 461,127 | 1881 | |||
1882 | 26,106,820 | 351,414 | 3,785,400 | 41,077 | 5,097,730 | 32,220 | 35,289,950 | 360,271 | 1882 | |||
1883 | 26,770,744 | 363,921 | 3,825,744 | 40,344 | 5,015,328 | 82,402 | 35,611,816 | 321,816 | 1883 | |||
1884 | 27,132,449 | 361,705 | 3,866,521 | 40,777 | 4,962,570 | 52,758 | 35,961,540 | 349,724 | 1884 | |||
1885 | 27,499,041 | 366,592 | 3,907,736 | 41,215 | 4,924,342 | 38,228 | 36,331,119 | 369,579 | 1885 | |||
1886 | 27,870,586 | 371,515 | 3,949,393 | 41,657 | 4,887,439 | 36,903 | 36,707,418 | 376,299 | 1886 | |||
Between 1840 & 1886 | 12,139,773 | 1,348,701 | 192,383 | 3,460,465 | 10,888,097 | 628,757 | ||||||
Deduct Increase 192,383 | Deduct Dec. 628,757 | |||||||||||
Net Decrease 3,268,082 | Net Incrse. 10,259,340 |
N.B.—The averages of the last decade not having yet been adjusted since the actual Census of 1881, there is an apparent discrepancy in the increase and decrease shown for that year—a discrepancy which the Board of Trade will probably adjust in time for the next "Statistical Abstract," but meanwhile the accuracy of the totals and net results is unaffected.