Area and Population. I. PROGRESS AND PRESENT CONDITION. The population was thus distributed at the census, taken April 1, 1901 :— The following table gives the population of those divisions at each of the four decennial censuses previous to 1901 : The decennial rate of increase or decrease (-) per cent. at each of the last five censuses has been as follows: If Ireland be excluded from the calculation, it will be found that the rate of increase for the remainder of the United Kingdom was very nearly uniform, The proportion per cent. of the population living in the various divisions of the United Kingdom was as follows at each of the six decennial censuses from 1851 to 1901 :— 3 Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen abroad In 1901, in Wales and Monmouthshire 280,905 persons years of age and upwards, or 13.9 per cent. of the total population, were returned as able to speak Welsh only, and 648,919, or 32.2 per cent., as able to speak Welsh and English. Thus 929,824, or 46.0 per cent., persons could speak Welsh. In 1881 the number returned was 950,000, or about 70 per cent. In 1901, in Scotland, 28,106 persons three years of age and upwards, or 0.63 per cent., of the total population of Scotland could speak Gaelic only, and 202,700, or 4.53 per cent., could speak Gaelic and English. Thus 230,806, or 5.16 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 1901, in Ireland, 20,953, or 45 per cent. of the population of Ireland, could speak 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 number was 949,932, or 18 20 per cent. The population of the United Kingdom and its divisions (exclusive of army, navy, and merchant seamen abroad) at the end of June, in each of the last ten years, was estimated as follows: 1. England and Wales The population of England and Wales was as follows at the eleven enumerations, 1801 to 1901 : The following table shows the area (land and inland water) of each of the 62 administrative counties of England and Wales, and the population, according to the preliminary census report of 1901, compared with the corresponding population in 1891. The areas and population of the county boroughs are not included in those of the administrative counties, but are given separately below. |