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APPENDIX TWO

POPULATION OF UK AND USA

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Population of United Kingdom (excluding southern Ireland)			Population of United States of America
1570	4,160,221
1600	4,811,718
1630	5,600,517
1670	5,773,646
1700	6,045,008
1750	6,517,035		1790*	3,929,214
1801	11,944,000		1800	5,308,483
1811	13,368,000		1810	7,239,881
1821	15,472,000		1820	9,638,453
1831	17,835,000		1830	12,866,020
1841	20,183,000		1840	17,069,453
1851	22,259,000		1850	23,191,876
1861	24,525,000		1860	31,443,321
1871	27,431,000		1870	39,818,449
1881	31,015,000		1880	50,155,783
1891	34,264,000		1890	62,947,714
1901	38,237,000		1900	75,994.575
1911	42,082,000		1910	91,972,266
1921	44,027,000		1920	105,710,620
1931	46,038,000		1930	122,775,046
1941œ	47,500,000		1940	131,669,275
1951	50,225,000		1950	150,697,361
1961	52,676,000		1960	179,323,175
1971	55,696,000		1970	203,302,031
1981	55,877,000		1980	226,542,203
1991	55,701,000		1990	248,709,873

* 71.9% Anglo-Scottish, 19.3% Negro, 4.5% German, 2.0% Dutch, 1.6% Irish, 0.5% French.
œ Estimated population: no official census.


These 1920 figures show that the British Empire and USA covered
29% of the world surface area and 29.4% of the world population:

	Area in square miles	Population
The British Empire	12,044,541	441,608,685
United States of America	3,026,789	105,710,620
TOTAL	15,071,330	547,319,305
The world	52,000,000	1,862,000,000

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