CENSUS OF BRITAIN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1144, 3 June 1911, Page 5

CENSUS OF BRITAIN.

POPULAT'ON OP SCOTLAND. tORTY-FIYE MILLIONS IN UNITED KINGDOM. By TclecraDh-Frcss As9ociaUon-OopjTiirli| London, Juno l. Tho census returns for Scotland are completed, and jbow tho population to bo 4,759,115. Tho population of Edinburgh is 320,315, and of Glasgow 781,455. UNITED KINGDOM TOTAL, INCREASE OF NEARLY FOUR MILLIONS. The above figures, with thoso previously cabled, enable the approximate total populalion of tho United Kingdom to bo ar. nved at. The figures are ;— Inc. or r , . , 1901 Wll. Dec. England and Wales 32,527,8(3 36,075,000 +3,548,157 Scotland... 4,472,103 4,759,445 +287,342 Ireland ... 4,458,775 4,381,051 -70,821 Total... 41,455,721 45,210,306 +3,755,775 In these totals tho whole population of the United Kingdom is not given, as tho inhabitants of the Islo of Man, the Channel Islands, and tho Army, Navy, and merchant seamen abroad are not included. This moans tho addition of approximately another half-million to the total. Tho figures for (he four previous censuses were (000 being omitted): 1861. 1871. 1881. 1891. England and Wales 20.0GG 22,712 25,974 29,002 Scotland 3,002 3,360 3,735 4,025 Ireland 5,798 5,112 5,174 4,704 U. Kingdom... 29,321 31,815 35,241 38,101 T]ie_ threo whoso totals have been supplied in cable messages compare as I under:— 1901. 1911. Inc. Gr'tr. London 0,581,372 7,252,903 671,591 Edinburgh 310,479 . 320,315 3,838 Glasgow 735,900 784,455 48,549 SYDNEY'S WONDERFUL GROWTH. (Rec. Juue 2, 10.55 p.m.) Sydney, Juno 2. The final census figures give the population of Sydney and suburbs as 037,794, an increase of 144,867 since (ho ocnsuß of' 1901.