POPULATION INCREASE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 10

POPULATION INCREASE.

GAIN OF 21,500 IN \l MONTHS. STATISTICIAN'S ESTIMATES. [BV TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Thursday. According to a return published in the Gazette by the Census and Statistics Office, the estimated population of the Dominion on September 30, including Maoris, was 1,516,128, comprising 773,977 males and 742,151 females. The estimated total population of the Dominion and its dependencies (Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau Islands), and the mandated territory of Western Samoa, was 1.578,174. The population of New Zealand proper, excluding Maoris, was 1,447,278, and the Maori population, 68,850.

Following is a summary of the official estimates of the Dominion's population, including Maoris, but excluding the island dependencies, at September 30 of recent •years, showing the increases from year to year:— Total. Increase. 19-25 .. .. 1,390,487 1026 .. .. 1.417. got 27.377 1927 .. .. 1.440.-115 '2-2,551 irt2S .. .. 1,456,713 16.23S 1929 .. .. 1.474.3K5 17,652 19:'0 .. .. 1,494.6*2$ 20.263 1931 .. .. 1,51(5.12$ 21.500 The increase in the last five years has been 98.264. Compared with the estimate at June 30. the latest estimate shows an increase during the quarter of 3501, as against 4223 in the corresponding period of last year.