NOW 1,573,482

Evening Post, Issue 126, 29 May 1936, Page 10

NOW 1,573,482

DOMINION POPULATION

NOETH ISLAND A MILLION

CENSUS RETURNS COMPLETE

INCREASE OF 165,343

I Returns to hand for the Census taken on March 24 are now sufficiently complete to disclose the total population then recorded. The rcj suits are provisional, being subject 'to correction on final check, but it ,is unlikely that amendments of a seriov.s nature will be required. The figures, which are inclusive of Maoris, relate to New Zealand proper, that is, they do not cover the Dominion's island dependencies, viz., the Cook Islands, Nieu Island, Toke»au Island, and Western Samoa. i The total population was 1.573,482, representing an increase of 165,343 lor 11.74 per cent, on the 1926 . Census figures. Increase Numerical 1926-.36 as Population.. increase, ncr cent, of 1!I36 Census. 1926-36. 1926 totals. ■>.orth Island 1,017,706 125,057 14 01 I South Island (Including Chatham Is. ami Stewart Is-) •- 553,716 «,25fl T.SI Ttl. forK.Z. 1,573,482 165,343 11.74 The rate of growth of the popula- | lion during the decade .which elapsed between the 1926 and 1936 Censuses is the lowest recorded for any decade in the history of New Zealand. It represents a heavy decline on the rate of growth recorded during the | five years between the Censuses of 1921 and 192(5, when the population increased by 136,475, equal to 10.73 per cent, of the 1921 total. The North Island now contains 64.68 per cent, of New Zealand's population, and the South Island 35.32 per cent. Corresponding percentages in 1926 were 63.39 and 36.61 respectively.