BRITISH CENSUS.
POPULATION OF CITI.ES. LONDON’S MILLIONS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, August 23. The recent census, which is the largest ever recorded, gives Britain’s population as 42,767,530, an increase on the decade of .7 per cent. Of these 20,430,623 were' males and 22,336,907 females. The population of England is 35,678,530. of whom J 6,984,087 are males and 18,( 4 ;)4,443 females
The population of Wales is 2,206,712 and Scotland 4,882,287, of whom males number 2,348,403.
The population of big towns is as follows:
Received August 24, 5.5 p.m. London,' August 23.
The census shows that the population increase is only about half of the increase in the preceding period. There has been no serious migration from the country to the town. Greater London’s population i 3 7,476,167.
Increase. London 4,483,249 .9 per cent Birmingham .. . 91'9,438 9.4 per cent Liverpool ..... 803,118 6.3 per cent Manchester ... 73'0,551 2 3 per cent Sheffield. 490,724 6.6 cent Leeds ........ 458,320 1.2 per cent
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1921, Page 5
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