POPULATION RETURNS
INCREASE IN CANADA. OTTAWA, Canada. The natural increase in population in Canada for 1937, based on the vital statistics of births and deaths, was 10.3 per thousand population which compares well with that of other nations. Countries with a higher rate than Canada included Japan with 14.8, the white population of the Union of South Africa with 14.6 and the Netherlands with 11.5. Other principal countries included: Italy 8.8; New Zealand 7.8; Australia 7.7; Germany 7.2; Denmark 6.8; Northern Ireland 5.8; Irish Free State 5.2; United States 5.2; Scotland 4.6; Norway 4.5; England and Wales 2.7; Sweden 2.2. Preliminary figures for France showed a very slight natural decrease of 0.3 per thousand.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1938, Page 9
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114POPULATION RETURNS Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1938, Page 9
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