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SWITZERLAND
Area and Population I. Progress and Present Condition.
A general census of the population of Switzerland was taken on December 1, 1888, when the ordinary resident population was found to be 2,917,740, the whole population, in fact, being 2,933,334 (1,427,057 males, 1,506,277 females), showing an in- crease since the previous census of 0*375 per cent, per annum. At the census taken December 1, 1880, the people numbered 2,846,102, of whom 1,394,626 were males and 1,451,476 females. At- the preceding census, taken December 1, 1870, the population numbered 2,669,138, showing an increase of 176,964 inhabitants during the ten years, or 0*64 per cent, per annum.
The following table gives the area and estimated population of each of the cantons and parts of cantons in the middle of 1897, and also the census population of December 1, 1888. The cantons are given in the official order, and the year of the entrance of each into the league or confederation is stated : —
Area :
Population
Pop.
Canton
sq. miles
per square mile, 1888
June, 1897
Dec. 1, 1888
Ziirich (Zurich) (1351) .
G6Q
392,945
337,183
506-3
\ Bern (Berne) (1353) .
2,657
548,061
536,679
201-9
1 Liizern (Lucerne) (1332) .
579
136.056
135,360
233-6
Uri (1291) ....
415
17,249
17,249
41-5
Schwyz (1291) ....
351
50,728
50,307
143-0
OLwalden (TJnterwalden-le-
Haut)(1291)
183
14,734
15,043
82-2
Nidwalden (Unterwalden-le-
Bas) (1291) ....
112
13,139
12,538
111-9
Glarus (Claris) (1352)
267
33,379
33,825
126-7
Zug (Zoug) (1352) .
92
23,242
23,029
250-3
Fribourg (Freiburg) (1481)
644
123,618
119,155
185-0
Solotlmrn (Soleure) (1481)
302
91,261
85,621
283-5
Basel-Stadt (Bale-V.) (1501) .
14
96,391
73,749
5,267-8
Basel-Land (Bale-C.) (1501) .
163
64,911
61,941
380-0
Schaflliausen (Schaffliouse) (1501)
114
37,294
37,783
331-4
Appenzell A.-Rh. (Ext.) (1573)
101
56,426
54,109
535-7
AppenzellL-Rh. (Int.) (1573) .
61
12,905
12,888
211-3
St. Gallen (St. Gall) (1803)
779
247,276
228,174
292-9
Graubiinden (Grisons) (1803)
2,773
95,823
94,810
34-2
Aargau (Argovie) (1803) .
542
188,455
193,580
357-1
Thurgau (Thurgovie) (1803)
381
110,523
104,678
274-7
Ticino (Tessin) (1803)
1,088
128,579
126,751
116-4
Yaud (Waadt) (1803)
1,244
264,325
247,655
199-1
Valais (WalHs) (1815)
2,027
103,908
101,985
50-3
Neuchatel (Neuenburg) (1815) ,
312
119,329
108,153
346-6
Geneve (Genf) (1815)
Total
108
111,732
105,509
976-9
15,976
3,082,989
2,917,754
182-6
