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AREA AND POPULATION

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93,032 ; Dutch, 80,361 ; Italian, 65,961 ; Moravian, 64,382 ; Czech, 43,016 ; Frisian, 20,677 ; English, 20,217 ; Walloon, 11,841).

On December 1, 1910, Germany contained 1,259,873 subjects of foreign powers, as follows : —

Subjects of:

Belgium . . . 13,455

Denmark . . . 26,233

France . . . 19,140 Great Britain and Ireland 18,319

Italy .... 104,204

Luxemburg , . 14,356

Netherlands . . 144,175

Austria-Hungary . 667,159

Russia and Finland . 137,697

Sweden . . . 9,675

Norway . . . 3,334 Switzerland . . 68,257

Other European countries 10,044

Total Europe United States Other States

1,236,048

17,572 6,253

Total extra- European . 23,825

Total foreign subjects . 1,259,873

In 1905 the number of foreign subjects was 1,028,560.

II. Movement of the Population.

The following table shows the movement of the population of the Empire during five years : —

Year

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

Marriages

503,964 500,620 494,127 496,396 512,819

Total Births

2,060,973 2,076,660 2,038,357 1,982,836 1,927,039

Stillborn

61,040 61,608 60,079 58,058 56,310

Illegitimate

Total Deaths

179,178 184,112 183,700 179,584 177,056

1,178,349 1,197,098 1,154,296 1,103,723 1,186,608

Surplus of Births

882,624 879,562 884,061 879,113 740,431

The still-births in 1911 were 2*9 per cent., and the illegitimate births 9-19 per cent, of the total number of births.

Of the children born in 1911, 992,062 were boys, and 934,970 girls.

In the various German States in 1910 the movement of population was as follows : —

Births

States

Marriages

Prussia

321,151

Bavaria

50,339

Saxony, Kingdom of .

41,236

Wtirttemberg

17,964

Baden ....

15,33ii

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Mecklenburg-Sch.

4,873

Saxony, Grd. Duchy of

3,439

Mecklenburg-Str.

776

Oldenburg .

3,738

Brunswick .

4,123

Saxe-Meiningen .

2,244

Saxe-Altenburg .

1,868

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

2,269

Anhalt ....

2,809

Schwarzburg-Sond.

768

Schwarzburg-Rudol.

841

Total

Still-born 35,881

Illegitimate

1,225,228

93,456

215,203

5,760

25,680

130,256

4,374

18,993

71.058

1,971

5.857

61,847

1,.598

4,827

34,225

1,016

2,584

16,152

486

2,228

11,797

375

1,338

2,835

85

384

15,482

414

881

12,231

415

1,847

8,124

250

941

6,643 ■

246

767

7,310

245

709

8,332

224

1,026

2,634

92

236

2,844

96

323

Deaths

732,798

141,547

.34,124

45,525

88,015

19,591

11,370

7,539

2,001

7,60S

8,840

4,640

4.282

4.749

6,305

1,611

1,699