954
GERMANY : — PRUSSIA
Area and Population.
I. Progress and Present Condition.
Provinces
Area :
Square
Miles (Oct.
1, 1020)
Population
Pop.
1919
1910
2,149,3S0
Mile, 1919
East Prussia (Ostpreussen)
14,286
2,229,200
1560
Brandenburg ....
15,070
2,445,627
2,434,223
1623
338
3,803,770
8,729,650
11,253-8
Pomerania (Pommern)
11,654
1,787,198
1,718,860
153-4
Border Province (Grenzmarka
Posen — West Preussen).
3,026
326,881
311,267
108-0
Lower Silesia (Niederschlesien)
10,270
2,987,904
2,990,188
JPO-9
Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien) .
4,998
2,283,092
2,162.585
457-0
Saxony (Sachsen)
0,756
8,129,193
3,089,275
320-7
Schleswig-Holstein
5,805
1,4^2,187
1,454,109
251-9
14,869
3,017,866
2,042,436
202-9
Westphalia (Westfalen) .
7,807
4,488,115
4,125,096
574-9
Hesse-Nassau .
6,062
2,273,502
5,221,021
375-0
Ktiine (Rheinprovinz) i . . 1
9,470
6,769,460
6,488,344
7148
Hoheiizollern(Hoherizollernschfc;
441
70,761
71,011
1604
Total . . . . i
113,852 1
37,075,240
35,887,449
325-6
i Exclusive of tile Saar district, and KUperi ami Malmedr.
As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Prussia, on the basis of the census of December 1, 1910, has lost 20,377 square miles and a population of 3,705,898.
Development of Prussia since 1875 : —
Year
1875 1890 1900 1905 1910 1919
Area in Sq. Miles Population
134,179 134,537 134,622 135,134 135,134 113,852
25,742,404 29,957,867 34,472,509 37*293,264
40,165,219
37,075,240
Average per Sq. Mile
191-8 222-7 '256-1 275-9 297-0 325-6
Percentage of Annual Increase
1-1 1-5 1-59 1-04
II. Movement of the Population.
Year
Marriages
}77,5i;r, 176,872 198,578 229,851
Total Births
Still-born
Illegitimate
Total Deaths incl. Still- born
Surplus Of Births
1915 1916 1917 1918
'.'10,080 (107,712 623,270 630,524
28,111 21,641 18,078 19,019
92, Si:: 71,028 fif.,046 76,017
955,609 821, 877,126 1,0.86,279
36,529 124,109 253,856 404,755
In 1919 2 - 90 per cent, of the total births in rural districts and 3*38 per cent, in urban areas were stillborn, and 1079 per cent, in rural districts and 13 "88 per cent, in urban areas were illegitimate.
Principal towns with population in 1919 : —
Berlin . . 1,902,509 Cologne. . 633,904
Oharlottenburg 322,766 Hrcslau . . 528,260
Neukblln . 262,127 Eseen . . 439,267
Schoneberg . 175,092 Frankfort (Main)433, 002
Lichtenberg . 144,643 Frankfort (Oder) 65,055
Wilmersdorf . 139,406 Kbnigsberg . 260,S9f> j
Duisburg
. 244,302
Stettin .
. 232,726
Kiel
. 205,330
Halle .
. 182,386
Altona .
. 168,729
Cassel .
. 162,391