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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINQDOM
population 1,169,628 or 24'6 per cent. Population of the principal burghs : —
Census
Census
Estimated
Census
Census
Estd.
Burghs
fop. in
Pop. in
Pop. in
Burghs
Pop. in
Pop. in
Pop. in
1901
1911
1919
1901
1911
1919
Glasgow i .
- 775,594
784,496
1,113,454
Motherwell 1 .
31,144
40.3SO
42,130
Edinburgh .
317,459
320,318
338,060
Kirkcaldy
34,079
39.601
40,615
Dundee K .
162,982
165,004
183,3S8
Hamilton
32,775
38.644
39,531
Aberdeen .
153,003
163,891
167,146
Cly.lebankl .
20,898
37,543
48,025
Paisley
79,363
84,455
89,425
Perth i .
- 33.995
35,854
36,214
Leith .
77,439
80,488
84,281
Kilmarnock .
34,165
34,728
37,604
Greenock 1 ^
68,911
75,140
79,613
Falkirk .
j 29,280
33,574
34,8.i]
Coatbridge .
36,991
43,2S6
44,513
Ayr.
28,697
32,986
33,603
1 In these cases the boundaries of the burghs have been altered since 1901, and the 1901 population of the burghs as they stood in 1911 is given.
The' occupations of the population aged 10 years and upwards, according to the census of 1911, were as follows : —
-
Males
Females
Total
47,408
81,675
201,066
283,465
227,111
1,226,242
Government and defence Professional .... Domestic .... Commercial and transport Agricultural and fishing . Industrial ....
Total occupied Unoccupied and non-produc- tive .....
42,476
45,713
34,488
245,621
193,731
911,728
4,932 35,962
166,578 37,844 33,380
314,514
1,473,757 309,024
593,210 1,338,410
2,066,967 1,647,434
Total .
1,782,781
1,931,320
3,714,401
3. Ireland. Area 32,586 square miles ; population at different census periods : —
SS&S 1 Popul * tlon
Pop. per ! sq. mile
Tear of j m....i.iin. i Pop. per Census 1 Population „,,.' ,„'„,.
1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851
5.395,456 5,937.856 6,801,827 7,767,401 8,175,124 6,552,385
166 1861 5,798,564 178 186 1871 l 5,412,377 167 209 1 1881 5,174,836 159 239 1891 4,704,750 144 251 1901 4,458,775 137 201 1911 4,390,219 135
