AREA AND POPULATION 919
According to the Treaty of Versailles (Jane 28, 1919) Germany has agreed to the following territorial rearrangements : — (1) Alsace Lorraine has been ceded to France, (2) the greater part ot the Province of West Prussia has been ceded to Poland, (3) a part of Eastern Silesia likewise to Poland, (4) a portion of Upper Silesia to Czecho-Slovakia, (5) Memel to the Allies, (6) Danzig to th'- Allies, (7) Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium.
Provision is made in the Treaty to settle the ultimate fate of the following areas by plebiscite :— (1) The Saar Basin (after 15 years), (2) Schleswig(in two zones), (3) districts in Southern East Prussia, in West Prussia and in Upper Silesia Results of the plibixciUs — Schleswig (March, 1920), northern zone for Denmark, southern zone for Germany ; East and West Prussia (July, 1920) for Germany ; Upper Silesia (March, 1921) for Germany.
An estimate of the actual areas and populations of these districts has been made as follows: — Alsace- Lorraine, 5,604 square miles, population 1,874.014 ; ceded to Belgium, 386 square miles, population 60,924 ; ceded to Poland, 16,744 square miles, population 2,961,685 ; Memel, 1,057 square miles, population 140,746 ; Danzig, 794 square miles, population 330,252 ; total 24,540 square miles, population 537,621.
The Saar Bisin, which will be placed under the government of the League of Nations, has an area of 751 square miles and a population of 657,870. The area of the occupied territory is about 9,650 square miles, containing about 7 million inhabitants.
The population of the German Empire (without Heligoland) was 24,831,396 in 1816, and 31,589,547 in 1837, showing an average annual increase of nearly 1*3 per cent. The following table shows the actual increase in population at various periods, with the annual rate of increase per cent. The small increase in 1867-71 is explained by the inter- vention of the war with France.
w Tear
Increase
Annual Rate percent.
093
Tear
Increase
Annual Rate per cent.
1867 1
3,220,083
1890
-',766
107
1871
970,171
060
1895
2,851,431
1-12
1875
1,668,568
1-0
1900
4,087,277
1-51
1880
2,506,701
114
1905
4,274,311
146
1885
1,621,643
070
1910
4.284,504
136
i 8ince 1S5S
II. Movement of thk Population.
The following table shows the movement of the population of the old Empire during three years : —
Tear Marriages
1915 278,208
1916 279,076
SSL StUlW Illegitimate ™£ S^ptoof
1,425,596 i 43,050 159,422 1, 062,751* 362,845 1,062,287 32,803 117,677 993.470 * 68,817
1917* 308,446 939,938 27,829 108,333 ! 1,082, 334 » 142,396
• Exclusive of military casualtiea. » Bxelnitva of Alsace-Lorraine.
Of the children born in 1917, 486,572 were boys, and 453,366 girls ; in 1916, 549,390 were boys and 512,897 girls; and in 1915, 733,655 were boys and 691.941 girls.
