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943
The increase of the population since 1900 has been as follows : —
1900 1905 1910 1919
Population
6,176,057 6,524,372 6,887. 7,140,333 J
Population per sq. mile
210-9 2'22'3 226-9 242-1
Annual Increase percent
122 112 1-12
- Amended figure.
Urban and rural population at the censuses of 1905 and 1910 : —
„ No. of So. of !
C « n8,i * Towns „ RurU
Communes
Towns, «jc, with 2,000 inhabitants and over
Communes. At, i tban 2,000 inkat
1905 1910
No. Population
Per cent, of pop.
m
7,739 , S04 2,761,647 7,7» ; 534 3,079,022
42-3 44-7
No.
Population ^cent.
- .••
- . tjm,m
57-:
55-3
In 1910 tbe urban population was tbus distributed : —
No. Population 191C
Large towns 1 . Medium ,,
3
19
1,052,624 741,969
Small towns Country „
176
Population 1910
505,951 397,992
1 See under Qerm+ny for official signification of these terms. Principal towns, 1919 : —
T> "*:.-
1919
Munich (Miinchen) Nuremberg (Niirnberg) Augsburg . Wiirzburg . Ludwigshafen a. Rh. Fiirth . Kaiserslautern Ratisbon (Regensburg) Bamberg . Hof .
630,724 352,679 154,567 86,581 90,721 63,163 55,707 52,520
39,690
Towns
INS
Pirmasens .
Bayreuth .
Ascbatfenburg
Amberg
Landsbut .
Erlangen
Ingoldstadt
Speyer
Coburg
39,612 33,161 32,220 26,009 25,332 24,438 26.103 23,326 23,276
Religion.— Religious division of the population, December 1, 1910 : — Roman Catbolics, 4,862,283 ; Protestants, 1,942,385 ; Jews, 55,065.
Besides the above there are included in other Christian sects 5.S16 Old Catholics, 3,017 Mennonites,164 Anglican.1,611 Greek Catholics and Russian Orthodox,l,139 Irringites, 25 Anabaptists, 1,833 Methodists, 5.841 Free Christians, 1,649 other Christians, 1,370 of religion not Christian, 4,240 of religion not stated, or without religion, 903 of religion not ascertainable. . .
There are 2 Roman Catholic archbishoprics, those of Munich and Bamberg each with 3 suffragan bishoprics; 218 deaneries; and 3,703 parishes. The Protestant Church is under a General Consistory— ' Ober-Consistorium '—and three proTincial consistories.
