ABSTRACT
COMPARATIVE POPULATION OF MAJOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,
(millions, rounded up to the nearest 100,000)
c.1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2004
POPULATION OF MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES
(thousands)
1800 1850 1900 1950 2001*
(in thousands)
1851-60 1861-70 1871-80 1881-90 1891-1900 1901-10 1911-20 1921-30 1931-40
OUTPUT OF GRAIN CROPS, 1800-1914: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(Annual averages in million quintals)
1800-13 1835-44 1855-64 1885-94 1905-14
EMIGRATION FROM EUROPE, 1851-1960: SELECTED COUNTRIES
OUTPUT OF WHEAT, 1913-2000: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(thousands of metric tons)
1913 1924 1938 1950 1962 1972 1986 2000
(Annual averages for quinquennia in million metric tons)
Belgium France Germany UK Russia
OUTPUT OF COAL AND LIGNITE, 1950-2000: SELECTED
COUNTRIES
(Annual totals in million metric tons)
1952 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1987 2000
OUTPUT OF COAL AND LIGNITE, 1820-1939: SELECTED
COUNTRIES
1952 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1987 2000
RAW COTTON CONSUMPTION, 1830-1970: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(thousands of metric tons)
1830 1850 1880 1910 1930 1950 1970
OUTPUT OF STEEL, 1880-2000: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(Annual production in million metric tons)
UK France Belgium Germany Italy Russia*
OUTPUT OF CRUDE OIL, 1900-2000: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(thousand metric tons)
1900 1920 1930 1950 1960 1970 1987 2000
MOTOR VEHICLES PRODUCED, 1910-2000: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(in thousands, commercial and private)
1910 1925 1930 1938 1950 1965 1975 1985 2000
OUTPUT OF ELECTRICITY, 1920-2000: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(in million kWh)
1920 1935 1955 1975 1987 2000
RAILWAY MILEAGE OPEN, 1840-1913: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(kilometres)
1840 1860 1880 1900 1913*
1840 1860 1880 1900 1913
RAILWAY MILEAGE OPEN, 1920-2000: SELECTED COUNTRIES
(kilometres)
1920 1950 1975 2000
MERCHANT SHIPS REGISTERED BY COUNTRY, 1840-2000
(thousand tons)
1840 1880 1910 1938 1960 1986 2000††
VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE, 1815-1913: SELECTED COUNTRIES
Germany
(million marks)
Austria-Hungary
(million kronen)
France
(million
francs)
Russia
(million
roubles)
UK (million
pounds)
Germany
(million
marks)
France
(million
francs)
Russia (million
roubles; million $ for
1993 and 2000)
Italy
(million
lira)
UK (million
pounds)
TOTAL VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE, 1913-2000: SELECTED
COUNTRIES
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