ABSTRACT
Statistics of population, occupation, and location revealed a society which was becoming extended, urbanized, and industrialized as never before. At the 1871 census the population of England taken by itself totalled almost 21,300,000 men, women, and children. The population of England and Wales taken together had grown more than two-and-a-half fold since the start of the century:
|
England and Wales |
United Kingdom |
|
|---|---|---|
|
1801 |
8,900,000 |
15,900,000 |
|
1831 |
13,900,000 |
24,000,000 |
|
1851 |
17,900,000 |
27,400,000 |
|
1861 |
20,000,000 |
28,900,000 |
|
1871 |
22,700,000 |
31,500,000 |
|
1881 |
26,000,000 |
34,900,000 |
