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our land, the population increased by only 0.17 per cent annually,
while the growth during the 20 years that followed — until 1835
— was very rapid — 1.34 per cent annually. Subsequently it went
down once more, and was on an average 1.18 per cent during the
years 1835—1865, but only 0.65 per cent per annum from
1865 to 1890. Of late years the growth has once more increased
considerably, on account of the great falling-off in the emigration
from Norway. For the whole period 1801—1891 the average annual
increase in the population of Norway has amounted to 0.90 per
cent, while for the previous century, it has been reckoned to be
about 0.58 per cent, and still farther back, between 0.30 and 0.40.
The percentage of growth has thus increased considerably
during the last century. Its increase will be still more considerable,
if the extraordinarily large number of persons is taken into account,
who. during the latter half of the present century, have emigrated
from the kingdom, and have settled and multiplied in foreign
countries. The number of Norwegian-born persons who, in 1891,
were settled abroad, amounted to about 350,000. To these must
be added their children born abroad. At the same time, the number
of the country’s own inhabitants has risen since 1801 from 880,000
to more than 2,000,000. Thus the Norwegian race, in the course
of the 50 years from 1840 to 1890 must have about doubled itself,
which is equivalent to an annual growth of about 1.40 per cent.
But although the Norwegian race, as a whole, is strong and
full of vitality, and can compare favourably in this respect with
almost any other, the actual population of the country, since about
1865, has increased more slowly than in most European countries,
on account of emigration; whereas, during the period 1815—1865,
the circumstances were reversed. The average percentage of
increase in the whole of Europe about the time 1881—1890, is
reckoned at about 0.87 per cent annually of the mean population,
Western Europe separately being 0.66 per cent, and Eastern Europe
1.23 per cent. The population has increased most rapidly in
Servia, namely about 2.00 per cent, and in Russia, 1.35 per cent. The
population in Norway increased, during about the same period, by
0.40, in Sweden by 0.48, in Denmark by 0.96 and in Finland by
1.38 per cent, while France only increased by 0.23 annually.
In Norway, as elsewhere, there is considerable difference
between the increase of the population in the towns and in the
country, the former growing more rapidly than the latter. This
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