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| | Rural districts | Towns |
| 1846—1855 ........... | 78.20 % | 185.10 % |
| 1866—1885 ........... | 74.00 » | 182.50 » |
| 1860—1875 ........... | 22.40 » | 178.70 » |
| 1876—1890 ........... | 14.60 » | 145.40 » |
The rural districts, from 1876 to 1800, have only been able to
retain 14.60 per cent of their excess of births, while the remainder
is absorbed by emigration to the towns and abroad.
How the growth of the Norwegian population stands as
compared with other European countries will be seen from the following
figures, which are taken from the Swedish statistician,
Sundbärg’s statistic tables, and give the annual growth-percentage for
the years 1881 to 1890.
| | Excess of Births | Excess of Migration | Actual Growth percentage |
| Norway .......... | 1.38 | per cent | −0.98 | per cent | 0.40 | per cent |
| England .......... | 1.32 | » » | −0.22 | » » | 1.10 | » » |
| Germany .... | 1.15 | » » | −0.28 | » » | 0.87 | » » |
| France .......... | 0.10 | » » | 0.04 | » » | 0.23 | » » |
| All Europe . . . . | 1.04 | » » | −0.17 | » » | 0.87 | » » |
None of the above-mentioned countries, and in reality no other
country in Europe except Ireland, loses so large a portion of its
births-excess by emigration as Norway.
V. MOVEMENT OF THE POPULATION.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages in Norway has amounted to from
13,000 to 14,000 per annum during the last few years. If the
number of marriages be compared with the mean population,
it will be found that for the years 1881—1890, the average
percentage of marriages was 0.65 per 100 inhabitants. During the
ten years immediately preceding, the percentage was considerably
larger — 0.72 —, and has moreover varied not a little during the
present century. It was largest in 1815 and 1816, when the
country was at peace once more after the unhappy years from
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