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population at different peiuods. 109
Table 9. Population of Sweden at different Times.1
At the end of the years Population Annual increase
Total 0/00
1570 ..... 900 000
1650 ..... 1 225 000 4 063 3’8C
1700 ..... 1 485 000 5 200 3-86
1720 ..... 1 350 000 -6 750 -4-75
1755 .....! 1 875 000 15 000 943
1815 ..........2 465 000 9 833 4-57
1865 ..........4114141 32 982 10-30
1913 ..........5 638 583 31759 6’59
On an average a Swedish län covers over 18 000 sq.km (the five most
northerly läns, on an average, above 52 000; the remainder only about 9 000
sq. km). The largest län, Norrbotten, covers not less than 105 000 sq. km,
i. e., nearly 1/4 of the entire country, and considerably more than any one of
the countries of Scotland, Ireland, or Portugal. The five northernmost läns,
Norrbotten, Västerbotten, Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Gävleborg, or the district
which in daily parlance is comprehended under the term Norrland, cover
261 231 sq. km, or a good deal more than half of Sweden.
The most populous län in Sweden is Malmöhus, which contains above 450 000
inhab. Next comes the län of Göteborg och Bohus, with nearly 400 000, and
the city of Stockholm with more than 380 000 inhab. Gottland with 55 000
is the only län with less than 100 000 inhab. The population of Skåne amounts
to 702 000 souls. The remainder of Götaland contains 2 180 000 inh., Svealand
1 786 000 and Norrland 970 000. In Lappland alone the population amounts
to only about 88 000.
Population at different periods.
The population of Sweden at some characteristic periods during the
course of the last few centuries, is seen from Table 9, and in Table 10 the
rates of births and deaths are also given from the year 1700 onwards;
a series of details quite unique of their kind.
Table 10. Movement of Population in Sweden 1701—1910.2
Annually Mean population Yearly per million of the mean population
Marriages Births (living) Deaths 3 Surplus of births [-Emigration-] {+Emi- gration+} 4 Increase
1701 50 ..... 1 537 000 34 250 30 400 3 850 3 850
1751—75 ..... 1 925 473 8 684 34 440 28 920 5 520 290 5 230
1776-00 ..... 2 183 696 8 369 33120 26 587 6 533 290 6 243
1801—25 ..... 2 482 582 8 595 32 944 26 477 6 467 210 6 257
1826-50 ..... 3 094 886 7 310 31629 22 268 9 361 90 9 271
1851—75 ..... 3 943 423 7 041 31 753 20 317 11 436 2 256 9180
1876—00 ..... 4 742 048 6 191 28 502 16 949 11553 5 200 6 353
1901—10..... 5 310 120 5 997 25 766 14 880 10 886 3 623 7 263
1 Within the present bonndaries of the kingdom. The figures for 1570 and 1650 are
little more than conjectures.
2 For 1701—50 mainly based on approximate calculations. — 3 For 1751—1815 with
roughly calculated additions for those fallen in war, usually not included in official
reports. — 4 Net emigration. Before 1850 based on a rough estimate; for 1851—84 with
approximate corrections.
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