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II. THE SWEDISH PEOPLE.
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A general survey of the movement of population in Sweden during the
period 1851—1910 with a special view to emigration and immigration, is
given below in Table 28.
Thus we see that, during these sixty years, about 1 285 000 persons
in all have emigrated from Sweden, of which number only 250 000 have
been replaced by immigration, or by the return of emigrants — a more
common occurence. The net amount of emigration thus exceeds one million
of persons; of a truth, a most material loss for a people numbering but five
and a half millions.
On the whole, the tide of emigration has risen above the average, only between
the ages 15 — 35. The consequence of this will be that the growth of
these age-groups is slower than that of the rest of the population — even if
they do not actually diminish — and thus that their numerical importance
becomes smaller in proportion to the total population. A natural consequence
Table 28. Movement of Population in Sweden, 1851—1910.
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Factors of the movement Total lien Women
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Population, 31 december 1850 ................3 4S2 541 1087 248 1795293
Births, 1851—1910 ..........................7 878 086 4 041 760 3 836 326
Deaths, 1851-1910 ..........................4 802 842 2 423 346 2 379 496
Excess of births........................3 075 244 1 618 414 1 456 830
Emigrants 1851—1910........................1285 350 748 415 536 935
Immigrants, 1851—1910 ......................249 968 141482 108 486
Excess of emigrants..........................1035 382 606 933 428 449
Increase of population 1851—1910 ..........2 039 862 1 011481 1028381
Population, 31 december 1910 ................5 522403 2 698 729 2 823674
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