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II. TH B SWEDISH PEOPLE.
the varying amounts of emigration, and the immense increase of the migration
within the country. In some of the purely agricultural districts of Southern
Sweden, the population is even on the decline. All the greater is the growth of
population in the northern parts of the country — "the America of Sweden".
The five läns given last in Table 5, and which are usually comprised under the
common name of Norrland (see map, page 4), possessed in 1751 only 8-26 %
of the population of Sweden; in 1865 the proportion had risen to 12-22 %, while
in 1900 it had reached 16’7 5 — In fact, the annual increase of the
population of the different parts of Sweden has been, in °/oo:
Average. Svealand. Götaland. Norrland. Sweden.
Years 1752/1815............................ 3’33 °/oo 5 24 °/oo 8’59 °/oo 4’90 0 oo
» 1816 1865........................... 8 34 . 10-71 » 13-60 > 10-30 »
> 1866/1880 ........................... 7-63 » 4-83 > 15 08 » «-96 »
> 1881/1890............................ 7 40 > 0 06 > 16-94 > 4*70 »
» 1891/1900 ........................... 8-90 » 3 82 » 14-66 • 711»
During the whole period of 1866/1900, i. e. after the beginning of
emigration, the annual increase has been: in Svealand 7’92 °/oo, in Götaland 3"i 8,
and in Norrland 15-4 7 °/oo; all Sweden 6-36 — Respecting the various
läns, we find that the annual increase of population has been during the decade
between 1890 and 1900, in °/oo of the mean population:
Lttn. o/oo.
Uppsala.............. ...... 2-26
Elfsborg ................... 1-36
Vermland.................. O 38
Kronoberg............. — 108
Kristianstad.......... — Il 5
Kalmar................. — 228
Skaraborg............. — 24 6
I.ttn.
Norrbotten............... 25 66
Stockholm, city......... 19 79
Vesterbotten............. 1569
Gefleborg.................. 1414
Stockholm, prov....... 12 66
Göteborg och Bohus... 12 51
Vesternorrland.......... 1076
Malmöhus................. 1051
Jemtland.................. 1042
Län. o/oo.
Kopparberg................ 9 80
Södermanland............. 771
Vestmanland ............. 7 59
Örebro ........................................6 56
Jönköping.................. 4 74
Östergötland............................4 73
Halland..........................................4 01
Gotland......................................2 79
Blekinge........................................2 68
The correspondent figures for the decade 1881/90 are to be seen by Table
15, on page 114, which indicates also the excess of births and the migration.
This table shows that, during the same decade, the internal migi-ation has given a
surplus for the city of Stockholm and for the läns of Uppsala, Malmöhus,
Hal-land, Göteborg och Bohus, Gefleborg, Vesternorrland, Jemtland, and Norrbotten.
Excess of Births. Even if the actual increase of population in
Sweden declined during some decades in consequence of emigration,
the excess of births over deaths has greatly increased from what it
was formerly. At present, however, it can be regarded as stationary.
The absolute and relative figures for the last two centuries are as
follows. (Cf. also Table 7).
Yearly.
Uean
population.
Live
births.
Deaths.1 Surplus.
Id. per
1,000 inh.
Births to
a hundred
deaths.
1701/50........ 1,537,000 52,620 46,720 5,900 385 113
1751/00......... 2,054,685 69,319 56,871 12,448 6 06 122
1801/25......... 2,482,582 81,7*7 65,732 16,055 6 47 124
1826/50......... 3,094,886 98,057 68,91» 29,139 9 36 142
1851/75......... 3,943,423 125,217 80,117 45,100 1144 156
1876 00s....... 4,742,048 135,177 80,369 54,807 H’66 168
1 With approximate additions for deaths in war (600 per annum dnring the period
1751/1800, and 1,600 per annum during the period 1801 25). — * Approximate numbers
for 1900.
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