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Godwin, William. Of Population. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1820.

CHAPTER VII.

[195]

Annual Deaths on an Average of 21 years, from 1755 to 1776

Age Males Females
Under one year 9664 8355
Between 1 and 3 3592 3531
3-5 1816 1774
5-10 1789 1672
10-15 893 802
15-20 741 714
20-25 874 776
25-30 879 872
30-35 953 1058
35-40 907 901
40-45 1119 1129
45-50 1077 958
50-55 1233 1127
55-60 1180 1163
60-65 1383 1597
65-70 1328 1510
70-75 1360 1935
75-80 1023 1527
80-85 784 1230
85-90 883 609
Upwards of 90- 195 339
blank 33, 180 33, 579
Living on an average of seven enumerations, in 1757, 1760, 1763, 1766, 1769, 1772, 1775
Age Males Females
Under one year 33882 333640
Between 1 and 3 62155 63005
3-5 62696 63551
5-10 121871 122460
10-15 117879 118419
15-20 103093 105845
20-25 91907 102306
25-30 82919 93315
30-35 78615 87129
35-40 70390 77077
40-45 68961 70405
45-50 52083 59580
50-55 44908 52689
55-60 36258 44211
60-65 30772 39416
65-70 21170 29610
70-75 14610 21776
75-80 8224 12515
80-85 4036 6418
85-90 1522 2492
Upwards of 90 486 869
Males 1,103,432 1,206,728
Females 1,206,728 blank
Total 2,310,160 blank

[196]

The result of the whole then is, that there is some probability, but by no means a certainty, that the population of Sweden has experienced an increase in most periods of time, from the commencement of the enumerations in the middle of the last century, to the present hour. But it is impossible to ascertain the rate of that increase, since its very existence is by no means beyond the reach of doubt. And yet this is all we have, by way of evidence, from the source of enumerations, of the inherent power in man of augmenting the number of his species. Respecting Sweden we have something approaching to authentic information: we may safely pronounce, that if there has been any actual increase, it at least amounts to comparatively very little. Of the rest of the world, so far as relates to a comparison of the number of native inhabitants from parent to child in successive periods, we know nothing.


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