RETURN shewing the Population, and the Increase of Population, at different periods between the years 1821 and 1856.
| YEAR. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
GROSS POPULATION. |
INCREASE. |
| NUMERICAL. |
CENTESIMAL. |
ANNUAL AVERAGE.† |
| MALES. |
FEMALES. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
MALES. |
FEMALES. |
| 1821 |
21,693 |
8,090 |
29,783 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1828 |
27,611 |
8,987 |
36,598 |
5,918 |
897 |
27.3 |
11.1 |
3.9 |
1.6 |
| 1833 |
44,688 |
16,173 |
60,861 |
17,077 |
7,186 |
61.8 |
80.0 |
12.3 |
16.0 |
| 1836 |
55,539 |
21,557 |
77,096 |
10,851 |
5,384 |
24.3 |
33.3 |
8.1 |
11.1 |
| 1841 |
87,298 |
43,558 |
130,856 |
31,759 |
22,001 |
57.2 |
102.1 |
11.4 |
20.4 |
| 1846 |
114,769 |
74,840 |
189,609 |
27,471 |
31,282 |
31.5 |
71.8 |
6.3 |
14.3 |
| 1851* |
106,229 |
81,014 |
187,243 |
8540 Decrease |
6,174 |
7.4 Decrease |
8.2 |
1.5 Decrease |
1.6 |
| 1856 |
147,091 |
119,098 |
266,189 |
40,862 |
38,084 |
38.5 |
47.0 |
7.7 |
9.4 |
| Increase in the 35 years |
125,398 |
111,008 |
578.0 |
1359.8 |
16.5 |
88.8 |