CENSUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1871.—SUMMARY TABLES.,No. 9., POPULATION.—Return showing the Urban and Rural Population of the Colony, at the Censuses of 1861 and 1871 respectively, and the Increase or Decrease of the same, in the Decennial period 1861-1871.

	Population.						Increase or Decrease.
	1861.			1871.			Numerical.			Centesimal.			Centesimal Annual Average.
	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.
Total of the Colony	350,860	198,488	152,372	503,981	275,551	228,430	153,121	77,063	76,058	43.64	38.82	49.91	4.36	3.88	4.99
Sydney and Suburbs	93,686	45,425	48,261	134,736	65,286	69,450	41,050	19,861	21,189	43.82	43.72	43.90	4.38	4.37	4.39
Towns and Villages of 100 Inhabitants and over	65,944	35,024	30,920	99,426	52,227	47,199	33,482	17,203	16,279	50.77	49.12	52.65	5.08	4.91	5.26
Total Urban	159,630	80,449	79,181	234,162	117,513	116,649	74,532	37,064	37,468	46.69	46.07	47.32	4.67	4.61	4.73
Total Rural	189,320	116,197	73,123	267,417	155,680	111,737	78,097	39,483	38,614	41.25	33.98	52.81	4.12	3.40	5.28
Add—The Shipping	1,910	1,842	68	2,402	2,358	44	492	516	24	25.76	28.61	35.29	2.57	2.80	3.53
									decreace			decrease.			decrease