POPULATION OF BRITISH DOMINIONS, 1891.
| Country or Colony. |
Males. |
Females. |
Total. |
| EUROPE. |
|
|
|
| England and Wales |
14,050,620 |
14,950,398 |
29,001,018 |
| Scotland |
1,942,717 |
2,082,930 |
4,025,647 |
| Ireland |
2,318,953 |
2,385,797 |
4,704,750 |
| Isle of Man and Channel Islands |
|
|
147,870 |
| British soldiers and sailors abroad (1881) |
|
|
215,974 |
| Gibraltar |
8,680 |
10,420 |
19,100 |
| Malta |
81,316 |
83,721 |
165,037 |
| ASIA. |
|
|
|
| British India(1) |
112,542,739 |
108,630,213 |
221,172,952 |
| Feudatory Native States |
|
|
66,050,479 |
| Ceylon(1) |
1,594,182 |
1,414,284 |
3,008,466 |
| Straits Settlements |
344,840 |
168,065 |
512,905 |
| Protected Malay States |
|
|
412,440 |
| British North Borneo (1889) |
|
|
175,000 |
| Sarawak (1889) |
|
|
300,000 |
| Labuan and smaller islands |
|
|
5,853 |
| Hong Kong |
157,585 |
63,856 |
221,441 |
| Aden and Perim |
|
|
41,910 |
| Bahrein Islands |
|
|
8,000 |
| Cyprus |
|
|
209,291 |
| AFRICA. |
|
|
|
| Mauritius |
206,038 |
164,550 |
370,588 |
| Seychelles, &c. |
|
|
7,398 |
| Natal |
268,062 |
275,851 |
543,913 |
| Zulu and Tonga Lands |
|
|
180,000 |
| Cape of Good Hope |
767,327 |
759,897 |
1,527,224 |
| Basutoland |
|
|
218,902 |
| British Beechuanaland |
|
|
72,726 |
| Beechuanaland Protectorate |
|
|
50,000 |
| St. Helena |
1,986 |
2,130 |
4,116 |
| Ascension (1890) |
|
|
360 |
| Lagos |
41,800 |
43,807 |
85,607 |
| Gold Coast, including Protectorate (1890) |
|
|
1,905,000 |
| Sierra Leone |
39,875 |
34,960 |
74,835 |
| Gambia |
|
|
14,266 |
| AMERICA. |
|
|
|
| Canada |
|
|
4,829,411 |
| Newfoundland |
100,775 |
97,159 |
197,934 |
| Bermuda |
7,106 |
8,017 |
15,123 |
| Honduras |
16,268 |
15,203 |
31,471 |
| British Guiana |
147,669 |
123,369 |
271,038 |
| West Indies— |
|
|
|
| Bahamas |
22,555 |
25,010 |
47,565 |
| Turk's Islands |
2,211 |
2,533 |
4,744 |
| Jamaica |
305,948 |
333,543 |
639,491 |
| St. Lucia |
20,666 |
22,042 |
42,708 |
| St. Vincent |
18,780 |
22,274 |
41,054 |
| Barbados |
81,105 |
101,201 |
182,306 |
| Grenada |
25,935 |
28,127 |
54,062 |
| Tobago |
8,657 |
9,730 |
18,387 |
| Virgin Islands |
2,140 |
2,499 |
4,639 |
| St. Christopher and Nevis |
22,008 |
25,654 |
47,662 |
| Antigua |
16,900 |
19,219 |
36,119 |
| Montserrat |
5,331 |
6,431 |
11,762 |
| Dominica |
12,059 |
14,782 |
26,841 |
| Trinidad |
108,420 |
91,608 |
200,028 |
| AUSTRALASIA AND SOUTH SEAS. |
|
|
|
| Australasia, Tasmania, and New Zealand |
2,093,113 |
1,808,819 |
3,901,932 |
| Fiji |
67,981 |
57,421 |
125,402 |
| Falkland Islands |
1,086 |
703 |
1,789 |
| Total |
|
|
346,184,536 |