AREA AND POPULATION — RELIGION

929

Urban and rural population: —

Census

No. of Towns

Nos. Rural Communesl

Towns and Communes, with 2,000 Inhabitants and upwards

Communes, &c., with less than 2,000 Inhabitants

No.

Pop. Per Ct.

No.

Pop.

Per Ct.

1895 1900 1905 1910

1.266 1,266 1,279

1,276

52,518 52,117 51,748 51,338

1,840 1,968 2,088 2,456

16,384,323 19,144,609 21,905,093 25,094,116

51-4 55-5 58-7 62-5

51,944 51,415 50,934 50,158

15.470,800 15,327,900 15,388,231 15,071,103

48-6 44-6 41-8 37-5

1 Including 16,148 separate ' Gutsbezirke ' in 1895; 15,955 in 1900; 15,672 in 1905; 15,368 in 1910.

Conjugal condition 1910 : —

Males.

Females

Total

Unmarried

Married

AVidowed . *

Divorced or separated

12,161,517

7,154,129

500,917

31,162

11,517,281

7,162,027

1,583,157

55,029

23,678,798

14,316,156

2,084,074

86,191

The division of the population according to occupation is shown in the s ection relating to the German Empire.

In 1910 the number of foreigners (exclusive of other Germans) resident in Prussia was 688,839, of whom 301,710 were Austrians and Hungarians, 137,440 Dutch, 90,667 Russians, 20,206 Danes, 7,602 Swedes and Norwegians, 9,898 British, 10,703 Belgians, 8,832 Americans (United States), 23,029 Swiss, and 4,283 French.

II. Movement of the Population.

Year

Marriages

Total Births

Still-bom

Illegitimate

Total Deaths incl. Still- born

Surplus of Bii-ths

1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

309,922 313,039 311,131 307,904 310,415 321,151

1,308,912 1,298,291 1,308,283 1,287,030 1,256,613 1,225,091

39,301

38,655 38,884 37,990 37,166 35,874

94,779 97,289 99,598 100,134 98,695 97,705

712,970 719,604 732,608 705,772 675,148 782,728

595,942 578,687 575,675 581,258 581,465 492,363

In 1911 2-93 per cent, of the total births were stillborn, and 7 '98 per cent, illegitimate.

The emigration from Prussia by German ports and Antwerp was in in 1904, 16,402; in 1905, 16,206 ; in 1906, 18,083 ; in 1907, 18,005; in 1908, 10,989; in 1909, 12,313; in 1910, 14,021; in 1911, 11,835. Of the total number in 1911, 10,584 went to the United States. To the total, the province of Brandenburg (including Berlin), contributed 2,125 ; Hanover, 1,831.

Religion.

Absolute religious liberty is guaranteed by the Constitution, Nearly two-thirds of the population are Protestants, and rather over one-third Roman Catholics. In 1910, the numbers were: Protestants, 24,830,547; Roman Catholics, 14,581,829; other Christians, 189,887; Jews, 415,926;

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