AREA AND POPULATIOX

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In 1910 there were 1,155,673 males, and 1,236,109 females. Conjugal condition of the present population, 1910 :—

—

Unmarried

Married

Widowed

Divorced Not stated

Males . Females

713,104

755,238

364,885 382,397

41,769 94,429

798 2,604 1,371 1,195

In 1910, 1,702,554 were domiciled in rural districts, and 689,228 in towns. Of the population in 1910 2,296,019 were born in Norway, 38,796 in Sweden, 1,820 in Finland, 3,033 in German3^ In 1910 the number of Lays was 18,590, and of Fins, 7,172.

In 1910 the population above the age of 15 was divided according to occupation as follows (provisional figures) : —

December 1, 1910

Corresponding figures for 1900

Occupation

Norway

Rural

districts

03

a

o H

.5

.§

03

w

945

o

Rural

districts

03

c H

3,677

"3

a 1

]. Agriculture, &c.

307,512

303,096

4,416

309,016

305,339

716

2. Fisheries .

51,131

45,984

5,147

55

50,747

46,640

4,107

75

3. Mine s, m e t a 1

works, and other

industries .

239,112

121,511

117,601

44,683

242,642

130,485

112,157

43,669

4. Commerce and

transport (exclud-

ing navigation) .

115,109

35,678

79,431

82,078

98,326

30,528

67,798

28,905

5. Navigation.

23,185

7,069

16,116

1,894

23,930

10,145

13,785

1,522

6. Administrative

and professional .

40,683

16,583

24,100

10,155

35,904

14,426

21,478

9,479

7. Domestic work

and occupation

not stated .

610,7641

429,659

181,105

63,293

528,398

366,700 161,698

60,187

S. Living on private

fortune, annui-

tants, &c. .

74,449

59,981

14,468

5,035

67,872

56,665

11,207

4,058

9. Charity, public

or private .

63,619 1,525,564

37,523 1,057,084

26,096

10,890

78,705

49,626

29,079

9,083

Total .

468,480

169,023

1,435,540

1,010,554

424,986

157,694

1 Inclusive of 355,444 married women in their own households.

II. Movement of the Population.

1. Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

Year

I Births Marriages i (exc. still- born)

1907 1908 190y 1910 1911

13,953 14,153 14,080 14,566 14.800

60,722 60,866 61,407 61,461 61,400

Stillborn

Illegiti- mate, living

1,429 1,420 1,439 1,429 1,600

4,106 4,154 4,106 4,040 4,0o0

Deaths (exc. still- born)

32,789 33,181 31,603 31 856 31,300

Excess of Births

27,933

27,685 29,804 29,605

30,100