A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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1921 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 7 : " Populations and Intercensal Changes in six Geographical Divisions of England and Wales, 1901-1921".
Area. | Population. | Increase or Decrease (-) per cent. in Intercensal Period. | |||
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1901. | 1911. | 1921. | 1901-11. | 1911-21. | |
England and Wales | 32,527,843 | 36,070,492 | 37,886,699 | 10.9 | 5.0 |
Wales (including Monmouthshire) | 2,012,876 | 2,420,921 | 2,656,474 | 20.3 | 9.7 |
Central Counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire). | 6,128,895 | 6,727,656 | 7,090,489 | 9.8 | 5.4 |
Northern Counties (Cheshire, Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westrnorland, Lancashire and Yorkshire). | 10,937,749 | 12,098,649 | 12,699,785 | 10.6 | 5.0 |
London and Surrounding Counties (London, Middlesex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey and Kent). | 8,285,964 | 9,201,484 | 9,612,729 | 11.0 | 4.5 |
Southern Counties (Berkshire, Wiltshire, Sussex, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, Devonshire and Cornwall). | 3,553,838 | 3,890,649 | 4,044,133 | 9.5 | 3.9 |
Eastern Counties (Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk). | 1,608,521 | 1,731,133 | 1,783,089 | 7.6 | 3.0 |