Year Male Female
1801 282,604 Show data context 293,732 Show data context
1811 324,515 Show data context 338,670 Show data context
1821 405,914 Show data context 410,230 Show data context
1831 494,579 Show data context 499,350 Show data context
1841 585,194 Show data context 591,536 Show data context
1851 666,912 Show data context 673,139 Show data context
1861 752,612 Show data context 777,395 Show data context
1871 914,662 Show data context 939,510 Show data context
1881 1,075,334 Show data context 1,122,665 Show data context
1891 1,200,332 Show data context 1,264,083 Show data context
1901 1,345,009 Show data context 1,421,462 Show data context
1911 1,479,257 Show data context 1,565,351 Show data context
Date: Source:
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'
1871 1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5 , 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'

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