# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland/General Statistics

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​The table at the foot of this column shows the imperial revenue and expenditure, with the amount of revenue per head of population of the United Kingdom for various years. The financial year now ends on the 31st of March of the year following that quoted. The figures before 1907 did not include the revenue assigned to local purposes. The deficit in 1909 was due to delay in passing the Finance Act.
| Year. | Total Revenue. | Total Expenditure. | Proportion of Revenue per head. | Proportion of Revenue per head. | Proportion of Revenue per head. |
| | £ | £ | £ | s. | d. |
| 1861 | 70,283,674 | 72,792,059 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 1871 | 69,945,220 | 69,548,539 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1881 | 81,872,354 | 80,938,990 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 1891 | 89,489,112 | 87,732,855 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 1901 | 130,384,684 | 183,592,264 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 1902 | 142,997,999 | 195,522,213 | 3 | 12 | 11 |
| 1903 | 151,551,698 | 184,483,708 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| 1904 | 141,545,597 | 146,961,136 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 1905 | 143,370,404 | 141,956,497 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 1906 | 143,977,575 | 140,511,955 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 1907 | 156,537,690 | 151,812,094 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 1908 | 151,578,295 | 152,292,395 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1909 | 131,696,456 | 157,944,611 | 2 | 18 | 5 |
​ National Debt (q.v.).—The table on the preceding page shows the position of the national debt at quinquennial intervals during 1891–1910.
Year ending March 31st.
| | 1891. | 1896. | 1901. | 1906. | 1910. |
| Funded debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 579,472,082 | 589,146,878 | 551,182,153 | 634,047,429 | 614,868,547 |
| Terminable annuities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 66,550,579 | 49,183,748 | 60,154,800 | 43,459,548 | 35,876,861 |
| Unfunded debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36,140,079 | 9,975,800 | 78,133,000 | 65,713,000 | 62,500,000 |
| Other capital liabilities$^*$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,317,719 | 3,979,940 | 14,464,396 | 45,770,210 | 49,218,217 |
| Total gross liabilities of the state . . . . | 683,480,459 | 652,286,366 | 703,934,349 | 788,990,187 | 762,463,625 |
| Assets— | | | | | |
| Suez Canal shares . . . . . . . . . . | 3,532,040† | 22,627,000‡ | 25,806,000‡ | 31,080,000‡ | 35,295,000 |
| Other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1,740,397 | 939,354 | 712,760 | 2,586,799 | 4,118,352 |
| Exchequer balances at banks of England and Ireland | 6,370,897 | 8,975,201 | 5,596,918 | 10,451,487 | 2,831,248 |
$^*$ These are in respect of sums borrowed under certain acts.† Nominal value. ‡ Estimated market value on the 31st of March each year.
​ Area and Population.—The United Kingdom has an area of 120,651 sq. m., and at the census of 1891 had a population of 37,732,922 and in 1901 of 41,458,721. If the islands in British seas are included, the area is increased to 120,953 sq. m., and the population to 41,609,091. The main divisions are as follows:—
| | Area sq. m. | Population. | Population. |
| | Area sq. m. | 1891. | 1901. |
| England and Wales . . . | 58,324 | 29,002,525 | 32,527,843 |
| Scotland . . . . . . | 29,796 | 4,025,647 | 4,472,103 |
| Ireland  . . . . . . | 32,531 | 4,704,750 | 4,458,775 |
| Islands in the British seas . | 302 | 147,842 | 150,370 |
Vital Statistics.—The following table institutes a comparison and the total between the birth-rates per thousand of the population in the United Kingdom and certain other countries, at intervals (so far as possible) of five years, adding the figures for other years in specific years when there was a marked fluctuation:—
| | 1881. | 1886. | 1891. | 1896. | 1901. | 1905. | 1906. |
| Russia in Europe$^*$ . . . . . | 47·8 (1882, 50·4) | 46·5 | 48·8 | 49·7 | 47·9 | — | — |
| Hungary . . . . . . . . | 42·9 | 45·6 | 42·3 | 40·5 | 37·8 | — | 36·0 |
| Austria . . . . . . . . | 37·5 (1882, 38·9) | 38·1 | 38·3 | 38·0 | 36·6 | 33·7 | — |
| Germany . . . . . . . . | 37·0 | 37·0 | 37·0 | 36·3 | 35·7 | 33·0 | — |
| Japan . . . . . . . . | 25·6 | 27·3 (1889, 30·2) | 26·7 | 30·0 | 32·7 | 30·6 | — |
| Holland . . . . . . . . | 35·0 | 34·6 | 33·7 | 32·7 | 32·3 | — | 30·4 |
| Denmark . . . . . . . . | 32·2 | 32·4 | 31·0 (1892, 29·6) | 30·5 | 29·7 | — | 28·5 |
| Switzerland . . . . . . . | 29·8 | 27·8 | 28·2 | 28·1 | 29·1 | 27·4 | — |
| United Kingdom . . . . | 32·5 | 31·5 (1890, 29·2) | 30·4 | 29·0 | 28·0 | — | 26·8 |
| England . . . . . . . | 33·9 | 32·8 (1890, 30·2) | 31·4 | 29·6 | 28·5 | — | 27·1 |
| Scotland . . . . . . . | 33·7 | 32·9 (1890, 30·4) | 31.2 (1894, 29·9) | 30·4 | 29·5 | — | 27·9 |
| Ireland . . . . . . . | 24·5 | 23·2 (1890, 22·3) | 23·1 (1892, 22·5) | 23·7 | 22·7 | — | 23·6 |
| Norway . . . . . . . . | 30·6 | 31·2 | 30·9 | 30·2 | 29·6 | — | 26·5 |
| Sweden . . . . . . . . | 29·1 | 29·8 | 28·3 | 27·2 | 27·0 | — | 25·7 |
| Belgium . . . . . . . . | 31·8 | 29·9 | 30·0 | 29·0 | 29·4 | — | 25·7 |
| France . . . . . . . . | 24·9 | 23·9 | 22·6 | 22·5 | 22·0 | — | 20·6 |
The number of births in the United Kingdom in 1909 was 1,146,118, giving a rate per thousand of 25·5. $^*$ Not including Finland.
The death-rate is similarly treated:—
| | 1881. | 1886. | 1891. | 1896. | 1901. | 1905. | 1906. |
| Denmark . . . | 18·3 | 18·1 | 20·0 | 15·7 | 15·8 | — | 13·5 |
| Norway . . . | 17·0 | 16·2 | 17·5 | 15·1 | 14·9 | — | 13·7 |
| Sweden . . . | 17·7 | 16·6 | 16·8 | 15·6 | 16·1 | — | 14·4 |
| Holland . . . | 21·5 | 21·8 | 20·7 | 17·2 | 17·2 | — | 14·8 |
| United Kingdom . | 18·7 | 19·2 | 20·0 | 16·9 | 17·1 | — | 15·6 |
| England . . . | 18·9 | 19·5 | 20·2 | 17·1 | 16·9 | — | 15·4 |
| Scotland . . . | 19·3 | 18·9 | 20·7 | 16·6 | 17·9 | — | 16·0 |
| Ireland . . . | 17·5 | 17·8 | 18·4 | 16·7 | 17·8 | — | 17·0 |
| Belgium . . . | 21·2 | 21·3 | 21·2 | 17·5 | 17·2 | — | 16·4 |
| Switzerland . . | 22·4 | 20·7 | 20·6 | 17·8 | 18·0 | 17·9 | — |
| Germany . . . | 25·5 | 26·2 | 23·4 | 20·8 | 20·7 | 19·8 | — |
| France . . . . | 22·0 | 22·5 | 22·9 | 20·0 | 20·1 | — | 19·9 |
| Japan . . . . | 18·7 | 24·4 | 21·0 | 21·4 | 20·4 | 22·0 | — |
| Hungary . . . | 34·4 | 31·7 | 33·1 | 28·9 | 25·4 | — | 24·8 |
| Austria . . . | 30·5 | 29·5 | 28·1 | 26·3 | 24·0 | 25·0 | — |
| Russia in Europe$^*$ . | 33·2 | 31·2 | 34·6 | 32·8 | 32·1 | — | — |
$^*$ Not including Finland.
The deaths in the United Kingdom in 1909 numbered 667,765, the rate per thousand being 14·8.
The number of marriages (a) and the proportion of persons married per thousand of the population (b) are thus shown:—
| Year. | England and Wales. | England and Wales. | Scotland. | Scotland. | Ireland. | Ireland. | United Kingdom. | United Kingdom. |
| | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) |
| 1896 | 242,764 | 15·7 | 30,270 | 14·2 | 23,055 | 10·2 | 296,089 | 15·0 |
| 1901 | 259,400 | 15·9 | 31,387 | 14·0 | 22,564 | 10·2 | 313,351 | 15·1 |
| 1906 | 269,734 | 15·6 | 33,123 | 14·0 | 22,557 | 10·3 | 325,414 | 14·9 |
| 1909 | 260,259 | 14·6 | 30,092 | 12·3 | 22,769 | 10·4 | 313,120 | 13·9 |
Emigration.—The following table shows the number of passengers, distinguishing English and Welsh, Scottish and Irish, who left the United Kingdom for extra-European countries in 1895, 1900 and 1905, and the total for 1909, and in certain other years in which the numbers show marked fluctuations:—
| Year. | English and Welsh. | Scottish. | Irish. | Total. |
| 1895 | 112,538 | 18,294 | 54,349 | 185,181 |
| 1898 | 90,679 | 15,570 | 34,395 | 140,644 |
| 1900 | 102,448 | 20,472 | 45,905 | 168,825 |
| 1904 | 175,733 | 37,445 | 58,285 | 271,435 |
| 1905 | 170,408 | 41,510 | 50,159 | 262,077 |
| 1906 | 219,765 | 53,162 | 52,210 | 325,137 |
In 1909 the total number to British dominions was 163,594 and the total number to other extra-European countries was 125,167.
Occupations.—The following table shows the occupations (excluding children under ten years of age) as distinguished in five great orders, according to the census of 1901:—
| | England and Wales. | Scotland. | Ireland. |
| Professional . | 804,427 | 101,061 | 131,035 |
| Domestic . . | 1,994,197 | 201,230 | 219,418 |
| Commercial . | 1,858,454 | 245,715 | 97,889 |
| Agricultural . | 1,152,495 | 237,311 | 876,062 |
| Industrial . . | 7,534,994 | 1,197,495 | 69,413 |
Agriculture.—The following table illustrates broadly the difference in the position of agriculture in Great Britain and in Ireland:—
| Percentage to total area of area— | Great Britain. | Great Britain. | Ireland. | Ireland. |
| Percentage to total area of area— | 1890. | 1909. | 1890. | 1909. |
| Cultivated . . . . . . | 57·7 | 56·6 | 73·1 | 70·3 |
| Under grain crops . . . . | 14·1 | 12·4 | 7·3 | 6·1 |
| Under green crops . . . . | 5·8 | 5·4 | 5·8 | 5·0 |
| Under grasses and other crops . | 8·5 | 7·9 | 5·9 | 11·2 |
| In permanent pasture . . . | 28·2 | 30·2 | 53·4 | 43·1 |