Question: Did the population rise after 1740?
About the article "Industrial Revolution", section "Population increase".

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From 1640, Brandenburg-Prussia had started to rise under the Great Elector, Frederick William.
The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 strengthened it even further, through the acquisition of East Pomerania.
From 1713 to 1740, King Frederick William I, also known as the "Soldier King", established a highly centralized, militarized state with a heavily rural population of about three million (compared to the nine million in Austria).
In terms of the boundaries of 1914, Germany in 1700 had a population of 16 million, increasing slightly to 17 million by 1750, and growing more rapidly to 24 million by 1800.
Wars continued, but they were no longer so devastating to the civilian population; famines and major epidemics did not occur, but increased agricultural productivity led to a higher birth rate, and a lower death rate.
In the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) Maria Theresa fought successfully for recognition of her succession to the throne.
But in the Silesian Wars and in the Seven Years' War she had to cede 95 percent of Silesia to Frederick II, the Great, of Prussia.
After the Peace of Hubertsburg in 1763 between Austria, Prussia and Saxony, Prussia became a European great power.
This gave the start to the rivalry between Prussia and Austria for the leadership of Germany.
From 1763, against resistance from the nobility and citizenry, an "enlightened absolutism" was established in Prussia and Austria, according to which the ruler governed according to the best precepts of the philosophers.
The economies developed and legal reforms were undertaken, including the abolition of torture and the improvement in the status of Jews.
Emancipation of the peasants slowly began.
Compulsory education was instituted.
In 1772–1795 Prussia took part in the partitions of Poland.
Prussia occupied the western territories of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that surrounded existing Prussian holdings.
This occupation led to centuries of Polish resistance against Germanization. 
  Bridges Act 1740 c. 33  Bubble Schemes, Colonies Act 1740 c. 37  Caddington Church.
Act 1740 c. 26  Cattle Stealing Act 1740 c. 6  Cloth Manufacture Act 1740 c. 35  Common Recoveries, etc.
Act 1740 c. 20  Continuance of Acts, 1740 c. 34  Delay of Cause after Issue Joined Act 1740 c. 17  Doncaster and Salter's Brook Road Act 1740 c. 31  Doncaster and Tadcaster Road Act 1740 c. 28  Ellands to Leeds Road Act 1740 c. 25  Ely Roads Act 1740 c. 14  Estates of John Coggs and John Dan Act 1740 c. 30  Exportation Act 1740 c. 3  Gainsborough Church.
Act 1740 c. 15  Gloucester Water Supply Act 1740 c. 11  Hertfordshire Roads Act 1740 c. 13  Importation Act 1740 c. 36  Importation into Scotland Act 1740 c. 7  Indemnity Act 1740 c. 18  Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740 c. 16  Kent and Sussex Roads Act 1740 c. 12  Leeds and Halifax Roads Act 1740 c. 32  Licence to Joseph Porter, etc., to Import Silk Act 1740 c. 4  Longitude and Latitude Act 1740 c. 39  Mutiny Act 1740 c. 9  Navy Act 1740 c. 38  Nether Knutsford Church.
Act 1740 c. 5  Papists Act 1740 c. 21  Portsmouth Water Supply (Farlington) Act 1740 c. 43  Preservation of Roads Act 1740 c. 42  c. 8  Saint Botolph, Aldgate Act 1740 c. 27  Salt Duties Act 1740 c. 22  Small Debts, London Act 1740 c. 10  Supply, etc.
Act 1740 c. 41  Taxation Act 1740 c. 1  Taxation Act 1740 c. 2  Wakefield, etc., Roads Act 1740 c. 19  c. 24  Westminster Bridge Act 1740 c. 40  Wiltshire Roads.
Act 1740 c. 29  Yorkshire Roads Act 1740 c. 23  
From 1640, Brandenburg-Prussia had started to rise under the Great Elector, Frederick William.
The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 strengthened it even further, through the acquisition of East Pomerania.
From 1713 to 1740, King Frederick William I, also known as the "Soldier King", established a highly centralized, militarized state with a heavily rural population of about three million (compared to the nine million in Austria).
In terms of the boundaries of 1914, Germany in 1700 had a population of 16 million, increasing slightly to 17 million by 1750, and growing more rapidly to 24 million by 1800.
Wars continued, but they were no longer so devastating to the civilian population; famines and major epidemics did not occur, but increased agricultural productivity led to a higher birth rate, and a lower death rate. 
The story of the Irish Great Frost of 1740–1741 holds lessons for human social behaviour in response to climate-induced limitations in energy, food, and housing.
Fifty to a hundred years passed before Ireland became healthy again, only to experience the 1840s famine.
Dickson notes that an upsurge in migration out of Ireland in the years after the 1740–1741 crisis, similar to the mass emigration in the 1840s, did not occur.
One additional item: Irish Dendrochronologist Mike Baillie confirmed tree ring patterns in 1740 that were consistent with severe cold.
The year 1741, during which the famine was at its worst and mortality was greatest, was known in folk memory as the "year of the slaughter" (or "bliain an áir" in Irish). 
As per the 2001 census, Thelur had a total population of 3528 with 1788 males and 1740 females.