266 Population of Russia- [April, 



Little Russia 5,221,198 



Swedish provinces 1,520,463 



Polish provinces 6,454,320 



Turkish provinces 555,309 



13,751,290 



According to the preceding data, we must subtract ftom the 

 total of the population of Russia for the provinces acquired 



1,033,533 from the 14 millions in 1722 Remains 12,966,467 



1,355,110 16 17'12.., 14,644,890 



l,696-,586 19 1762 17,303,414 



8,678,857 28 1782 19,321,143 



13,751,290 36 1796 22,248,710 



13,751,290 41 4806 27,751,290 



The last column gives us the rate at which the population of 

 Russia proper has increased. 



From this it follows that the population of Russia, excluding the 

 conquests since the time of Peter the Great, gained in 20 years, 

 between 1722 and 1742, 1,678,423, or 83,921 annually: 



In the 20 years between 1742 and 1762, 2,658,524, or 132,926 

 annually ; that is to say, 49,005 more annually thaq during the first 

 period : 



In the 20 years between 1762 and 1782, 1,676,253, or 88,812 

 annually ; less by 49,114 than during the second period : 



In the 14 years between 17S2 and 1796, 2,927,567, or 146,378 

 annually ; more by 62,566 than during the preceding period : 



In the 10 years between 1796 and 1806, 5,000,000, or 200,000 

 annually; more by 53,622 than during the preceding period. 



We see by the preceding table that the population of Old Russia 

 has more than doubled, or that it is at present to what it was in 

 1722 as 2^ to 1. \S'e see also that the progress of population has 

 rot been uniform, that it has had accelerations and retardations, 

 that the most favourable periods was during the reign of the Em- 

 press Elizabeth, between I74I and 1761> and the years of the 

 peace of Catharine II. between 1782 and 1796. The population 

 still advances in the latter periods, but the rate is slower. What 

 may be the cause of these phenomena? 



The population of Russia has more than doubled during the last 

 century, while Smith supposes that the population in civilized 

 countries only doubles once in 500 years. It has doubled in con- 

 sequence of a better regulated administration, of the security which 

 the government has procured to the nation, of the capitals of 

 foreigners placed in the country, and which for a long time consti- 

 tuted the soul of the commerce of the interior; in consequence of 

 the progress of national industry, which was the result ; of 

 the increase of knowledge, by new commercial connections with 



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