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In France the rise has been from 31 per cent, 

 urban to 39 per cent, urban, but in absolute 

 figures the rural had diminished by over 

 a million since 1870, and the urban had 

 increased by over 3^ millions. In Germany 

 the rural population had diminished by 

 about half a million, but the urban had 

 increased by 16,000,000. Even in the 

 United States, where there is still much 

 unoccupied country to attract population, 

 the numbers in towns of over 8,000 people 

 had increased by 209 per cent., and in the 

 rest of the country by only 71 per cent. 



In Denmark, between 1880 and 1901, the 

 urban population had nearly doubled, whilst 

 the rural had only increased by 6*8 per 

 cent. In Canada, where 4,000 is taken as 

 the mark of the urban district, between 1891 

 and 1901 the proportion of urban to rural 

 had increased from 22*7 to 26*12. In 

 Australia we find two -thirds of the total 



