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The following tables show the variations of the birthrates in the principal 

 countries since 1856: 



Average Annual Birthrates by Decades — 1856 to 1905;* Living Births to i.ooo 

 Women 15 to 49 Years of Age 



Country 



England & Wales.. . 



Scotland 



Ireland 



Denmark 



Norway 



Sweden 



Russia 



Finland 



Austria 



Hungary 



Switzerland 



German Empire. . . . 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Saxony 



Wurtemburg 



Baden 



Netherlands 



Belgium 



France 



Spain 



Italy 



New South Wales. . 

 Massachusetts 



♦Kuczynski, "Zur Statistik der Fruchtbarkeit,' 

 Vol. XC, p. 230, December, 1907. 



J ahrbiicher fiir Nationalokonomie und Statistik, 



In the United States where statistics of births are not obtainable, it 

 is possible to show the variation in the birthrate by ascertaining the pro- 

 portion of children under five years of age to i,ooo women 15 to 49 years 

 of age at each census from 1850 to 1900. 



Number of White Children under Five Years to 1,000 White Women 

 15 to 49 Years of Age (Continental United States)* 



* Wuxcox, Census Bulletin 22, p. 23, August, 1905. 



