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Of the Checks to Population 



Bk.ii. 



1825. 



The population of Russia, including the wan- 

 dering tribes, and the acquired territories, was in 

 1822 estimated at 54,476,931. But the most 

 interesting part of the population to examine, is 

 that where lists of the births, deaths and mar- 

 riages can be obtained. 



The following table, which is given in the Ency- 

 clopaedia Britannica, under the head of Russia, is 

 formed from the reports published by the Synod, 

 including only the members of the Orthodox Greek 

 Church, the most numerous body of the people. 



The population belonging to the Greek Church 

 is estimated at 40,351,000. 



If the average excess of the births above the 

 deaths be applied to the 14 years ending with 

 1820, it will appear that, from this excess alone, 

 the population had increased in that period, 

 8,064,616; and if the population in 1820 were 

 40,351,000, the population in 1806 was 32,286,384. 

 Comparing the average excess of births with the 

 average population during the 14 years, it will be 

 found that the proportion is as 1 to 63, which 



