392 Of the Checks to Population Bk. ii. 



1825. 



Subsequent to the last edition of this work, fur- 

 ther details have appeared respecting the popula- 

 tion of France. 



Since 1817, regular returns have been made of 

 the annual births, deaths, and marriages, over the 

 whole of the territory comprised in the limits of 

 France, as settled in 1814 and 1815 ; and an enu- 

 meration was made of the population in 1820. 



In the Annuaire of the Bureau des Longitudes for 

 1825, the numbers of births, deaths, and mar- 

 riages are given for six years ending with 1822. 

 The sum of these are, 



The population in 1820, according to an enu- 

 meration in each department, was 30,451,187. 



From these numbers it appears that the pro- 

 portion of annual births to the population is as 

 1 to 31.79, or nearly ^; the annual mortality as 

 1 to 39.81, or nearly ^ ; the proportion of annual 

 marriages to the population is as 1 to 139; the 

 proportion of births to deaths as 125.23 to 100, or 

 very nearly as 5 to 4 ; and the proportion of mar- 

 riages to births as 1 to 4.37. The proportion of 

 illegitimate to legitimate births is as 1 to 14.6 ; the 



