INFLUENCE OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 331 
Percentage of Urban Population of Different Countries 
1800 1850 1890 
England and Wales........ 21.30 39.45 61.73 
Belgititts a5 one hsswenn ass £355 20.8 34.8 
PrUSSiais je stein o: sisiacd sue Fie ee 95 7.25 10.63 30. 
Wie Sie iene Shae deeetauaaaa 3.8 12. 27.6 
FIANCE ss 34.2dagndteay cease 9.5 14.4 25.9 
RuSSidwtacreenveee Peudee 3.7 3 9.3 (1885) 
271 out of 632 districts in England and Wales since the previous 
enumeration; in 202 of these there had been a decrease also in the 
decade from 1871-81. In Ireland the urban population has 
increased while the population of the country as a whole has 
diminished, the urban population in the last half of the roth 
century nearly doubling its ratio to the rural. In France whose 
population has increased but little (2-3 million since 1840) the 
cities have rapidly grown, while the rural population has de- 
creased by over 24 million. 
The United States has had an exceptionally rapid increase 
in urban population, as the following table indicates: 
Growth of Cities in the United States 
Percentage of Population in Cities of 
Date 8,000 Inhabitants or Over 
1790... ak Porsrs ake eadeseooi sesh ease 3.35 
1800 24. hoe assis ees we eeeieeeeses 3.97 
POLO acs bie Seca aisle a rnause So muy eS Sexes 4.93 
1820:0.5 OK kaos ARERR T OE Ae SoU ER wads 4.93 
18302. cc ees Heeesudeate tee Tee Re 6.72 
TOAD vis Vad \ alana e SORE ERE ON 8.52 
T8500. cc tie uci ones ee senda tae 1a Pee ee 12.49 
1860s: dre rave bee eae Ne Ae eb aE Se 16.13 
WIG bec dag see Erie t tiem hayes enna Ns 20.93 
T886.s.- an choau dum eee egeeer ee ease eee aees 22.57 
PSAGs, fydodectanede Het eawnd tea eee eR 29.20 
WOOO: care ee tetiatekeridisemrneer irae eee 32.90 
