Law of Population 



8 9 



the birth-rate in that proportion in which its decline has 

 failed to equal the death-rate. 



In Sweden and Norway the continuous stream of 

 emigration to the United States has been mainly the 

 elevating factor in the birth-rate. As the annual 

 reports of the Registrar-General go no further back in 

 the case of Norway than 1871, the period of thirty- 

 three years, 1871-1903, is divided into four parts, the 

 first three consisting of eight years, and the fourth of 

 nine years. 



Norway. 















Excess of 





Marriages 



Deaths 



Births 



Natural 



Actual 



Emigration 





per 1000. 



per 1000. 



per 1000. 



Increase. 



Increase. 



over _ 

 Immigration. 



1871-1878 



7-2 



17-3 



3 0-9 



% 

 II-I 



% 



8-3 



% 

 2-8 



1879-1886 



6-6 



16-5 



31-0 



n-9 



47 



7-2 



I 887-1 894 



6-3 



17-1 



30-3 



10-7 



3-3 



7*4 



I 895-1 903 



6-8 



15-3 



29-9 



12-6 



IO-2 



2-4 



Sweden. 

 The Swedish table begins with the decade 1854-63, 

 which preceded that in which the tide of emigration 

 began to flow, which has prevailed ever since in Sweden. 















Excess of 





Marriages 



Deaths 



Births 



Natural 



Actual 



Emigration 





per 1000. 



per 1000. 



per 1000. 



Increase. 



Increase. 



over 

 Immigration. 











% 



% 



% 



I 854-1 863 



7-6 



20-g 



33-3 



13-2 



12-4 



o-8 



I 864-1 873 



6-5 



19-3 



30-6 



n-8 



70 



4-8 



1874-1883 



6-6 



18-4 



30-1 



12-3 



7-4 



4-9 



1884-1893 



6-1 



16-9 



277 



I2-I 



4-8 



73 



I 894-1 903 



6-o 



159 



26-8 



n-6 



8-2 



3'4 



