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We present here a statement of marriages, births, 

 and deaths in Havana for five years : 





Marriages. 



Births. 



Deaths 



1813 



386 



3,525 



2,948 



1814 



390 



3,470 



3,622 



1820 



525 



4,495 



4,833 



1821 



397 



4,326 



4,466 



1824 



397 



3,566 



6,697 



This table, which shows great fluctuations from 

 the unequal influx of foreigners, gives a mean pro- 

 portion of births to the population as 1 to 33.5 ; and 

 of deaths as 1 to 33.2, estimating the total popula- 

 tion of Havana and suburbs at 130,000 souls. Ac- 

 cording to recent exact estimates of the population 

 of France, the proportions there are as 1 to 33|, and 

 1 to 39| ; and for Paris from 1819 to 1823 as 1 to 

 28, and 1 to 31.6. 



The principles upon which these calculations are 

 based, are so modified by circumstances in populous 

 cities, and these are of a nature so complicated and 

 variable, we cannot judge of the number of inhabit- 

 ants by that of births and deaths. In 1806, when 

 the population of the City of Mexico slightly ex- 

 ceeded 150,000, the number of deaths and births 

 there was respectively 5,166 and 6,155, while in 

 Havana with 130,000 souls, the mean number is 

 3,900 and 3,880. 



