REPOIIT—1847. 
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STATISTICS. 
iSf/iii.slical ItemarJis relating to the several States 7(nder the Croicn of Da- 
mark. Hy M. IluDoi.ru Uiklki:, Stcrelary the ])un\sh Legotm'M 
London. 
Th€ entire population at the lust Census, Ft-bniarv 1840. was 2.406,800. dividBi 
thus:-Denmark proper, 1 ,,‘155,0(10 ; Slesvi? «fiichr, .14 m, 55W; Holstein, 455,093; 
l.aitcnfwiy, 45,343. This population 'excluding the Colonies, populatio^ 126, 46^ 
J-ert» Island, (;,938,anil Iceland. .'iOjO.'i.'j) is distributed orcrlOSOgeogrophica^Dire 
miles, making on an average 3070 inliabitanisiopucli square mile. The ducbie-w 
proporttonatcl}’ more populous than Dcnntark proper, us will be seen bv ihefolto** 
Jng table. * j • j 
Denmark proper, average population per square mile, ISo.*); Rural distrirt.'. 
?rro J’*-’'’ f'J^viir. arernge, 2107; Rural Mi. 
lYurardistiSriVlw'''^^’'^^ Laoenboi^, average, 2386; 
ek '"•nsllcst average ponulution is on tlic west coast of .ludland, king (W) onlr; 
tno greatest, on the small island of (ho, being ,)416 to the square mile. 
popiilntion IS to the riirnl in Denmark proper about I to 4 , and in the diiciiiei atwut 
r. ° I ’ of males exceeds that of females, but the proportion of tnd« w 
1015, in the entire state. This proportion isehangtiiin 
ilolstein into 1000 to 080. owing to the- number of women who seek emplovmfnt 
Liibeck. More than onc-ttiird the population is under Mjears. 
ft., ngriculturc is one-third; in manufactures more tliio 
oni-.hlth; military and naval service, 1 in 17; paiipcrs,45ineverylOOOinhabif»i>K- 
rVif 1840 was less than in JBOl by from 11 wHpef 
ahbl'Jft .kof which may be found in the fliintmition of early alliances, mcr- 
'I'liP nt,n I* pursuit ofconifbrt, luxury, and the advance ofartifiml 
vc-irs dissolved by death in the 
^ Thft ft f and 7954 respectively. 
of 5 loor f’®’’ of <hc population on the swage 
SumbiSftT 1939.-iu the kingiU. 3-21; in the duchies, 33?. '1^* 
to cverv wm ^ »ame period wa82-52in the kingdom, and 2-20 in tbedneSre. 
wrSbL 1833. there has l,ee.»as%l,t decrease in the 
increase of populatloa on on ayerajewSS 
dSrl‘ .’i '?* *^nt. for the kingdom of Denmark and O-Sll far the 
ami O-O? P®‘* 
the inorr faffti.'n , tncrcase is only due to the diminished oiortaiit); 
P^rtkn oM^ to the less &vour.l4r 
Sri-JTcr n till mi' «•> Copenhaged. The increase is on the whole howatr 
ami sh|ni>ii,rr u,,.. f *’” 1 ^towns as possess cofliru^ 
relatioik^ ’ increase of population there is ■ perKI*^ 
inh^iiuu^IW^^^^ !t was slated that tbe wkle 
S^mii,“aian nnJ li origin; tho.seofSlcsv^ partif fibe 
cmirclv of thl« ri^ ^ nnd FHsic familv j and tbSeofH«l»“''‘ 
the iiihobimi* nri"m intermixture of 00,000 Ditmarkes ofFiisici^: 
aiuitce Ilf tills oniinr appear to he of Germanic origin, althoagli the circujr- 
therweni vS.d?r't/‘^''‘"'^ ^ ^eWia, has le<l to the suppositiot. th*^ 
’file lanifujiirp <,r upwards of 8,000 Jews scattered through *““**., 
whole north in tlip proper is a branch of the Scandinavian, spoken '« di 
sent dav in itl exi ‘ r^’ eleventh, and twelfth centuries, and pre-^red up to (befe- 
the dS Ge^ ‘V »o'*iein, theGernnin preraiU. 
during the last three I^r«‘'>c ore all lound; the German has been gainins 
FleruiH)!^ or the P*'epo»derates north ora(inedRW|' 
chiirchc?schools Tondern on the western coa^t. being used 
the Inhubitants I„ ! 1^)’ Population of 115.000 people, or a thgd of 
tants. In the southern part of the duchy a population ofloO.OOO use (hr 
