Census Population 1801 – 1851

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Counties	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	Order	CountryID	RegionID
Total of England	8,350,859	9,553,021	11,281,883	13,090,523	14,997,427	16,921,888	1	1
Bedford	63,393	70,213	84,052	95,483	107,936	124,478	2	1
Berks	110,480	119,430	132,639	146,234	161,759	170,065	3	1
Buckingham	108,132	118,065	135,133	146,977	156,439	163,723	4	1
Cambridge	89,346	101,109	122,387	143,955	164,459	185,405	5	1
Chester	192,305	227,031	270,098	334,391	395,660	455,725	6	1
Cornwall	192,281	220,525	261,045	301,306	342,159	355,558	7	1
Cumberland	117,230	133,665	156,124	169,262	178,038	195,492	8	1
Derby	161,567	185,487	213,651	237,170	272,202	296,084	9	1
Devon	340,308	382,778	438,417	493,908	532,959	567,098	10	1
Dorset	114,452	124,718	144,930	159,385	175,054	184,207	11	1
Durham	149,384	165,293	193,511	239,256	307,963	390,997	12	1
Essex	227,682	252,473	289,424	317,507	344,979	369,318	13	1
Gloucester	250,723	285,955	336,190	387,398	431,495	458,805	14	1
Hereford	88,436	93,526	102,669	110,617	113,272	115,489	15	1
Hertford	97,393	111,225	129,731	142,844	156,660	167,298	16	1
Huntingdon	37,568	42,208	48,946	53,192	58,549	64,183	17	1
Kent	308,667	371,701	427,224	479,558	549,353	615,766	18	1
Lancaster	673,486	828,499	1,052,948	1,336,854	1,667,054	2,031,236	19	1
Leicester	130,082	150,559	174,571	197,003	215,867	230,308	20	1
Lincoln	208,625	237,634	283,058	317,465	362,602	407,222	21	1
Middlesex	818,129	953,774	1,145,057	1,358,330	1,576,636	1,886,576	22	1
Monmouth	45,568	62,105	75,801	98,126	134,368	157,418	23	1
Norfolk	273,479	291,947	344,368	390,054	412,664	442,714	24	1
Northampton	131,525	141,353	163,097	179,336	199,228	212,380	25	1
Northumberland	168,078	183,269	212,589	236,959	266,020	303,568	26	1
Nottingham	140,350	162,964	186,873	225,327	249,910	270,427	27	1
Oxford	111,977	120,376	138,224	153,526	163,127	170,439	28	1
Rutland	16,300	16,380	18,487	19,385	21,302	22,983	29	1
Salop	169,248	184,973	198,311	213,518	225,820	229,341	30	1
Somerset	273,577	302,836	355,789	403,795	435,599	443,916	31	1
Southampton	219,290	246,514	282,897	313,976	354,682	405,370	32	1
Stafford	242,693	294,540	345,972	409,480	509,472	608,716	33	1
Suffolk	214,404	233,963	271,541	296,317	315,073	337,215	34	1
Surrey	268,233	323,851	399,417	486,434	584,036	683,082	35	1
Sussex	159,471	190,343	233,328	272,644	300,075	336,844	36	1
Warwick	206,798	228,906	274,482	336,645	401,703	475,013	37	1
Westmorland	40,805	45,922	51,359	55,041	56,454	58,287	38	1
Wilts	183,820	191,853	219,574	237,244	256,280	254,221	39	1
Worcester	146,441	168,982	194,074	222,655	248,460	276,926	40	1
York (East Riding)	111,192	133,975	154,643	168,891	194,936	220,983	41	1
York (City)	16,846	19,099	21,711	26,260	28,842	36,303	42	1
York (North Riding)	158,927	170,127	188,178	192,206	204,701	215,214	43	1
York (West Riding)	572,168	662,875	809,363	984,609	1,163,580	1,325,495	44	1
Total of Ireland		—	6,846,949	7,784,536	8,175,124	6,552,385	45	2
Total of Leinster		—	1,785,702	1,927,967	1,973,731	1,672,738	46	2	1
Carlow		69,566	81,287	81,576	86,228	68,078	47	2	1
Drogheda Town		16,123	18,118	17,365	16,261	16,847	48	2	1
Dublin City		176,610	186,276	203,652	232,726	258,369	49	2	1
Dublin		110,437	160,274	183,042	140,047	146,778	50	2	1
Kildare		85,133	101,715	108,401	114,488	95,723	51	2	1
Kilkenny City		no return.	23,230	23,741	19,071	19,975	52	2	1
Kilkenny		134,664	157,096	169,283	183,349	138,773	53	2	1
King’s		113,226	132,319	144,029	146,857	112,076	54	2	1
Longford		95,917	107,702	112,391	115,491	82,348	55	2	1
Louth		no return.	101,070	108,168	111,979	90,815	56	2	1
Meath		142,479	174,716	177,023	183,828	140,748	57	2	1
Queen’s		113,857	129,391	145,843	153,930	111,664	58	2	1
Westmeath		no return.	128,042	148,161	141,300	111,407	59	2	1
Wexford		no return.	169,304	182,991	202,033	180,158	60	2	1
Wicklow		83,109	115,162	122,301	126,143	98,979	61	2	1
Total of Munster		—	2,005,363	2,215,364	2,396,161	1,857,736	62	2	2
Clare		160,603	209,595	258,262	286,394	212,440	63	2	2
Cork City		64,394	100,535	107,041	80,720	85,732	64	2	2
Cork		523,936	702,000	705,926	773,398	563,576	65	2	2
Kerry		178,622	205,037	264,559	293,880	238,254	66	2	2
Limerick City		no return.	66,042	66,575	48,391	53,448	67	2	2
Limerick		103,865	214,286	233,505	281,638	208,684	68	2	2
Tipperary		290,531	353,402	402,598	435,553	331,567	69	2	2
Waterford City		25,467	26,787	28,821	23,216	25,297	70	2	2
Waterford		119,457	127,679	148,077	172,971	138,738	71	2	2
Total of Ulster		—	2,001,966	2,293,128	2,386,373	2,011,880	72	2	3
Antrim		231,548	261,601	314,608	276,188	251,383	73	2	3
Armagh		121,449	196,577	220,651	232,393	196,084	74	2	3
Belfast Town		no return.	no return.	no return.	75,308	100,301	75	2	3
Carrickfergus		6,136	8,255	8,698	9,379	8,520	76	2	3
Cavan		no return.	194,330	228,050	243,158	174,064	77	2	3
Donegal		no return.	249,483	298,104	296,448	255,158	78	2	3
Down		287,290	329,348	352,571	361,446	320,817	79	2	3
Fermanagh		111,250	130,399	149,555	156,481	116,047	80	2	3
Londonderry		186,181	194,099	222,416	222,174	192,022	81	2	3
Monaghan		140,433	178,183	195,532	200,442	141,823	82	2	3
Tyrone		250,746	259,691	302,943	312,956	255,661	83	2	3
Total of Connaught		—	1,053,918	1,348,077	1,418,859	1,010,031	84	2	4
Galway Town		24,684	27,827	33,120	17,275	23,787	85	2	4
Galway		140,995	286,921	394,287	422,923	297,897	86	2	4
Leitrim		94,095	105,976	141,303	155,297	111,897	87	2	4
Mayo		237,371	297,538	367,956	388,887	274,499	88	2	4
Roscommon		158,110	207,777	239,903	253,591	173,436	89	2	4
Sligo		no return.	127,879	171,508	180,886	128,515	90	2	4
Total of Islands			89,508	103,710	124,040	143,126	91	3
Isle of Man			40,081	41,000	47,975	52,387	92	3
Island of Jersey			28,600	36,582	47,544	57,020	93	3
Island of Guernsey			20,302	24,349	26,649	29,757	94	3
Adjacent Islands			525	1,779	1,872	3,962	95	3
Total of Scotland	1,608,420	1,805,864	2,091,521	2,364,386	2,620,184	2,887,742	96	4
Total of Southern Counties	860,255	1,009,815	1,209,239	1,392,461	1,596,859	1,813,562	97	4	5
Ayr	84,207	103,839	127,299	145,055	164,356	189,858	98	4	5
Berwick	30,206	30,893	33,385	34,048	34,438	36,297	98	4	5
Bute	11,791	12,033	13,797	14,151	15,740	16,608	100	4	5
Clackmannan	10,858	12,010	13,263	14,729	19,155	22,951	101	4	5
Dumfries	54,597	62,960	70,878	73,770	72,830	78,123	102	4	5
Dumbarton	20,710	24,189	27,317	33,211	44,296	45,103	103	4	5
Edinburgh	122,597	148,607	191,514	219,345	225,454	259,435	104	4	5
Fife	93,743	101,272	114,556	128,839	140,140	153,546	105	4	5
Haddington	29,986	31,050	35,127	36,145	35,886	36,386	106	4	5
Kinross	6,725	7,245	7,762	9,072	8,763	8,924	107	4	5
Kirkcudbright (Stewartry)	29,211	33,684	38,903	40,590	41,119	43,121	108	4	5
Lanark	147,692	191,291	244,387	316,819	426,972	530,169	109	4	5
Linlithgow	17,844	19,451	22,685	23,291	26,872	30,135	110	4	5
Peebles	8,735	9,935	10,046	10,578	10,499	10,738	111	4	5
Renfrew	78,501	93,172	112,175	133,443	155,072	161,091	112	4	5
Roxburgh	33,721	37,230	40,892	43,663	46,025	51,642	113	4	5
Selkirk	5,388	5,889	6,637	6,833	7,990	9,809	114	4	5
Stirling	50,825	58,174	65,376	72,621	82,057	86,237	115	4	5
Wigtown	22,918	26,891	33,240	36,258	39,195	43,389	116	4	5
Total of Northern Counties	748,165	796,049	882,282	971,925	1,023,325	1,074,180	117	4	6
Argyll	81,277	86,541	97,316	100,973	97,371	89,298	118	4	6
Aberdeen	121,065	133,871	155,049	177,657	192,387	212,032	119	4	6
Banff	37,216	38,433	43,663	48,337	49,679	54,171	120	4	6
Caithness	22,609	23,419	29,181	34,529	36,343	38,709	121	4	6
Elgin or Moray	27,760	27,967	31,398	34,498	35,012	38,959	122	4	6
Forfar	99,053	107,187	113,355	139,606	170,453	191,264	123	4	6
Inverness	72,672	77,671	89,961	94,797	97,799	95,500	124	4	6
Kincardine	26,349	27,439	29,118	31,431	33,075	34,598	125	4	6
Nairn	8,322	8,496	9,268	9,354	9,217	9,956	126	4	6
Orkney and Shetland	46,824	46,153	53,124	58,239	61,065	62,533	127	4	6
Perth	125,583	134,390	138,247	142,166	137,457	138,660	128	4	6
Ross and Cromarty	56,318	60,853	68,762	74,820	78,685	82,707	129	4	6
Sutherland	23,117	23,629	23,840	25,518	24,782	25,793	130	4	6
Total of Wales	541,677	611,235	718,353	806,274	911,705	1,005,721	131	5
Anglesey	33,806	37,045	45,063	48,325	50,891	57,327	132	5
Brecon	32,325	37,735	43,826	47,763	55,603	61,474	133	5
Cardigan	42,956	50,260	57,784	64,780	68,766	70,796	134	5
Carmarthen	67,317	77,217	90,239	100,740	106,326	110,632	135	5
Carnarvon	41,521	49,655	58,099	66,818	81,093	87,870	136	5
Denbigh	60,299	64,249	76,428	82,665	88,478	92,583	137	5
Flint	39,469	45,937	53,893	60,244	66,919	68,156	138	5
Glamorgan	70,879	85,067	102,073	126,612	171,188	231,849	139	5
Merioneth	29,506	30,854	34,382	35,315	39,332	38,843	140	5
Montgomery	48,184	52,184	60,245	66,844	69,607	67,335	141	5
Pembroke	56,280	60,615	73,788	81,425	88,044	94,140	142	5
Radnor	19,135	20,417	22,533	24,743	25,458	24,716	143	5

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Counties	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	Order	CountryID	RegionID
Total of England	14.40	18.10	16.03	14.57	12.83	1	1
Bedford	10.76	19.71	13.60	13.04	15.33	2	1
Berks	8.10	11.06	10.25	10.62	5.13	3	1
Buckingham	9.19	14.46	8.76	6.44	4.66	4	1
Cambridge	13.17	21.04	17.62	14.24	12.74	5	1
Chester	18.06	18.97	23.80	18.32	15.18	6	1
Cornwall	14.69	18.37	15.42	13.56	3.92	7	1
Cumberland	14.02	16.80	8.42	5.18	9.80	8	1
Derby	14.81	15.18	11.01	14.77	8.77	9	1
Devon	12.48	14.54	12.66	7.91	6.41	10	1
Dorset	8.97	16.21	9.97	9.83	5.23	11	1
Durham	10.65	17.07	23.64	28.72	26.96	12	1
Essex	10.89	14.64	9.70	8.65	7.06	13	1
Gloucester	14.05	17.57	15.23	11.38	6.33	14	1
Hereford	5.76	9.78	7.74	2.40	1.96	15	1
Hertford	14.20	16.64	10.11	9.67	6.79	16	1
Huntingdon	12.35	15.96	8.67	10.07	9.62	17	1
Kent	20.42	14.94	12.25	14.55	12.09	18	1
Lancaster	23.02	27.09	26.96	24.70	21.85	19	1
Leicester	15.74	15.95	12.85	9.58	6.69	20	1
Lincoln	13.90	19.12	12.16	14.22	12.31	21	1
Middlesex	16.58	20.06	18.63	16.07	19.66	22	1
Monmouth	36.29	22.05	29.45	36.93	17.15	23	1
Norfolk	6.75	17.96	13.27	5.80	7.28	24	1
Northampton	7.47	15.38	9.96	11.09	6.60	25	1
Northumberland	9.04	16.00	11.46	12.26	14.11	26	1
Nottingham	16.11	14.67	20.58	10.91	8.21	27	1
Oxford	7.50	14.83	11.07	6.25	4.48	28	1
Rutland	0.49	12.86	4.86	9.89	7.89	29	1
Salop	9.29	7.21	7.67	5.76	1.56	30	1
Somerset	10.69	17.49	13.49	7.88	1.91	31	1
Southampton	12.41	14.76	10.99	12.96	14.29	32	1
Stafford	21.36	17.46	18.36	24.42	19.48	33	1
Suffolk	9.12	16.06	9.12	6.33	7.03	34	1
Surrey	20.73	23.33	21.79	20.06	16.96	35	1
Sussex	19.36	22.58	16.85	10.06	12.25	36	1
Warwick	10.69	19.91	22.65	19.33	18.25	37	1
Westmorland	12.54	11.84	7.17	2.57	3.25	38	1
Wilts	4.37	14.45	8.05	8.02	-0.80	39	1
Worcester	15.39	14.85	14.73	11.59	11.46	40	1
York (East Riding)	20.49	15.43	9.21	15.42	13.36	41	1
York (City)	13.37	13.68	20.95	9.83	25.87	42	1
York (North Riding)	7.05	10.61	2.14	6.50	5.14	43	1
York (West Riding)	15.85	22.10	21.65	18.18	13.92	44	1
Total of Ireland			13.69	5.02	-19.85	45	2
Total of Leinster			7.97	2.37	-15.25	46	2	1
Carlow		16.85	0.36	5.70	-21.05	47	2	1
Drogheda Town		12.37	-4.16	-6.36	3.60	48	2	1
Dublin City		5.47	9.33	14.28	11.02	49	2	1
Dublin		45.13	14.21	-23.49	4.81	50	2	1
Kildare		19.48	6.57	5.62	-16.39	51	2	1
Kilkenny City			2.20	-19.67	4.74	52	2	1
Kilkenny		16.66	7.76	8.31	-24.31	53	2	1
King’s		16.86	8.85	1.96	-23.68	54	2	1
Longford		12.29	4.35	2.76	-28.70	55	2	1
Louth			7.02	3.52	-18.90	56	2	1
Meath		22.63	1.32	3.84	-23.43	57	2	1
Queen’s		13.64	12.71	5.55	-27.46	58	2	1
Westmeath			15.71	-4.63	-21.16	59	2	1
Wexford			8.08	10.41	-10.83	60	2	1
Wicklow		38.57	6.20	3.14	-21.53	61	2	1
Total of Munster			10.47	8.16	-22.47	62	2	2
Clare		30.51	23.22	10.89	-25.82	63	2	2
Cork City		56.12	6.47	-24.59	6.21	64	2	2
Cork		33.99	0.56	9.56	-27.13	65	2	2
Kerry		14.79	29.03	11.08	-18.93	66	2	2
Limerick City			0.81	-27.31	10.45	67	2	2
Limerick		106.31	8.97	20.61	-25.90	68	2	2
Tipperary		21.64	13.92	8.19	-23.87	69	2	2
Waterford City		5.18	7.59	-19.45	8.96	70	2	2
Waterford		6.88	15.98	16.81	-19.79	71	2	2
Total of Ulster			14.54	4.07	-15.69	72	2	3
Antrim		12.98	20.26	-12.21	-8.98	73	2	3
Armagh		61.86	12.25	5.32	-15.62	74	2	3
Belfast Town					33.19	75	2	3
Carrickfergus		34.53	5.37	7.83	-9.16	76	2	3
Cavan			17.35	6.62	-28.42	77	2	3
Donegal			19.49	-0.56	-13.93	78	2	3
Down		14.64	7.05	2.52	-11.24	79	2	3
Fermanagh		17.21	14.69	4.63	-25.84	80	2	3
Londonderry		4.25	14.59	-0.11	-13.57	81	2	3
Monaghan		26.88	9.74	2.51	-29.24	82	2	3
Tyrone		3.57	16.66	3.31	-18.31	83	2	3
Total of Connaught			27.91	5.25	-28.81	84	2	4
Galway Town		12.73	19.02	-47.84	37.70	85	2	4
Galway		103.50	37.42	7.26	-29.56	86	2	4
Leitrim		12.63	33.33	9.90	-27.95	87	2	4
Mayo		25.35	23.67	5.69	-29.41	88	2	4
Roscommon		31.41	15.46	5.71	-31.61	89	2	4
Sligo			34.12	5.47	-28.95	90	2	4
Total of Islands			15.87	19.60	15.39	91	3
Isle of Man			2.29	17.01	9.20	92	3
Island of Jersey			27.91	29.97	19.93	93	3
Island of Guernsey *			19.93	9.45	11.66	94	3
Adjacent Islands			238.86	5.23	111.65	95	3
Total of Scotland	12.28	15.82	13.05	10.82	10.21	96	4
Total of Southern Counties	17.39	19.75	15.15	14.68	13.57	97	4	5
Ayr	23.31	22.59	13.95	13.31	15.52	98	4	5
Berwick	2.27	8.07	1.99	1.15	5.40	99	4	5
Bute	2.05	14.66	2.57	11.23	5.51	100	4	5
Clackmannan	10.61	10.43	11.05	30.05	19.82	101	4	5
Dumfries	15.32	12.58	4.08	-1.27	7.27	102	4	5
Dumbarton	16.80	12.93	21.58	33.38	1.82	103	4	5
Edinburgh	21.22	28.87	14.53	2.79	15.07	104	4	5
Fife	8.03	13.12	12.47	8.77	9.57	105	4	5
Haddington	3.55	13.13	2.90	-0.72	1.39	106	4	5
Kinross	7.73	7.14	16.88	-3.41	1.84	107	4	5
Kirkcudbright (Stewartry)	15.31	15.49	4.34	1.30	4.87	108	4	5
Lanark	29.52	27.76	29.64	34.77	24.17	109	4	5
Linlithgow	9.01	16.63	2.67	15.38	12.14	110	4	5
Peebles	13.74	1.12	5.30	-0.75	2.28	111	4	5
Renfrew	18.69	20.40	18.96	16.21	3.88	112	4	5
Roxburgh	10.41	9.84	6.78	5.41	12.20	113	4	5
Selkirk	9.30	12.70	2.95	16.93	22.77	114	4	5
Stirling	14.46	12.38	11.08	12.99	5.09	115	4	5
Wigtown	17.34	23.61	9.08	8.10	10.70	116	4	5
Total of Northern Counties	6.40	10.83	10.16	5.29	4.97	117	4	6
Argyll	6.48	12.45	3.76	-3.57	-8.29	118	4	6
Aberdeen	10.58	15.82	14.58	8.29	10.21	119	4	6
Banff	3.27	13.61	10.70	2.78	9.04	120	4	6
Caithness	3.58	24.60	18.33	5.25	6.51	121	4	6
Elgin or Moray	0.75	12.27	9.87	1.49	11.27	122	4	6
Forfar	8.21	5.75	23.16	22.10	12.21	123	4	6
Inverness	6.88	15.82	5.38	3.17	-2.35	124	4	6
Kincardine	4.14	6.12	7.94	5.23	4.60	125	4	6
Nairn	2.09	9.09	0.93	-1.46	8.02	126	4	6
Orkney and Shetland	-1.43	15.10	9.63	4.85	2.40	127	4	6
Perth	7.01	2.87	2.83	-3.31	0.88	128	4	6
Ross and Cromarty	8.05	13.00	8.81	5.17	5.11	129	4	6
Sutherland	2.21	0.89	7.04	-2.88	4.08	130	4	6
Total of Wales	12.84	17.52	12.24	13.08	10.31	131	5
Anglesey	9.58	21.64	7.24	5.31	12.65	132	5
Brecon	16.74	16.14	8.98	16.41	10.56	133	5
Cardigan	17.00	14.97	12.11	6.15	2.95	134	5
Carmarthen	14.71	16.86	11.64	5.54	4.05	135	5
Carnarvon	19.59	17.01	15.01	21.36	8.36	136	5
Denbigh	6.55	18.96	8.16	7.03	4.64	137	5
Flint	16.39	17.32	11.78	11.08	1.85	138	5
Glamorgan	20.02	19.99	24.04	35.21	35.44	139	5
Merioneth	4.57	11.43	2.71	11.37	-1.24	140	5
Montgomery	8.30	15.45	10.95	4.13	-3.26	141	5
Pembroke	7.70	21.73	10.35	8.13	6.92	142	5
Radnor	6.70	10.36	9.81	2.89	-2.91	143	5

England & Wales Source: Census of Great Britain, 1851. Population tables I, Vol. I. Table XXX. (Page clxviii)
Scotland Source: Census of Great Britain, 1851. Population tables I, Vol. I. Table X. (Page ccxii)
Islands Source: Census of Great Britain, 1851. Population tables I, Vol. I. Table XV. (Page ccxx)
Ireland Source: Census of Ireland, 1851. General Report. Table VI. (Page xv)
Ireland Source: Census of Ireland, 1831. Population Return.
Ireland Source: Census of Ireland, 1821. Abstract of the Population.