Wales Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Population Change

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Year	Change over 20 years	Change over 10 years
1811		80,659
1821		127,778
1831		113,191
1841		145,105
1851		120,390
1881		157,151
1891		198,872
1901		240,202
1921		235,553
1931		-63,172
1951	116,416
1961		45,548
1971		13,109
1981		91,995
1991		76,531
2001		77,427
2011		160,371
2021		43,880

Date	Source
1811 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901	1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'
1971 - 2021	Census of Population

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Wales Country (Dep) : Population Change

Population Change