Total Population

Year	Population 20 years earlier	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801			8,889,674
1811		8,889,674	10,087,768
1821		10,087,768	11,988,254
1831		11,988,254	13,899,724
1841		13,899,724	15,916,388
1851		15,916,388	17,927,385
1881		22,712,331	25,974,105
1891		25,974,377	29,002,550
1901		29,003,520	32,527,843
1911		32,461,105	36,003,276
1921		36,065,951	37,886,699
1931		37,886,720	39,952,377
1939			40,651,706
1941			41,261,192
1951	32,468,567		43,757,888
1961		43,757,886	46,104,548
1971			48,707,471
1981		48,707,471	48,517,707
1991		48,517,707	51,088,277
2001		51,088,277	52,041,916

Date:	Source:
1801 - 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'
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'
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'
1939	1939 National Registration of United Kingdom and Isle of Man, Population summary, Table 3A, 'Population by Sex and Year of Birth (and Age) in Great Britain and the Isle of Man. England and Wales - Counties, Boroughs, Urban and Rural Districts'
1941 - 2001	Census of Population
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'

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