Males & Females

Year	Male	Female
1801	285,667	315,100
1811	323,737	358,689
1821	398,379	411,765
1831	454,839	468,576
1841	529,597	538,900
1851	594,278	594,108
1861	655,145	657,689
1871	710,601	711,069
1881	789,074	788,485
1891	894,509	881,896
1901	1,012,187	1,002,825
1911	1,230,862	1,188,292
1921	1,329,994	1,326,480
1931	1,293,805	1,299,527
1939	1,236,384	1,331,001
1951	1,270,103	1,328,572
1961	1,291,764	1,352,259
1971	1,326,321	1,402,449
1981	1,321,823	1,395,143
1991	1,369,744	1,465,413
2001	1,403,805	1,499,149
2011	1,504,228	1,559,228

Date:	Source:
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'
1871	1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts'
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 - 2011	Census of Population
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 3 A, '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'
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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2011

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