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| | Numerical |Increase |Annual rate |
| | Increase | and |of Increase |
| | and |Decrease |and Decrease|
Years. |Population,| Decrease. |per Cent.| per Cent. |
| Ireland. +------------+---------+------------+
| | † denotes Increase. |
| | * „ Decrease. |
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1731[47]| 2,010,221 | | | |
1754[48]| 2,372,634 | †362,413 | †19 | |Total Decrease
1767 | 2,544,276 | †171,642 | †7 | | in 30 Years, from
1777 | 2,690,556 | †146,280 | †6 | | 1821 to 1851 =
1785 | 2,845,932 | †155,376 | †6 | | 4 per Cent.
1788 | 4,040,000 |†1,194,068 | †42 | |
1805[49]| 5,395,456 |†1,355,456 | †34 | |Annual rate of
1813[50]| 5,937,858 | †542,402 | †10 | | Decrease for
1821[51]| 6,801,827 | †863,969 | †15 | †1·4 | 30 Years, from
1831 | 7,767,401 | †965,574 | †14 | †1·3 | 1821 to 1851,
1841 | 8,175,124 | †407,723 | †5 | †·5 | ·1 per Cent.
1851 | 6,515,794 |*1,659,330 | *20 | *1·8 |
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