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词条 Demographics of the British Empire
释义

  1. Population

  2. Ethnicity

  3. Religion

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. Further reading

By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, {{Percentage|412,000,000|1,791,020,000}} of the world population at the time,[1]

Population

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|label1 = British India
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|label2 = British Africa
|value2 = 10.6836
|color2 = Orange
|label3 = United Kingdom
|value3 = 10.5308
|color3 = Red
|label4 = Other Asian colonies
|value4 = 2.9769
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|label5 = British North America
|value5 = 2.0139
|color5 = Pink
|label6 = Australasia and Pacific
|value6 = 1.6925
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|label7 = Other colonies
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The following table gives the population of the British Empire and its territories, in several different time periods. The most populous territory in the empire was British India, which included what are now Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Territories 1814[2] 1881[3] 1901[4][5] 1913[6] 1925[7]
United Kingdom16,456,30334,884,84841,458,72145,649,00047,307,000
British India40,058,408253,896,330294,361,056303,700,000318,942,000
British Africa128,9771,526,11043,000,00052,000,00047,993,000
Other Asian colonies2,009,0053,347,7705,638,94426,300,00013,373,000
British North America486,1464,522,1455,600,00018,000,0009,047,000
Australasia and Pacific434,8822,837,0815,486,0007,603,000
European dependencies180,300359,403650,000656,000
British West Indies732,1711,216,4092,012,6551,600,0002,012,000
Total British Empire 61,157,433 305,512,568[8] 400,000,000[9] 447,249,000 449,223,000

Ethnicity

The empire's population was classified into white people, also referred to as Europeans, and non-white people, variously referred to as persons of colour, negros and natives.[2][5] The largest ethnic grouping in the empire was Indians (including what are now Pakistanis and Bangladeshis), who were classified into a number of individual South Asian ethnic groups.[5] The following table gives the population figures for white people and people of colour, in the empire and its territories, in 1814 and 1901.

Territories1814[2]1901[5]
White people People of colour White people People of colour
United Kingdom and home dependencies16,636,606{{?}}41,608,791{{?}}
British India25,24640,033,162169,677294,191,379
British Africa20,678108,2991,000,00033,499,329
Other Asian colonies61,0591,947,946{{?}}5,144,954
British North America486,146{{?}}5,500,000100,000
Australasia and Pacific35,829399,0534,662,000824,000
British West Indies64,994667,177100,0001,912,655
Total British Empire 18,001,796 43,155,637 53,040,468 335,672,317

Religion

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|left1=Territory
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars={{bar percent|Hinduism|orange|52.4}}{{bar percent|Islam|green|23.7}}{{bar percent|Christianity|red|14.6}}{{bar percent|Buddhism|blue|3}}{{bar percent|Paganism and others|brown|6.3}}
|caption=Population distribution of religions in the British Empire (1901)[10]
}}

The following table gives the population figures for the religions in the British Empire in 1901. The most populous religion in the empire was Hinduism, followed by Islam.[5]

Religion Population % of total population
Hinduism208,000,00052.4
Islam94,000,00023.7
Christianity58,000,00014.6
Buddhism12,000,0003
Paganism and others25,000,0006.3
Total British Empire 397,000,000 100

See also

  • Economy of the British Empire
  • Territorial evolution of the British Empire

References

1. ^Maddison 2001, pp. 97 "The total population of the Empire was 412 million [in 1913]", 241 "[World population in 1913 (in thousands):] 1 791 020".
2. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=A Treatise on the Wealth, Power and Resources of the British Empire in Every Quarter of the World, Including the East-Indies: The Rise and Progress of the Funding System Explained|author=Patrick Colquhoun|publisher=National Library of the Netherlands|year=1814|page=7|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8jpNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA7}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Census of the British empire: 1901|publisher=Great Britain Census Office|year=1906|page=xviii|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030396067#page/n21/mode/2up}}
4. ^{{cite book|title=Census of the British empire: 1901|publisher=Great Britain Census Office|year=1906|pages=xvi & xviii|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030396067#page/n19/mode/2up}}
5. ^1 2 3 4 [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/British_Empire British Empire], 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
6. ^Maddison 2001, pp. 97 & 241
7. ^1 {{cite book|year=1925|chapter=Area and Population of the British Empire|title=Historical Atlas of the British Empire|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108013958/www.atlasofbritempire.com/uploads/Tables.gif}}
8. ^{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/geographybritis00smitgoog|title=The Geography of British India, Political & Physical|last=Smith|first=George|date=1882|publisher=J. Murray|others=Oxford University|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=3|language=English}}
9. ^{{cite book|title=Census of the British empire: 1901|publisher=Great Britain Census Office|year=1906|page=xvi|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030396067#page/n19/mode/2up}}
10. ^[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/British_Empire British Empire], 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

Further reading

{{Refbegin}}
  • {{Cite book|first=Angus|last=Maddison|title=The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective|publisher=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|year=2001|isbn=92-64-18608-5|url=http://theunbrokenwindow.com/Development/MADDISON%20The%20World%20Economy--A%20Millennial.pdf|ref=refMaddison2001|accessdate=22 July 2009}}
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