Note 32 — Chapter III · NATIONALITY, ECONOMICS, AND THE ASSERTION OF RIGHT
Reading edition
Mr William Harbutt Dawson gives the figures as follows:—
‘The decline in the birth-rate was found to have become a settled factor in the population question.... The birth-rate for the whole Empire reached the maximum figure in 1876, when it stood at 41.0 per 1000 of the population.... Since 1876 the movement has been steadily downward, with the slightest possible break at the beginning of the ‘nineties.... Since 1900 the rate has decreased as follows:—
1900 35.6 per 1000.
190135.7 per “
190235.1 per “
190333.9 per “
190434.1 per 1000.
190533.0 per “
190633.1 per “
(The Evolution of Modern Germany. p. 309)