What Was The Population Of Ireland In 1800?

Answer 1

It was 8,175,124 at the census of 6/7 June 1841.

Later authors have suggested that this was a gross underestimate, with some estimates implying as many as 12.5 million. However, scholarly opinion tends today to accept the census figure as broadly accurate, despite the curiously small increase from the 1831 return of 7,767,401.

Answer 2

the population of Ireland at the start of the 17th century is estimated by church kept records of births and deaths to have been just under one million souls rising rapidly over the next 250 years to 8.1million mainly due to the introduction of the potatoe into Europe of the highly nutritious potatoe from south America in the late 16th century.

Answer 3

In 1800 the population of Ireland was about 5 million, with 200,000 in Dublin. However the Industrial revolution and especially the Irish Linen industry expanded explosively in the first half of the century, and this allowed the population to increase dramatically. By 1841, there were 8,175,000 people in Ireland. (This compares to the 1996 figure of 5,162,535.) Most Irish landlords were Protestants, simply because the law forbade Catholics from owning land. The Irish peasants themselves, who were both Protestant and Catholic, ate potatoes almost exclusively, since land was scarce and potatoes were an intensive crop. However, in 1845 a fungal disease called 'phytophthora infestans', or 'potato blight' struck and wiped out a third of the potato crop in Ireland. This was a disaster to the peasants who relied upon it. Those who lived near towns were better off, since towns had other sources of food, but things got very bad for those living in rural areas.

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Probably slightly over 5 million, though no complete census was taken until 1821. Linen didn't cause the doubling of population in the century to 1845, the potato did, hence the devastating impact of the subsequent blight.

Answer 4

New York was not yet inhabited by Europeans in 1600. Henry Hudson came in 1609 and the Dutch soon followed and began to settle. The population in 1600 consisted of the Native tribes of the area such as the Lenape. They did not keep written records so it is hard to say with certainty what the population was.

Answer 5

The population of Ireland in 1800 was estimated to be around 5.3 million.

Answer 6

About 4.4 million

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Around 4.1m in England and 0.3m in Wales. Scotland had a further 0.8m.

Answer 7

Around 4.1 million in England, 0.3m in Wales and 0.8m in Scotland. Ireland's population is unknown but was probably in the region of 1.5-2m.