demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

BIRTHS
6. Number of live births
[For discussion, see page 31.]
1935 - 1950
Country Code 1
1935
I
1936
1937 1938
1939 I
i
I
I
I
I
AFRICA I I
, I
,
I
1940 1941
Egypt•••••••••••••.•••.....•••...•.• " . I 645760 I
698 186 694086 704376 6967461 697700 695016
Union of South Africa:
1
Europeans....................... C 47717 I 48630 50878 52065 535171 54439 54569
,
1 i
OTHER AREAS
i
Algeria 72 [Fr.l:
Europeans.•..••....•..•••.•.....• C 20085 18928 17677 17325 18039 18921 21 064
Moslems.•.••••.••..•••.••.•.•... U 210197 225871 208039 214167 222 335 253 132 273296
Angola [Port.] ...•....••...•....•..•.. U 2 43649 42904 38197 34158 33827 35603 36544
Bechuanaland [U.K.]:
Europeans 3•••••••••••••••••••••• ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
:
Belgian Congo:
Non-indigenous population.......•.. ... 390 414 414 527 663 786 712
Cape Verde Islands [Port.]....•.•..•.•..
6691 6429 7952
U •
7770 7397 8158 6273
Gold Coast 5 [U.K.] .•••.•.•.••••••.•••• U6 .. . ... ... ... ... .. . ...
Mauritius ex. dep. [U.K.] ..••....••.••••• C 13246 13867 14107 13420 14576 12145 13430
I
Moroccan Protectorate 7 [Sp.] .•.•.•..••• U
... ... ... ... I ... . , . ...
Morocco 72 [Fr.]: i
Non-indigenous population 8••••••••• ... ... ... ... ... 5280 5802 6885
Mozambique [Par!.] ..••••••••.•.•••.•.•
... ... ... 36119 45 131 59007
U •
Non-indigenous population•.....•••. C 1 4i4 : 1 400 1 533 1 508 1 549 1722 1 631
Northern Rhodesia [U.K.]:
Europeans••••••••••••••••.•...•• ...
Portuguese Guinea•••.•••••.•..•.•...•
U • ...
...
...
...
...
355
...
378
...
520
., .
490
...
Possessions in North Africa [Sp.]:
Ceuta and Melilla •••••••••.•••••••.. .. , ' 2 165 92087 9 1 696 91 305 91 502
10
3301
10
3 199
St. Helena ex. dep. [U.K.] •••••.•.•..••.. ... 150 134 140 173 126 158 163
I
Sea Tome and Principe [Port.] ..•.•.•... ,
... 1 332 1 988 1 315 1 389 1 466 1 330
U •
Southern Rhodesia [U.K.]:
Europeans••••••.•.•.••.......... C 1 205 1 302 1 308 1469 1 433 1748 1763
South-West Africa ":
Europeans.•••... , ....••••....... C 808 863 842 924 964 955 932
Spanish Guinea 12••••••••••••••••••••• U ... .. . ... ... ... ., . ...
Swaziland [U.K.]: .
Europeans....... , .....••....... , ...
Tangier [Int. Adm.I.......•......•...•. • U
...
...
55
...
42
.. .
54
.. .
68
...
60
., .
64
...
Tunisia [Fr.):
I
Europeans•.••••. , .••.•.•.•..... , ... I 6173 6046 : 5870 5499 6074 6287 6931
Indigenous population 13•••••••••••• U 67212 : 796861 67148 67369 76174 82547 88579
Zanzibar and Pemba [U.K.] ..•....••..•. ... 3636 i 3961 4139 3441 5095 4670 4010
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1 Data stated to be complete or virtually complete are coded "C"; those
stated to be affected by irregularities in registration or incomplete
coverage are coded IIU".
2 Data are number of births recorded in church registers.
3 Europeans, Indians and other non-Africans, together comprising about
1 per cent of the total population.
4 Registration not compulsory; believed to be complete only for the nonindigenous
population, which represents a relatively small proportion
of the total.
5 Births recorded in compulsory registration areas, representing about
one-tenth of total population.
6 Reliability of data affected by movements of population to and from
the towns that comprise the registration area.
7 Northern Zone only.
8 "Non-Moroccan" population.
9 Melillo only. Excluding live-born infants dying within 24 hours.
10 Data for Ceuta exclude live-born infants dying within 24 hours.
11 Former mandated territory (Un. of S. Afr.).
12 Excluding live-born infants dying within 24 hours.
13 Moslems and Jews only, representing 97 per cent of total indigenous
population.
72 Excluding live-born infants dying within 3 days and before registration
of birth.
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