Population of Britain 1940?

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1. James Augustus
   

   In 1940, the estimated population of Great Britain was 49.6 Million.
   In Great Britain, population census takes place after every 10 years since 1801 with the exception of 1941 because of World War II.
   According to census of 2001, the recorded population of the United Kingdom was just below 59 million people.
   Britain is a relatively densely populated country as compared to many other countries of the world. If we make a comparison, we can find Britain is two times dense in population as compared to France (106 people per sq.km), have nine times more dense population as compared to USA (27 people per sq.km) and 100 times as compared to Australia (2 people per sq.km).
   In terms of population size, Great Britain ranks 18th in the world.
   The population of the UK is very unequally distributed into four parts:
   According to census England makes up 84% of the total population, Wales almost 5%, Scotland roughly 8.5 %, and Northern Ireland less than 3% since 1921.
   Population Timeline of the Great Britain is as under:
   1600: Population of Britain just over 4 million
   1700: Population of Britain 5 million
   1801: Population of Britain 8 million
   1851: Population of Britain 20 million
   1901: Population of Britain 40 million
   1951: Population of Britain 50 million
   1998: Population of Britain just over 57 million
   Population of the Great Britain increased by 7.0 per cent from 55.9 million since 1971. Annual population growth rate was 0.3 per cent between mid-1991 and mid-2003.
    

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2. Guest10628207
   

   49 million

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