Since the first census of 1801, regular enumerations of the people of England and Wales have been taken every ten years. The results of these enumerations are published in separate volumes for each county, in a volume of summary tables, and in a general report. In the summaries England and Wales are treated as one, and this treatment is followed here. The following table gives the total numbers of the population of England and Wales at each census, together with the absolute increase, and growth per cent, during each decennial period:-- +------------------+-------------+--------------+--------------+ | Dates of | | Increase at |Decennial Rate| | Enumeration. | Population. | each Census. | of Increase | | | | | per Cent. | +------------------+-------------+--------------+--------------+ | 1801, March 10th | 8,892,536 | · · | · · | | 1811, May 27th | 10,164,256 | 1,271,720 | 14.00 | | 1821, May 28th | 12,000,236 | 1,835,980 | 18.06 | | 1831, May 30th | 13,896,797 | 1,896,561 | 15.80 | | 1841, June 7th | 15,914,148 | 2,017,351 | 14.27 | | 1851, March 31st | 17,927,609 | 2,013,461 | 12.65 | | 1861, April 8th | 20,066,224 | 2,138,615 | 11.90 | | 1871, April 3rd | 22,712,266 | 2,646,042 | 13.21 | | 1881, April 4th | 25,974,439 | 3,262,173 | 14.36 | | 1891, April 6th | 29,002,525 | 3,028,086 | 11.65 | | 1901, April 1st | 32,527,843 | 3,525,318 | 12.17 | +------------------+-------------+--------------+--------------+ Allowing for a rate of increase equivalent to that which obtained between 1891 and 1901, the estimated population was 34,152,977 in 1905, and 36,169,150 in 1910.