Per Cent. Norway 1.30 Prussia 1.18 Sweden 1.14 Holland 1.03 Wurtemberg 1.00 Great Britain, exclusive of Ireland 1.00 Denmark 0.95 Austria 0.90 Saxony 0.90 Hanover 0.85 Belgium 0.76 Bavaria 0.71 Russia 0.61 France 0.50 In four departments of France, among which are two of the most thriving of Normandy, the deaths actually exceed the births.[16] From the above facts, it would naturally be supposed that the percentage of births to the whole population must be smaller than in other European countries, and from the lessened annual rate of increase of the population, that the proportionate number of births must be decreasing in similar ratio. This is found, indeed, to be the case. From large statistics furnished by De Jonnés, we have compiled the following table of the comparative ratios of births to the population in the principal countries of Europe:— Ratio. Venice and Dependencies, 1827 1 to 23 Tuscany, 1834 ” Lombardy, 1828 1 to 24 Russia, 1835 1 to 25 Wurtemberg, 1821 to 1827 ” Prussia, 1836 ” Mecklenburg, 1826 1 to 26 Sardinia, 1820 ” Naples and Dependencies, 1830 ” Greece, 1828 ” Poland, 1830 1 to 27 Ireland, 1821 to 1831 ” Germany, 1828 ” Switzerland, 1828 ” Spain, 1826 ” Portugal, 1815 to 1819 1 to 27.5 Sweden, 1825 1 to 28 Holland, 1832 ” Austria, 1829 ” Belgium, 1836 ” Bavaria, 1825 ” Two Sicilies, 1831 ” Sweden and Norway, 1828 1 to 30 Denmark, 1833 ” Roman States, 1836 ” Turkey, 1835 ” Hanover, 1835 1 to 31 Sicily, 1832 ” Austria, 1828 to 1830 1 to 32 Great Britain, 1821 to 1831 ”