Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1891 — Decrease of the French Population. [ARTICLE]

Decrease of the French Population.

The relative decrease of the French population by the declining birth rate troubles Fraiice very much, hut there seems to he no help for it. The balance of power in Europe has been shifted even more conclusively by the birth rate than on the battle-field. A hundred years ago there were three . Frenchmen to every Prussian. Today there are only four Frenchmen to every three Prussians. For every Frenchman born last year there were five Prussians. For every 1,000 inhabitants there are 39 births in Germany, 35 in England, and only 25 in France. The population of France by the new census is 38,095,000; that of the German Empire, 49,422,925. During the last five years France has increased by 208,000, Germany by 2,567,224. In the preceding five years the increase was 565,000 and 1,621,643, respectively. Even now the increase in France is largely due to foreign residents. Whatever may be the fortune of armies, Germany is beating France in the cradle.—Boston Advertiser.