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Alexandria Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Statistical account published in Stockholm reports Sweden's 1801 population (excluding Pomerania) at 3,113,000, broken down by nobles, clergy, merchants, shopkeepers, manufacturers, craftsmen, sailors, peasants, students, and military/naval troops. Stockholm had 75,417 inhabitants. Noted as about half the current US population.
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A statistical account, published at Stockholm, states the population of Sweden, not including Pomerania, to have amounted, in 1801 to three millions, one hundred and thirteen thousand persons. In this enumeration, there were 12,068 persons of noble birth, 16,434 ecclesiastics, 1,275 merchants, 17,233 shop keepers, 2,605 manufacturers, 87,634 handicrafts men, 19,633 sailors, 2,812,998 peasants, 7,126 students, 188,784 naval and military troops of every kind. The population of Stockholm amounted at the same period to 75,417 inhabitants.
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* About half that of the United States, at the present moment.
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Sweden
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1801
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Population of Sweden (excluding Pomerania) totaled 3,113,000 persons, including 12,068 nobles, 16,434 ecclesiastics, 1,275 merchants, 17,233 shopkeepers, 2,605 manufacturers, 87,634 handicraftsmen, 19,633 sailors, 2,812,998 peasants, 7,126 students, and 188,784 naval and military troops. Stockholm's population was 75,417.