The German Empire would not be proclaimed until next January, but it was forged in Bismarck's splendid war against France in 1870. That was also the last year in which Germany would be more populous than the United States. Germany was born in relative demographic decline as a result of the settlement of the American West. In 1870, Greater Britain (Britain, Canada, and Australia—we don't have data for New Zealand and South Africa)'s population was 37.0m, France's population was 38.4m, America's 40.2m, and Germany's 40.8m. 1870 is really the crossover point of the population scissors. The populations of all four were roughly around 40m in 1870. Over the next forty years, while France's grew by a mere 7 percent, Greater Britain's grew by 53 percent, Germany's by 58 percent. But both were dwarfed by America's 131 percent. By 1910, France, Greater Britain, Germany, and the US weighed in at 41.2m, 56.5m, 64.6m, and 92.8m respectively.
Anglo-Saxon Population History and World Power
Anglo-Saxon Population History and World…
Anglo-Saxon Population History and World Power
The German Empire would not be proclaimed until next January, but it was forged in Bismarck's splendid war against France in 1870. That was also the last year in which Germany would be more populous than the United States. Germany was born in relative demographic decline as a result of the settlement of the American West. In 1870, Greater Britain (Britain, Canada, and Australia—we don't have data for New Zealand and South Africa)'s population was 37.0m, France's population was 38.4m, America's 40.2m, and Germany's 40.8m. 1870 is really the crossover point of the population scissors. The populations of all four were roughly around 40m in 1870. Over the next forty years, while France's grew by a mere 7 percent, Greater Britain's grew by 53 percent, Germany's by 58 percent. But both were dwarfed by America's 131 percent. By 1910, France, Greater Britain, Germany, and the US weighed in at 41.2m, 56.5m, 64.6m, and 92.8m respectively.