West Prussia - Historical Population

Historical Population

Population of Prussia and its Provinces in 1890
Inhabitants foreigners
West Prussia 1,433,681 1,976

From 1885 to 1890 West Prussia's population decreased by 1%.

  • 1875 - 1,343,057
  • 1880 - 1,405,898
  • 1890 - 1,433,681 (717,532 Catholics, 681,195 Protestants, 21,750 Jews, others)
  • 1900 - 1,563,658 (800,395 Catholics, 730,685 Protestants, 18,226 Jews, others)
  • 1905 - 1.641.936 (including 437.916 Polish speakers, 99.357 Kashubian speakers)

According to the official German census of 1910 in the areas that became Polish after 1918 42 percent of the populace were ethnic German in 1910 (including German military, civil clerks and settlers).

Contemporary sources in late 19th and early 20th centuries, gave the number of Kashubians between 80,000 to 200,000.

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