The Population of Great Britain & Ireland
The first census of Great Britain and Ireland was taken in 1801, and has continued to be taken at ten year intervals ever since. The population count since that time is as follows:
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The figures for 1921 and 1931 are for Great Britain only. How many Shakespeares were there? The only year from which we have a complete figure is 1881. In the census taken that year there were exactly 1669 individual Shakespeares.
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