. The Statemans Yearbook : Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year . n, 096 per cent, in Sleswig, 047 per cent, in other parts of Germany, and 012 per cent, in other foreign countries. The foreign-born population was thus 3-27 per cent, of the whole. According to occupation the population of Denmark in 1890 was classifiedthus:— Royal Family 16 Day labourers and no fixed Immaterial production ... 135,790 occupation 207,595 Railways, posts, &c. ... 26,644 Pensioners ... 57,999 Agriculture ... ... 882,336 Capitalists ... 34,974 Industry ... 534,428 Blind, deaf, &
. The Statemans Yearbook : Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year . n, 096 per cent, in Sleswig, 047 per cent, in other parts of Germany, and 012 per cent, in other foreign countries. The foreign-born population was thus 3-27 per cent, of the whole. According to occupation the population of Denmark in 1890 was classifiedthus:— Royal Family 16 Day labourers and no fixed Immaterial production ... 135,790 occupation 207,595 Railways, posts, &c. ... 26,644 Pensioners ... 57,999 Agriculture ... ... 882,336 Capitalists ... 34,974 Industry ... 534,428 Blind, deaf, &c. 3,753 Commerce ... ... 172,929 Public paupers 39,014 Land transport ... 16,086 In prisons ... 1,822 Navigation ... .. 26,082 Fishing ... 32,912 Total .. 2,172,380 The population of the capital, Copenhagen (Kjobenhavn), in 1890, was312,859, or with suburbs, 375,251 ; Aarhus, 33,308 ; Odense, 30,277 ; Aal-borg, 19,503 ; Horsens, 17,290 ; Randers, 16,617. The following table gives the total number of births, deaths, and marriages,with the surplus of births over deaths, in five years :—. Of the births 10 per cent, were illegitimate. Emigrants, chiefly to the United States, 9,150 in 1893 ; 4,105 in 1894 ;3,607 in 1895 ; 2,876 in 1896 ; 2,260 in 1897. Religion. The established religion ot Denmark is the Lutheran, which was intro-duced as early as 1536, the Church revenue being at that time seized by theCrown, to l)c delivered up to the university and other religious and educationalestablishments. The affairs of the National Church arc under the superin-tendence of seven l)ishops. The bishops have no political character. Com-plete religious toleration is extended to every sect, and no civil disabilitiesattach to In 1885 there were 1,353 clergymen. According to tlie census of 1890, there were only 33,851 persons, or 15per cent, of the population, not belonging to the National Church. Of thisnumber 10,624 belonged to other Lutheran denominations, 4,080 were ,4,
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