Question...

[afleitch]

See if you can work this one out. In which year did the USA and the UK have equal populations?

[Gabu]

I'm not sure of the exact year, but it looks like it would have occurred around 1820-1830.  The United States was just breaching 10 million near the head of that time period and so was England, which makes up the bulk of the population of the UK.  After that point, the United States shot up and easily overtook the population of England.

[minionofmidas]

I'm not sure of the exact year, but it looks like it would have occurred around 1820-1830.  The United States was just breaching 10 million near the head of that time period and so was England, which makes up the bulk of the population of the UK.  After that point, the United States shot up and easily overtook the population of England.

England did not make up the "bulk of the population" of the UK in 1820. The UK then included Ireland, and that had more inhabitants then than it does now. Scotland's relative weight would also have been a good bit larger.

[Cubby]

Sometime between 1825 and 1840.

Great Britain: 1800- 9 Million  1900- 37 Million
USA: 1800- 5 Million   1850- 23 Million   1900- 76 Million

Thats just from memory, demography has always been an interest of mine

Britain never took a census before 1801 because they were afraid the information could fall into enemy hands (i.e. the French)

[minionofmidas]

If all the lands under the British Crown are considered as "UK", the answer is 1950 when India became a Republic, by the way.

[Joe Republic]

Sometime between 1825 and 1840.

Great Britain: 1800- 9 Million  1900- 37 Million
USA: 1800- 5 Million   1850- 23 Million   1900- 76 Million

Thats just from memory, demography has always been an interest of mine

Britain never took a census before 1801 because they were afraid the information could fall into enemy hands (i.e. the French)

ZUT ALORS, CONSUMER PRICES IN ZE BRITAIN INCREASED BY 2.7 PER CENT, WHICH IS BELOW THE RATE OF EARNINGS GROWTH.  HOR HOR HOR HOR HOR

[afleitch]

The answer I was looking for according to the stats I could find was 1843 and no India wouldn't count as it wasn't part of the United Kingdom (in the same way the Isle of Man isn't counted, as it is nay more than a crown dependency.)

[Gabu]

England did not make up the "bulk of the population" of the UK in 1820. The UK then included Ireland, and that had more inhabitants then than it does now. Scotland's relative weight would also have been a good bit larger.

I was referring to the components of the UK that are in place today.