BMDs E&W Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths, England and Wales England and Wales, 1837-1899 © Crown Copyright. Reproduced by kind permission of the ONS year live births marriages deaths est midyr popn 1837 – – – 15,103,778 1838 463,787 118,067 342,529 15,287,699 1839 492,574 123,166 338,979 15,514,255 1840 502,303 122,665 359,561 15,730,813 1841 512,158 122,496 343,847 15,929,492 1842 517,739 118,825 349,519 16,130,326 1843 527,325 123,818 346,445 16,332,228 1844 540,763 132,249 356,933 16,535,174 1845 543,521 143,743 349,366 16,739,136 1846 572,625 145,664 390,315 16,944,092 1847 539,965 135,845 423,304 17,150,018 1848 563,059 138,230 399,833 17,356,882 1849 578,159 141,883 440,839 17,564,656 1850 593,422 152,744 368,995 17,773,324 1851 615,865 154,206 395,396 17,982,849 1852 624,012 158,782 407,135 18,193,206 1853 612,391 164,520 421,097 18,404,368 1854 634,405 159,727 437,905 18,616,310 1855 635,043 152,113 425,703 18,829,000 1856 657,453 159,337 390,506 19,042,412 1857 663,071 159,097 419,815 19,256,516 1858 655,481 156,070 449,656 19,471,291 1859 689,881 167,723 440,781 19,686,701 1860 684,048 170,156 422,721 19,902,713 1861 696,406 163,706 435,114 20,119,314 1862 712,684 164,030 436,566 20,371,013 1863 727,417 173,510 473,837 20,625,855 1864 740,275 180,387 495,531 20,883,889 1865 748,069 185,474 490,909 21,145,151 1866 753,870 187,776 500,689 21,409,684 1867 768,349 179,154 471,073 21,677,525 1868 786,858 176,962 480,622 21,948,713 1869 773,381 176,970 494,828 22,223,299 1870 792,787 181,655 515,329 22,501,316 1871 797,428 190,112 514,879 22,788,594 1872 825,907 201,267 492,265 23,096,495 1873 829,778 205,615 492,520 23,408,556 1874 854,956 202,010 526,632 23,724,834 1875 850,607 201,212 546,453 24,045,385 1876 887,968 201,874 510,315 24,370,267 1877 888,200 194,352 500,496 24,699,539 1878 891,906 190,054 539,872 25,033,259 1879 880,389 182,082 526,255 25,371,489 1880 881,643 191,965 528,624 25,714,288 1881 883,642 197,290 491,935 26,046,142 1882 889,014 204,405 516,654 26,334,942 1883 890,722 206,384 522,997 26,626,949 1884 906,750 204,301 530,828 26,922,192 1885 894,270 197,745 522,750 27,220,706 1886 903,760 196,071 537,276 27,522,532 1887 886,331 200,518 530,758 27,827,706 1888 879,868 203,821 510,971 28,136,258 1889 885,940 213,865 518,353 28,448,239 1890 869,937 223,028 562,248 28,763,673 1891 914,157 226,526 587,925 29,085,819 1892 897,957 227,135 559,684 29,421,392 1893 914,572 218,689 569,958 29,760,842 1894 890,289 226,449 498,827 30,104,201 1895 922,291 228,204 568,997 30,451,528 1896 915,331 242,764 526,727 30,802,858 1897 921,683 249,145 541,487 31,158,245 1898 923,165 255,379 552,141 31,517,725 1899 928,646 262,334 581,799 31,881,365