HC Deb 16 December 1954 vol 535 cc192-4W
Mr. T. Reid

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to make a statement showing what the population of each British Dependency and mandated Territory was in or about 1920 and in or about 1954, or at the latest date avail-

Territory Date (a) Population Date Population (b)
'000 '000
Somaliland Protectorate … 1921 352 1952 640
Kenya … 1921 2,535 1954 5,947
Uganda … 1921 3,000 1954 5,425
Tanganyika … 1921 4,117 1954 8,196
Zanzibar and Pemba … 1924 200 1953 274
Northern Rhodesia … 1921 1,000 1954 2,071
Nyasaland … 1921 1,200 1954 2,484
Gambia … 1921 200 1953 289
Gold Coast (including Togoland) … 1921 2,300 1953 4,478
Federation of Nigeria … 1921 1,900 1953 31,500
Sierra Leone … 1921 1,500 1952 2,000
Singapore … 1921 420 1954 1,165
Malaya … 1921 2,907 1954 5,889
Brunei … 1921 25 1953 53
North Borneo … 1921 257 1953 355
Sarawak … 1939 491 1953 592
Hong Kong … 1931 850 1953 2,250
Cyprus … 1931 348 1954 514
Gibraltar … 1921 19 1953 25
Malta … 1921 212 1953 317
Bahamas … 1921 53 1953 85
Barbados … 1921 155 1953 221
Bermuda … 1921 20 1953 39
British Guiana … 1921 298 1953 459
British Honduras … 1921 45 1952 72
Jamaica and Dependencies … 1921 873 1953 1,486
Leeward Islands … 1921 452 1953 799
Windward Islands … 1921 200 1953 295
Fiji … 1921 157 1953 317
Gilbert and Ellice Islands … 1931 34 1952 38
New Hebrides (c) — 1952 53
British Solomon Islands … 1931 94 1952 99
Tonga … 1939 34 1952 50
Falkland Islands … 1921 2 1953 2
Aden … 1921 57 1953 800
St. Helena … 1931 4 1953 5
Mauritius … 1921 382 1953 530
Seychelles … 1921 24 1953 38

Notes:

  1. (a) Year nearest to 1920 for which information is available. The totals for African Territories are mainly estimates.
  2. (b) Latest mid-year estimate.
  3. (c) No information available.

As regards the second part of the Question, so far as I know, no Colonial Government has established any such system, but voluntary organisations are at work in some Territories, and in Singapore a Government grant is made to such an organisation.

able; and to state in which of the Territories concerned any system of teaching birth control to the people has been established.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Following is the information requested in the first part of the Question. The figures given for the later years are generally more accurate than those for the earlier years.