§ Mr. J. Idwal Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the estimated population of each administrative county and county borough in Wales in 1964 and the comparable figures from the 1961 Census.
§ Mr. James GriffithsThe figures are given in the following table:
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1961 Census Estimated Resident Population (Estimate Definition) * 1964 Registrar General's Mid- Year Estimates Administrative Counties Anglesey 52,158 53,650 Breconshire 54,317 54,320 Caernarvonshire 119,000 119,820 Cardiganshire 53,004 53,250 Carmarthenshire 167,710 166,600 Denbighshire 174,093 176,840 Flintshire 149,421 155,150 Glamorgan 744,391 755,480 Merioneth 38,524 38,870 Monmouthshire 335,562 348,640 Montgomeryshire 44,096 43,720 Pembrokeshire 93,587 95,350 Radnorshire 18,355 18,300 County Boroughs Cardiff 255,790 260,340 Merthyr Tydfil 58,769 58,310 Swansea 165,836 170,160 Newport 107,233 107,590 WALES 2,631,846 2,676,390 * The Resident Population (Estimate Definition) as defined in the usual residence tables of the 1961 census, corresponds to that in the Registrar General's annual mid-year estimates. In it students, etc., are counted at their college or school and members of the armed forces at their station or married quarters.