Crecimiento demográfico - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:15:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Crecimiento demográfico - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Population trends in Northern Spain (1600-1857) https://historylab.es/population-trends-in-northern-spain-1600-1857/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=population-trends-in-northern-spain-1600-1857 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:13 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-de-la-poblacion-en-la-espana-septentrional-1600-1857/ Table showing the uneven population growth in northern Spain between 1600 and 1857, distinguishing between the coastal provinces and the northern inland provinces

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]]> The territory included in the conceptualisation of northern Spain is, for the author, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Navarre; some 63,500 km2 which in the mid-19th century was home to almost 22% of the population of peninsular Spain. The resource deals with the demographic evolution of this territory between 1600 and 1857. Divided into maritime and inland areas, the population in the maritime north (Pontevedra, La Coruña, Asturias, Cantabria, Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa) was larger in 1600 than the inland territories (Orense, Lugo, Álava and Navarre), with a territory/population size ratio giving a similar density: 20.8 inhabitants per square kilometre in the coastal provinces, and 20.2 inhabitants per square kilometre in the inland provinces, exceeding the Spanish average of 15. The two and a half centuries of demographic evolution meant that the maritime north gained up to 225% more inhabitants, while the interior gained less: 85%. As a result, the coastal density increased to 62.9 inhabitants/km2, 3 times more than in 1600; a much lower figure than the growth of Orense, Lugo, Álava and Navarre, which reached 37.4. In short, the development of the maritime provinces, tripling their population, elevated them to the regions with the highest densities in Spain, while the interior grew slightly below the national average.

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]]> Towns in Extremadura with more than 3,000 inhabitants between 1501 and 1860 https://historylab.es/towns-in-extremadura-with-more-than-3000-inhabitants-between-1501-and-1860/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=towns-in-extremadura-with-more-than-3000-inhabitants-between-1501-and-1860 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/poblaciones-extremenas-con-mas-de-3-000-habitantes-entre-1501-y-1860/ Table of the evolution of Extremadura's population centres explained in 3 major development zones

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]]> Throughout the Modern Age, the population centres of Extremadura were gaining population. The evolution of the data can be explained by two factors. The first, the urban fabric focused on the south-western area of the region; the second, the development of an important agricultural axis in the Guadiana river basin. In addition, the decline of Upper Extremadura also conditioned municipal evolution. There were, therefore, 3 areas in which the localities were prolific in population growth: the Guadiana valley (geographical character); the Roman road of the Vía de la Plata (economic character); and the regional border with Portugal (political-administrative character). Consequently, the favourable demographic evolution in Extremadura led to an increase in the number of large towns, from 5% in 1501 to 32% in 1860. For their part, both the small and medium-sized municipalities grew in the same way, except for the crises of the 17th century which hit much of Spain.

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