Spanish´s population growth, 1700-1849: national and regional baptisms indexes

Authors

  • Enrique Llopis Agelán
Keywords: population, baptisms, Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, Spain, regions

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present national and regional baptism indexes of Spain in the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries. The national index has been constructed from a sample of more than 1,050 parishes. The main results derived from the most aggregate figures are the following: 1) baptism growth was quite concentrated in relatively short periods; 2) the demographic-growth gap between the Mediterranean Spain and the rest of the country was substantially wider in the 18th century in comparison to the first half of the 19th one; and 3) both national and regional series suggest a significant decrease in birth rates during the 1830s and 1840s.

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Llopis Agelán, E. (2004). Spanish´s population growth, 1700-1849: national and regional baptisms indexes. Areas. International Social Science Journal, (24), 9–24. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/areas/article/view/118201
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No. 24 (2004): Las series vitales en la demografía histórica
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