the mass emigration of the irish in the mid-19th century was primarily a result of political factors.
the mass emigration of the irish in the mid-19th century was primarily a result of?
political factors
the 1841 uk census counted the population of england and wales to be 15.9 million. ireland's population was 8.2 million in 1841. the population of scotland was 2.6 million.









































the great irish famine, which began in the 1840s, caused the deaths of one million irish people, and caused well over a million to emigrate. mass emigration became entrenched as a result of the famine, and the population continued to decline until the mid-20th century.
demography of the united kingdom
emigration patterns in the nordic countries—finland, sweden, norway, denmark, and iceland—show striking variation. nordic mass emigration started in norway, which also retained the highest rate throughout the century. swedish emigration got underway in the early 1840s, and had the third-highest rate in all of europe, after ireland and norway. denmark had a consistently low rate of emigration, while iceland had a late start but soon reached levels comparable to norway. finland, whose mass emigration did not start until the late 1880s, and at the time part of the russian empire, is usually classified as part of the eastern european wave.
swedish emigration to the united states