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Georg Hassel in his 1805 book gives the ethnic structure of the Kingdom of Prussia:
Nationalverschiedenheit:
Deutsche - 5,286,000
Slawen - 4,212,900
Juden - 250,000
Franzosen - 65,000
Griechen - 39,000
Wallonen - 2,600
Tataren - 500
Total population - 9,856,000
However, Hassel does not clearly say for which year is his data. At least I can't find it.
If his data is for year 1805 then the territory of Prussia in 1805 was larger than in 1795.
Between years 1795 and 1805 Prussia annexed large German-majority areas in the west:
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So perhaps in 1795 Prussia was actually a Slavic-majority country (specifically Polish).
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Below is the population by province (the total is a bit different - 9,851,000 instead of 9,856,000):
Based on these provinces are you able to tell if the numbers refer to year 1805 or another year?
Nationalverschiedenheit:
Deutsche - 5,286,000
Slawen - 4,212,900
Juden - 250,000
Franzosen - 65,000
Griechen - 39,000
Wallonen - 2,600
Tataren - 500
Total population - 9,856,000
However, Hassel does not clearly say for which year is his data. At least I can't find it.
If his data is for year 1805 then the territory of Prussia in 1805 was larger than in 1795.
Between years 1795 and 1805 Prussia annexed large German-majority areas in the west:
Video Link
So perhaps in 1795 Prussia was actually a Slavic-majority country (specifically Polish).
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Below is the population by province (the total is a bit different - 9,851,000 instead of 9,856,000):
Based on these provinces are you able to tell if the numbers refer to year 1805 or another year?