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Black Population:
The white rulers of one self-governing British colony, Rhodesia, refused to share power with the black population. After a great deal of international negotiation and a long guerilla war a general election was held in 1980, and a black government took office. To signal their new independence, Rhodesia was renamed Zimbabwe.
The last African country to gain independence was Namibia in 1990.In 1960 the population comprised 3,142,443 whites, 816,258 Negroes, and 8,248 in other racial groups. The white population increased 21.7 percent and the Negro population 11.9 percent over 1950. Immigration from other states was negligible. The median age dropped from 27.3 in 1950 to 27.1 in 1960. In 1967 the official estimated population was 4,602,091.
Population.—The first attempt to calculate the population of Scotland, partly by enumeration and partly by estimate, gave, in 1755, a population of 1,265,000. By the time of the first official census in 1801, this figure had risen to 1,608,420. In the next 120 years the population trebled, but declined slightly between 1921 and 1931. Emigration was a continual drain and although the 19th and 20th centuries brought some immigration, especially from Ireland, there has been a net loss.
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