Beer consumption per head in 1877

Funny the things you stumble across. This is something I found whilst trying pin down Colgate hops. It's beer consumption per head statistics from the 1870's. And you know how much I like statistics.

Beer consumption per head in 1873
Country	population	total consumption (hl)	proportion per head (litres)	proportion per head (litres) calculated from the other figures	2003
Austria and Hungary	35,644,000	12,222,000	34.5	34.3	110.6
Prussia	24,693,000	9,271,900	39.5	37.5	117.7
Saxony	2,556,000	1,545,280	60.5	60.5
Other parts of Northern Germany	4,116,000	2,002,990	48.5	48.7
Bavaria	4,198,000	9,207,030	219	219.3
Wurtemberg	1,818,000	2,801,080	154	154.1
Baden	1,461,000	418,950	56	28.7
Alsace-Lorraine	1,638,000	836,310	51	51.1
Great Britain and Ireland	30,838,000	35,682,590	118	115.7	99.5
Belgium	4,829,000	7,000,000	145	145.0	96
France	36,103,000	7,000,000	19	19.4	35.5
Netherlands	3,652,000	1,355,720	37	37.1	78.8
Sweden	4,159,000	520,000	14.5	12.5	55.4
Norway	1,701,000	253,400	12.5	14.9	50.6
Russia	63,659,000	9,740,000	14	15.3
North America	38,650,000	9,982,000	26	25.8	81
Source:
"Hops their Cultivation Commerce and Uses in Various Countries" by Peter Simmonds, 1877, page 145

A couple of notes: the 2003 figure given for Austria and Hungary is just for Austria; that for Prussia is for all of Germany; that for Great Britain and Irealnd is the UK; that for North America is the USA. Some of the numbers in the orignal table don't tally. Which is why I've added my own calculation.

You'll see that beer consumption has increased in most countries. Apart from Bavaria, Belgium and the UK, who were the top three in 1873.