British and French beer production in the 1850's and 1860's

Another of my patented snappy titles there. Someone - very unwisely, if you ask me - said they liked my posts about ancient brewing statistics. So here's another. Post about ancient brewing statistics.

Let's make a quick comparison of the state of the British and French brewing industries in the middle of the 19th century.

First France:

French beer production
year	production (hl)	tax (francs)	import (hl)	pop	litre/head
1851	4,449,000	9,633,000		35,783,000	12.43
1852	4,523,000	9,834,000		35,950,000	12.58
1853	5,047,000	20,847,000	7,000	36,070,000	13.99
1854	4,959,000	10,647,000	7,724	35,230,000	14.08
1855	5,871,000	12,995,000	12,338	36,080,000	16.27
1856	6,449,000	15,054,000	16,410	36,190,000	17.82
1857	7,088,000	16,511,000	19,330	36,300,000	19.53
1858	6,807,000	15,909,000	19,638	36,340,000	18.73
1859	6,700,000	15,678,000	19,495	36,500,000	18.36
1860	6,571,000	15,241,000	20,416	36,510,000	18.00
1861			26,693	37,386,000
1862			42,391	37,520,000
1863			44,472	37,710,000
1864			43,141	37,860,000
Sources:
“Bericht über der Welt_Ausstellung zu Paris im Jahre 1867, volume 7”, 1868, page 115.
http://www.populstat.info/

Now Britain:

UK beer production
	production (hl)	pop	litre/head
1857	29,433,160	27,393,337	107.44642
1860	33,287,788	28,977,133	114.87606
1863	32,864,429
1864	34,957,676
1865	36,899,337
1866	41,549,967
Sources:
“Bericht über der Welt_Ausstellung zu Paris im Jahre 1867, volume 7”, 1868, page 119.
http://www.populstat.info/

Quite a difference, I think you'll agree. Not a surprising one, admittedly. British beer production was 5 times greater than France's, despite France having a 25% larger population. I know. Next I'll be proving to you, with the aid of statistics, that the pope is indeed a Roman Catholic.