German Empire Provinces: Province Kingdom - Prussia (Preuen) Kingdom Bavaria (Bayern) Kingdom - Saxony (Sachsen) KingdomWrttemberg Grand

d duchies- Baden Grand duchies Hesse (Hessen) Grand duchiesMecklenburgSchwerin Grand duchiesOldenburg Duchies- Brunswick (Braunschweig) Free Hanseatic cities Hamburg Imperial TerritoryAlsace-Lorraine (ElsaLothringen) Other States (Anhalt, Waldeck, SchaumburgLippe, Lippe) Bremen Thuringia Capital Berlin Munich Dresden Stuttgart Karlsruhe Darmstadt Schwerin Population 1871 (in thousands) 24,869 4863 2556 1819 1462 853 655 Population 1880 (in thousands) 27,279 5285 2973 1971 1570 936 677

Oldenburg Braunschweig

317 312 339

337 349 454 1567

Straburg

1550

454

509

122 1067

157 1170

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During the depression of 187396, most European countries experienced a drastic fall in prices. Still, many corporations were able to reduce production costs and achieve better productivity rates, and, as a result, industrial production increased by 40% in Britain and by over 100% in Germany.[citation needed] A comparison of capital formation rates in the two countries helps to account for the different industrial growth rates. During the depression the British ratio of net national capital formation to net national product fell from 11.5% to 6.0% while Germany's rose from 10.6% to 15.9%.[citation needed] In essence, during the course of the depression, Britain took the course of static supply adjustment while Germany stimulated effective demand and expanded industrial supply capacity by increasing and adjusting capital formation. For example, Germany dramatically increased investment with regard to social overhead capital, such as in the management of electric power transmission lines, roads, and railroads, while this input stagnated or decreased in Britain and the investment helped to stimulate industrial demand in Germany. The resulting difference in capital formation accounts for the divergent levels of industrial production in the two countries and the different growth rates during and after the depression.[36] panic of 1873.