Chapter XVI Statistics of the Countries of the World
| COUNTRIES | POPULATION | SQ. MILES | CAPITALS |
| China | 426,447,000 | 4,218,401 | Peking. |
| British Empire1 | 396,968,798 | 11,146,084 | London. |
| Russian Empire | 129,004,514 | 8,660,395 | St. Petersburg. |
| United States2 | 76,303,887 | 3,602,990 | Washington. |
| United States and islands3 | 89,000,000 | 3,756,884 | Washington. |
| France and colonies | 65,166,967 | 3,250,000 | Paris. |
| German Empire, in Europe | 58,549,000 | 208,830 | Berlin. |
| Austro-Hungarian Empire | 46,973,359 | 264,595 | Vienna. |
| Japan | 44,260,604 | 147,669 | Tokio. |
| Netherlands and Colonies | 33,042,238 | 778,187 | The Hague. |
| Turkish Empire | 33,559,787 | 1,652,533 | Constantinople. |
| Italy | 32,449,754 | 110,665 | Rome. |
| Spain | 17,550,216 | 196,173 | Madrid. |
| Brazil | 18,000,000 | 3,218,130 | Rio Janeiro. |
| Mexico | 13,546,500 | 767,316 | City of Mexico. |
| Korea | 10,519,000 | 85,000 | Seoul. |
| Congo State | 8,000,000 | 802,000 | …. |
| Persia | 7,653,600 | 636,000 | Teheran. |
| Portugal and colonies | 11,073,681 | 951,785 | Lisbon. |
| Sweden and Norway | 7,376,321 | 297,321 | …. |
| Belgium | 6,069,321 | 11,373 | Brussels. |
| Argentine Republic | 4,800,000 | 1,095,013 | Buenos Ayres. |
| Chile | 3,110,085 | 256,860 | Santiago. |
| Peru | 3,000,000 | 405,040 | Lima. |
| Switzerland | 3,312,551 | 15,981 | Berne. |
| Greece | 2,433,806 | 24,977 | Athens. |
| Denmark | 2,417,441 | 14,780 | Copenhagen. |
| Venezuela | 2,444,816 | 566,159 | Caracas. |
| Liberia | 2,060,000 | 35,000 | Monrovia. |
| Cuba | 1,600,000 | 44,000 | Havana. |
| Guatemala | 1,574,340 | 46,774 | N. Guatemala. |
| Hayti | 1,211,625 | 9,830 | Port au Prince. |
| Paraguay | 600,000 | 145,000 | Asuncion. |
| Panama | 285,000 | 31,571 | Panama. |
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
| Alabama | 1,828,697 | Montana | 243,329 |
| Alaska | 63,592 | Nebraska | 1,066,300 |
| Arizona | 122,931 | Nevada | 42,335 |
| Arkansas | 1,311,564 | New Hampshire | 411,588 |
| California | 1,485,053 | New Jersey | 1,883,699 |
| Colorado | 539,700 | New Mexico | 195,310 |
| Connecticut | 908,420 | New York | 7,268,894 |
| Dakota | …. | North Carolina | 1,893,810 |
| Delaware | 184,735 | North Dakota | 319,146 |
| District of Columbia | 278,718 | Ohio | 4,157,545 |
| Florida | 528,542 | Oklahoma | 398,331 |
| Georgia | 2,216,331 | Oregon | 413,536 |
| Hawaii | 154,001 | Pennsylvania | 6,302,115 |
| Idaho | 161,772 | Rhode Island | 428,556 |
| Illinois | 4,821,550 | South Carolina | 1,340,310 |
| Indiana | 2,516,462 | South Dakota | 401,570 |
| Indian Territory | 392,060 | Tennessee | 2,020,616 |
| Iowa | 2,231,853 | Texas | 3,048,710 |
| Kansas | 1,470,495 | Utah | 276,749 |
| Kentucky | 2,147,174 | Vermont | 343,641 |
| Louisiana | 1,381,625 | Virginia | 1,854,184 |
| Maine | 694,466 | Washington | 518,103 |
| Maryland | 1,188,044 | West Virginia | 958,800 |
| Massachusetts | 2,805,346 | Wisconsin | 2,069,042 |
| Michigan | 2,420,982 | Wyoming | 92,531 |
| Minnesota | 1,751,394 | ||
| Mississippi | 1,551,270 | Total | 76,303,387 |
| Missouri | 3,106,665 |
Population Continental United States (including Alaska), 76,149,386 (1900); Philippines, 8,000,000; Porto Rico, 953,233; Hawaii, 154,001; Guam, 8,661; American Samoa, 5,800; Total population, 85,271,093. Population, 1904, estimating Continental United States, about 90,000,000.
Notes
1 These estimates of the population and area include the recently acquired great possessions in Africa.
2 Census of 1900.
3 Estimated for January 1st, 1904.