Table
Showing Names (German and French), Areas, and Populations of Cantons
| German Name. | French Name. | Area in Square Miles. | Population (approximate) Dec. 1, 1888. |
| 1. Aargau | Argovie | 543 | 193,000 |
| 2. Appenzell | Appenzell | ||
| {Ausser Rhoden | {Rhodes Extérieures | 100 | 54,000 |
| {Inner Rhoden | {Rhodes Intérieures | 60 | 13,000 |
| 3. Basel Stadt | Bâle-Ville | 14 | 74,000 |
| ″ Land | ″ Campagne | 163 | 62,000 |
| 4. Bern | Berne | 2,660 | 539,000 |
| 5. Freiburg | Fribourg | 644 | 119,000 |
| 6. St. Gallen | St. Gall | 779 | 229,000 |
| 7. Genf | Genève (Geneva) | 109 | 107,000 |
| 8. Glarus | Glaris | 267 | 33,000 |
| 9. Graubünden | Grisons | 2,774 | 96,000 |
| 10. Luzern | Lucerne | 579 | 135,000 |
| 11. Neuenburg | Neuchâtel | 312 | 109,000 |
| 12. Schaffhausen | Schaffhouse | 116 | 37,000 |
| 13. Schwyz | Schwyz (Schwytz) | 351 | 50,000 |
| 14. Solothurn | Soleure | 303 | 85,000 |
| 15. Tessin | Tessin (Italian, Ticino) | 1,095 | 127,000 |
| 16. Thurgau | Thurgovie | 381 | 105,000 |
| 17. Unterwalden {Obdem Wald | Unterwalden {Le Haut | 183 | 15,000 |
| {Mid dem ″ | {Le Bas | 112 | 12,000 |
| 18. Uri | Uri | 415 | 17,000 |
| 19. Wallis | Valais | 2,026 | 102,000 |
| 20. Waadt | Vaud | 1,244 | 251,000 |
| 21. Zug | Zoug | 92 | 23,000 |
| 22. Zürich | Zurich | 665 | 332,000 |
| Total | 15,987 | 2,920,7231 |
Footnotes
1 This grand total of the population, on Dec. 1, 1888, is taken from the provisional Census Tables issued by the Swiss Government in 1889.