Approximate Area and Population of the British West African Possessions
| Gambia. | Population, 14,260. |
| Sierra Leone. | Colony, 4000 square miles; population, 136,000. |
| Protectorate, 30,000 square miles; population, 750,000. |
| Gold Coast. | Gold Coast Proper, 40,000 square miles; population, 1,500,000. |
| Ashanti proper. Neither area nor population known. |
| Northern territories, 38,000 square miles311; population, 317,964 (C.O. Report, July 1902). |
| Lagos. | Colony, 3460 square miles | } | Population,312 1,500,000. |
| Protectorate, 25,450 square miles | } |
| Nigeria. | 500,000 square miles; population, 25 to 30 millions.313 |
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