Chapter XXXI The Statistics of the World
| Country. | Population. | Square miles. | Title of Ruler. | Capital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH AMERICA. | ||||
| Arctic Region | —— | 600,000 | —— | None. |
| Bermuda | 12,000 | 46 | Governor | Hamilton. |
| Columbia (Brit.) | 54,600 | 230,000 | Governor | N. Westminster. |
| Costa Rica | 150,000 | 16,250 | President | San Jose. |
| Greenland | 10,000 | 380,000 | Inspector | Lichtenfels. |
| Guatemala | 1,180,000 | 44,778 | President | Guatemala. |
| Honduras | 500,000 | 47,092 | President | Comayagua. |
| Honduras (Brit.) | 25,635 | 13,500 | Lt. Gov | Belize. |
| Mexico | 8,743,614 | 773,144 | President | Mexico. |
| Mosquito | 16,000 | 26,000 | King | Blewfields. |
| New Britain | 200,000 | 1,800,000 | —— | York Factory. |
| New Brunswick | 285,777 | 27,720 | Lt. Gov. | Fredericton. |
| Newfoundland | 146,536 | 40,200 | Governor | St. John’s. |
| Nicaragua | 400,000 | 58,169 | President | Managua. |
| Nova Scotia | 387,800 | 19,650 | Lt. Gov. | Halifax. |
| Ontario | 1,620,842 | 180,000 | Lt. Gov. | Toronto. |
| Prince Edward Island | 93,338 | 2,173 | Lt. Gov. | Charlottetown. |
| Quebec | 1,190,505 | 210,000 | Lt. Gov. | Quebec. |
| San Salvador | 750,000 | 7,230 | President | San Salvador. |
| St. Pierre | 2,250 | 120 | Com. | St. Pierre. |
| United States | 40,000,000 | 3,578,392 | President | Washington. |
| SOUTH AMERICA. | ||||
| Argentine Confederacy | 1,800,000 | 826,828 | President | Buenos Ayres. |
| Bolivia | 1,987,352 | 535,760 | President | Chuqueaca. |
| Brazil | 11,780,000 | 3,231,047 | Emperor | Rio Janeiro. |
| Cayenne | 27,560 | 30,000 | Governor | Cayenne. |
| Chili | 2,084,945 | 139,335 | President | Santiago. |
| Colombia | 2,794,470 | 357,179 | President | S. Fe de Bogota. |
| Demerara, etc. | 148,900 | 76,000 | Governor | Georgetown. |
| Ecuador | 1,040,371 | 218,984 | President | Quito. |
| Falkland Islands | 686 | 7,600 | Governor | Port Louis. |
| Paraguay | 1,337,431 | 126,352 | President | Asuncion. |
| Patagonia | 120,000 | 315,000 | —— | None. |
| Peru | 3,374,000 | 510,107 | President | Lima. |
| Surinam | 64,270 | 38,500 | Governor | Parimaraibo. |
| Uruguay | 387,421 | 66,716 | President | Monte Video. |
| Venezuela | 1,565,000 | 426,712 | President | Caracas. |
| WEST INDIA ISLANDS | ||||
| Antigua | 36,412 | 183 | Governor | St. John’s. |
| Bahamas | 35,287 | 3,021 | Governor | Nassau. |
| Barbadoes | 152,127 | 166 | Governor | Bridgetown. |
| Burmudas | 11,796 | —— | Governor | Hamilton. |
| Curacoa | 30,000 | 580 | —— | Williamstadt. |
| Cuba | 1,500,000 | 43,383 | Capt. Gen. | Havana. |
| Dominica | 26,882 | 290 | Lt. Gov. | Rosseau. |
| Grenada | 36,672 | 133 | Lt. Gov. | St. George. |
| Guaduloupe, etc. | 134,544 | 534 | —— | Basse Terre. |
| Hayti | 572,000 | 11,718 | President | Port au Prince. |
| Jamaica | 441,255 | 6,400 | Capt. Gen. | Spanish Town. |
| Martinique | 121,145 | 322 | —— | Port Royal. |
| Montserrat | 7,645 | 47 | President | Plymouth. |
| Nevis | 9,822 | 50 | Adminis. | Charlestown. |
| Porto Rico | 620,000 | 3,895 | Capt. Gen. | San Juan. |
| St. Bartholomew’s | 10,000 | 25 | —— | Gustavia. |
| St. Christopher, etc. | 26,940 | 103 | Lt. Gov. | Basse Terre. |
| St. John’s | 3,000 | 72 | —— | |
| St. Lucia | 29,519 | 250 | Adminis. | Castries. |
| St. Martin’s (S.) | 3,500 | 11 | ||
| St. Thomas | 13,463 | 37 | ||
| St. Vincent | 31,755 | 131 | Lt. Gov. | Kingston. |
| San Domingo | 136,500 | 18,000 | President | San Domingo. |
| Santa Cruz etc. | 35,000 | 81 | —— | Christianstadt. |
| Tobago | 15,410 | 97 | Lt. Gov. | Scarboro. |
| Trinidad | 84,438 | 1,754 | Governor | Port Espana. |
| Turk’s Island | 4,372 | 450 | President | Grand Turk. |
| Virgin Islands | 6,051 | 57 | President | Road Town. |
| EUROPE. | ||||
| Andorra | 12,000 | 149 | Rep. | Andorra. |
| Austria | 35,677,455 | 240,381 | Emperor | Vienna. |
| Belgium | 4,984,451 | 11,373 | King | Brussels. |
| Denmark | 1,608,362 | 14,734 | King | Copenhagen. |
| Faroe and Iceland | 75,909 | 40,258 | ||
| France | 38,192,064 | 209,428 | President | Paris. |
| Germany | ||||
| Northern Confederation | ||||
| Anhalt | 197,041 | 1,026 | Duke | Dessau. |
| Bremen | 109,572 | 74 | Burgom | Bremen. |
| Brunswick | 302,792 | 1,425 | Duke | Brunswick. |
| Hamburg | 305,196 | 156 | Burgom | Hamburg. |
| Hesse Darmstadt (N.) | 257,479 | 1,280 | G. Duke | Darmstadt. |
| Lippe Detmold | 111,352 | 438 | Prince | Detmold. |
| Lippe Schaumburg | 31,186 | 171 | Prince | Buckburg. |
| Lubeck | 48,538 | 107 | Burgom | Lubeck. |
| Mecklenburg Schwerin | 560,618 | 5,190 | G. Duke | Schwerin. |
| Mecklenburg Strelitz | 98,770 | 1,052 | G. Duke | New Strelitz. |
| Oldenburg | 315,622 | 2,469 | G. Duke | Oldenburg. |
| Prussia | 24,039,668 | 136,806 | King | Berlin. |
| Reuse Greiz | 43,889 | 145 | Prince | Greiz. |
| Reuss Schleiz | 88,097 | 320 | Prince | Schleiz. |
| Saxe Altenburg | 141,426 | 510 | Duke | Altenburg. |
| Saxe Coburg Gotha | 168,851 | 760 | Duke | Coburg. |
| Saxe Meiningen | 180,335 | 956 | Duke | Meiningen. |
| Saxe Weimar | 282,928 | 1,404 | G. Duke | Weimar. |
| Saxony | 2,423,401 | 5,779 | King | Dresden. |
| Schwarzb. Rudolstadt | 75,116 | 374 | Prince | Rudolstadt. |
| Swarzb. Sondershausen | 67,533 | 332 | Prince | Sonderhausen. |
| Waldeck | 56,807 | 433 | Prince | Corbach. |
| Southern Confederation | ||||
| Baden | 1,434,970 | 5,912 | G. Duke | Carlsruhe. |
| Bavaria | 4,824,421 | 29,373 | King | Munich. |
| Hesse Darmstadt (S.) | 565,659 | 1,690 | G. Duke | Darmstadt. |
| Lichtenstein | 8,320 | 62 | Prince | Lichtenstein. |
| Wurtemberg | 1,778,396 | 7,532 | King | Stuttgardt. |
| Great Britain | 31,817,108 | 120,769 | Queen | London. |
| Gibraltar | 24,175 | 2 | Governor | Gibraltar. |
| Heligoland | 2,300 | Governor | Heligoland. | |
| Malta | 143,003 | 115 | Governor | Malta. |
| Greece | 1,096,810 | 18,347 | King | Athens. |
| Ionian Islands | 251,712 | 1,006 | ||
| Italy | 25,766,217 | 114,389 | King | Rome. |
| Monaco | 1,887 | 15 | Prince | |
| Netherlands | 3,652,070 | 12,685 | King | Hague. |
| Luxemburg | 199,958 | 991 | ||
| Portugal | 3,829,618 | 36,494 | King | Lisbon. |
| Azores and Madeira | 363,658 | 1,483 | ||
| Russia | 78,400,000 | 7,862,568 | Czar | St. Petersburgh. |
| San Marino | 5,770 | 22 | Repub | San Marino. |
| Spain | 16,302,625 | 195,607 | Repub | Madrid. |
| Sweden | 4,158,757 | 128,776 | King | Stockholm. |
| Norway | 1,712,628 | 120,295 | ||
| Switzerland | 2,510,494 | 15,722 | President | Berne. |
| Turkey | 10,510,000 | 131,295 | Sultan | Constantinople. |
| Montenegro | 196,238 | 1,709 | Prince | Cettinge. |
| Roumania | 3,864,848 | 46,710 | Prince | Bucharest. |
| Servia | 1,078,281 | 21,218 | Prince | Belgrade. |
| ASIA. | ||||
| Anam (C. China) | 9,000,000 | 198,043 | Emperor | Hue. |
| Arabia | 4,000,000 | 1,026,040 | Muscat. | |
| Borneo | 25,000,000 | 300,000 | ||
| British India | 192,012,137 | 1,545,336 | Gov. Gen. | Calcutta. |
| Burmah | 4,000,000 | 190,517 | Comm. | Ava. |
| Ceylon | 2,081,395 | 24,454 | Governor | Colombo. |
| China | 477,500,000 | 4,695,334 | Emperor | Pekin. |
| Japan | 35,000,000 | 149,399 | Mikado | Yeddo. |
| Java | 14,168,416 | 51,336 | Gov. Gen. | Batavia. |
| Persia | 11,000,000 | 562,344 | Schah | Teheran. |
| Siam | 6,298,990 | 309,024 | King | Bangkok. |
| Tartary | 7,870,000 | 640,516 | Bokhara. | |
| Turkey in Asia | 16,463,000 | 660,870 | ||
| AFRICA. | ||||
| Abyssinia | 3,000,000 | 148,392 | Emperor | Gondar. |
| Algeria | 2,921,846 | 259,313 | Gov. Gen. | Algiers. |
| Cape of Good Hope | 566,158 | 200,610 | Governor | Cape Town. |
| Egypt | 7,465,000 | 659,081 | Viceroy | Cairo. |
| Gambia | 6,939 | 21 | Adminis. | Bathurst. |
| Gold Coast | 262,000 | 6,000 | Adminis. | Cape C’st Castle. |
| Lagos | 110,000 | Lagos. | ||
| Liberia | 717,500 | 9,567 | President | Monrovia. |
| Madagascar | 5,000,000 | 232,315 | Queen | Antinarivo. |
| Morocco | 2,750,000 | 672,300 | Sultan | Fez. |
| Natal | 193,103 | 16,150 | Lt. Gov. | Port Natal. |
| Sierra Leone | 41,497 | 468 | Governor | Freetown. |
| St. Helena | 6,444 | 47 | Governor | James Town. |
| Tripoli | 750,000 | 61,760 | Bey | Tripoli. |
| Tunis | 2,000,000 | 50,000 | Bey | Tunis. |
| Zanzibar | 380,000 | 1,600 | Sultan | Zanzibar. |
| AUSTRALIA. | ||||
| New South Wales | 447,620 | 323,437 | Governor | Sydney. |
| Queensland | 109,897 | 678,600 | Capt. Gen. | Port Denison. |
| South Australia | 176,298 | 383,328 | Governor | Adelaide. |
| Tasmania | 98,455 | 26,215 | Governor | Hobart Town. |
| Victoria | 703,817 | 86,831 | Capt. Gen. | Melbourne. |
| Western Australia | 21,065 | 978,000 | Governor | |
| POLYNESIA. | ||||
| Feejee Islands | 200,000 | 8,033 | King | |
| New Guinea | 1,000,000 | 275,518 | ||
| New Zealand | 220,092 | 106,261 | Governor | Auckland. |
| Philippine Islands | 2,250,000 | 56,000 | Manilla. | |
| Sandwich Islands | 62,959 | 7,633 | King | Honolulu. |
| Society Islands | 15,000 | 700 | Queen | Tahiti. |
Statistics of the Race
The earth is inhabited by about 1,380,000,000 of inhabitants, namely:
380,000,000 of the Caucasian race,
580,000,000 of the Mongolian,
200,000,000 of the Ethiopian,
220,000,000 of the Malay races, and
1,000,000 of the American Indian.
All these respectively speak 3064 languages, and possess 1,000 different religions.
The amount of deaths per annum is 33,333,333, or 91,954 per day, 3730 per hour, 60 per minute, or one per second. This loss is compensated by an equal number of births.
The average duration of life throughout the globe is thirty-three years. One-fourth of its population dies before the seventh year, and one-half before the seventeenth. Out of 10,000 persons only one reaches his hundredth year; only one in 500 his eightieth; and only one in 100 his sixty-fifth.
Married people live longer than unmarried ones, and a tall man is likely to live longer than a short one. Until the fiftieth year women have a better chance of life than men; but beyond that period the chances are equal.
Sixty-five persons out of one thousand marry. The months of June and December are those in which marriages are most frequent.
Children born in spring are generally stronger than those born in other seasons.
Births and deaths chiefly occur at night.
The number of men able to bear arms is but one-eighth of the population.
Africans in America
It is estimated that there are some 14,580,000 persons of African descent on this continent. In the United States they number 4,880,000; Brazil 4,200,000; Cuba and Porto Rico 1,500,000; South and Central American Republics 1,100,000; Hayti 1,350,000; British Possessions 800,000; French, 250,000; Dutch and Mexican 400,000.
Creeds of the World
The population of the world is religiously distributed very nearly in the following proportions:
| Christians | 388,600,000 |
| Buddhists | 360,000,000 |
| Other Asiatic religions | 260,000,000 |
| Pagans | 200,000,000 |
| Mohammedans | 165,000,000 |
| Jews | 7,000,000 |
In Europe, America, Australia, and many of the Polynesian Islands, Christianity is the prevailing creed of every State. In Africa the only independent Christian States are Abyssinia and Liberia, while Christianity prevails in several European colonies. The largest empire of Asia—Russia—is also a Christian country. India, the third country in point of extent, is under the rule of a Christian government, and so is a large portion of Farther India.
The Mohammedan countries in Asia are Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan, and the Khanates of Central Asia; in Africa—Morocco, the dependencies of Turkey (Egypt, Tunis, Tripoli) and a number of interior States.
Buddhism prevails in India, Farther India, in many parts of China, and in Japan. The governments of Burmah and Siam are Buddhist; the government of China adheres to the religion of Confucius; the religion of Japan is Sintooism.
Judaism is represented throughout the civilized world. The Handbuch der Vergleichenden Statistik of G. Von Kolb (Leipzig, 1868) gives the following as the number of Jews in the countries named: Germany, 478,500; Austria, 1,124,000; Great Britain, 40,000; France, 80,000; European Russia, 2,277,000; Italy, 20,200; Switzerland, 4,200; Belgium 1,500; Netherlands, 64,000; Luxemburg, 1,500; Denmark, 4,200; Sweden, 1,000; Greece, 500; European Turkey, 70,000. The Jews in Portugal are estimated at 3,000; in Syria and Asiatic Turkey, 52,000; in Morocco and North Africa, 610,000; in Eastern Asia, 500,800; in America, 500,000.