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Emperors of Russia: Poland

POPULATION. The total population of Russia in Europe and Asia is 108,787,235. This population is spread over an area of over 19 million sq. versts. Of the population 81,725,185 belongs to Russia in Europe, 7,960,304 to Poland, 2,176,421 to Finland, 7,284,527 to Caucasia, 4,313,680 to Siberia, and 5,327,098 to Russian Central Asia. European Russia alone shows an apparent increase of 3 millions in one year, an increase which can only be apparent. The most thickly-populated section of the empire is Poland -71.4 inhabitants to a sq. verst. Next comes European Russia, with 19.3; Caucasia, 17.9; Finland, 7; Russian Central Asia, 1.8; and Siberia, 0.4, to a sq. verst. As to the proportion of males to females, there are considerable variations. In Poland there are 104 females to 100 males; in Finland, 103; in European Russia, 101.2; Siberia, 93.2; Central Asia, 90.2; Caucasia, 87.9 females to 100 males. There are 1310 towns in the Empire, but of them only 36 have more than 50,000 inhabitants. Only four cities exceed 200,000-St. Petersburg, 861,303; Moscow, 753,469; Warsaw, 454,298; Odessa, 240,000. There are 9 cities with populations ranging from 100,000 to 200,০০০. At the end of the year there were 1