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Population of the Earth by Continents

(According to Behm and Wagner's estimate, 1884.) Inhabitants.

Inhabitants.

Continental Divisions.

Area in sq. Miles.

Continental Divisions.

Area in Sq. Miles.

Numbers.

Per Sq.

Mile.

Per Sq.

Numbers.

Mile.

Asia, America, Africa, Europe, Australasia, 17,832,340 795,591,000 44.0 15,389,250 100,416,400 6.5 11,929,300 205,823,200 17.0 Polar Regions, Total, 3,892,234 327,743,400 84.0 I.I 2,581,140 4,232,000 1,791,280 82,500 - 54,415,543 1433,887,500 26.3

An estimate of the population of the earth made in 1886 by Professor E. Levasseur for the International Statistical Institute is as follows:-Asia, 789,000,000; America, 112,000,000; Africa, 197,000,000; Europe, 347,000,000; Oceania, 38,000,- 000; total, 1,483,000,000. The human family is subjected to 44 principal governments. As to their form they may be classified as follows:-Absolute Monarchies.- China, Japan, Madagascar, Morocco, Persia, Russia, Siam, Turkey. Limited Monarchies. Austria-Hungary, Belgium, British Empire, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Rourania, Servia, Sweden, and Norway. Republics. Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Brazil, Chili, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Hayti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Orange Free State, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, San Domingo, Switzerland, Transvaal, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezula. Besides these are the undefined despotisms of Central and South Africa and a few insignificant independent states. The average duration of human life is about 33 years. One quarter of the people of the earth die before age 6, one half before age 16: and only about one person of each 100 born lives to age 65. The deaths are calculated at 67 per minute, 97,700 per day, and 35,639,835 per year; the births, at 70 per minute, 100,800 per day and 36,792,000 per year.

DENSITY OF POPULATION-NUMBER OF INHABITANTS PER SQUARE MILE.