The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1869-07-10
The Relative Size Of Nations.

An interesting and valuable statistical
work has lately made its appearance il
Hartford, Conn. unler the name Of 'Th.
American Year Book ani National Regis
ter for 1869" 1t is designed to present =
| general view Of tn United States, includ
ing every department If the National and
! STATE Governments. together with br,e
account of foreign States, embracing edu
cational. religious and industrial statistics,
facts relating tn public institutions and So
c'e,ies. miscellaneous essays. prominent
vents. obituaries Of prominent men who
died during th- past year, etc In short,
it is complete historical, political, tinan
cial, commercial, agricultural. educational
and religious Year Book, aud is designed
As the initial vonm- Of publication to be
continued annually. The w,'k IS edite:!
by M. David N. Camp, and embraces the
results Of the combined labor Of many em'
nsnt writers and statisticians.
From chapter on '..Comparative Stats
tics Of the World, relating to Area and
Population" we gather the following in
teres,ing facts !: Asia contains An area Of
1873 900 square mics. and population
of 805,4l9 9Oe; America an area Of Is.
48O. 900 square miles, and \ population Of
81, 100000; Africa an area Of ll.556.603
square miles. and population Of l9O,.
050.6O9: Europe al area Of 8 7Sl. 900
square miles. and population Of 293, OSe
900, and Australasia and Polynesia an
area Of 3, ,425. 900 square miles, and pop
ulatiou Of 100000.
In exsmining the tables Of artificial or
political divisions. We fini that the Russian
Empire stands first in point Of territorial
extent, it having an area Of 7 s62 568
square miles aud population Of u ,003.-
44e, or 90 to square mile. TIL. Chi
nese Empire contains 1906 1874 squar'
miles. with population Of AZ. 500. 900.
or lOl.6 to square mile. China (prop"r
however, With an area Of 800 900 square
miles. contains 45O.OOO.OO inhabitants,
or 346.l to square mile, being the mosf
denseIy populated Of ~I' the large conn
tries Of the world. The British Empire,
exclusive Of the Hudson By Territory.
contains an area 4,4l9.559 square miles
and population Of l74.l56,ss which
gives a density Of 80 \ inhabitants to the
square mile. This, however, is very une-
qually divided, for while british North
America, with An area Of 8, ,53S. .Oe3 squave
miles, contains a population Of but $685.
900, or about l to the square mile, Great
Britain proper, with an area Of l2l. ll3
square miles. contains 29.52l.2SS inhabi-
tants. or 242.l to square mile. Th-
Netherlands exceed this degree Of density,
having a population Of 2eO 2to the square
mile: and Belgium goes far beyond, hav
ing 43S to the square mile. Some ofthe
small German States, which are in fact
only cities, like Hamburg and Brennan,
have population four or five times ss
dense.
The United State. have An area Of g..
57s.39 square miles, and population Of
"a, $50. 900, giving a density Of 81 to a
50 uare mile. OF these States. the largest
!. Texas. with an area Of 247 $50. a popu-
lation Of eO4, ,2l5, and density Of - in
habitants to the square mile. The State
!, having the largest numbe, Of inhabitants
is New York. with An area # $1,000
square ::mils., a population "f $3.50 7s5,
and a density s26 The most dense'y
populated State is Massachusetts. which,
with an area Of 1900 equar- miles. has
| 800, 900 inhabitants, or 1924 to the
square mile. The District Of Columbia,
however, has 2s0s9 inhabitant. to. a
.quare mile having . population Of 1873.
900.
There is probably no reason whv the
United States may not be capable Of sup
porting as large a population, in proper
| ton to it. territorial size, a. any nation ol
the world. We may BY few hasty com
putation., obtain = rough estimate Of our
future possibilities. When our entire
| country shall b. as den.ely populated A.
Massachusetts, is to day. We shalt number
population Of nearly 100000, and wheu
it reaches Great Britain 10 point OF densi.
tv. our population will number more than
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