North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-08-18

THE SIZE OF THE NATIONS.


THE SIZE OF THE NATIONS.
"The American Year Book and Nations
al Register for 1862" just issued-to be
had, where We got our copy-at book
store, for S3-contains some facts that
everybody might know and be the better
for it. One thing it gives is the area of
the world, which everybody don't know,
and the population of the world at the
present time which nobody knows; and in
this, probably the author Of the book is
not entirely an exception to the rest of us.
But he has expended considerable time
and labor in ascertaining the facts as near
they can be obtained, and we present
them as the latest and best authority
known to the world just at this time.
asia contains an area Of 17,3lS,00O
square miles; population of sos, j,4l9,9OS.
America, an area of l5, 100000 square
niles; population of 81 100000.
Africa, II, 1885, ,663 square miles popu>
lation, 293, OS3,OO
Europe, 3,7ol 900 square miles popu
lation, 1856, ,95o,6O9.
australia and Polynesia, 1926, 900; pop
ulation, 100000.
That is for the natural divisions. Now
for the artificial or political divisions.
First, in territorial extent is
The Russian Empire with an area Of
7,S62,56S square miles; population of
II, 7,00S, ,44S-or 9.6. inhabitants to the
square mile.
The Chinese Empire, an area of 4,G95,-
S34 square miles; ATT 800, 900 inhabitants
or l0l.6, persons to the square mile.
We should say, however, that China
proper has an area of 100000 square
miles, with population of 50,O00,00O-
or 346l persons to the square mile. the
most densely populated of any section of
the world
The British Empire (I1udson's Bay
Territory not included), an area of 4 49,
$50 square miles; ia, ,l56,SS2 inhabitants
or 1914 inhabitants to the square mile.
This, however, is not a fair showing of the
population of the Empire, for while Brit>
ish North America has an area of
4,523,0S3 square mills, population of
out 3.767 900, or ! to the square mile,
Great Britain proper, with an area of
l2l, ,ll3 square miles, contains 90, ,23l ,2SS
inhabitants, or 242. persons to the square
mile.
The Netherlands have greater density
than Great Britain, having population
of 2S02 to the square mile; Belgium goes
still further beyond, having 1882 to the
square mile, while some of the small
German States-mainly composed of cities
have density four times as great.
What great big country the outdoors
part Of the United States really is, and
what small portion of the land is settled
is shown in the fact that while they have
an area of 3,57S,392 square miles, their
population is according to the authority
from which we quote) but "a, $50, 900, o,
9.7 inhabitants to the square mile. The
State of Massachusetts, is the most densely
populated, having an area of but 1906
square miles, 100000 inhabitants, and
1924 to square mile. The District o
Columbia must, however, be put ahead o
Massachusetts in density-it having 1885,
900 inhabitants, an area of 55 square
miles, or 230S.9 to the square mile. Tex
as, the largest State, has an area of 247 )
$50, population of 4,2l5, or density
of but "a to the square mile. The State
of New York has an area of $4,000, ;
population of 3,sS0,735, or S2.6 to thu
; square mile.
Comparing our population with that
foreign nations, we can do some prett.
accurate guessing at our greatness to come
There is no reason why our soil will no
support population as dense as that o
Great Britain, in which case the day ma.
yet come when our population will be owe
: $50, 100000, which would be peopl
enough for any practical purpose that w
can just now think of, and great plent.
for the making of very respectable Gov
crnment. But aside from comparison
; with the old World, we shall have 600,
100000 people when every State become
as densely settled as Massachusetts now is
, Our own young Iowa, when it fills up a
| III M In
ton of some eight millions-and as al
acre of our ground will raise as much a
! two of that, there is nothing-so far a
: the production of food may be concerne'
nor anything else that we know Oft
prevent the garden that lies laughing il
g e the arms of the Mississippi and Missouri
from some day having fourteen or fifteel
E million people of its own. We scarcel.
, expect that this ever will be, and hav
' pointed out the fact, not so much to Sc
Il our people on the lookout for the day, a
: to show that it can be, if it comes to b
: necessary.-Des Moiaes Register.
An idea of the inability of Spain t.
! much longer carry on her present wa
, for the subjugation of Cuba may b
, formed from her financial exhibit fo
the current year. The interest on tn
national debt is S32, ,0OO, 900, while tn
other national expenditures are set dowl
at SIT 100000, making a total o
= lS149 100000. On the other hand tn,
estimated revenues are only $l07 900,
! 900, leaving certain deficiency Of S42
, 100000, which may possibly be still
larger, even without further outlay il