The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-27
POPULATION OF TIKI WORLD.


Bishop Randolph s, Foster writes II
the New York hdspadent: The mar
family living to-day on the earth consists
Of about ], 45O,OOO,OOO Of individuals; moi
leOs, probably more. There are distributed
over the earth's surface, 80 that now there
is NO considerable part where man is not
found.
In Asia, where he was first planted,
there are now approximately about S00,-
100000, densely crowded; on an average,
120 to the square mile. In Europe, there
are 3w20,0OO,00O, averaging 100 to the
square mile; not 80 crowded, but every
where dense, and at points over-populRt-
ed. In Africa there are 2l0,000,0O0. In
America, North and South, there are no.
100000, relatively thinly scattered and
recent, In the islands, large and small,
probably 100000,
1t Ia difficult to form an intelligent idea
OF such enormous masses; and vet to
realize what the condition Is, it Is import
ant We should form some approximate
conception; but even that will require an
effort, Ono has some idea Of his own
country, and generally q very vague idea
OF any others. In our country, the United
States, We have 55,OOO,OOO. Africa has
four times as many; Asia could replace 1t
sixteen times, Europe six times. A little
thought will impress us with the stupeu.
dous magnitude Of the whole. In com
plsxion, the range Is from rudy fair, or
white, to ebon black. The extremes Of
white and black arc as five to three; the
remaining 7O0,000,0OO intermediate brown
and tawny. OF the race, 500, 900 are
we'll clothed; that 10, wear garments OF
some kind to cover their nakedness; 700
000, 1000 are semi'Clothed, covering inferior
parts Of the bodyf 250,000,0O0 are practI.
cally naked, OF the race, 500, 100000 live
In houses partially furnished with the ap.
p"ointments Of civilization; 900 In
huts or caves with no furnishings; 250,.
have nothing that can be called a
home, are barbarous and savage, The
range Is from the topmost Tound-the
A~nglo-Saxon civilization, which Is the
highest kuoWn-down TO naked saVagery,
The portion Of the race lying below the
proper line Of human conditions is at the
very least three-6iths Of the whole, or
100000, 900.
As TO religion, the 1,4EO, 900, 900 are di.
vided in the order Of numerical strength
as follows: S5O,000,00O are Pagan, com.
6O0,000,0OO Of BrShmo. Buddhists,
or BrahmRn and Buddhists; l60,0 900 OF
unClRssihed Pagans; l50,O0O,00O Parsesa,
ConfuCianists, shintoists, jams and other
Pagan sects 4l0,000O00 are Chris.
tian, composed OF 225, 100000 Roman
Catholic, 75,000,000 OF tho Greek Church,
and ll0,0O0,00O Protestants; 1870, 900
Mohammedans; 100000 Jews. The $780,.
Of Pagans are found chiefly in Asia
and Africa, and comprise g0-l00sh OF the
population, with scattered millions in
Americas and islands Of the sea. The 4lO,.
Christians constitute the body Of
Europe, and nineteenth OF the American
with o few millions In Asia, Africa and the
Islands. The Mohammedans are found
In Asia and Africa. The Jews are
scattered In all lands, without a home or
country.
The Greek Christians are mainly In
Russia, with q few millions In
Asia and in the smaller prlncipalities Of
Europe extending into
Africa. Western and Southern Europe Is
divided between Roman Catholicism and
Professionalism In proportion OF three parts
10 two parts Professionals. The
Romanists hold substantially Austria,
Italy, Spain and Portugal, with a large
fraction Of France, a considerable part Of
Germany, the larger part Of Ireland, and
q strong following In England. The Oath.
olics have also almost entire South and
Central America, with the whole OF
Mexico, and a powerful constituency in
the United States aud Canada, in North
America. In America as a whole-North,
Central and south-thers are over GO, 600.
900 Roman Catholics TO about 4S, 200, 900
Protestants.
Professionalism has It's principal home in
Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the
Scandinavian kingdoms Of Denmark, Swe.
den and Norway, and In the United States
Of America and the British provinces, and
some Of the smaller and larger islands.
This Is approximately q correct cast Of the
religions status Of the world to-day. En-
bloc II shows two-thirds Of the whole tobe
pagan, or, including the Mohammsdans
and Jews as anti Christian Components OF
the pagan fraction, three.quarters OF the
whole-noG less than 1,050,OO0 900. The
remaining fraction OF 4l0 1900, 0O0-a little
more than q Quarter-OhristiAns, OF which
fraction more then one-halt Is Roman
Catholic, one.quarter, nearly Greek, and
q tribe over q quarter Protestant.