Telegram-herald., 1891-10-20
OUR IMMENSE FAMILY
IL Members Estimated 70 Number
l,479,720.4oo-
THERE ARE 4 GREAT sisY OF CS
A. " Dhsw1 by thu Statistics 90 the
Prsssas Population Of the weTia
Earnishsa by Aa Eassrprislag
Gsrmas Pabife&sfea.


meat Of interest to statsstiei2as Of the
world comes from the lit.ie city Of
Gotha in Germsny Il Is ~ the eject
THAI the famous publishing house Of
Jastas PsrthsA widely kaewn for its
"Alman4eh de Getha." and its numer-
Gus geographical pu olicafions, has this
year resumed the publication of the
'.Bevoeikerung der Erde." This notable
work was frst issued IN 1871 under the
editorship Of DIR. Erasst Benin. now de-
ceased. and DIR. Hermann Wag-
nsr. now professor OF geogrs-
ply IN the University of Gosttingen-
A new edition was published about
every two years until the preparation Of
the eighth was well under way. Then
Or. Benin died and Prot. Wagner aban-
doned the task, feeling unable alone to
carry it 10 succes fal completion Thus
thin valuable wor< has for the Last nine
years been allowed 70 lapse 1t Is now
resumed. with Dr. wagner's name on
the title page 40 chief editor and with
that OF DR.. Supan as his associate. The
new eighth edition is a large octave OF
2To pages. carefully arranged.
According TO DIR. Behm's most careful
estimate in 1893 the population of the
earth was about 1850. coo. 900. In 1880 tho
same eminent authority estimated 1t az
Lass. 200. coo, the apparent increase be-
Ing largely due more to aecu-
raey in enumeration than 20 40.
tual growth o, population. A
still more startling change was
announced two years later when.
IN the edition OF the "Devoclkerung
der Erds" for 1881. the worlds popula-
ton was given at i,4S4, 0oo. 900. show
ing an aprsreas loss of $4,000. 900.
in two years. This was also due 20
greater accuracy in the statistics, the
figures for China, for example, having
been reduced, under tho light of new
Investigations. from 465. 900. 900 TO $780,.
600. 600. The present population of the
world, according 70 the edition of this
work just published. is l,4I9, 729, 400.
These figures would indicate an in
crease with the rate of $3.50. 900 .
year since 1882. according to DR.. Bshm's
estimate in that year.
IL must be confessed that despite the
utmost care in collecting statistics the
element Of guesswcrk enters so large
Iy into the census OF about half the
world that the best figures given may
not be within So 600. 900 or u.s.
100000 Of the real fact Eleven
years ago Prof. Wagner could
get actual census returns from only
"A per cent. OF the total population
of the globe. At present, by virtue Of
special census which he himself has
promoted. reasonably exact figures
have been obtained from between
IS aud 81 per cent of the whole.
In this proportion. however, is included
the population OF the Russian en-
pire, of which no actual census has
been taken The total figures given
indicate an apparent increase OF u.s.
600, 900 since 1881 But allowing for
the change made IN the figures of
China on the strength OF more careful
investigation, this increase Is reduced
to 72,0e0, coo.
According 70 this work the area of
Asia. the largest of the great divisions
of the earth's surface, Is 1880. $50
square miles, aud its population is
s25. 954, ocO. or forty-seven inhabitants
70 the square mile. These figures do not
include the Arctic islands The second
grand division in area Is Amer
lea, including both the northern and
southern continents, but not including
the Arctic rersons- TIA area Is a.
sol, s02 and It's population 2l.7Ia, 900.
or only eight TO the square milo.
Taird in area is Africa, with H.
2T7,Se4 square miles and l93. 953, 600 in
IL
noae OF these figures including NADIA
eascar or other islands. The area OK
Europe is put ut s.T5o. $50 square miles
and its population at s57. STo, 900, or
ninety-four TO the square mile. these
figures not including Iceland or Nova
Zembia Mex. comes Australia. in
GLIDING Tasmania, with 1921. ss2
square niles ard s.230.000 population.
or only about one 70 the square nilc.
Under the head Of polar regions are
included I.Ts0. $40 square miles, with
50, 400 MIN bitants Finally, the islands
OF the oceans are grouped together,
with 7s3. 100 square miles Of area and
1920. 900 inhabitants, or sbout ten TO
the square mile.
In the figures for America the results
of the census in 1890 ia the United
States are given. There are eight
Americans 20 the square mile. SONS
corrections OF areas OF various South
American states appear
The most denseIv populated country
Of Europe is Belgium, with 5sc persons
70 the square mile. England comes
next with $50. though the United
Kingdom a. a whole has only si3
Holland has s6s. The most sparsely
populated countries are Norway and
Finland. where there are only sixteen
people 70 the square mile.