Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-11-03
1sr woaln.s POPULATION

tercsting article on the population Of
the glotr, says;
To estimate the population of the
globe At any given period With any
accuracy IL difficult, not to ssy an Inn.
possible task. Only about one-hslf of
the human race has been made the sub-
Irct of .y.,ematic enume, stions; tile
dale. ~ tie most receut enuIneratious
In different countries ARE six yrsrs aI'ar
and even then the official statistic. are
not always calculated to inspire unliin-
iiei confidence. 4 striking case Va
point I. ofirr~i by our own census at
isco, which, although taken 1t the lavish
outlay of more than eight millions of
dollars, aud Nth the AID ~ = vast army
of enumeration. aud other officials, bris-
tie. with errors IL which u IL sale Ia
.ay that more aud more viii come Ia
lIgid a. hs results are submiitei "a
NOR. rigorou. scientific analysis. " ~
suit. ohtalne,i by such elaborate naehin-
cry are open Ia ~ many grave suspicion
II 4. by no means surprising that In ti'.
case III countrl-. whose population can
only be estimated. or In plilner language,
more ar lea. plausibly guessed at, there
bstw zen the various c.ilm,ior. az guess.
crs. An extreme example u presented
by the Chinese Empire. for which the
estimate. of reputable statl.iirans vary
from 2SO.Oc0.OD Ia tJO,"b,"". lie
ilf,icultis. of IN. task, hoses.r, have
not deferred the expert. la statistics
from attempting II. solution, aud ny
paticnt aud detailed examination snd
elimination ~ the manifold source. ~
error. figure. have becn arrived st whlsh
can Law claim Ia AZ least q temporary
validity. ani MY bc safely usei Ter
practical purposes. =,
Among the mo.t highly esteemed aud
most Trustworthy 30 such compilation.
ha,. been the table. 20 populations 81
Benin aud Wagner, 10 which scN "a .ac-
c.,sl,r edition. appeared tsiNcen l,.
aud ISL, When they v-fc interrupted 10y
IIehm'. death. AMER an interval ~ MIN"
tear. TIL. useful publicatl'n !. nos ~
.umc,l under the e,liior.hip ~ Hermann
Wagner anil Alexander supin In q quar-
to volume ~ 81 psgc. ~ .,at,.'ic'
brought down Ia August, lsHl, aud w
,luding the British c,nsu. ~ April ~
tai. year. u tears tie imprint ~
I'.rths. In Uotha ant we.tsrmsnn IN
New York. Other recent similar works
,rr tl,o.e 20 Emile i.s,asseuf llS-'is'l
anil IIuhnsr-Juri.cisk ls>Dl.
Ia. rNtant staiidls,l material con.
crrning ~. AREA aud population ~ the
hsbilablc glot. I. suhmlit"d by froi'.
Wagner AMI Suptn t. mlnuie ani
blgil, Intelligent critiCism aud Their cnn'
rluslon. ary Ia every casc supported ny
reasons Nhlyh sire wslghiy aud conNlnc-
ing. They estimate the total population
II the gloIe 1t I, to millions, 81 which
Eurui-r has Ji'. Asia sc, Africa lSl,
Im.tt,a Ia. Australia =, th" oycaniy
Islands : Ia. More than onr-fourth 81
the human rscr 1. foand la china sni
I.p,n, the former counting 1Sl,Vp,Vb
and the latter l0,Osl.t.o; mote than
un~-afth I, Va inJl, 1iI,0D,ml, 81
shich s~G,DD belong to Bfitl.h 10.
la. Comparing the chief EufoIran
,ta,.. With ouf., the only Que that "a.
,r,,i. our ~, uy1, 90 IL l.us.l,. n,Ubl,nl.
The ot.srs raugr az follows; the ter
msu Emplrv In,Up,UD, Ausifitiiunssfy
N ,UO.Oa. ff,nv a>,up,Wl, 6rcat
Britain aud Ireland ls,Un.Un, Italy ~
rn UD, and spain l..U1,On.
III. density ~ population l. greatest
in karoI-', which sNrngc. thltty-'''rn
Inhabitants to III. square kilomrtte'
/ tgaiust uln-iesn IN A.ls, nNr in Affics,
,nd thr-- IN Amcfici .,sb square III.
omeir,. ,nD squstc milc.l. u MI
thu. D. .ccu that II IA" American snd
the Asian continents scrr ss densely
populated ~ Europ-, the former would
hold nearly ~. Nhol- ~ the present
population ~ the globc, aud IN. latter q
iaf greater population. III. compaa'
live d,n.lii~. ~ the principal countries,
beginning iih the most ,hlckiy popu-
lated, AZ. az follows. Belgium ~ Ia
~. square kilome,rr, III. kingiom 81
The Motherhood. -, srrat nritaia and
Irclsud Ia, Italy lOi, japan lns, the
German umpire 81, ,hins -, Bfiti.h
India 20. Switzerland -, France ~,
Austria al, Denmark 81. Portugal u,
| spain n, West Indie. -. lultrl Stairs
L.. The order II precedence I. .omeNhsi
changed, N Germany and nrrai britain
az viewed. hot q. cntiti~s, bat ~ com
f-,.lie state, aud the state. composing
thru ar- taken separately. In That ca"
the Kingdom ~ saNony appctr. ~ the
| most densely Iopulst-d country IN be
sorld. having 80 inhhbltsnl. To each
.quarr lilomctrv aud next comes bog
aud, Niih su, aud after that belgium
- above. live take separate state. al
rur Union. Ne hod 81 the top Rhelc
Island Nth les. and Msssachu.ett. With
IuI, ranging about even With Italy And
Japan: next \. New Jer.cy, -, the same
a. France and Sutherland: Connecticut
81, the same q. Dcnm uk #; Ncs York, u,
,nd 'rnn.ylSanla o., q little lc-. than
Portugal.
The area ~ the United state. !. very
n-arly equal to that ~ all Eutor",
shlch Ia. population 81 b',"h,"H;
the state II Icxa. alone has q greater
ara than either Germany of Au.trt',
sho.e population. arr respectively forty
nlne and forty-ons millions. " that
state ssr, a. dcn.ely settled az Ma.sa-
,hu..ti., IL would bold nearly seventy
millions, a. much a. France ani .r-at
Britain together. IN. ARA ~ the NH.
die Atlantic state. !. = little Ia ence.' 81
that 10 Italy, aud, With population a.
dense a. that 10 Massachusetts,. could
II -. a.. III az. ff III "a. s..a.f.ls